PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Daddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henry
vs
Daddy

190 cm
21
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Big Daddy!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daddy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henry.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henry wants to clinch up but Daddy keeps it at a distance.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Daddy.
Big Daddy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Henry closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Henry lands in his opponent's guard.
Henry wants to control from the top but Daddy keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daddy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Daddy wants to get back to his feet but Henry is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry trying to control but Daddy is working from the bottom.
Daddy trying to control the position here.
Daddy looking to control.
Henry wants to control from the top but Daddy keeps moving.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Daddy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henry slips a straight right by Daddy.
Henry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daddy.

Henry drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Henry trying to move into half guard but instead Daddy has managed to sweep!
Henry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Daddy is controlling him.
Henry looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Daddy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Henry is looking to improve his position.
Daddy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry trying to hold on to Daddy's head to control him but Daddy postures up.

Daddy stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Henry to get to his feet.
Henry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daddy.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daddy as he jumps to the side.
Henry is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Daddy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Henry's head.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Daddy tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Daddy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Daddy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Henry counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Henry throws a strike but Daddy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Daddy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Henry, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Daddy does no damage.
Daddy slow jab from Henry misses its intended target.
Daddy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henry sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Henry shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daddy wants to get back to his feet.
Henry with the ground and pound but Daddy uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Henry dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Daddy slips a jab and a cross from Henry.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Daddy throws a jab when Henry was well out of range.
Daddy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
John Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Daddy is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Henry hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Big Daddy!