PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Tethanon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pavel Tethanon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tethanon
vs
Henderson

188 cm
25
206 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pavel Tethanon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Tethanon takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tethanon.
Tethanon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tethanon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tethanon landing knees to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Tethanon.
Tethanon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson tries to work over Tethanon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson is trying to pull guard but Tethanon has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Tethanon.
Tethanon connects with a knee to the head.
Tethanon connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Tethanon with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Tethanon.

Henderson is rocked!

It looks like George Henderson has been cut.
Tethanon lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Henderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Tethanon finish him?
Henderson looks gassed!
Tethanon connects with a knee to the head.
Tethanon landing knees to the head.
Henderson is working for takedown but Tethanon is calmly controlling the position for now.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Tethanon won't allow it.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Tethanon with a knee to the head.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tethanon lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Tethanon.
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!
Tethanon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tethanon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tethanon landing knees to the head.
Tethanon with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tethanon.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tethanon lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Tethanon.
Tethanon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tethanon with a knee to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon landing knees to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tethanon landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tethanon lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tethanon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tethanon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tethanon connects with a knee to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tethanon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tethanon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Tethanon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Henderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tethanon takes the fight into the clinch.
Tethanon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
Tethanon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Pavel Tethanon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tethanon lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Henderson tries to pull guard but Tethanon won't allow it.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tethanon lands a nice knee to the body.
Tethanon scores with a knee to the head.
Tethanon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tethanon.
Tethanon scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tethanon working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Tethanon crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tethanon obliges.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tethanon obliges.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tethanon lands a knee to the head.
Tethanon landing knees to the body.
Tethanon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tethanon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tethanon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tethanon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon connects with a knee to the head.
Tethanon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tethanon lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Tethanon.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon connects with a knee to the head.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tethanon scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Tethanon.
Tethanon crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tethanon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tethanon lands a nice knee to the body.
Tethanon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tethanon lands a nice knee to the body.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tethanon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tethanon working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Tethanon with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Tethanon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on George Henderson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Tethanon has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Tethanon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tethanon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tethanon lands a nice knee to the body.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Tethanon gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Henderson wants to take the fight to the mat but Tethanon manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tethanon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tethanon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tethanon.
Henderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tethanon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tethanon working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tethanon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tethanon scores a nice knee to the body.
Tethanon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
A knee to the head by Tethanon.
Tethanon scores with a knee to the head.
Tethanon lands a knee to the body.
Tethanon landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tethanon lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tethanon landing knees to the body.
Tethanon lands a big knee! That's hurt Henderson! Oh, he's all over the place! Tethanon lands another knee that sends Henderson to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pavel Tethanon!