PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Tadic (ranked 6045 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sayon Henry (ranked 5001 p4p, 0 weight class). Sayon Henry is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Tadic
vs
Henry

183 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boris Tadic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sayon Henry!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tadic misses with a body shot.
Tadic moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.

Tadic instigates a clinch.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tadic is looking to clinch.
Henry misses with a looping left.

Tadic has closed the distance and engaged Henry in a clinch.
Tadic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Henry.
Tadic misses with a punch to the body.
Tadic blocks an uppercut.
Henry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tadic pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tadic tries to work over Henry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henry misses with a punch on the inside.
Tadic can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tadic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tadic avoids the body shot from Henry.
Tadic moves out of range of the strikes.
Tadic's corner calls for a 1-2. Tadic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Henry darts in and clinches Tadic up against the cage.
Henry lands with a short punch from the clinch.

It looks like Boris Tadic has been cut.
Tadic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Henry up against the cage.
Henry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tadic stalling against the cage.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tadic is keeping busy.
Stalling in the clinch from Tadic.
Tadic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tadic misses with the head strike.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tadic has Henry pressed against the cage, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tadic struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Henry digs a right hand underneath Tadic's ribcage. Tadic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tadic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Henry taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Tadic.
Henry can't find room to land a body shot as Tadic controls the action.
Tadic lands a shoulder strike.
Henry working aggressively here.
Tadic misses with a body punch.
Henry looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tadic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tadic backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tadic just leaning against Henry, taking a breather.
Henry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tadic swings wildly with an uppercut but Henry uses good head movement to avoid it.

Henry breaks the clinch.

Henry tries to keep at a distance but Tadic has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tadic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry lands with a right to the head.
Henry works on Tadic's body with a couple of short punches.
Henry scores with a shoulder strike.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tadic lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Sayon Henry has been cut.
Tadic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tadic is trying to maintain a safe position but Henry gets an underhook and turns Tadic into the cage.
Henry stalling in the clinch but Tadic improves position.
Tadic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tadic digs a right hand underneath Henry's ribcage. Henry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tadic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry jabs Tadic right on the nose. Tadic blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Henry has closed the distance and engaged Tadic in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tadic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Henry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tadic tries a body shot but Henry blocks it.
Tadic blocking some punches.
Tadic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tadic lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sayon Henry will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Tadic clinches with his opponent.
Tadic can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
Tadic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Tadic scores with a nice short uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Henry lands with a right to the head.
Tadic misses with a punch to the body.
Henry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tadic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Henry blocks a body shot from Tadic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tadic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch on the inside from Henry fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Tadic is controlling him.
Henry scores with a shoulder strike.
Tadic lands an uppercut.

Henry is rocked!
Tadic creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Henry's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Henry drops to his knees and Tadic pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Tadic!