PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Mclean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henley comes to the cage accompanied by Remember The Name - Fort Minor. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Henley
vs
Mclean

197 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
23
275 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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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 The Island, Ron Henley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lenny Mclean!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mclean blocks a leg kick.
Henley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mclean moves away.
Henley misses with a two punch combination.
Mclean throws a leg kick but Henley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Henley swings for the body but Mclean moves out of range.
Henley checks a leg kick.
Mclean connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henley momentarily.
Mclean takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A low kick from Henley is predictable there
and Mclean counters with a one-two to the body.
Henley just misses with a punch to the body.
Henley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henley dodges the punch combination from Mclean.
A swing and a miss from Mclean.
Mclean throws a series of punches but Henley moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mclean in his tracks.
Donk. Henley catches Mclean right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley jabs at Mclean's body.
Nice uppercut lands for Henley. That snapped Mclean's head back.
Good standup being displayed there by Mclean as he connects with a hook.
Mclean looks to throw the jab but Henley is out of range.
Henley lands with a right hand.
Henley lands a slapping body shot.
Some wild striking there from Mclean.
Henley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Henley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mclean throws out a loose jab but Henley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Henley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mclean takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley scores with a body shot.
Henley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mclean.
Henley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mclean jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Henley. Those never looked like landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mclean! But no joy.
Henley throws a big shot that misses.
Henley is breathing heavily.
Mclean on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Henley looks to land a left hand but Mclean moved out of range nicely.
Henley looks to land a right hand but Mclean moved out of range.
Henley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mclean.
Henley misses with a low kick as Mclean jumps back.
A little jabbing left from Mclean on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Henley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mclean is out of range.
Henley slips a jab and a cross from Mclean.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mclean lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Henley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Henley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mclean misses with a straight right.
Henley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mclean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mclean throws a series of punches but Henley moves out of range.
Henley misses with a leg kick
and Henley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henley loads up on a big right hand but Mclean slips the punch.
Henley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Henley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mclean walks into a left hand.
Henley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henley moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMclean.
Mclean throws a one two combo.

It looks like Ron Henley has been cut.
A slow jab from Mclean misses its intended target.
Henley blocks a jab.
Mclean throws a looping overhand right but Henley ducks down to avoid it.
Donk. Mclean catches Henley right on the button with a cross.
Mclean misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henley appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mclean lands a lovely overhand right.
Mclean missing with a left hand there. Henley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the body from Henley misses
and Mclean counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A telegraphed right hand from Mclean misses the target.
Henley slips a jab and a cross from Mclean.
Mclean throws a right hand that Henley ducks under and follows up with a left that Henley also avoids with ease.
Henley is looking to counter punch.
Mclean with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mclean fails to land with a series of punches.
Mclean swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ron Henley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mclean tries to bum rush Henley with a series of wild strikes but Henley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henley misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lenny Mclean dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Henley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Henley staying out of range there.
Mclean takes one on the button.
Henley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mclean catches Henley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mclean takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mclean looks to land a right hand but Henley moved out of range.
Mclean tries a head kick but it misses.
Henley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mclean's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Henley.
Henley blocks a leg kick.
Henley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mclean takes a swing at Henley's ribcage but misses.
Ron Henley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mclean throws a hook to the side of Henley's head but Henley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mclean defending well as Henley loads up on a big left hand.
A left and a right from Mclean both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley throws a nice looking combination but Mclean bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henley looks to land a left hand but Mclean moved out of range nicely.
Mclean looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mclean misses with a looping left.
Henley scores with a jab to the head.
Mclean jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mclean avoids the body shot from Henley.
Henley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henley throws a lazy right hand but Mclean sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mclean misses with an uppercut.
Mclean loads up on a big right hand but Henley slips the punch.
Henley works over Mclean's head and body with a nice combination.
Mclean connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mclean with a jab.
Mclean lands with a straight right. Henley didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mclean.
Henley slips under a jab from Mclean.
Henley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Henley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mclean lands a jab to the head.
Henley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mclean.
As Mclean looks to move away, Henley throws a big counter combo bu Mclean just gets out of the way.
The fighters circling - Mclean throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mclean connects with a single shot there.
Henley defending well as Mclean loads up on a big left hand.
Mclean throws a right hand that Henley ducks under and follows up with a left that Henley also avoids with ease.
Mclean lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Henley backs up against the cage.
Henley slips under a jab.
Mclean throws an overhand right that lands on Henley's shoulder, as Henley tries to avoid the shot.
Mclean misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley avoids the body shot from Mclean.
Mclean misses with a body shot.
Mclean thuds his right hand into Henley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mclean, as that shot connected.
Mclean throws a lazy right hand but Henley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mclean loads up on a big right hand but Henley slips the punch.
Mclean looks to throw the jab but Henley is out of range.
Mclean throws a hook to the side of Henley's head but Henley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mclean throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Henley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mclean checks a low kick from Henley.
Henley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mclean connects with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley walks into a jab.
Mclean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henley looks to land a right hand but Mclean moved out of range.
Mclean throws a hook but Henley avoids it easily.
Mclean throws a hook to the side of Henley's head but Henley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mclean throws a good cross that connects.
Lenny Mclean seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mclean.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mclean dodges the punch combination from Henley.
Mclean lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mclean.
Mclean waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henley.
Mclean throws a right and a left that Henley avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lenny Mclean showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ron Henley's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Henley throws an off balance right hand
and Mclean cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mclean ducks under a wild hook from Henley.
It seemed like Mclean was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mclean misses with the combination.
Henley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Henley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Henley scores with a decent looking hook.
Henley walks into a jab.
Henley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mclean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mclean displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henley throws out the jab.
Henley takes one on the button.
Mclean swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henley.
Mclean misses the jab.
Mclean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mclean.
Mclean throws out a counter right but Henley avoids it with no problem.
Mclean throws a jab but it's blocked by Henley.
Henley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mclean moves away.
Henley tests Mclean's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mclean throws a right hand that Henley ducks under and follows up with a left that Henley also avoids with ease.
Henley looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Henley looks to score with a jab to the body but Mclean is just out of range.
Henley wants to land a leg kick but Mclean is out of range.
Mclean misses with a hook.
Mclean throws a hook but Henley avoids it easily.
Mclean throws a shot from downtown. Henley moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Mclean.
Mclean moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Mclean 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley staying out of range there.
Henley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mclean counters with a nice uppercut.
Henley slips a jab from Mclean.
A cross from Mclean lands.
Mclean works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mclean throws a series of punches but Henley moves out of range.
Mclean has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mclean looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mclean throws a series of punches but Henley avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Henley.
Henley ducks under a wild hook from Mclean.
Mclean throws a looping overhand right but Henley ducks down to avoid it.
Henley tries to move into range but Mclean moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A shot to the body from Henley misses
and Mclean counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mclean looks to land a combination but Henley avoids it well.
Henley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Henley swings for the body but Mclean moves out of range.
Henley staying out of range there.
Mclean lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mclean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mclean buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mclean throws an overhand right that lands on Henley's shoulder, as Henley tries to avoid the shot.
Mclean misses with a hook.
Henley throws a lazy uppercut
and Mclean counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mclean looks to land a right hand but Henley moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henley. Mclean does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mclean connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley swings widly with a right hand
enabling Mclean to counter with a crisp jab.
Mclean looks to land a right hand but Henley moved out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Henley misses its target.
Henley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mclean.
Mclean misses with the combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mclean goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mclean.
Henley moves out of range of the strikes.
Henley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Henley throws a low kick but Mclean avoids it.
Mclean tries to bum rush Henley with a series of wild strikes but Henley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ron Henley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lenny Mclean is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mclean goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lenny Mclean comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mclean 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lenny Mclean!
Lenny Mclean gave a mention to Alcatraz Apparel in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).