PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Ku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasha Ku had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ku
vs
Henry

183 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sasha Ku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Henry!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ku has a takedown stuffed.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ku is defended easily by Henry.
Mike Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ku tries for a takedown but Henry sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sasha Ku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry lands with a good body shot.
Ku closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henry circles away.

Ku shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Henry napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Henry regains half guard.
Henry tries to get to full guard but Ku has control of the leg.

Henry pushes Ku off and gets back to his feet.

Henry shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Henry is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ku has managed to free his arm - good work.
Henry working over Ku with some ground and pound. Ku looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ku looks like he's trying to stand up.
Henry scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ku taking some punishment here, with Henry in his half guard.
Henry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ku is looking for a sweep. Henry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ku is breathing heavily.
Ku trying to control from the bottom.
Henry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Henry drops an elbow to the side of Ku's head.
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ku with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Ku is rocked!
Henry winds up and cracks Ku with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Ku is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henry is controlling the pace.
Henry scores with a big shot! Ku's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Ku! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Henry!