PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Hennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radoslaw Numan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hennings comes to the cage accompanied by Braveheart Theme. Numan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ITS TIME FOR WAR kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Radoslaw Numan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hennings
vs
Numan

176 cm
28
145 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
140 lbs
5 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dustin Hennings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Radoslaw Numan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hennings misses with a body kick.
Numan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Numan clinches with his opponent.
Hennings jumps guard but Numan stands there with Hennings around his waist. Hennings gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hennings goes for a takedown attempt but Numan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Numan wants to clinch up but Hennings keeps it at a distance.
Hennings throws a right and a left that Numan avoids nicely.

Hennings moves into the clinch successfully.
Numan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hennings is trying to force a seperation but Numan has the dominant position.
Numan blocking some punches.
Numan can't break the clinch.
Numan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hennings has him pressed against the cage.
Hennings keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Numan's efforts to push away.
Numan is trying to break the clinch but Hennings is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numan stops a takedown attempt from Hennings.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dustin Hennings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Numan wants to get back to striking at distance but Hennings won't allow it.
Hennings is trying to force a seperation but Numan has the dominant position.

Hennings manages to break the clinch.

Numan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hennings keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Numan's efforts to push away.

Hennings breaks from the clinch.
Numan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hennings avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Numan wants to clinch up but Hennings keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Hennings, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Numan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hennings misses with a wild combination.
Hennings lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hennings throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Numan counters with a right hand to the body.
Numan tries to clinch there but Hennings circles away.

Numan pushes Hennings up against the cage in a clinch.
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!

Hennings's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hennings throws a sloppy head kick and Numan moves out of range easily.
Numan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Numan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hennings fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Numan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Numan tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Hennings counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hennings is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Numan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hennings passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hennings is looking to take a break and control but Numan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Numan wants to get back to his feet.

Hennings decides to stand back up. Hennings steps back and let's Numan get back to his feet.

Numan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hennings to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hennings prevents Numan from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hennings slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hennings is pushing down on Numan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Numan is fighting to maintain full guard but Hennings has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hennings wants to free his trapped foot but Numan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hennings wants to lay and pray for a moment but Numan keeps working.
Hennings is controlling the pace.

Hennings decides to return to a standing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Hennings dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Numan clinches up against the cage.
Numan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hennings is trying to pull guard but Numan has him pressed against the cage.

Hennings works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Hennings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hennings won't allow Numan to get back to his feet.
Hennings is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hennings is looking to advance position but Numan has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hennings tries to lock up and control but Numan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Numan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hennings. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Numan is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Numan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hennings manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Numan clinches up against the cage.
Numan is trying to push Hennings away but Hennings has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hennings jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Numan walks away with a smile on his face. Hennings gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hennings circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hennings counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Numan is rocked!

Hennings lands a huge takedown. Numan is out but the ref is slow to react and Hennings lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Numan lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dustin Hennings!
Dustin Hennings decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.