PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Mickiewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mickiewicz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. MAREK GRECHUTA - Niepewnosc kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Henry
vs
Mickiewicz

183 cm
34
188 lbs
14 - 16 - 0

176 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

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 - 16 - 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Mickiewicz!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henry feints a jab promting Mickiewicz to slip. Henry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mickiewicz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Henry throws a series of punches but Mickiewicz moves out of range.
Mickiewicz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sloppy strikes from Henry. Those never looked like landing.
Mickiewicz staying out of range there.
Mickiewicz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Henry avoids it really well and circles away.
Mickiewicz slips under a jab from Henry.

Mickiewicz drives through with a takedown into Henry's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Mickiewicz from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mickiewicz throws a big elbow that misses.
Mickiewicz trying to control but Henry is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry controls Mickiewicz momentarily but Mickiewicz frees himself.
Henry throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mickiewicz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mickiewicz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Mickiewicz from controlling successfully.
Mickiewicz's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Adam Mickiewicz has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Good shot there by Henry.
Mickiewicz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mickiewicz tries for a takedown but Henry sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mickiewicz looks for a takedown but Henry sprawls well.
Leon Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Mickiewicz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mickiewicz misses with a takedown attempt
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mickiewicz's head.
Mickiewicz slips a straight right by Henry.
Henry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mickiewicz.
Mickiewicz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Henry misses with a body shot.
Mickiewicz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mickiewicz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mickiewicz dives in and grabs Henry's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes down on Mickiewicz's head and hops out.
Henry scores with a one two! Mickiewicz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Henry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mickiewicz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henry's waist but Henry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mickiewicz off to one side.
Mickiewicz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with the combination.
Mickiewicz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henry throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Mickiewicz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mickiewicz somewhat.
Henry lands the left hand.
Mickiewicz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henry sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mickiewicz somewhat.
Henry thuds a left hand into Mickiewicz's body.
Henry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mickiewicz fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mickiewicz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Henry finds it's way round the side to connect with Mickiewicz's head.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mickiewicz.
Henry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mickiewicz.
Henry moves away from the strike by Mickiewicz.
Leon Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mickiewicz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Henry throws a hook but Mickiewicz avoids it easily.
Leon Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mickiewicz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mickiewicz ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mickiewicz darts in trying to clinch
and Henry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mickiewicz lands a slapping body shot.
Mickiewicz tries for a takedown but Henry circles away easily
and Mickiewicz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Henry dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry misses with a looping right.
Henry connects with a looping right hand.
Mickiewicz fails with a takedown attempt.
Henry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry throws a right hand that Mickiewicz ducks under and follows up with a left that Mickiewicz also avoids with ease.
Henry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mickiewicz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mickiewicz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leon Henry is winning the standup battle so far.
Henry scores with a shot to the body.
Mickiewicz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mickiewicz tries to clinch up.
Henry scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Henry as Mickiewicz shoots in.
Henry leaves Mickiewicz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Leon Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Mickiewicz.
Henry lunges at Mickiewicz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mickiewicz's hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mickiewicz shoots for a double leg takedown but Henry sprawls well. He's pushed Mickiewicz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Henry looks to land a combination but Mickiewicz avoids it well.
Henry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Henry lands a body shot.

Mickiewicz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Henry sprawls well initially but Mickiewicz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mickiewicz passes to side control.
Mickiewicz trying to control the action but Henry is working from the bottom.
Henry defending against the ground and pound.
Mickiewicz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mickiewicz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Henry has escaped the position, nice work there.
Henry tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Mickiewicz wants to control the pace but Henry is squirming around nicely.
Henry wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mickiewicz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mickiewicz wants to take Henry's back but he can't do it this time.
Mickiewicz tries to control but Henry wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Mickiewicz looking to control but Henry is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Henry tries to lock up and control but Mickiewicz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henry gets back to half guard.
Mickiewicz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mickiewicz is trying to control. Henry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mickiewicz is looking to advance position but Henry won't allow it.
Mickiewicz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henry's head.
Mickiewicz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henry knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Henry kicks Mickiewicz off and gets back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mickiewicz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Henry thows a body shot but no joy.
Leon Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mickiewicz throws out the jab.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Mickiewicz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Adam Mickiewicz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Henry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mickiewicz misses with a wild body shot.
Henry misses with a hook.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Mickiewicz.
Mickiewicz shoots for a takedown but Henry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mickiewicz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Henry counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mickiewicz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Henry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Henry misses with a wild body shot.
Mickiewicz shoots in for a takedown but Henry shows good takedown defense.
Leon Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Mickiewicz.
Henry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Henry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mickiewicz backs up against the cage.
Mickiewicz is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Henry does no damage.
Mickiewicz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mickiewicz tries to move into range but Henry moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Henry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mickiewicz wants to clinch.
Henry is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mickiewicz slips a straight right by Henry.
Henry misses with the combination.
Mickiewicz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mickiewicz looks for a takedown but Henry sprawls well.
Henry misses with a few strikes there.
Mickiewicz staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry slaps away a takedown attempt from Mickiewicz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mickiewicz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mickiewicz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Henry counters with a straight right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Mickiewicz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Henry scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mickiewicz ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
Mickiewicz tries for a takedown but Henry circles away easily
letting Henry counter with a right hand.
Mickiewicz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Henry swivels and escapes.
Mickiewicz is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mickiewicz.
Mickiewicz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mickiewicz misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a shot to the body.
Henry misses with a looping left.
Mickiewicz looks to clinch
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mickiewicz shoots in and drives through. Henry sprawls well.
Henry misses with a straight right.
Mickiewicz closes the distance and clinches up with Henry, looking for a takedown. Mickiewicz pushes Henry against the cage but Henry circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henry throws a body punch but Mickiewicz moves out of range.
Henry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mickiewicz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mickiewicz fails to land the takedown.
Henry throws a hook to the side of Mickiewicz's head but Mickiewicz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mickiewicz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice takedown defense from Henry. No joy for Mickiewicz on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mickiewicz.
Mickiewicz moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.
Mickiewicz looks to land a right hand but Henry moved out of range.
Mickiewicz fails with a takedown attempt.
Mickiewicz slips under a jab from Henry.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry dips to his left and cracks Mickiewicz with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mickiewicz fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab, jab by Henry - just one landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henry lands with a good body shot.
Mickiewicz is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Henry showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Henry has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Henry!