PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yves Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Hendricks looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Hendricks
vs
Edwards

180 cm
18
185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yves Edwards !
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hendricks gets a takedown into half guard.
Hendricks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Edwards has hold of Hendricks's hands but Hendricks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Edwards looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hendricks throwing shots but Edwards is blocking nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Edwards blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hendricks.
Hendricks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hendricks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hendricks tries to pass the half guard into mount. Edwards knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hendricks throwing shots but Edwards is blocking nicely.
Hendricks trying to control from half guard but Edwards is working away.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
An inside leg kick lands from Edwards .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks shoots in for a double leg but Edwards sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Edwards throws a combination. Hendricks tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Edwards throws a front kick that sends Hendricks stumbling back into the ropes.
Edwards turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Edwards scores with a spinning back kick!

Hendricks changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Edwards looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hendricks is breathing heavily.
Edwards is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Edwards on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Edwards wants to get back to his feet but Hendricks drags him back down.
Edwards avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hendricks.
Edwards is not content to let Hendricks control the position.
Hendricks throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hendricks throws an elbow but Edwards slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hendricks trying to control the action but Edwards is working from the bottom.
Edwards is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hendricks asserts his dominance and retains side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hendricks shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hendricks trying to control from half guard but Edwards is working away.
Edwards pushes Hendricks off looking to stand but Hendricks dives back in and keeps control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks is trying to control. Edwards wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hendricks throwing shots but Edwards is blocking nicely.
Edwards is refusing to be controlled, as Hendricks sits in half guard.
Hendricks thows a huge punch but Edwards dodges it nicely.
Hendricks working the head and body with strikes.
Hendricks missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hendricks dives in and grabs Edwards 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Edwards pushes down on Hendricks's head and hops out.
Hendricks has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Hendricks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hendricks shoots in but Edwards avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Edwards throws a combination. Hendricks tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Edwards scores with a spinning back kick!
Hendricks shoots in and drives through. Edwards sprawls well.
Edwards buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Edwards is looking to slow Hendricks down with leg kicks.
Hendricks closes the distance and clinches up with Edwards , looking for a takedown. Hendricks pushes Edwards against the ropes but Edwards circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hendricks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Edwards moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Edwards scores with a kick to the body.
Edwards scores with a kick to the midsection.
Edwards throws a nice outside leg kick.
Edwards throws a leg kick which misses Hendricks's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendricks tries to avoid it.
Hendricks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hendricks misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hendricks takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Edwards lands a lovely overhand right.
Hendricks on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hendricks looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Edwards is fending him off so far but Hendricks persists. Nope, Edwards circles away and we're back to standing.
Edwards looks to land a combination. Hendricks sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Edwards throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hendricks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edwards moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Edwards there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendricks takes a kick to the side of the head.
Crunch! Edwards slams his shin into Hendricks's torso.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Edwards , right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yves Edwards dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hendricks takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hendricks doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Edwards stuffs the takedown attempt from Hendricks. Hendricks gets slowly back to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Edwards .
Edwards lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to de liver by Edwards . Beautiful body shot.

Edwards gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hendricks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Edwards is keeping the position for now.
Hendricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Edwards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hendricks won't allow Edwards to get back to his feet.
Edwards wants to get back to his feet but Hendricks passes into half guard.
Hendricks stops Edwards from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Edwards 's head.
Hendricks drops an elbow to the side of Edwards 's head.
Hendricks trying to pass the guard but Edwards defending well.
Hendricks drops an elbow to the side of Edwards 's head.
Edwards is trying to stand back up but Hendricks is controlling him
Hendricks winds up and cracks Edwards with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hendricks is nestled in close to Edwards , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hendricks passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Edwards !
Hendricks landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edwards blocking the ground and pound.
The referee warns Edwards that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Yves Edwards has been cut.
Hendricks looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hendricks raining down shots from the mount!
Hendricks punching from mount but Edwards doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hendricks tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hendricks lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Josh Hendricks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Edwards wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hendricks dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Edwards that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Edwards takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hendricks scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hendricks raining down shots from the mount!
Hendricks is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Edwards can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hendricks lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Edwards hang on?
Edwards taking shots to the head.
Edwards wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Hendricks working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks unloading with bombs!
Hendricks unloading with bombs!
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!
Hendricks looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hendricks landing strikes, looking to finish!
Edwards is squirming around, avoiding Hendricks's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hendricks is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Edwards can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hendricks cracks Edwards with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Hendricks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yves Edwards 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Horrible takedown by Hendricks or perhaps it was just good defense by Edwards which made him look bad.
Edwards leaves Hendricks with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hendricks takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Edwards chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Edwards is looking to slow Hendricks down with leg kicks.
Edwards defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hendricks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Hendricks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hendricks takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Edwards feints and then cracks Hendricks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendricks down.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hendricks.

Hendricks fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Edwards sprawls well initially but Hendricks persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hendricks prevents Edwards from standing back up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hendricks thows a huge punch but Edwards dodges it nicely.
Hendricks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks wants to take a breather but Edwards is having none of it.
Hendricks is really struggling to control Edwards but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Edwards wants to get back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Edwards cracks a nice hook into Hendricks's ribs.
Edwards stalks Hendricks and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hendricks's face. Hendricks staggers backwards, shaken.
Hendricks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Hendricks scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hendricks postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hendricks is staying tight to Edwards 's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hendricks in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hendricks misses with the ground and pound.
Hendricks throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hendricks in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hendricks trying to control the position but Edwards is working away.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Both fighters circling a little - Edwards finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hendricks fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Edwards lands a two punch combo.
Edwards throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hendricks fails to land the takedown.
Edwards throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hendricks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Edwards .
Edwards leaves Hendricks with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hendricks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Edwards . Edwards obviously looking to wear him down.
Edwards throws a one two combo.
Edwards leaves Hendricks with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Edwards lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Edwards .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards connects with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Edwards .
Hendricks shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Edwards pinned against the cage. Edwards gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Josh Hendricks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edwards fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hendricks.
Edwards throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hendricks on the side of the head.
Yves Edwards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice inside leg kick there by Edwards . That's going to slow Hendricks down.
Edwards connects with a body shot.

Hendricks shoots in and bounces Edwards off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Hendricks is looking to work some ground and pound but Edwards has wrist control.
Edwards is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hendricks is controlling him.
Edwards really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hendricks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks scoring with some ground and pound.
Edwards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hendricks is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hendricks's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hendricks chips away with some ground and pound.
Edwards is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Edwards is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Hendricks trying to control but Edwards is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Josh Hendricks.
I think Hendricks has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Josh Hendricks!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Josh Hendricks!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Josh Hendricks!

Josh Hendricks wins by unanimous decision!