PBP Commentary

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

Out
vs
Hendricks

190 cm
26
220 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
203 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Black Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Hendricks!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hendricks scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hendricks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Out defending well though.
Hendricks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Out tries to get to full guard but Hendricks has control of the leg.
Hendricks stops Out from getting back to his feet.
Out keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hendricks lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Out is trying to stand back up but Hendricks is controlling him
Out blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hendricks.
Ground and pound from Hendricks.
We've been hearing good reports from Out's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendricks looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hendricks working over Out with some ground and pound. Out looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Out is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hendricks scores with a couple of nice shots.
Out taking some punishment here, with Hendricks in his half guard.
Hendricks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Out knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hendricks on the ground.
Out tries to roll over but Hendricks keeps him under control.
Hendricks thows a huge punch but Out dodges it nicely.
Out is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hendricks scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Out controlling the position for now.
Hendricks drops an elbow to the side of Out's head.
Out blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hendricks.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hendricks lands a nice short elbow.
Out is looking to improve his position.
Hendricks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hendricks lands with a punch from half guard.
Hendricks has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee warns Out that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendricks raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hendricks with a couple of short strikes.
Hendricks with a couple of short strikes.

Out is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out is desperately trying to improve his position but Hendricks has a good base and remains in mount.
Oh Out is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hendricks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Out looks a forlorn figure.
Hendricks has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Out's face.
Hendricks prevents Out from getting the reversal.
Hendricks raining down shots from the mount!
Out is desperately trying to improve his position but Hendricks has a good base and remains in mount.
Hendricks scoring with strikes but Out is staying in there.
Hendricks lands a couple of good shots and Out has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Hendricks cracks Out with a big right hand from the back mount! Out immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Hendricks takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Hendricks!
Our winner, John Hendricks, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.