PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Contin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Contin
vs
Henry

192 cm
26
206 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
207 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Contin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hank Henry!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Contin tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Henry counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Henry won't allow Contin to sweep him here.
Henry throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henry passes Contin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Contin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Henry is looking for a kimura but Contin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Henry to get the leverage.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Contin defending well though.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Contin defending well though.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Contin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Contin is breathing heavily.
Contin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.
Henry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Henry winds up and cracks Contin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry throwing shots but Contin is blocking nicely.
Henry is nestled in close to Contin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Henry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Contin's head.
Henry working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Henry working over Contin with some ground and pound. Contin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Contin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Contin tries to get out of the position.
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Contin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry working Contin over with strikes.
Contin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Contin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.
Contin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Contin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henry passes the guard and advances to mount!
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Contin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Contin taking shots to the head.

Contin is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Contin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Contin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henry working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Contin covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hank Henry!