PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon The Blanket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Henry
vs
The Blanket

184 cm
20
179 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

170 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 1, 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, Jon The Blanket!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Blanket fails with a takedown attempt.
The Blanket shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Henry pinned against the cage. Henry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown by The Blanket or perhaps it was just good defense by Henry which made him look bad.
John Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon The Blanket.
The Blanket will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Blanket takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Blanket fails to land the takedown.
Horrible takedown by The Blanket or perhaps it was just good defense by Henry which made him look bad.
Henry lands a nice shot to the body.
The Blanket shoots in for a takedown but Henry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Blanket looks gassed!

Henry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Blanket has Henry pressed against the cage, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The Blanket wants a takedown but no success here.
Henry digs a right hand underneath The Blanket's ribcage. The Blanket let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry throws a one two combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henry has closed the distance and engaged The Blanket in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Henry.

Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry connects with a solid leg kick.

Henry moves into the clinch.
The Blanket takes a knee to the side of the body.

Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henry throws a series of strikes that have The Blanket backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Blanket tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Henry lands with a nice combination. The Blanket backs away looking to recover.
Henry scores with a spinning back kick!
Henry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Henry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Blanket.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry tests The Blanket's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Henry has managed to clinch.

Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Blanket fails with a takedown attempt.
The Blanket takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A left and a right from Henry both land. Nice combination.
Henry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jon The Blanket seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Henry moves into the clinch successfully.
The Blanket goes for a takedown attempt but Henry pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Blanket is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henry sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice shot by Henry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The Blanket is trying desperately to land a takedown but Henry is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for The Blanket.
Henry looks to land a combination. The Blanket sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
John Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Blanket looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Henry is fending him off so far but The Blanket persists. Nope, Henry circles away and we're back to standing.
Henry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Henry gets a clinch.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henry is pressed up against the cage. The Blanket has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Henry down to the mat. Henry avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Donk. Henry catches The Blanket right on the button with a cross.
Henry looks to land a combination. The Blanket sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Henry is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Henry.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henry with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henry.
Henry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Henry looks to land a combination. The Blanket sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Blanket takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Henry is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henry pushes The Blanket up against the cage in a clinch.
The Blanket is working for takedown but Henry is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Blanket takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Blanket's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henry turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Henry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Henry clinches with his opponent.

Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Henry duly obliges.
Henry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Henry thumps The Blanket with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Blanket fails to land the takedown.
Henry feints and then cracks The Blanket's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Blanket down.
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 closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Blanket keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henry scores a nice knee to the body.

Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henry is looking to slow The Blanket down with leg kicks.
Henry displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
John Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Blanket fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henry scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Henry forces The Blanket back against the cage and clinches.
Henry lands a knee to the head.
The Blanket takes a knee to the side of the body.

Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Henry closes the distance and pushes The Blanket back into the cage.
The Blanket tries for a takedown. No joy.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Blanket on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Henry. Henry obviously looking to wear him down.
Henry throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henry stalks The Blanket and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Blanket's face. The Blanket staggers backwards, shaken.
The Blanket is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Henry.
Henry connects with a solid leg kick.
The Blanket fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Henry avoids it really well and circles away.
John Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon The Blanket.
Henry lands a jab-cross combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Henry is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The Blanket has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
The Blanket shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Henry defends it nicely.
The Blanket fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The Blanket shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Henry sprawls well. Henry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Blanket gets slowly back to his feet.
Henry's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Henry duly obliges.

Henry forces The Blanket back against the cage and clinches.
The Blanket drops down looking for an ankle pick but Henry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Henry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Henry throws a combination. The Blanket tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Henry pushes The Blanket up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henry breaks the clinch.
The Blanket walks forward, straight into a front kick from Henry.
Henry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Henry looks to land a combination. The Blanket sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Blanket takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
John Henry is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice combination there by Henry.
Henry connects with a solid leg kick.
Henry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Blanket's hands.
The Blanket takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Henry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Blanket.
The Blanket misses with a takedown attempt - Henry sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henry.
Henry throws a nice outside leg kick.

Henry has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henry breaks the clinch.
The Blanket throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henry's waist but Henry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Blanket off to one side.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Blanket can do to turn this around?
Henry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Blanket.

Henry clinches.
Henry content to slow the pace in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Henry moves into the clinch successfully.
Henry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Henry darts in and clinches The Blanket up against the cage.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but The Blanket has the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Blanket tries for a takedown but Henry manages to get underhooks.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Henry as The Blanket shoots in.
Henry throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Henry dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Henry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Blanket looks to clinch
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
The Blanket closes the distance looking to clinch
and Henry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Blanket doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Henry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Henry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Blanket backs up against the cage.
The Blanket stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Henry.
Good leg kick by Henry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Blanket with a poor takedown
and Henry counters with a low kick, right behind The Blanket 's knee.
A slapping leg kick lands for Henry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Henry pushes The Blanket up against the cage in a clinch.
The Blanket drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Henry gets the underhooks and prevents it.
John Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon The Blanket.
The Blanket looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Henry.
The Blanket keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry slows down the pace here.

Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Blanket stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Henry.
The Blanket clinches but Henry breaks the clinch

and Henry counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Henry.
Henry prevents the takedown attempt.

Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Henry drives through and clinches with The Blanket against the cage.
The Blanket takes a knee to the side of the body.

Henry breaks from the clinch.
The Blanket misses with a takedown attempt
and Henry counters with an inside leg kick.
John Henry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Blanket has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Henry has closed the distance and engaged The Blanket in a clinch.

Henry breaks the clinch.
The Blanket doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Henry counters with a solid body kick.
Henry is looking to slow The Blanket down with leg kicks.
Henry feints and then cracks The Blanket's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Blanket down.
Henry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henry lands with a nice combination. The Blanket backs away looking to recover.
Henry throws a series of strikes that have The Blanket backpedaling.
The Blanket tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Henry counters with a one-two to the body.
Henry throws a series of strikes that have The Blanket backpedaling.
The Blanket takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Blanket fails with the takedown
and Henry counters with a three punch combo that has The Blanket backing up. The Blanket nods at Henry to acknowledge the strikes.

Henry clinches with his opponent.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Blanket in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henry, right into the meat.
The Blanket with a lazy takedown attempt
and Henry counters with a nice body kick.
Henry lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The Blanket tries for a takedown but Henry circles away easily
and Henry counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice combination there by Henry.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henry.
The Blanket misses with a takedown
and Henry counters with a low kick, right behind The Blanket 's knee.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henry.
Henry cracks the inside of The Blanket's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Henry.
Henry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The Blanket has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Henry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Henry to work.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
Henry dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Blanket. That did some damage!
The Blanket shoots and misses

and Henry counters by moving into the clinch.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry looks to land a combination. The Blanket sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Blanket misses with a takedown attempt
and Henry counters with a series of strikes. The Blanket will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jon The Blanket has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Blanket's calf.
Henry thumps The Blanket with a low kick.
Henry lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Blanket's sensitive parts.

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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:24

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