PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cowboy Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Kilgore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henry
vs
Kilgore

185 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
192 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cowboy Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eric Kilgore!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Kilgore with that takedown attempt.
Kilgore bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Henry fails with the takedown.
Henry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses

and Kilgore counters with a shoot takedown. Henry fights it but they end up in guard.
Henry looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Kilgore postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Henry is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kilgore, into his guard.
Kilgore looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henry is one step ahead there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kilgore is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kilgore manages to get himself to full guard.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Kilgore has wrist control.
Henry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henry preventing the sweep.
Henry is in close to Kilgore's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Kilgore looking for a guillotine here but Henry defends easily.
Kilgore wants to sweep but no luck.
Henry scoring with some ground and pound.
Kilgore manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Henry really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kilgore is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Henry has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kilgore passes to full mount!
Henry is in all sorts of trouble here.
Henry is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Henry is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry is working hard here to advance position.
Henry gets back to half guard.
Henry manages to get to full guard.
Henry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kilgore is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kilgore has gone for a leg lock! Henry slips out almost immediately though and dives into Kilgore's guard.
Henry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kilgore's head.
Kilgore looking for a sweep. Not yet Kilgore, not yet.
Henry is working Kilgore over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kilgore tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henry stands up over Kilgore, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Kilgore looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Henry won't allow Kilgore to sweep him here.
Henry cracks Kilgore with a solid left hand.
Henry is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henry works over Kilgore with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry working some strikes from top position.
Henry working some strikes from top position.
Kilgore wants to sweep here but Henry controlling him for the moment.
Henry has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Henry with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Kilgore is rocked!
Henry working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kilgore's head.
Kilgore is still in real trouble! Can Henry finish him?
Henry loads up on a big left hand. Kilgore felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Henry looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Kilgore can't hide his disappointment, as Henry celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cowboy Henry!