PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Snoork Bananasplits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dunch Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bananasplits comes to the cage accompanied by On a boat -. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bananasplits
vs
Henry

179 cm
28
180 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

175 cm
22
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Snoork Bananasplits!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dunch Henry!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Henry darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Henry lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bananasplits closes the distance and clinches up with Henry, looking for a takedown. Bananasplits pushes Henry against the cage but Henry circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bananasplits looks to land a left hand but Henry moved out of range nicely.

Henry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bananasplits avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.
Henry wants to free his trapped foot but Bananasplits is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Henry wants to take a breather but Bananasplits is having none of it.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bananasplits works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bananasplits keeping moving, preventing Henry from controlling successfully.
Bananasplits is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Henry postures up.
Bananasplits keeping full guard, as Henry tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bananasplits throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Henry scoring with some ground and pound.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bananasplits tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bananasplits working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bananasplits is on top in guard.
Bananasplits preventing the sweep.
Henry lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bananasplits!
Henry lands a nice shot to the head.
Bananasplits wants to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Bananasplits is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bananasplits can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bananasplits can't escape the position.
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henry landing strikes from the mount and Bananasplits is in trouble!
Bananasplits is trying to escape the mount.
Henry landing strikes from the mount.
Bananasplits throwing hammer fists to the chest of Henry. What's that going to do exactly?
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henry with shots to the head and body - Bananasplits looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bananasplits?
Bananasplits takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry breaks from Bananasplits's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Bananasplits is rocked!
BOOM! Henry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Bananasplits is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henry looking to finish Bananasplits with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bananasplits!
BOOM! Henry connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bananasplits flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bananasplits?
Bananasplits tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bananasplits is breathing heavily.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bananasplits can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bananasplits tries to buck Henry off but he can't manage it.
Bananasplits seems to have got his legs back now.
Henry landing shots from mount.
Bananasplits tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Bananasplits is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bananasplits tries to hold on but Henry postures up.
Bananasplits in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bananasplits wants to control but Henry is having none of it.
Bananasplits working to try and regain half guard.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henry with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry working the ground and pound effectively.
Bananasplits keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bananasplits can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bananasplits?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Bananasplits that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bananasplits sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Henry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dunch Henry 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.

Bananasplits throws a series of punches but Henry moves out of range.
Bananasplits fails with the takedown
and Henry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henry jabs Bananasplits right on the nose. Bananasplits blinks but takes it well.

Henry closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bananasplits quickly recovers to half guard.
Bananasplits tries to get to full guard but Henry has control of the leg.
Henry stops Bananasplits from getting back to his feet.
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Henry slips a nice elbow through Bananasplits's hands, connecting with Bananasplits's forehead.
Bananasplits wants to improve his position but Henry is controlling well.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Henry there.
Dunch Henry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henry stops Bananasplits from getting back to his feet.
Henry wants to take a breather but Bananasplits is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bananasplits wants to control but Henry is keeping busy.
Henry is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bananasplits!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry cracks Bananasplits with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Henry scoring with strikes but Bananasplits is staying in there.
Henry landing strikes from the mount and Bananasplits is in trouble!
Henry lands with some strikes.
Henry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bananasplits tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henry unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Bananasplits wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Henry celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dunch Henry!