PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam Henney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fredrick Altright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Henney looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Henney
vs
Altright

185 cm
25
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam Henney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fredrick Altright!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henney shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Henney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Altright.

Altright moves into the clinch.
Altright pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Altright tries to circle away but Henney has him pinned against the ropes.
Altright is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henney being controlled against the ropes.
Henney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henney is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Altright is defending well.
Altright is trying to break the clinch but Henney is controlling him.
Henney is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Altright is defending well.

Altright breaks the clinch.

Altright forces Henney back against the ropes and clinches.
Henney drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Henney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Altright slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altright is trying to break free.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Altright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altright fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Altright cracks the inside of Henney's front leg.
Altright tries to clinch but Henney moves out of range.
Altright throws a nice inside leg kick.

Altright clinches.
Altright's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Henney tries to score a body lock takedown but Altright shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Altright pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henney steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Altright. That one must have hurt.
Altright fails with the takedown

and Henney counters with a nice double leg into side control. Altright won't be happy with that.
Henney is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Altright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Henney working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Altright looking for a sweep but Henney has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Altright wants to control but Henney is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrick Altright dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Altright shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Henney pinned against the ropes. Henney gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Altright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Altright throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Altright darts in and clinches Henney up against the ropes.
Altright gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henney.
Altright is pushing Henney up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henney keeps control of Altright as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Altright wants to break free but Henney has control.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henney as Altright tries to tie him up.
Henney has Altright pressed against the ropes, preventing Altright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henney wants a takedown.
Altright stalling against the ropes.
Henney has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Altright after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Henney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Altright looking to throw knees to the head but Henney is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Altright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Altright tries to circle away but Henney has him pinned against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altright lands a right hand.

Altright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Henney as Altright shoots in.
Altright fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henney stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henney wants it to stay on the feet.
Altright shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Altright tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Henney swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Altright lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henney at a distance.
Altright throws a lazy head kick

and Henney counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Altright is breathing heavily.
Henney is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Altright!
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!

Henney looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Henney looking for a guillotine from mount but Altright is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Altright wants to hold on but Henney pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fredrick Altright will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick by Altright misses

and Henney counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Liam Henney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henney tries to free his leg and advance position but Altright is retaining full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Altright working a defensive guard but Henney manages to pass into side control anyway.
Altright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Altright can do anything to dispel that myth.
Henney is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Altright will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Altright is looking to reverse the position.
Henney trying to control the action but Altright is working from the bottom.
Altright really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henney. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Altright tries to improve position but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henney looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Henney is looking to take a break and control but Altright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Altright is trying to improve his position.
Altright struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altright tries to improve position but can't.
Henney in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Henney is looking to take a break and control but Altright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Altright tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altright is not content to let Henney control the position.
Altright is trying to control Henney's posture but Henney avoids it.
Altright is trying to improve his position.
Altright looking for a sweep but Henney has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Altright wants to hold on but Henney pushes him away.
Altright is desperately trying to improve his position but Henney has a good base and remains in mount.

Henney jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Altright manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Altright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Altright tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Henney presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Henney showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Altright has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Fredrick Altright!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Fredrick Altright!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Fredrick Altright!

Fredrick Altright wins by unanimous decision!