PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Hentschel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thaksin Klahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hentschel
vs
Klahan

174 cm
20
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
146 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

AMPLIFY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Hentschel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thaksin Klahan!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hentschel throws a right and a left that Klahan avoids nicely.
Hentschel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hentschel ducks under a wild hook from Klahan.

Klahan has Hentschel up against the cage in a clinch.
Hentschel tries to pull guard but Klahan won't allow it.
Klahan looking to throw knees to the head but Hentschel is blocking nicely.
Klahan tries a knee to the head but Hentschel blocks it.
Klahan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Klahan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Klahan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hentschel takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Stefan Hentschel has been cut.
Klahan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hentschel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Klahan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hentschel's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hentschel can't get the takedown.
Klahan crunches a lovely knee into Hentschel's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klahan obliges.
Klahan scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Klahan.
Klahan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hentschel's face.
Hentschel is breathing heavily.
Klahan gets underhooks to prevent Hentschel's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Hentschel. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klahan misses with a knee strike.

Hentschel gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Klahan regains guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hentschel passes into half guard.
Hentschel looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Klahan is looking for a sweep. Hentschel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Klahan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hentschel is working away from the top position though.
Klahan won't allow Hentschel to pass to mount.
Hentschel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hentschel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hentschel controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klahan is looking to control Hentschel's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Klahan avoid being mounted?
Hentschel slows the pace down in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hentschel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Klahan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hentschel.
Hentschel prevents Klahan from improving his position.
Hentschel working Klahan over with strikes.
Klahan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hentschel won't allow Klahan to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hentschel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Klahan wants to sweep but no luck.
Hentschel with a nice head shot there.
Hentschel trying to control but Klahan is working from the bottom.
Hentschel working some strikes from top position.

Hentschel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hentschel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Hentschel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hentschel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hentschel throwing strikes from guard but Klahan blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klahan keeping moving, preventing Hentschel from controlling successfully.
Hentschel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hentschel moves into full mount!
Klahan wants to control but Hentschel is having none of it.
Hentschel lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hentschel with good strikes from the mount here!
Klahan is looking to improve his position but Hentschel isn't that keen on the idea.

Hentschel looking for a guillotine from mount but Klahan is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hentschel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Stefan Hentschel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stefan Hentschel's cut.
That's time! Hentschel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hentschel misses the jab.
Hentschel throws a good cross that connects.
Klahan tries to clinch up
and Hentschel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Klahan thinking.
Klahan wants to clinch.
Hentschel throws a jab when Klahan was well out of range.
Hentschel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Klahan.
Hentschel tries for a takedown but Klahan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Klahan is looking to clinch but Hentschel is avoiding it.
Klahan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Klahan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hentschel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Klahan tries to clinch up.
Klahan wants to clinch
and Hentschel counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hentschel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hentschel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Klahan swivels and escapes.
Klahan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hentschel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klahan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Klahan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Klahan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hentschel.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Hentschel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Klahan is looking to clinch.
Hentschel misses with the combination.
Thaksin Klahan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klahan is looking to clinch but Hentschel is avoiding it.
Klahan moves in looking to clinch but Hentschel pushes him off.
Hentschel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hentschel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hentschel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hentschel counters with a left and a right that stings Klahan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klahan tries a head kick but it misses.

Hentschel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hentschel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hentschel sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hentschel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Klahan's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hentschel tries to control but Klahan wriggling away.
Hentschel lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel content just to control the position here.
Klahan wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hentschel raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hentschel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Klahan is desperately trying to improve his position but Hentschel has a good base and remains in mount.
Hentschel looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hentschel controlling his opponent.
Klahan is desperately trying to improve his position but Hentschel has a good base and remains in mount.
Hentschel raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klahan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hentschel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Hentschel looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hentschel postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Klahan looks a forlorn figure.
Klahan is trying to escape the mount.
Hentschel lands a big elbow.
Hentschel cracks Klahan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hentschel controlling his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Hentschel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Hentschel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hentschel jabs at Klahan's body.
Klahan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Klahan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hentschel circles away.
Klahan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hentschel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Klahan is looking to clinch.
Hentschel swats away the attempt to clinch by Klahan.
Klahan tries to clinch but Hentschel moves out of range.
Klahan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hentschel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hentschel misses the shot to the body.
Hentschel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Klahan is fending him off so far but Hentschel persists. Nope, Klahan circles away and we're back to standing.
Klahan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hentschel circles away.

Hentschel closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Klahan did well to prevent Hentschel getting side control.
Klahan is looking to get back to full guard here but Hentschel has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klahan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hentschel takes a little break here. Klahan wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Hentschel wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Klahan, who protects the arm well.
Klahan looking for a sweep but Hentschel has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Hentschel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Klahan is working to get back to half guard.
Hentschel lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Klahan is looking to improve his position but Hentschel isn't that keen on the idea.
Hentschel content just to control the position here.
Hentschel lands a nice shot to the head.

Klahan is rocked!
Hentschel pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Klahan is still in real trouble! Can Hentschel finish him?
Klahan is in a horrible position here. Hentschel smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hentschel lands a big elbow - Klahan is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Klahan is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Stefan Hentschel!
Stefan Hentschel very nearly forgot to thank AMPLIFY amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.