PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henrik Hendriks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Can (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hendriks comes to the cage accompanied by Toulouse. Can is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Don't cross his path when he's drunk!. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jackie Can was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Hendriks
vs
Can

175 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
26
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henrik Hendriks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackie Can!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Can buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Can, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Can tries to sprawl but Hendriks drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Hendriks stops Can from getting back to his feet.
Hendriks trying to control from half guard but Can is working away.

Hendriks is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Can is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Hendriks has latched onto it... Big trouble! Hendriks pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Can is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Hendriks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Henrik Hendriks!
Henrik Hendriks spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.