PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Henry
vs
Hurt

183 cm
28
188 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

176 cm
23
197 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Hurt!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurt fails with the takedown
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry connects with a jab.
Hurt looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.

Hurt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Henry tries to get to full guard but Hurt has control of the leg.
Hurt wants to get back to his feet.
Henry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Henry looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henry pushes Hurt off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hurt misses with a takedown
and Henry counters with a straight right hand.
Henry dodges the punch combination from Hurt.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henry drives through with a takedown into Hurt's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Henry scoring with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry lands a couple of digs.
Henry postures up and lands a big shot to Hurt's brow.
Henry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Henry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Henry stopping the sweep attempt from Hurt.
Henry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Henry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Henry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry is working Hurt over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henry with a nice head shot there.

Hurt wriggles free and stands up.
Hurt shoots for a takedown but Henry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Leon Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big Hurt.
Hurt shoots for a takedown but Henry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henry throws a right and a left that Hurt avoids nicely.

Henry closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hurt's guard.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Hurt blocks nicely.
Henry throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt has momentary wrist control but Henry slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Henry distracts Hurt with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henry stands and throws Hurt's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurt tries to escape but Henry is in control.
Henry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Henry is working Hurt over with some ground and pound from side control.
Henry working the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Check out the look on Henry's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Henry lands some shots froms side control.
Henry working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Henry dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henry shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hurt is trying to defend but Henry finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Henry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Henry lands strikes from half guard.
Henry working Hurt over with strikes.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hurt can do to turn this around?
Hurt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Henry drops an elbow to the side of Hurt's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Henry connects with a nice short shot to Hurt's temple.

Hurt is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hurt has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hurt is still in real trouble! Can Henry finish him?
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hurt with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry wants to pass the guard but Hurt is defending well.
Hurt seems to have recovered his senses.
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hurt is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Henry lands strikes from half guard.
Henry works his way into side control.
Leon Henry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hurt is trying to get back to half guard.
Hurt taking punishment in the form of punches.
Henry working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry cracks Hurt with a big elbow.
Hurt is looking to reverse the position.
Hurt is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry landing a few strikes.
Henry scoring with punches from side control.
Henry lands a strong strike to the head of Hurt. That's dazed him! Henry looking to finish here. Hurt is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Henry lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Henry!