PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quentin Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nana - One Second . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Costa
vs
Henry

184 cm
24
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
31
207 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quentin Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hank Henry!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Costa misses.
Costa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Costa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Henry manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Costa from controlling successfully.
Costa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Costa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Costa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Costa wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Henry has his foot on Costa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Costa works his way back into a safe position though.
Costa stopping the sweep attempt from Henry.
Costa is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Costa stopping the sweep attempt from Henry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Quentin Costa.

Henry manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Costa on his heels. He'll look to pass Costa's guard now, I'm sure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa pulls Henry in close to prevent any damage.
Henry must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Henry throws a big right hand that misses.
Costa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henry's guard.
Costa 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 has his foot on Costa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Costa works his way back into a safe position though.
Henry looks gassed!
Costa landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry has momentary wrist control but Costa slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Costa trying to control but Henry is working from the bottom.
Henry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Costa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Costa advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Costa lands some shots froms side control.
Henry tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Costa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Henry is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Costa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Henry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Costa controlling the action here.
Ground and pound from Costa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henry with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry is looking to improve his position.
Costa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Costa lands strikes from half guard.
Costa prevents Henry from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Costa seems content to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa working Henry over with strikes.
Henry has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Costa is working away from the top position though.
Costa is trying to control the action in half guard but Henry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quentin Costa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Henry thows a left - swing and a miss!

Costa gets a takedown into half guard.
Costa slips a nice elbow through Henry's hands, connecting with Henry's forehead.
Henry tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Costa has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
A nice elbow there by Costa.
Costa looking to control and managing it successfully.
Henry is looking to improve his position but Costa isn't that keen on the idea.
Costa controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Costa controlling his opponent.
Henry is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Costa landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Costa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Costa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costa controlling the position easily from mount.
Costa avoids the attempt from Henry to control.
Henry is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Henry is trying to escape the mount.
Costa controlling from mount.
Costa lands a heavy elbow.
Costa scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Henry is rocked!
Costa with the ground and pound from mount.
Henry is still in real trouble! Can Costa finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry is looking to get to half guard.
Costa lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Henry! Costa sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Henry and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Quentin Costa!
After winning the bout, Quentin Costa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.