PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Crash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Henry
vs
Crash

184 cm
20
179 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
21
176 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Crash!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crash looks to throw the jab but Henry is out of range.
Crash throws a right hand that Henry ducks under and follows up with a left that Henry also avoids with ease.
Crash throws a jab when Henry was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Crash misses the target.
Crash thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crash takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Henry throws a right and a left that Crash avoids nicely.
Henry throws a head kick but Crash moves out of range.
Henry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Henry throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Crash was covering up waiting for the punch and Henry finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Henry prevents Crash from getting back to his feet.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Crash escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Henry gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Henry wants to stand but Crash is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crash 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 one minute gone in the round.
Crash utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Crash has his foot on Henry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Henry works his way back into a safe position though.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Crash is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Henry defends well.
Crash looks gassed!
Henry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crash's head.
Henry trying to control but Crash is working from the bottom.
Henry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Crash has his feet on Henry's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Henry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A head kick from Henry lands but Crash takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Henry rushes Crash and presses him up against the cage.
Henry goes for a takedown attempt but Crash pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henry closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Crash to the mat! Crash manages to get full guard.
Henry wants to get up but he can't break Crash's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Henry stands and steps away. Crash gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Henry displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Henry clinches with his opponent.
Henry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Henry is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Henry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Henry tightens his grip and picks Crash up, before dumping him to the ground. Crash manages to land in guard.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Crash blocks nicely.

Crash looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Crash wants to improve his position but instead Henry has moved into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Crash has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry thows a huge punch but Crash dodges it nicely.

Henry escapes and gets back to his feet.
Crash swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Henry moves into the clinch.

Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry throws a head kick but Crash moves out of range.

Henry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Crash looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Henry tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Henry has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Henry sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Crash is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry working away.
Henry throws an elbow but Crash slips to the side and avoids it well.
Crash tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Henry tries for a kimura but Crash is defending well.

Henry stands up and beckons Crash to his feet.
Crash blocks a head kick by Henry.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Crash.
Michael Crash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.

Henry rushes Crash and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Henry breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Henry dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crash leaves Henry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Crash.
Crash throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henry looks for a takedown but Crash sprawls well.
Henry slips a straight right by Crash.
Henry lands a head kick!
Henry is looking to clinch but Crash is avoiding it.
Crash throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Henry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henry throws a lazy head kick
and Crash counters with a one-two to the body.
Crash just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry lands a head kick!
Henry looks to land a combination. Crash sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henry thumps Crash with a low kick.
Crash is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry is looking to clinch but Crash is avoiding it.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Henry has taken the fight to the clinch.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Henry.
Henry tries to clinch there but Crash circles away.

Henry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Henry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crash wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
Crash is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry punching from mount but Crash doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henry is going olschool here, as he tries to force Crash to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Crash shrugs it off.
Crash tries to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
Crash is working to get back to half guard.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crash can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
John Henry overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crash can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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.
Henry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Crash's face.
Henry unloads with some shots from mount but Crash bucks and avoids them well.

Henry with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Henry prevents Crash from getting the reversal.
Henry looking to finish Crash with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crash!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crash is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Henry cracks Crash with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Crash tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Henry breaks from Crash's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Henry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henry unloading with bombs!
Crash is desperately trying to improve his position but Henry has a good base and remains in mount.
Henry dominating with strikes here.
Crash wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Henry throwing strikes here but Crash is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Crash really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henry jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Crash manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Crash struggling a bit here.

Henry working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Crash throws a combination that misses
and Henry counters with a two punch combo.
Crash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henry.
Crash takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Henry feints and as Crash raises his hands in defense, Henry changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Crash has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Henry off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Crash tries a head kick but it misses.
Crash misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Henry dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Henry clinches up with Crash and pushes him back against the cage.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Crash, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crash fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Crash in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A nice combination there by Henry.

Henry moves into range and clinches up with Crash.
Henry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crash just stands there and leans against the cage.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Henry moves into the clinch.
Crash tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
Henry can't get the takedown.
Henry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crash just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
John Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crash has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry throws a nice inside leg kick.

Henry shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henry working for a submission but Crash is keeping him at bay.
Crash is wriggling around trying to escape.
Henry landing strikes, looking to finish!
Crash working to try and regain half guard.
Crash wants to control but Henry is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Crash is in a horrible position here. Henry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henry looking to ground and pound but Crash is blocking nicely.
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Crash is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Crash really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Crash is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crash on the ground.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henry misses with a head shot.
Henry looking to finish Crash with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crash!
Henry throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Crash is trying to escape the mount.
Henry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crash hang on?
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Henry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Crash wants to try and get back to his feet.
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Crash because Henry loaded up on that one.
Henry misses with a head shot.

Henry with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Crash is wriggling around trying to escape.
Crash taking shots to the head.
Crash is looking to improve his position but Henry isn't that keen on the idea.

Henry is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Crash has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Crash holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Henry tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Crash sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Henry trying to mount his opponent but Crash defends it.
Henry working the head and body with strikes.
Crash won't allow Henry to pass to mount.
Michael Crash has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like Henry is going to stand back up.
Crash is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Henry's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Henry's back!
Crash missing with punches from the back.
John Henry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Crash looking for the RNC.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Henry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Henry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Henry!