PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between War Hendrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hendrick
vs
Thompson

187 cm
27
265 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, War Hendrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Juan Thompson has been cut.
Hendrick comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hendrick wants to clinch up but Thompson keeps it at a distance.

Hendrick clinches up against the cage.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hendrick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thompson's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hendrick throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Hendrick has the dominant position.
Hendrick lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
Thompson blocks the elbow strike.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hendrick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hendrick lands with a straight right. Thompson didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Thompson misses
and Hendrick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thompson thinking.

Hendrick rushes Thompson and presses him up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hendrick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike from Hendrick.
Thompson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thompson blocks a body shot from Hendrick.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hendrick.
Hendrick gets through Thompson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That has opened up Juan Thompson's cut even more.
Hendrick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hendrick utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thompson has had enough of the clinch but Hendrick keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Hendrick has the dominant position.
Hendrick looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Hendrick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hendrick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Thompson wants to break free but Hendrick has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thompson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thompson is trying to force a seperation but Hendrick has the dominant position.
Hendrick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Juan Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hendrick pushes Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.
Hendrick tries to land a knee to the head but Thompson blocks with his arms.
Hendrick content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hendrick misses with an elbow over the top.
Thompson is looking to break free of the clinch but Hendrick has double underhooks.
Hendrick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Hendrick has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.

The cut above Juan Thompson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Thompson blocks the elbow strike.
Thompson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hendrick has Thompson pushed against the cage.
Hendrick missing with knees to the body.

Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hendrick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Thompson wants to land a leg kick but Hendrick is out of range.
Hendrick digs a good body shot into Thompson's ribs.
Hendrick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson tries a head kick but it misses.
Thompson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thompson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hendrick moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hendrick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendrick moves in looking to clinch but Thompson pushes him off.
Thompson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Hendrick.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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!

Hendrick takes the fight into the clinch.
Hendrick has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hendrick has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Hendrick is controlling the position.

Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Hendrick lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendrick looks to land a combination but Thompson avoids it well.
Thompson misses with a head kick.
Thompson throws a head kick but Hendrick moves out of range.
Hendrick throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

War Hendrick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Thompson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hendrick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hendrick lunges at Thompson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thompson's hand.
Hendrick walks forward, straight into a front kick from Thompson.
War Hendrick is winning the standup battle so far.
Hendrick slips under a jab from Thompson.
Hendrick has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thompson.
Thompson walks into a stiff left hand from Hendrick.
Thompson tries to land a leg kick but Hendrick saw it coming and moves away.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Hendrick is looking to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendrick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hendrick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hendrick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thompson, pushing him back against the cage.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Hendrick stuns Thompson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hendrick lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendrick takes a swing at Thompson's ribcage but misses.
Thompson dodges the punch combination from Hendrick.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Hendrick blocks a head kick by Thompson.
Hendrick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Hendrick gets a clinch.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Hendrick gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Juan Thompson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hendrick tries to throw a body punch but Thompson avoids it by throwing Hendrick back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hendrick.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hendrick blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrick lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Juan Thompson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). War Hendrick!
A relieved looking War Hendrick thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.