PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Rosholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Henderson
vs
Rosholt

181 cm
19
187 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
30
186 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Rosholt!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson swings widly with a right hand

so Rosholt counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Henderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Henderson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rosholt defends it easily.
Rosholt slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rosholt throwing strikes but missing.
Henderson is trying to hold Rosholt in close to prevent damage but Rosholt has managed to pass into half guard.
Henderson is trying to control but Rosholt manages to pass to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosholt lands a nice shot to the head.
Henderson can't escape the position.
Rosholt scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Rosholt avoids the attempt from Henderson to control.
Rosholt breaks from Henderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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!
Rosholt scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rosholt pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henderson wants to control but Rosholt is having none of it.
Henderson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Henderson is in a horrible position here. Rosholt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rosholt landing shots from mount.
Rosholt sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rosholt with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rosholt connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henderson tries to lock up and control but Rosholt gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rosholt lands with some strikes.
Rosholt lands with some strikes.

Henderson is rocked!
Rosholt lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Henderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henderson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rosholt lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rosholt lands a big elbow - Henderson is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Rosholt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Rosholt!