PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry has chosen Fighter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cage
vs
Henry

170 cm
23
159 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luke Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jackie Henry !
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage swinging wildly here.
Cage thows a body shot but no joy.
Henry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henry blocks a head kick by Cage.
Cage connects with an inside leg kick.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henry .
Good leg kick by Cage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luke Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Henry looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage connects with a single shot there.
Henry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cage.
Cage thumps Henry with a low kick.
Henry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cage moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cage thumps Henry with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage takes a swing at Henry 's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cage.
Cage lands a nice looking body kick.
Cage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
Cage chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cage throws a nice inside leg kick.

Cage clinches with his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Cage.
Cage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry 's defenses.
Cage lands an elbow inside.
Cage landing knees to the body.
Cage lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cage gets through Henry 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry 's defenses.
Cage landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The referee calls for Cage to work.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cage.
Cage lands a good knee to the midsection. Henry won't want to take too many of those.
Cage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cage lands a right hand.
Nice elbow from Cage.

Henry is rocked!
Cage lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Henry is still on wobbly legs! Can Cage finish him?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cage.
Good body shot from Cage.
Cage creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry 's defenses.
Clinched against the cage, Cage lands a big elbow that drops Henry ! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Henry is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Cage!