PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pietro Falasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falasco comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Se lento ancora il fulmine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Henry
vs
Falasco

183 cm
32
188 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

186 cm
29
199 lbs
15 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pietro Falasco!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry misses with an uppercut.

Henry gets tackled into the cage by Falasco. Falasco maintains the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Falasco.
Falasco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Falasco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Falasco keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Henry walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Leon Henry has been cut.

Falasco clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry tries to break the clinch but Falasco is controlling the position.
Falasco softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henry as Falasco tries to tie him up.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to circle away but Falasco has him pinned against the cage.
Falasco tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Falasco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Falasco keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Falasco stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Falasco lands an elbow inside.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Falasco is controlling him.
Henry is working for takedown but Falasco is calmly controlling the position for now.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Falasco keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Falasco stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Falasco lands a nice uppercut.
Henry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Falasco lands a hook that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Falasco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falasco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Falasco lands a shoulder strike.
Falasco has Henry pressed against the cage, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Falasco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Falasco scores with a knee to the head.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Falasco has the dominant position.
Falasco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Falasco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Falasco lands a nice elbow.
Falasco lands a nice elbow.

Leon Henry's cut is getting worse.
The referee calls for Falasco to work.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Falasco has double underhooks.
Falasco utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Falasco lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falasco lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Falasco landing knees to the body.
Falasco avoiding damage.
Falasco putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Falasco landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Falasco scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falasco is stalling here.
The crowd are getting on Falasco's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Henry wants to break free but Falasco has control.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Falasco is controlling him.
Falasco keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Falasco - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Falasco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falasco lands with a right to the head.
Falasco scores with a shoulder strike.

Leon Henry's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Falasco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry's defenses.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Falasco has the dominant position.
Falasco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Falasco has the dominant position.
Falasco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Falasco lands an uppercut.
Henry is trying to push Falasco away but Falasco has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Falasco lands a shot to the body.
Falasco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falasco stops a takedown attempt from Henry.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Falasco has Henry pressed against the cage, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Falasco lands a nice uppercut.

Jeez, Leon Henry's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Falasco scores a nice knee to the body.
Falasco working the clinch nicely. Henry is working for position but Falasco cracks him with a big knee to the head! Henry crumples up against the cage and Falasco lands two more shots before the ref can save Henry! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Pietro Falasco!
Our winner, Pietro Falasco, 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.