PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigory Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Brookins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes to the cage accompanied by TWO STEPS FROM HELL - Protectors of the Earth. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henry
vs
Brookins

198 cm
25
242 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Grigory Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Brookins!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brookins has time to react.
Brookins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henry.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brookins jabs Henry to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Henry lands with a hook. Brookins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Henry misses with a wild body shot.
Henry throws a looping overhand right but Brookins ducks down to avoid it.
Grigory Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Brookins.
Henry tests Brookins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Henry misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses
and Brookins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brookins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Henry looks to throw the jab but Brookins is out of range.
Brookins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Henry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Brookins counters with a nice leg kick.
Henry connects with a crisp jab.
Brookins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brookins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Henry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brookins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Henry blocks a head kick by Brookins.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses
and Brookins counters with a series of strikes. Henry will be more careful next time no doubt.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brookins counters with a good low kick that Henry was not able to check.
Brookins throws a hook to the side of Henry's head but Henry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Henry misses.
Brookins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henry.
Brookins throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brookins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brookins circles away quickly and effectively.
Brookins blocks a jab.
Henry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brookins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Brookins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brookins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Henry tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Henry misses with a lunging right hand

and Brookins counters by clinching up.
Brookins lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brookins looking to throw knees to the head but Henry is blocking nicely.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brookins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short left from Brookins.
Henry blocks a body shot from Brookins.
Brookins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brookins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brookins throws a knee to the head but misses.

Brookins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brookins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henry. That did some damage!
Brookins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Henry connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brookins scrambles back to his feet.
Henry throws a lazy right hand but Brookins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Brookins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Brookins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brookins throws a big shot that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Henry there.
Brookins moves away from the strike by Henry.
Henry throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Henry misses with the combination.
Henry is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brookins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry thuds a left hand into Brookins's body.
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brookins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Henry's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brookins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brookins swings widly with a right hand
and Henry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brookins throws a leg kick but Henry sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brookins moves out of range as Henry strikes.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Brookins counters with an inside leg kick.
Henry connects with a jab.
Henry jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Henry jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Brookins is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Henry rather than just go for the knockout.
Brookins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Henry misses with a hook. Brookins ducked under it nicely.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses
and Brookins counters with a nice leg kick.
Henry lands with an uppercut that bounces Brookins off the cage and back into rage.
Henry misses with a lunging right hand
and Brookins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Henry's knee momentarily.
Henry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henry throws the left hand but Brookins avoids the punch easily.
Henry throws a hook to the side of Brookins's head but Brookins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brookins throws a head kick that misses.
Henry misses with a body punch
and Brookins counters with a good low kick that Henry was not able to check.
Henry misses with an uppercut
and Brookins counters with an outside leg kick.
Henry throws a combination that misses
and Brookins counters with a thumping low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Henry crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brookins - the referee stops the clock and Henry gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brookins. Henry manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Henry throws a big shot that misses.
Henry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Henry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brookins makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Henry really felt that one!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry scores with a nice right hand.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Brookins moved out of range.
Brookins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brookins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henry throws a lazy uppercut
and Brookins counters with a solid body kick.
Henry misses with an uppercut
letting Brookins counter with a right hand.
Henry throws a hook but Brookins avoids it easily.
Henry avoids the body shot from Brookins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Brookins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Henry misses with a hook
and Brookins counters with a low kick, right behind Henry 's knee.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Brookins counters with a nice body kick.
Brookins takes a swing at Henry's ribcage but misses.
Brookins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brookins throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry throws a hook to the side of Brookins's head but Brookins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Brookins.
A shot to the body from Henry misses
and Brookins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Henry's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Brookins moved out of range.
Henry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brookins counters with a thumping low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Henry scores with a four punch combination!
Henry throws a combination that misses
and Brookins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henry swings for the body but Brookins moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brookins.
Brookins connects with a solid leg kick.
Peter Brookins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brookins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry throws a lazy uppercut
and Brookins makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Brookins eats them both and turns towards Henry to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry throws a lazy uppercut
and Brookins counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Brookins to counter with a crisp jab.
Henry misses with a double jab.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Brookins moved out of range.
Brookins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henry.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses
and Brookins counters with a leg kick.
A combination from Henry does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a looping left.
Henry throws a series of punches but Brookins avoids them all with ease.

Brookins darts in and clinches Henry up against the cage.
Brookins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brookins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brookins swings wildly with an uppercut but Henry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brookins lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Grigory Henry has been cut.
Brookins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A shot in the inside from Brookins.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brookins.
Brookins lands an elbow inside that Henry shrugs off.
Brookins missing with knees to the body.

Brookins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brookins takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses
and Brookins counters with a nice body shot.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Brookins.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brookins counters with a good low kick that Henry was not able to check.
Brookins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henry. That did some damage!
Brookins lands with a kick to the temple. Henry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brookins connects with a high kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brookins counters with a leg kick.
Grigory Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Brookins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Henry misses with a combination
and Brookins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Brookins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brookins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Brookins!