PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Marqes De Dragao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Marqes De Dragao
vs
Henry

187 cm
23
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
188 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fabricio Marqes De Dragao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Dragao defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Henry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Dragao counters with a nice uppercut.
De Dragao shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Henry but Henry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A slow jab from Henry misses its intended target.
Henry looks to land a combination but De Dragao avoids it well.
Henry missing with a left hand there. De Dragao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Henry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Dragao stuffs the takedown attempt from Henry. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
De Dragao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henry.

Henry shoots in and gets a takedown into De Dragao's guard.
Henry stops De Dragao from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but De Dragao has wrist control.
De Dragao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Dragao is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henry lands a couple of elbows.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry wants to pass the guard but De Dragao is keeping the position.
Henry works over De Dragao with some ground and pound from guard.
Henry lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
De Dragao preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henry works over De Dragao with some ground and pound from guard.
Henry lands a couple of elbows.
Henry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henry pushes down on De Dragao's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry works his way into full mount!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henry lands a big elbow.

De Dragao is rocked!
De Dragao is in a horrible position here. Henry smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Oh De Dragao is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henry with the ground and pound from mount.
De Dragao seems to have got his legs back now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry breaks from De Dragao's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henry softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and De Dragao is out cold! Henry jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Henry!