PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Razor Bush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Henderson
vs
Bush

175 cm
26
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shawn Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Razor Bush!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bush fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Henderson sprawls well initially but Bush persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Henderson looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bush content to control rather than advance.
Bush throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bush controlling the action here.

Bush is looking for a kimura but Henderson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bush to get the leverage.
Bush is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bush is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Henderson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bush sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bush throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bush.

Bush is working for a kimura but Henderson is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bush lands with a punch from half guard.
Bush missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Bush seems to be working for a kimura but Henderson defends the submission attempt.
Bush thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henderson's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Bush throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bush has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Still in half guard, Bush seems content to control.
Henderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bush.
Bush throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bush takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Bush seems to be working for a kimura but Henderson defends the submission attempt.
Bush not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bush content to control rather than advance.
Bush's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Razor Bush.
Bush fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Razor Bush dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bush shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bush cracks Henderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bush scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Bush lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bush postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Henderson in real trouble here! The ref calls for Henderson to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Razor Bush!