PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wardor Warlovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henson comes into the arena with Hit the Lights by Metallica blaring out of the sound system. Warlovski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Right Now. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Henson
vs
Warlovski

180 cm
25
192 lbs
16 - 12 - 1

189 cm
29
197 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

KAISER

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 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Mickey Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Wardor Warlovski!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson throws a leg kick but Warlovski checks it.

Henson pushes Warlovski up against the cage in a clinch.
Henson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Warlovski.
Warlovski is trying to maintain a safe position but Henson gets an underhook and turns Warlovski into the cage.
Henson avoids the elbow strike from Warlovski, against the cage.
Warlovski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Warlovski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Warlovski takes a shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henson.
Warlovski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Warlovski struggles to land a body shot inside as Henson controls his hands.

Warlovski has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Henson uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warlovski looking for a sweep. Not yet Warlovski, not yet.
Henson trying to control but Warlovski is working from the bottom.
Warlovski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henson wants to control from the top but Warlovski keeps moving.
Henson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by Henson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warlovski sneaks back into half guard.
Warlovski is looking for a sweep. Henson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Warlovski is trying is best to control the position here.
Henson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Warlovski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Henson wants to control from the top but Warlovski keeps moving.
Henson passes Warlovski's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Henson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Warlovski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Henson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Henson trying to pass the guard but Warlovski defending well.
Henson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Warlovski looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Warlovski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski is trying to maintain the position but Henson is very close to passing his half guard.
Henson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Warlovski's head.
Warlovski is looking to improve his position.
Henson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Warlovski is refusing to be controlled, as Henson sits in half guard.
Warlovski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Warlovski.
Warlovski keeping moving, preventing Henson from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Warlovski keeping moving, preventing Henson from controlling successfully.
Warlovski looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Henson wants to control from the top but Warlovski keeps moving.
Henson is really struggling to control Warlovski but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mickey Henson just wasn't active enough.
Warlovski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Henson swivels and escapes.
Henson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Warlovski.
Henson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Wardor Warlovski has been cut.
Warlovski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Henson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wardor Warlovski's cut.
That's time! Henson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Warlovski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henson manages to avoid it.
Warlovski shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Henson eats them both and turns towards Warlovski to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Warlovski throws a nice inside leg kick.
Henson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Warlovski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henson as he avoids it easily.
Warlovski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Warlovski misses with a right hand
and Henson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Henson tries to clinch but Warlovski moves out of range.

Henson tries to keep at a distance but Warlovski has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson throws a head punch that misses.
Warlovski prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Warlovski's defenses.
Warlovski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henson.
Henson managing to block the knees to the body from Warlovski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warlovski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Warlovski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Henson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mickey Henson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wardor Warlovski.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warlovski trying to stall but Henson improves his position.
Henson throws an elbow but it misses.
Henson working Warlovski over with knees to the body.
Warlovski lands a nice uppercut.

Warlovski has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Henson uses from the top position.
Warlovski looking to control.
Henson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henson looking to pass the guard.
Warlovski working a defensive guard here.
Henson stopping the sweep attempt from Warlovski.
Henson passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Warlovski.
Henson throwing strikes but missing.
Henson looking to pass the guard.
Henson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henson looking to sit in guard and control but Warlovski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Henson looking for a sweep. Not yet Henson, not yet.
Warlovski works over Henson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henson's head.
Warlovski trying to control the position from guard on top but Henson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warlovski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Henson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Warlovski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Warlovski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Warlovski won't allow Henson to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Henson holds on and takes a little breather.

Warlovski is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Henson is trying to control the position but Warlovski postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski stopping the sweep attempt from Henson.
Henson is adopting a defensive guard.
Warlovski trying to control but Henson is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henson wants to hit a switch here but Warlovski passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Henson there!
Henson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wardor Warlovski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wardor Warlovski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Warlovski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Warlovski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Warlovski clinches.
Henson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Warlovski blocking some punches.
Warlovski trying to land knees to the body.
Henson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warlovski avoids it.
Warlovski looking to stall.
Henson looking to stall.
Henson seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Warlovski is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Warlovski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Warlovski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Henson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Henson lands a nice elbow.
Warlovski stalling.
Henson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warlovski avoids a wild elbow strike from Henson.
Henson lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Wardor Warlovski's cut even more.
Warlovski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Warlovski cracks Henson with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warlovski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henson or not.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warlovski is defending well for now.
A short right from Henson.
Henson pushes off an throws an elbow but Warlovski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Henson can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Warlovski pushes Henson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Henson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mickey Henson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Warlovski.
Henson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Warlovski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Henson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Henson taking a breather.
Warlovski lands a shot to the body.
Henson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Warlovski leaning his opponent against the cage.
Warlovski lands a nice uppercut.
Warlovski trying to stall but Henson improves his position.
Warlovski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Henson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski lands a good knee to the midsection. Henson won't want to take too many of those.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Warlovski.
A short right from Warlovski.
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!

Warlovski has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Henson uses from the top position.
Henson slips nicely into half guard.

Henson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Warlovski defends it well.
Warlovski trying to control from the bottom.
Henson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Warlovski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Warlovski is trying to get back to full guard.
Warlovski gets back to full guard.
Henson connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warlovski looking for a sweep. Not yet Warlovski, not yet.

Warlovski looking for a guillotine here but Henson defends easily.
Henson distracts Warlovski with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Henson wants to control from the top but Warlovski keeps moving.
Henson wants to pass the guard but Warlovski is keeping the position.

Warlovski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Henson postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Henson trying to control but Warlovski is working from the bottom.
Warlovski manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Henson manages to get himself to full guard.
Henson looking for a sweep. Not yet Henson, not yet.
Henson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Warlovski has passed into side control.

Warlovski wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Henson, who protects the arm well.
Henson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Warlovski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henson is not content to let Warlovski control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wardor Warlovski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Warlovski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wardor Warlovski!