PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thierry Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Henry's choice of entrance music: Shoot To Thrill. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Kowalski
vs
Henry

188 cm
26
216 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thierry Henry!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry throws a hook but Kowalski blocks it.
Henry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kowalski counters with a three punch combo that has Henry backing up. Henry nods at Kowalski to acknowledge the strikes.
Henry staying out of range there.
Henry wants to clinch up but Kowalski keeps it at a distance.
Kowalski misses with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Henry doesn't manage to clinch there - Kowalski circles away.
Henry avoids the body shot from Kowalski.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kowalski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kowalski scores with a jab to the body.
Kowalski circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Henry lands but Kowalski takes it in his stride.
Henry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kowalski misses with a leg kick

so Henry counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Henry won't allow Kowalski to get back to his feet.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henry throws a strike but Kowalski rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kowalski decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry moves in looking to clinch but Kowalski pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kowalski. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry thumps Kowalski with a low kick.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Kowalski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kowalski connects with a body shot that sends Henry's belly button to the back.
Henry blocks the body kick.
Kowalski cracks Henry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A combination from Henry does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry avoids the head kick by Kowalski.
Henry lands a head kick!
Henry scores with a three punch combo!
Kowalski throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Henry stuffs the takedown attempt from Kowalski. Kowalski gets slowly back to his feet.
Henry tries to bum rush Kowalski with a series of wild strikes but Kowalski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kowalski counters with a nice body shot.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kowalski looks to land a combination. Henry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kowalski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kowalski misses with a wild body shot.
Henry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kowalski lands a nice shot that snaps Henry's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kowalski shoots in looking for a takedown but Henry manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kowalski's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thierry Henry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kowalski is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Henry plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Jan Kowalski has been cut.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
Thierry Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry slips a straight right by Kowalski.
Kowalski misses with an uppercut.
Kowalski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kowalski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kowalski has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Henry throws a combination. Kowalski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
No luck for Kowalski with that takedown attempt.
Kowalski just misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalski throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Henry lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry has a takedown stuffed.
Kowalski lands with a cross.
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 tries a head kick but it misses.
Henry throws a series of punches but Kowalski moves out of range.
Henry misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown by Henry or perhaps it was just good defense by Kowalski which made him look bad.
Jan Kowalski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thierry Henry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski misses with a leg kick
and Henry counters with a low kick, right behind Kowalski 's knee.
Henry throws a solid leg kick but Kowalski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Henry.
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kowalski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kowalski cracks Henry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Henry misses with a combination
and Kowalski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kowalski. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thierry Henry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kowalski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henry.

Kowalski closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the cage.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kowalski fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thierry Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jan Kowalski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Kowalski.
Kowalski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kowalski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kowalski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
Henry wants to clinch up but Kowalski keeps it at a distance.
Kowalski wants to clinch.
Kowalski misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a series of punches but Kowalski moves out of range.
Henry tries to clinch up but Kowalski circles away and keeps his distance.

Henry throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kowalski tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Henry is in Kowalski's guard.

Kowalski uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Henry on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kowalski lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jan Kowalski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kowalski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Henry avoids the body shot from Kowalski.
Henry wants to clinch but Kowalski slips to the side
and Kowalski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Henry closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kowalski did well to prevent Henry getting side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Kowalski keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry prevents Kowalski from standing back up.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kowalski's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kowalski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kowalski is trying to stand up here but Henry is controlling him well.
Henry scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kowalski defending well though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kowalski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry working the head and body with strikes.

Kowalski is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski wants to get back to his feet.
Oh Kowalski is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kowalski has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kowalski seems to have got his legs back now.
Kowalski is trying to stand.
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.
Henry thows a huge punch but Kowalski dodges it nicely.
Kowalski taking some punishment here, with Henry in his half guard.
Kowalski is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Henry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry scores with a big shot! Kowalski's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Kowalski! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thierry Henry!
A very excited looking Thierry Henry rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.