PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Shrek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne Shrek is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Henry
vs
Shrek

224 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Orlando Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wayne Shrek!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shrek blocks a head kick by Henry.

Shrek closes the distance and clinches.
Henry tries to circle away but Shrek has him pinned against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Shrek gets control of Henry's arms and successfully pulls guard. Shrek will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Henry wants to get up but he can't break Shrek's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Henry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shrek works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shrek has a closed guard, preventing Henry from standing up.
Shrek throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Shrek wants to sweep here but Henry controlling him for the moment.
Shrek is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Shrek is going to stand back up.
Henry is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shrek is pressing down on Henry's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henry is holding on for now.
Henry is trying to stand back up but Shrek is controlling him

Shrek is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shrek looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Shrek stalling.

Shrek is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shrek seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Shrek works his way into full mount!

Shrek is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Henry to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Henry shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shrek working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Orlando Henry has been cut.

Shrek looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Shrek takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Shrek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Orlando Henry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Shrek looking to score a takedown here. Henry is defending well but Shrek drives through and ends up in Henry's guard.
Shrek would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Shrek landing with the ground and pound.
Shrek sitting in guard here, content to control.
Shrek trying to stand up but can't free himself from Henry's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shrek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shrek controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Let's hope that Shrek has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Shrek sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henry's guard.
Shrek stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shrek looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Henry is rocked!

Shrek wants to work for an arm triangle but Henry is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Oh Henry is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Shrek is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shrek lands a big elbow - Henry 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 Shrek!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Shrek!