PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henry
vs
Coleman

198 cm
24
270 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

200 cm
26
244 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodney Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry misses with a series of wild punches.
Coleman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henry.
A clash of legs there as Henry blocks the low kick.
Henry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Coleman.
Coleman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Henry counters with a series of strikes. Coleman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck for Coleman with that takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coleman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Coleman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Henry fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Coleman to the ground. Henry is now in Coleman's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Coleman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Henry gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Coleman throws a right hand that Henry ducks under and follows up with a left that Henry also avoids with ease.
Coleman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Henry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Coleman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Coleman looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henry has Coleman up against the cage in a clinch.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coleman misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short body shot lands from Henry as the two fighters clinch.
Henry blocks an uppercut.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henry leaning against his opponent.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Coleman's ribcage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henry.
Henry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry scores with a hook to the body.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Henry gets through Coleman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Henry as the two fighters clinch.
Henry controlling the action here for a moment.
Henry works on Coleman's body with a couple of short punches.
Henry prevents a body shot from Coleman.
A nice right hand lands inside from Henry.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henry.
Henry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coleman backwards.
Henry lands a body shot.
Henry lands a left hand.
Henry is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Henry lands a hook that snaps the head of Coleman backwards.
A right hand to the body from Henry.
A hook to the body from Henry.
Coleman takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Henry.
Henry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Rodney Coleman has been cut.
Henry stalls.
Henry cracks Coleman with a nice body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Henry.
A short left from Henry.
Henry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Henry slows down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Henry.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry taking a breather.
Henry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry is working Coleman over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Henry.
Henry lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Henry as the two fighters clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Henry presses Coleman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Henry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henry effectively controlling the action here.
Nice body punch from Henry.
Henry lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Henry.
Henry lands a right hand.
Henry pushes Coleman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Henry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Henry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodney Coleman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Henry lands with a shot to the body.
Henry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coleman on the side of the head.
Henry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Coleman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steve Henry is winning the standup battle so far.

Henry lands a left and a right that send Coleman crashing to the mat, dazed. Henry thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Coleman is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry drops Coleman with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Coleman! Henry dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Henry!
Steve Henry seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.