PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Palmer Reno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curtis Henry is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Reno
vs
Henry

180 cm
21
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
27
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Palmer Reno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Curtis Henry!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry wants to clinch up but Reno keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Henry gets a clinch.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Reno avoids the damage to the body.
Henry keeps control of Reno as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Reno avoids the damage to the body.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Reno digs a right hand into Henry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Henry's gas tank.
Reno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reno has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Reno blocks with his arms.
Reno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry's elbow.
Nice body punch from Reno.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Reno in his tracks for a moment.
Henry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Reno is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reno blocks it with crossed arms.
Reno can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Reno.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Reno is blocking nicely.
Reno gets through Henry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reno is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reno avoids a wild elbow strike from Henry.
Reno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Reno.
Reno lands a shot to the body.
Reno slowing the pace effectively.
Reno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Reno pushes Henry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reno managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reno blocks it with crossed arms.
Reno lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reno.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Reno blocks it.
Henry lands an elbow just above Reno 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reno scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henry lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reno lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reno struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reno.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Reno lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.

Henry is rocked!
Reno blocks the elbow strike.
Reno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reno lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henry is still on wobbly legs! Can Reno finish him?
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Reno lands a shoulder strike.
Reno dips a shoulder and cracks Henry with a mighty uppercut! Henry falls back against the cage and Reno unloads with a barrage of strikes! Henry is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Reno screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Palmer Reno!
The defeated Curtis Henry had this to say: 'I will be back next time better than ever whooping some ass.... '.