PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Happy Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Kytke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Henry
vs
Kytke

175 cm
29
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Happy Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Kytke!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kytke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Kytke.
Nice shot lands for Henry.

Henry drives through and clinches with Kytke against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Henry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Kytke tightens his grip and picks Henry up, before dumping him to the ground. Henry manages to land in guard.
Henry working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kytke.
Kytke wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
Kytke prevents Henry from getting back to his feet.
Kytke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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!
Henry wants to get back to his feet but Kytke is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kytke is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henry lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kytke at a distance.
Henry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Henry lands a nice hook to Kytke's body. Kytke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Henry throws a leg kick but Kytke sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kytke takes a jab right on the kisser.
Henry moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Henry throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kytke counters by moving into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry lands a nice uppercut.
Kytke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henry is defending well for now.
Kytke is trying to maintain a safe position but Henry gets an underhook and turns Kytke into the cage.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Kytke keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kytke keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kytke scores a nice knee to the body.
Kytke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kytke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Henry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kytke's brow.
Kytke tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Kytke has Henry pressed against the cage, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kytke avoids the elbow strike from Henry, against the cage.
Henry lands a shoulder strike.
Henry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henry throws an elbow but misses.
Henry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Henry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kytke's brow.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Kytke has double underhooks.
Kytke can't get the takedown.
Kytke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Henry manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kytke walks into a straight right hand from Henry.
Henry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kytke.
Henry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Kytke.
Henry scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Henry blocks a jab.
A jab from Henry does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry tries to clinch up.
Kytke takes one to the chin there.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kytke.
Henry is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Henry lunges at Kytke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kytke's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Kytke as he checks the leg kick.
Henry misses with a looping right.
Kytke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Henry to score with a decent uppercut.

A jab-cross combination lands for Henry and sends Kytke crashing to the mat! Henry follows him down to the mat - Kytke regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Kytke is rocked!
Henry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kytke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.
Henry is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kytke is looking to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Henry dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Henry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kytke checks a leg kick.
Henry lands a jab-cross combination.

Kytke gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Henry to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kytke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kytke works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Kytke blocks nicely.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kytke works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henry working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kytke's head.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry trying to control the position from guard on top but Kytke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henry throws a big right hand that misses.
Henry trying to control but Kytke is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry postures up in Kytke's guard and throws a big left but Kytke blocks it.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kytke can do to turn this around?
Kytke wants to stand up but Henry is controlling him.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kytke working a defensive guard here.
Henry pushing down on Kytke's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Henry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henry trying to pass the guard but Kytke defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kytke is pressing down on Henry's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kytke looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henry wants to stand but Kytke is controlling his posture from full guard.
Henry content to stall in guard here.
Henry with a nice head shot there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kytke can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Kytke has wrist control.
Kytke wants to sweep but no luck.
Henry throws an elbow that misses. Kytke uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henry's guard. Nice move by Kytke!
Kytke showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kytke wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kytke throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Happy Henry dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Kytke gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Henry.
Henry lands a two punch combo.
Kytke staying out of range there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kytke darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kytke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kytke.
Henry scores with a sloppy right hand. Kytke should have avoided that one.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch but Kytke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Henry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kytke is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kytke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kytke tries to score a body lock takedown but Henry shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kytke lands a body shot.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Kytke avoids a wild elbow strike from Henry.
Come on Kytke - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kytke takes an elbow to the temple.
Kytke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kytke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kytke avoids it.
Kytke wants to stall.
Kytke stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kytke presses Henry against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Kytke avoids the damage to the body.
Kytke is trying to stall.
Henry tries to circle away but Kytke has him pinned against the cage.
Kytke just leaning against Henry, taking a breather.
Kytke avoids a wild elbow strike from Henry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Happy Henry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kytke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Kytke fails to land.
Kytke slows down the pace here.
Kytke wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kytke has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Henry avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Happy Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hans Kytke.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kytke as he avoids it easily.
Happy Henry is winning the standup battle so far.
Henry tries to clinch but Kytke moves out of range.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Kytke.
Kytke swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry.
Happy Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Henry does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Henry.
Henry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Henry takes the fight into the clinch.
Kytke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Henry on the inside.
Kytke leaning his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kytke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henry is defending well for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Happy Henry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Henry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Happy Henry!