PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andr De Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Fran has chosen No Worries as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Henley
vs
De Fran

176 cm
34
156 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

172 cm
38
158 lbs
30 - 22 - 2

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 22 - 2, fighting out of London, Andr De Fran!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henley misses with the combination.
De Fran appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Henley misses with a left hand
and De Fran makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Good leg kick by Henley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Fran defending well as Henley loads up on a big left hand.
De Fran tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Henley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Henley finds it's target.
De Fran ducks under a wild hook from Henley.
Henley misses with a hook.
De Fran looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henley lands with a cross.
De Fran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henley throws out the jab.
De Fran lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Henley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Henley does it's job there.
Andr De Fran is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henley looks for the body kick but De Fran saw that one coming.
De Fran misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Fran ducks under a wild hook from Henley.
De Fran throws a counter combo.
Henley misses with a right hand
and De Fran counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henley misses with an uppercut.
Henley throws a lazy uppercut
and De Fran makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Henley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Fran manages to avoid it.
Henley lunges at De Fran with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Fran's hand.
Henley has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henley.
Henley scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Fran connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henley throws a right and a left that De Fran avoids nicely.
Henley throws a shot to the body.
Henley swings for the body but De Fran moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on De Fran's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Henley throws a leg kick but De Fran sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henley fails to land with a series of punches.
De Fran avoids the head kick by Henley.
Henley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Fran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Fran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henley misses with a hook
and De Fran counters with a two punch combo.
De Fran avoids the body shot from Henley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley throws a hook to the side of De Fran's head but De Fran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henley thows a leg kick but De Fran checks it
and De Fran counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Fran blocks the body kick.
Henley throws a leg kick that misses.
De Fran on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Henley looks to land a left hand but De Fran moved out of range nicely.
De Fran looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Fran has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Henley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by De Fran.
Henley throws a poor cross that misses
and De Fran counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Henley! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Andr De Fran!
Andr De Fran is the new featherweight champion!
A relieved looking Andr De Fran thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.