PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tane Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Kazansky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazansky has chosen Danger Zone as his entrance music. Tom Kazansky has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Henderson
vs
Kazansky

182 cm
24
201 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
10 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tane Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Kazansky!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kazansky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kazansky throws a jab when Henderson was well out of range.
Kazansky looks for a takedown but Henderson sprawls well.
Kazansky wants to clinch

and Henderson moves into the clinch.
Kazansky jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Henderson walks away with a smile on his face. Kazansky gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kazansky swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
Kazansky wants to clinch

and Henderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Henderson.
Kazansky is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Henderson controlling the action here for a moment.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.

Henderson breaks from the clinch.
Kazansky tries for a takedown but Henderson circles away easily
and Henderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Tane Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Kazansky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazansky misses with a takedown attempt

and Henderson counters by moving into the clinch.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kazansky tries to pull guard but Henderson won't allow it.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazansky uses good head movement to avoid it.

Kazansky successfully pulls guard.

Henderson gets to his feet - Kazansky follows without any prompting.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kazansky shoots and misses

and Henderson counters by clinching up.
Kazansky looks gassed!
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazansky.
Kazansky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kazansky wants to get back to striking at distance but Henderson won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Henderson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson wants to clinch up but Kazansky keeps it at a distance.

Henderson closes the distance and clinches.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kazansky pulls guard effortlessly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kazansky working for a triangle but Henderson defends it easily.

Henderson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kazansky, up you get!
Henderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kazansky. Kazansky circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Henderson clinches.
Henderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kazansky backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Henderson.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Henderson lands a right hand.
Henderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Henderson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson scores with a shot to the side of Kazansky's head.
Kazansky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Kazansky! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Henderson is unloading with more strikes now! Kazansky drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tane Henderson!