PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Tapout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Hentschel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tapout comes to the cage accompanied by Runaway. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Tapout
vs
Hentschel

173 cm
24
142 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

174 cm
22
146 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Untouchable Fight Gear
Gilop®

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition
Fighters First Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Tapout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Hentschel!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hentschel is looking to chop away at Tapout's legs.
Hentschel throws a lazy right hand but Tapout sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hentschel keeps the fight on the outside.
Tapout tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hentschel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tapout tries to clinch but Hentschel moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tapout looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tapout moves in looking to clinch but Hentschel pushes him off.

Hentschel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hentschel lands with a short shot to the head.
Tapout blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tapout blocking some punches.
Hentschel content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tapout is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hentschel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hentschel throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapout.
Tapout blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapout tries to pull guard but Hentschel holds him up against the cage and eventually Tapout drops back down to his feet.
Tapout is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Hentschel to work.
Hentschel throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapout.
Tapout has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tapout blocks an uppercut.
Hentschel lands a nice uppercut.
Hentschel lands with a right to the head.
Hentschel lands a shoulder strike.
Tapout blocks an uppercut.
Hentschel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hentschel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel lands a nice uppercut.
Hentschel lands with a light punch inside.
Hentschel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hentschel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tapout backwards.
Tapout is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hentschel pushes Tapout back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hentschel prevents Tapout from breaking the clinch.
Hentschel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tapout is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hentschel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hentschel misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Tapout tries to break the clinch but Hentschel is controlling the position.
Tapout tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hentschel just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapout is trying to break free.
Hentschel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hentschel lands with a right to the head.
Hentschel lands with a left to the head.
Hentschel misses with the head strike.
Tapout has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hentschel throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapout.
Hentschel stalling the fight.
Hentschel scores with a shot to the side of Tapout's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hentschel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hentschel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hentschel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tapout.
Hentschel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hentschel lands with a right to the head.
Tapout wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hentschel has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hentschel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hentschel lands with a light punch inside.
Tapout tries to pull guard but Hentschel holds him up against the cage and eventually Tapout drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Hentschel dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tapout tries to clinch up but Hentschel circles away and keeps his distance.
Hentschel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Hentschel.
Tapout misses with a low kick.
Tapout shoots in for a takedown but Hentschel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tapout tries to clinch but Hentschel is having none of it.
Tapout tries to clinch up.
Tapout tries to clinch but Hentschel is having none of it.
Hentschel throws a poor cross that misses

and Tapout counters by moving into the clinch.
Hentschel lands with a right to the head.

Tapout is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Hentschel.
Oh Tapout is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hentschel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hentschel throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapout.
Hentschel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hentschel lands a big right hand that drops Tapout! The killer instinct kicks in and Hentschel finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hentschel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stefan Hentschel!
Stefan Hentschel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.