PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ari Sybert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sybert's entrance music is Victory. A fine choice. Mike Henry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ari Sybert's chin.

Sybert
vs
Henry

186 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
195 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ari Sybert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Henry!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sybert throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sybert with a hook.
Ari Sybert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sybert ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
Sybert bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Henry looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sybert!
Henry looking to ground and pound but Sybert is blocking nicely.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sybert because Henry loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sybert wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry unloads with some shots from mount but Sybert bucks and avoids them well.
Henry with good strikes from the mount here!
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Sybert is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sybert working to try and regain half guard.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
Henry throwing strikes here but Sybert is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henry misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sybert avoids a series of strikes thrown by Henry.
Henry throws a sloppy strike and Sybert uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Sybert has ended up in Henry's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sybert trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henry wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Sybert manages to pass to side control.
Henry punching from the bottom.
Well, if Sybert is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Henry has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Henry 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sybert stops Henry from standing up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ari Sybert wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sybert tries to work over Henry's front leg with a kick but Henry checks it.
Sybert keeps Henry at a distance using the push kick.
Ari Sybert is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henry misses the jab.
Henry misses with the combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henry avoids the body shot from Sybert.
Henry misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sybert misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sybert wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sybert cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sybert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sybert connects with a single shot there.
Henry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sybert scores with a nice head shot.
Sybert throws a head kick that misses.
Sybert needs to keep his hands up - Henry had a free shot at his head there.

Sybert gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Henry to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sybert looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henry is one step ahead there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sybert is on top in guard.
Henry wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Henry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sybert gets full guard.
Henry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henry throwing strikes but missing.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Sybert blocks nicely.
Sybert wants to sweep here but Henry controlling him for the moment.
Henry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Sybert blocks nicely.
Henry slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Henry creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sybert sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sybert defending against the ground and pound.
Henry works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sybert is looking for a sweep.
Sybert takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Henry works to advance to full mount. Sybert defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Sybert but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

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

Sybert is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry lands a big elbow - Sybert is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Sybert is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mike Henry!