PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kano Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henson's entrance music is I Surrender. A fine choice. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kano Cunningham was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Henson
vs
Cunningham

180 cm
20
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

174 cm
26
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kano Cunningham !
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham throws a push kick but Henson slaps the foot to one side.
Cunningham checks a leg kick.
Henson throws a hook but Cunningham blocks it.
Cunningham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Henson can pounce on him.

Henson clinches up against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Henson.
Henson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henson lands a good knee to the midsection. Cunningham won't want to take too many of those.
Henson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cunningham s head.
A right hand to the body from Henson.
Henson presses Cunningham against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cunningham taking a breather.
Henson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cunningham .
Cunningham tries to break free but Henson pushes him back against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Henson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cunningham .
Henson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cunningham looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Henson.
Henson lands a knee to the body.
Henson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cunningham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henson crunches a lovely knee into Cunningham 's ribcage.
Henson working Cunningham over with knees to the body.
Henson misses with a punch to the body.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Cunningham avoids the damage to the body.
Henson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cunningham trying to control the position but instead, Henson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cunningham into the ropes.
Henson lands a good knee to the midsection. Cunningham won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henson lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson misses with a body punch.
Henson lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Henson.
Henson scores with a shot to the side of Cunningham 's head.
Henson lands a left hand.
Henson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cunningham 's elbow.
Henson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cunningham backwards.
Henson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Cunningham is rocked!
Henson creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Cunningham crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Cunningham face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Henson takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Michael Henson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Michael Henson waved his t-shirt featuring Instinct [out of stock until Feb 03 2016]'s logo in front of the cameras.