PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fair Child (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Child
vs
Henry

189 cm
23
197 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

188 cm
29
193 lbs
15 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fair Child!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tito Henry!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Child scores with a shot to the body.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Child is just out of range.
Child throws a one two combo.
Child scores with a sloppy right hand. Henry should have avoided that one.
Henry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Child plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Child takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Henry lands a body shot.
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 is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Child.
Henry throws a series of punches but Child moves out of range.
Henry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Henry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Child thuds his right hand into Henry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Child looks to land a combination but Henry avoids it well.
Henry throws a right and a left that Child avoids nicely.
Child lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Danga de danga de dang - Child scores with a four punch combination!
Henry looks to throw the jab but Child is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Henry.
Tito Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Child uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henry.
Child swinging wildly here.
Henry scores with a decent looking hook.
Henry throws a shot from downtown. Child moves away and avoids it.
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tito Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Child counters with a stiff right hand.
Child 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.
Child throws a nice inside leg kick.
Henry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Child uses good head movement to avoid it.
Child misses with a wild body shot.
Henry misses with a double jab
and Child counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry misses with a looping right.
Henry misses with a series of wild punches.
Good leg kick by Child there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Child!
Child keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Child feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henry's calf.
Henry lands with a good body shot.
Henry leaves Child with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Child uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henry.
Child defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Child's jab looks to have found its range, popping Henry under the eye.
Henry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Child looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Child.
Child throws a nice inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Henry checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Henry throws a hook but Child avoids it easily.
Child throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Henry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big right from Henry misses.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Child misses with a series of wild punches.
Henry throws a right and a left that Child avoids nicely.
Henry misses with an uppercut
and Child counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Henry lands a glancing blow to the side of Child's head.
Henry thows a body shot but no joy.
Child uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to bum rush Child with a series of wild strikes but Child uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Child misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henry scores with a jab. Child acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Child misses with a series of wild punches.
Child moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice shot lands for Child.
Child is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Child counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Child dodges the punch combination from Henry.
Child dodges the punch combination from Henry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry thows a body shot but no joy.
Henry with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Child to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fair Child dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Child tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Henry. Those never looked like landing.
Henry dodges the punch combination from Child.
Child bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fair Child is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry misses the shot to the body.
Child bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Child lands a jab.
Henry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Child closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Child throws an elbow that misses.
Henry is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Child.
Child misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Child won't allow it.
Child connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henry's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Child uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Child moved out of range.
Child lands with a shot to the body.
Child blocks a jab.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Child throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry swings widly with a right hand
letting Child counter with a right hand.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Child scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Donk. Henry catches Child right on the button with a cross.
Child throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Child scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Henry misses with the combination.
Henry throws a lazy right hand but Child sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Child uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henry.
Henry drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry dodges the punch combination from Child.
Henry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Child counters with a stiff right hand.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Child.
Henry misses with a double jab.
Child blocks a jab.
Henry misses with a body shot
and Child counters with a three punch combo that has Henry backing up. Henry nods at Child to acknowledge the strikes.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.

Child drives through and clinches with Henry against the cage.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Child has him pressed against the cage.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Child is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Henry gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Child throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Henrys head.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Child is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Child has double underhooks.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Child working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Child trying to land knees to the body.
Child keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Child has him pressed against the cage.
Child throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Child.
Henry has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Henry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry presses Child against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Child landing knees to the body.
Child utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Child lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Child goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Child pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Child moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sloppy strikes from Henry. Those never looked like landing.
Henry tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Henry throws an off balance right hand

and Child counters with a nice double leg into side control. Henry won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Child trying to control the position but Henry is working away.
Henry tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Henry is trying to remain composed but Child is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fair Child dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Child fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Henry on the side of the head.
Child 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 takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fair Child is winning the standup battle so far.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Child moves into range and connects with a jab.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Child manages to avoid it.
Child keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henry.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Child tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Henry misses with a series of wild punches.
Henry fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Child on the side of the head.
A jab from Henry misses.
Child misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Child fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Child moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Henry takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Henry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Child.
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Child looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Child dodges the punch combination from Henry.
Child uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henry.
Child listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henry throws a jab when Child was well out of range.
Henry throws a right and a left that Child avoids nicely.
Child slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Child cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Child.
Henry tries to bum rush Child with a series of wild strikes but Child uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henry misses with a series of wild punches.
Tito Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some wild striking there from Child.
Child lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Child lands an overhand right.
Child lands a nice looking body kick.
Child with a hook.
A jab from Child finds it's way through Henry's defenses.
Child connects with a body shot.
Henry misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a lunging right hand
and Child counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Child lands a front kick.
Crunch! Child slams his shin into Henry's torso.
Child connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Child dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Child shoots in for a takedown but Henry shows good takedown defense.
Child connects with a body shot that sends Henry's belly button to the back.
Child displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Child pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Henry back to the cage. Child follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Henry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Child.
Child fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Henry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Child misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Child connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Henry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Child.
Child dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henry throws a right hand that Child ducks under and follows up with a left that Child also avoids with ease.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henry takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Child tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Henry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Child moves away.
Henry walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Child.
Henry misses with an uppercut
and Child counters with a nice body shot.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Child uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fair Child showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Child has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fair Child!
Fair Child really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Balco Boys - Hilo logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.