PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taako Taaco (ranked 3657 p4p, 3848 weight class) and Scoot Henderson (ranked 526 p4p, 544 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taaco
vs
Henderson

187 cm
19
200
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
217
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taako Taaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scoot Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henderson darts in and clinches Taaco up against the cage.
Taaco using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Taaco stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Taaco on the inside.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taaco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taaco with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Scoot Henderson has been cut.
I was talking to Taaco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Henderson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Taaco uses from the top position.

Henderson looking for a triangle here. Taaco is fighting it but it looks tight! Henderson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Taaco is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Scoot Henderson!