PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ward Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Siesztrzewitowski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: snoop dogg-serial killa. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Henry
vs
Siesztrzewitowski

185 cm
18
207 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Great low kicks
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Oblivion Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ward Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ward Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Henry misses

and Siesztrzewitowski counters by moving into the clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A knee to the head by Henry.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Siesztrzewitowski blocks it.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Henry fails to land.
Henry is trying to stall.
Siesztrzewitowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Siesztrzewitowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a body shot from Henry.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a shoulder strike.
Henry can't find room to land a body shot as Siesztrzewitowski controls the action.
Henry tries to work over Siesztrzewitowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Siesztrzewitowski blocks it.
Siesztrzewitowski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Siesztrzewitowski avoids it.
Henry has a couple of punches blocked by Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Siesztrzewitowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Siesztrzewitowski's face.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Siesztrzewitowski avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Henry definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a light punch inside.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Siesztrzewitowski is defending well for now.
Siesztrzewitowski has a couple of punches blocked by Henry.
Siesztrzewitowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Siesztrzewitowski's ribcage.
Siesztrzewitowski avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Siesztrzewitowski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siesztrzewitowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henry looking to slow down the pace here.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Siesztrzewitowski avoids the damage to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a nice uppercut.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Siesztrzewitowski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Siesztrzewitowski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
A short left from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Henry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Siesztrzewitowski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Henry throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Siesztrzewitowski moves into the clinch.
Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siesztrzewitowski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Siesztrzewitowski can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
Siesztrzewitowski digs a right hand underneath Henry's ribcage. Henry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Siesztrzewitowski avoids the damage to the body.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Henry misses with an elbow strike.
Henry prevents a body shot from Siesztrzewitowski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siesztrzewitowski tries a body shot but Henry blocks it.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Siesztrzewitowski controls his hands.
Siesztrzewitowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Siesztrzewitowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Siesztrzewitowski blocks with his arms.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Siesztrzewitowski avoids the damage to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks an elbow strike.
Henry tries a body shot but Siesztrzewitowski blocks it.
Siesztrzewitowski managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Henry is stalling here.
Henry working Siesztrzewitowski over with knees to the body.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Siesztrzewitowski has him pressed against the cage.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a shot to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski lands an uppercut.
Siesztrzewitowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry's elbow.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siesztrzewitowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siesztrzewitowski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a body punch.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks an uppercut.
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!
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henry.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
Siesztrzewitowski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a light punch inside.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry throws a head punch that misses.
Siesztrzewitowski avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Siesztrzewitowski fails to land.
Siesztrzewitowski managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Siesztrzewitowski avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Siesztrzewitowski scores with a body shot.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a jab. Henry acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a nice right hand.
Henry tries to land a body kick
and Siesztrzewitowski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Henry.
Siesztrzewitowski throws a right and a left that Henry avoids nicely.
As Siesztrzewitowski tries to get set, Henry tries to push him back and clinch up but Siesztrzewitowski manages to avoid the attempt.
Siesztrzewitowski throws out a powerful jab.
Siesztrzewitowski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Henry moves into range and clinches up with Siesztrzewitowski.
A short left from Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Siesztrzewitowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Siesztrzewitowski blocks it.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a punch to the body.
Henry throws a punch but it's blocked by Siesztrzewitowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Siesztrzewitowski.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henry blocking some punches.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry blocks an uppercut.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Siesztrzewitowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry tries to work over Siesztrzewitowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Henry trying to stall but Siesztrzewitowski improves his position.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siesztrzewitowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski throws a head punch that misses.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Siesztrzewitowski blocks a body shot from Henry.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Siesztrzewitowski is defending well for now.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a body shot.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Siesztrzewitowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Henry blocks a body shot from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henry blocks a body shot from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski really dominated that round.
That's time! Henry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Henry loads up on a big right hand but Siesztrzewitowski slips the punch.

Siesztrzewitowski has closed the distance and engaged Henry in a clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski blocking some punches.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Siesztrzewitowski avoids the damage to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Siesztrzewitowski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Siesztrzewitowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siesztrzewitowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siesztrzewitowski avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Henry has a couple of punches blocked by Siesztrzewitowski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry prevents a body shot from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Siesztrzewitowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Siesztrzewitowski controls his hands.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Siesztrzewitowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siesztrzewitowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry blocks an uppercut.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski gets through Henry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry misses with some punches.
Siesztrzewitowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Siesztrzewitowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Siesztrzewitowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Siesztrzewitowski avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Henry.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Siesztrzewitowski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Siesztrzewitowski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Siesztrzewitowski working aggressively here.
Siesztrzewitowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Siesztrzewitowski's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right hand.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Siesztrzewitowski avoids it.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a hook to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Siesztrzewitowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henry.
Siesztrzewitowski managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Siesztrzewitowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry's elbow.
Siesztrzewitowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Henry's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Siesztrzewitowski lands a nice looking body shot.
Siesztrzewitowski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Siesztrzewitowski rushes Henry and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a nice uppercut.
Siesztrzewitowski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right hand.
Siesztrzewitowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henry is trying to stall.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Siesztrzewitowski digs a right hand underneath Henry's ribcage. Henry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Siesztrzewitowski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Siesztrzewitowski tries to throw a body punch but Henry avoids it by throwing Siesztrzewitowski back against the cage.
Henry looking to slow down the pace here.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Siesztrzewitowski lands with a left to the head.
Henry misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siesztrzewitowski avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Siesztrzewitowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siesztrzewitowski.
A body shot lands from Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Siesztrzewitowski blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
A shot in the inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry's elbow.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a body shot.
Siesztrzewitowski prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Siesztrzewitowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a body punch.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siesztrzewitowski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ward Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good body shot from Siesztrzewitowski.
Siesztrzewitowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Siesztrzewitowski has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Siesztrzewitowski scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry takes a shot to the head.
Siesztrzewitowski lands an uppercut.
Siesztrzewitowski lands a shoulder strike.

Henry is rocked!
Siesztrzewitowski misses with a body punch.
Oh Henry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Siesztrzewitowski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henry or not.
Henry seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siesztrzewitowski.
Henry takes a shot to the head.
Siesztrzewitowski breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Henry with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Henry looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Henry get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski!
A relieved looking Knezevic Siesztrzewitowski thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.