PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jensen comes to the cage accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Bak has chosen you've lost that loving feeling as his entrance music. Martin Jensen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ong Bak's chin.

Jensen
vs
Bak

225 cm
28
300 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

225 cm
34
289 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Martin Jensen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bak fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jensen gets tackled into the cage by Bak. Bak maintains the clinch.
Jensen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Martin Jensen has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jensen as Bak tries to tie him up.
A short uppercut from Jensen.
Jensen working aggressively here.
Jensen gets through Bak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bak tries to land knees in the clinch but Jensen avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jensen's brow.
Jensen takes an elbow to the temple.
Jensen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jensen lands a shoulder strike.
Bak prevents a body shot from Jensen.
Jensen lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jensen blocks it with crossed arms.
Jensen lands a hook that snaps the head of Bak backwards.
Jensen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jensen tries to work over Bak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jensen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jensen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jensen.
Bak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jensen is defending well for now.
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Jensen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jensen lands a shot to the body.
Jensen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Jensen.
Bak has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jensen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bak can turn it around.
Jensen misses with a punch to the body.
Bak throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jensen.
Jensen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jensen is looking to break free of the clinch but Bak has double underhooks.
Jensen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bak trying to control the position but instead, Jensen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bak into the cage.
Bak lands a good knee to the midsection. Jensen won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jensen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jensen blocks the elbow strike.
Jensen avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak.
Jensen misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bak prevents a body shot from Jensen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bak throws an elbow but misses.
Jensen takes an elbow to the forehead.

Martin Jensen's cut is getting worse.
Jensen dodges an elbow strike from Bak.
Bak's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bak prevents a body shot from Jensen.
Bak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bak misses with an elbow strike.
Bak lands with a short shot to the head.
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Martin Jensen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Jensen misses with a body punch.
Jensen blocks an elbow strike.
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Jensen pushes Bak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jensen looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jensen blocks the elbow strike.
Bak blocks an uppercut.
Jensen throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jensen blocks an elbow strike.
Bak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bak looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bak looking to throw knees to the head but Jensen is blocking nicely.
Bak is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jensen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jensen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jensen is looking to break free of the clinch but Bak has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jensen.
Bak's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Jensen drops Bak onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Bak is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Bak is rocked!
Bak prevents Jensen from breaking the clinch.
Bak is still on wobbly legs! Can Jensen finish him?
Bak misses with an elbow over the top.
Jensen dips a shoulder and cracks Bak with a mighty uppercut! Bak falls back against the cage and Jensen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Bak is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Jensen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Jensen!
Martin Jensen retains his super heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Martin Jensen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Ong Bak stepped up to the mic, saying 'Osssss'.