PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Henke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Tractor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tractor has chosen Everyday I'm Hustlin as his entrance music. Tom Henke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Henke
vs
Tractor

192 cm
21
202 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
198 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Control Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Henke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Tractor!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tractor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henke.
Henke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tractor.
Tractor is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Henke does it's job there.

It looks like Hector Tractor has been cut.
Henke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tractor was well out of range. Poor timing from Henke.
Henke throws a leg kick
and Tractor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Tractor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henke, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tractor fails to land.
Tractor lands a body punch.
Henke taking a breather.
Henke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tractor misses with some punches.
Henke can't find room to land a body shot as Tractor controls the action.
Tractor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henke misses with a punch on the inside.
Tractor swings wildly with an uppercut but Henke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tractor blocks a body shot from Henke.
Tractor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henke backwards.
Henke misses with some punches.
Tractor swings wildly with an uppercut but Henke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tractor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tractor working aggressively here.
Henke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tractor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henke's elbow.
Tractor scores with a hook to the body.
Henke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Tractor.
Tractor is trying to break the clinch but Henke is controlling him.
Tractor lands a left hand.
Tractor presses Henke against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Henke is breathing heavily.
Tractor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Tractor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Tractor misses.
Henke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Tractor counter with a right hand.
Henke missing with a left hand there. Tractor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tractor lands a jab.
Henke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tractor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henke darts in trying to clinch
and Tractor counters with a nice body shot.
Henke dodges the punch combination from Tractor.
Henke thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tractor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Henke misses the body punch
and Tractor counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tractor drives through and clinches with Henke against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Tractor.
Tractor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Tractor.
Tractor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tractor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Tractor breaks from the clinch.
Tractor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Henke.

Tractor closes the distance and pushes Henke back into the cage.

Tractor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tractor scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tractor.
Tractor lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Henke backs up against the cage.

Henke is rocked!

It looks like Tom Henke has been cut.

Tractor gets a clinch.
Oh Henke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tractor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henke seems to have got his legs back now.
Henke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tractor.
Henke misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tractor forces Henke back against the cage and clinches.
Tractor tries to break the clinch but Henke is controlling the position.

Tractor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tractor's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tractor duly obliges.
Henke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tractor counters with a leg kick.
Tractor stuns Henke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tractor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Henke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tractor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tractor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tractor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tractor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tractor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tractor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tractor digs a right hand into Henke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Henke's gas tank.

Tractor breaks the clinch.
Henke fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tractor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tractor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tractor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henke.
A combination from Henke does no damage.
Henke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henke misses with a hook to the body
and Tractor counters with a series of strikes. Henke will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henke drops his hands momentarily and Tractor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tractor scores with a jab. Henke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice jab there from Tractor.
Tractor throws a leg kick which misses Henke's front leg but catches the back leg as Henke tries to avoid it.
Tractor with a nice cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Tractor.
Tractor drops Henke with a big left hand! Henke is injured, injured bad! Tractor jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Tractor!