PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mick Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malone comes to the cage accompanied by up with the Cock. This should be a great matchup!

Malone
vs
Henry

189 cm
30
198 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

183 cm
30
188 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mick Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry slips a jab and a cross from Malone.
Malone throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Henry cracks a nice hook into Malone's ribs.
Malone lands a head kick!

It looks like Leon Henry has been cut.
Malone misses with a two punch combination.
Malone throws a jab when Henry was well out of range.
No joy there for Malone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mick Malone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Henry.
Henry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malone.
Malone ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
Malone throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Henry. No joy for Malone on that attempt.
Malone looks to land a combination. Henry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malone tries to keep at a distance but Henry has taken the fight into the clinch.
Malone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Malone wants a takedown.
Malone prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Malone won't allow it.

Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry moves away from the strike by Malone.
Malone throws the kick towards the body but Henry avoids it.
Henry scores with a shot to the body.

Malone moves into the clinch.
Malone tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.

Henry has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Malone is trying to keep an underhook but Henry manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Malone manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malone scores with a head kick. Henry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Henry stuffs the takedown attempt from Malone. Malone gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mick Malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malone is breathing heavily.
Malone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Malone misses with a hook.
Henry swings for the body but Malone moves out of range.
Malone tests Henry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Malone throws a right and a left that Henry avoids nicely.
Henry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Malone at a distance.
Henry is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Malone rather than just go for the knockout.
Malone misses with a body kick.
Malone drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Henry.
Malone misses with a body shot.
Henry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Malone lands a head kick!
Malone shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Henry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Malone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Malone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a series of punches but Malone moves out of range.
Malone is looking to clinch.

Henry shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Malone napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malone is looking for a sweep.
Henry working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malone is looking for a sweep.
Henry in side control lands a decent elbow.
Henry throwing strikes but Malone manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Henry is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mick Malone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leon Henry's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Henry checks a leg kick nicely.
Malone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malone throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henry.
Henry misses with a body punch
and Malone counters with a body kick.
Malone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Malone misses the shot to the body.
Henry throws an off balance right hand
and Malone counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Malone drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henry can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Malone controls the pace.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry pulls Malone in close to prevent any damage.
Malone wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
Malone is really struggling to control Henry but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mick Malone wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Malone defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Malone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mick Malone is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henry as he avoids it easily.
Malone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henry lands with a nice combination. Malone backs away looking to recover.
Henry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henry lands a jab to Malone's midsection.
Henry staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Malone. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Malone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry missing with a left hand there. Malone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws out a powerful jab.
Malone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Malone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Henry takes a step back to recover.
Malone misses with a head kick.
Malone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Malone misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malone lands a nice hook to Henry's body. Henry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Malone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Henry throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Malone tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Henry is in Malone's guard.
Malone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henry is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry is in close to Malone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry connects with a couple of short punches.
Henry wants to pass the guard but Malone is keeping the position.
Malone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henry's guard.
Malone postures up in Henry's guard and throws a big left but Henry blocks it.
Malone won't allow Henry to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Malone loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Malone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Malone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leon Henry's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Malone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Malone.

Malone rushes Henry and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Malone is looking to control Henry's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malone has his back to the cage.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malone trying to control the position but instead, Henry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malone into the cage.
Malone trying to land knees to the body.

Henry turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Henry misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Henry landing strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Henry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry landing strikes.
Malone takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Henry landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Malone is working to avoid the ground and pound but Henry connects with a decent elbow.
Henry lands some shots froms side control.

Malone is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oh Malone is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malone is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Henry scoring with punches from side control.
Henry in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Leon Henry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henry lands a decent elbow from side control.
Henry landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry cracks Malone with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Henry immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Malone is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Henry!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Henry!