PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Clementine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Henley
vs
Clementine

176 cm
18
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Henley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lee Clementine!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henley drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Clementine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Clementine can do anything to dispel that myth.
Henley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Clementine keeping moving, preventing Henley from controlling successfully.
Henley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Clementine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henley trying to control the position from guard on top but Clementine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clementine controlling Henley's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Henley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Clementine shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Henley napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clementine working the ground and pound.
Henley sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Clementine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Henley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Clementine 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.
Henley 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.
Henley works his way to full guard. Good work.
Clementine landing some decent shots from guard.
Clementine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henley's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Henley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Henley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Clementine doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Clementine manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clementine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henley swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Henley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Henley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Clementine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Henley is breathing heavily.
Clementine distracts Henley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clementine postures up and lands a big shot to Henley's brow.
Clementine works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Clementine works his foot free and advances to mount.
Clementine fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henley gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Clementine lands a nice short elbow.
Clementine seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Henley wants to get back to full guard.
Clementine tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henley knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Clementine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Clementine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Henley actively working from the bottom here.
Clementine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Clementine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Henley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Clementine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Clementine is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Henley doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Clementine.
Ground and pound from Clementine.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Henley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Clementine landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Clementine seems to be working for a kimura but Henley defends the submission attempt.

Clementine is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clementine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Clementine dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Clementine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Clementine lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Henley looking for submissions off his back.

Henley actively working from the bottom here.

Henley has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Clementine. Oh but Henley has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Clementine goes limp - he's gone! Henley jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ben Henley!
After the fight, Ben Henley was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.