PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keast Kanne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanne's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Snow - Informer. Henson has chosen Hit the Lights by Metallica as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mickey Henson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Kanne
vs
Henson

182 cm
21
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

180 cm
24
192 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Keast Kanne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Mickey Henson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanne avoids the body shot from Henson.
Henson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Keast Kanne has been cut.
Henson throws a right and a left that Kanne avoids nicely.
Henson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kanne is able to avoid easily.
Kanne is looking to clinch but Henson is avoiding it.
Henson throws out a leg kick but Kanne moves out of range and Henson only half commits.
Kanne slips a straight right by Henson.
Henson just misses with a punch to the body.
Kanne doesn't manage to clinch there - Henson circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Henson. Those never looked like landing.
Henson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Henson misses.
Henson keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanne tries to clinch up but Henson circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanne tries to clinch up.
Kanne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Henson misses.

Kanne drives through and clinches with Henson against the cage.
Kanne missing with knees to the body.
Henson pushes off an throws an elbow but Kanne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne pushes off an throws an elbow but Henson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kanne obliges.
Kanne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kanne keeps control of Henson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kanne tries to land knees in the clinch but Henson avoids the damage to the body.
Kanne leaning against his opponent.

Henson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kanne wants to clinch up but Henson keeps it at a distance.
Henson wants to land a leg kick but Kanne is out of range.
Kanne takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henson is looking to chop away at Kanne's legs.

Kanne gets a clinch.
Henson tries to circle away but Kanne has him pinned against the cage.
Henson fails to pull guard.
Kanne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henson takes an elbow to the temple.
Kanne lands an elbow inside.
Henson wants a takedown but no success here.
Henson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanne avoids it.
Kanne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Henson takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kanne gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Keast Kanne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Henson.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kanne lands a nice elbow.
Kanne lands a right hand.
Henson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kanne avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kanne lands an elbow just above Henson 's eye.
Kanne misses with an elbow strike.
Kanne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kanne avoiding damage.
Kanne pushes Henson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Henson looks gassed!
Henson wants to break free but Kanne has control.
Kanne avoiding damage.
Kanne lands an elbow that stopped Henson in his tracks for a moment.
Kanne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne lands a nice elbow.
Kanne misses with an elbow over the top.
Kanne lands an elbow just above Henson 's eye.
Kanne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Henson tries to pull guard but Kanne holds him up against the cage and eventually Henson drops back down to his feet.
Henson is trying to force a seperation but Kanne has the dominant position.
Kanne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kanne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kanne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Kanne.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kanne.
Kanne lands an elbow just above Henson 's eye.
Henson jumps guard but Kanne stands there with Henson around his waist. Henson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kanne throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kanne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kanne pressing his opponent against the cage.
Henson blocks a body shot from Kanne.
Kanne avoiding damage.
Kanne throws a head punch that misses.
Kanne misses with a shot to the kidneys.

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

Kanne clinches.
Henson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kanne avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kanne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henson.
Henson looking to slow down the pace here.
Kanne keeps control of Henson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henson lands a knee to the head.
Henson trying to stall but Kanne improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keast Kanne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keast Kanne's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henson throws a head kick that misses.
Henson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kanne.
Henson thows a leg kick but Kanne checks it

and Kanne counters by moving into the clinch.
Henson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kanne lands an elbow that stopped Henson in his tracks for a moment.
Henson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kanne has him pressed against the cage.
Henson blocks an elbow strike from Kanne.
Kanne misses with an elbow strike.
Kanne lands an elbow that stopped Henson in his tracks for a moment.
Kanne lands a damaging elbow.
Kanne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Henson.
Henson blocks an elbow strike.
Henson tries to break free but Kanne pushes him back against the cage.
Kanne can't find room to land a body shot as Henson controls the action.
Henson wants to stall.
Kanne pressing his opponent against the cage.
Henson is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne blocks an elbow strike.
Kanne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henson or not.
Kanne lands a nice uppercut.
Kanne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henson's efforts to push away.
Henson taking a breather.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kanne is defending well for now.
Kanne lands with a right to the head.
Kanne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kanne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Kanne to work.
Henson is trying to drag Kanne to the mat but Kanne just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kanne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henson's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kanne.
Henson is trying to break free.
Kanne tries to land knees in the clinch but Henson avoids the damage to the body.

Henson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kanne was well out of range. Poor timing from Henson.
Henson throws out a loose jab but Kanne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mickey Henson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from Henson misses.
Good work by Kanne as he checks the leg kick.
Kanne tries to clinch up but Henson circles away and keeps his distance.
Kanne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henson throws a leg kick

and Kanne counters by moving into the clinch.
Henson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Keast Kanne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henson wants to stall.
Kanne stalling the fight.
Kanne prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kanne lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henson tries to pull guard but Kanne won't allow it.
Keast Kanne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Henson.
Kanne pushes off an throws an elbow but Henson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The referee calls for Kanne to work.
Henson slowing the pace effectively.
Kanne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kanne lands an elbow just above Henson 's eye.
Kanne looking to slow down the pace here.
Kanne displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henson up against the cage.
Kanne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kanne lands a nice elbow.
A body shot lands from Kanne.
Kanne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Henson blocks an elbow strike from Kanne.
Kanne is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Henson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kanne leaning against his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Henson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kanne's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Henson.
Kanne comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kanne avoids a wild elbow strike from Henson.
Henson is trying to break free.
Henson trying to control the position but instead, Kanne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Henson into the cage.
Kanne lands an elbow that stopped Henson in his tracks for a moment.
Henson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henson is trying to maintain a safe position but Kanne gets an underhook and turns Henson into the cage.
Henson tries for a takedown but Kanne manages to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Kanne.
Kanne presses Henson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Henson is breathing heavily.
Kanne holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kanne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keast Kanne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keast Kanne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A big left from Henson misses.
Kanne wants to clinch.
A big left from Henson misses.
Henson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Kanne rushes Henson and presses him up against the cage.
Henson looking to slow down the pace here.
Henson blocks the elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Henson tries to break the clinch but Kanne is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Kanne gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Henson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hensonis looking to pass into half guard but Kanne pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kanne is in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanne controls from within his opponent's guard.

Henson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kanne doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kanne manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kanne won't allow Henson to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Henson is looking for a triangle but Kanne pushes his legs off easily.

Kanne avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kanne sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henson's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henson trying to control here.
Henson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kanne kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson moves into full guard.
Kanne slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Henson trying to keep a closed guard but Kanne is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kanne tries to free his leg and advance position but Henson is retaining full guard.
Mickey Henson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henson wants to sweep here but Kanne controlling him for the moment.

Henson working for a triangle but Kanne defends it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mickey Henson.
I think Kanne has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keast Kanne!