PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lex Wight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wight
vs
Henry

205 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

188 cm
27
193 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lex Wight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tito Henry!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wight doesn't manage to clinch there - Henry circles away.
Wight moves away from the strike by Henry.
Henry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Wight's shoulder, as Wight tries to avoid the shot.
Wight tries to clinch up but Henry circles away and keeps his distance.
Henry throws the left hand but Wight avoids the punch easily.
Henry throws a shot from downtown. Wight moves away and avoids it.
Henry swings widly with a right hand
and Wight counters with a two punch combo.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch but Henry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wight manages to avoid it.
Henry throws the left hand but Wight avoids the punch easily.
Wight takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Wight.
Henry dips to his left and cracks Wight with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wight doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch but Henry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henry lands a slapping body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wight.
Henry avoids the head kick by Wight.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Henry misses with an uppercut

and Wight moves into the clinch.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wight tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Lex Wight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wight moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.
Wight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henry throws a series of punches but Wight moves out of range.

Wight moves into the clinch.
Henry is looking to control Wight's arms but Wight gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henry has his back to the cage.
Henry wants to break free but Wight has control.

Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut there from Henry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wight.
Henry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry closes the distance and clinches up with Wight, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes Wight against the cage but Wight circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Henry.
Wight fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Henry on the side of the head.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses

and Wight holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Henry being controlled against the cage.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wight thows a body shot but no joy.
Wight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henry.
Wight moves out of range as Henry strikes.
Wight moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.
Wight tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wight wants to clinch.
Henry throws an off balance right hand
and Wight counters with a good low kick that Henry was not able to check.
Wight misses with a head kick.
Wight tries to clinch but Henry moves out of range.
Wight defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Henry misses with an uppercut
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henry is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Wight instigates a clinch.
Wight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Wight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Wight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wight lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wight backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henry breaks the clinch.

Wight closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the cage.
Wight missing with knees to the body.
Wight taking a breather.
Henry managing to block the knees to the body from Wight.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wight is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Wight as the two fighters clinch.
Wight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Wight wants to stall.
Henry takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Wight is controlling the position.
Wight connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henry's face.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lex Wight dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Wight is just out of range.
Wight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wight staying out of range there.
Wight throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Lex Wight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry throws a right and a left that Wight avoids nicely.
Henry dips to his left and cracks Wight with an uppercut!
Wight uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henry.
Wight tries to clinch but Henry is having none of it.
Wight takes one to the side of the head.
A big left from Henry misses.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henry lands a slapping body shot.
Wight tries to clinch but Henry moves out of range.
Wight tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Henry counters with a stiff right hand.
Lex Wight is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Henry there.
Wight fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry lands a nice shot to the body.
Wight tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Wight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henry might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wight misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wight throws a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Wight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Henry scores a takedown into full mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wight wants to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wight is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wight really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wight sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Henry is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Wight reverses the position - he's now on top in Henry's guard.
Henry wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Wight manages to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wight is trying to control the action in half guard but Henry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Henry tries to kick Wight off but Wight keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henry gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wight is stalling in the full guard.
Henry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tito Henry will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Henry misses the jab.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry misses with a left hand
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Wight has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Wight lands an elbow inside.
Wight lands with a right to the head.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Wight keeps him there for the moment.
Wight is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Wight.
Wight blocks an uppercut.
Henry being controlled against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry avoiding damage as Wight throws knees to the body.
Wight keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wight pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wight presses Henry against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Henry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
Henry takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wight throws a series of punches but Henry avoids them all with ease.
Wight throws a series of punches but Henry avoids them all with ease.
Tito Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wight fakes the leg kick and cracks Henry in the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Henry misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Henry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henry walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wight.
Wight goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henry.
Wight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Wight ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
Wight clobbers Henry with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Henry throws a lazy uppercut
and Wight counters with a head kick that wobbles Henry - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Wight sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lex Wight!
Our winner, Lex Wight, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.