PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Zombie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russian Zombie told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Henson
vs
Zombie

180 cm
29
153 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

167 cm
26
158 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Mohito Fightwear

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradley Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russian Zombie!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson misses with a double jab
and Zombie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zombie scores with a hook to the body. Henson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Zombie rushes Henson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zombie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zombie works on Henson's body with a couple of short punches.
Zombie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Zombie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henson misses with a looping right.
Henson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zombie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Bradley Henson has been cut.
Zombie moves away from the strike by Henson.
Zombie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zombie there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henson throws a sloppy body shot
and Zombie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henson scores with a body shot.
Henson lands with a good body shot.
Henson looks to land a left hand but Zombie moved out of range nicely.
Henson throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombie throws a jab when Henson was well out of range.
A jab from Henson does it's job there.
Zombie has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Henson misses with a hook
enabling Zombie to counter with a crisp jab.
Bradley Henson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zombie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Henson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Zombie has Henson up against the cage in a clinch.
Zombie lands with a light punch inside.
Henson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henson wants to break free but Zombie has control.
Zombie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
Zombie has Henson pressed against the cage.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zombie lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henson.
Zombie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zombie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Still in the clinch, Henson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Henson is looking to break free of the clinch but Zombie has double underhooks.
Henson can't break the clinch.
Henson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Zombie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henson misses with a left hand
and Zombie counters with a nice uppercut.
Henson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Henson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henson throws a big shot that misses.

Zombie has managed to clinch.
A short left from Zombie.
Zombie lands with a short shot to the head.
Zombie can't find room to land a body shot as Henson controls the action.
Henson is trying to break the clinch but Zombie is controlling him.
Zombie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henson up against the cage.

Zombie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zombie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Henson misses with a wild body shot.
Henson misses with a straight left.
Henson misses with an uppercut
and Zombie counters with a three punch combo that has Henson backing up. Henson nods at Zombie to acknowledge the strikes.

Zombie has Henson up against the cage in a clinch.
Zombie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Henson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Henson fails to land.
Zombie prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henson working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Henson.
Zombie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zombie after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bradley Henson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zombie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Still in the clinch, Zombie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Henson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zombie's elbow.
Zombie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Henson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Zombie misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Zombie on the inside.
Zombie slowing the pace effectively.
Henson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zombie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zombie throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Henson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Henson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Zombie has Henson up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Zombie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bradley Henson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henson slips a straight right by Zombie.
Zombie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zombie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zombie connects with a crisp jab.
Zombie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zombie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zombie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henson connects with a nice looking jab.

Henson gets tackled into the cage by Zombie. Zombie maintains the clinch.
Henson can't break the clinch.
Henson tries to throw a body punch but Zombie avoids it by throwing Henson back against the cage.
Zombie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henson swings wildly with an uppercut but Zombie uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Zombie pushes Henson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Zombie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zombie thuds a left hand into Henson's body.

Zombie moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zombie after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zombie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zombie scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Zombie lands with a short shot to the head.
Henson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zombie backwards.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Zombie.
Still in the clinch, Zombie scores with a nice short uppercut.

Zombie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Henson scores with a hook to the body. Zombie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Henson misses with a hook to the body
letting Zombie counter with a right hand.
Zombie throws out a loose jab but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henson connects with a right hand. Zombie shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zombie misses with a looping left.
Henson throws a sloppy body shot
and Zombie counters with a stiff right hand.
Russian Zombie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henson just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Zombie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zombie tests Henson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zombie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zombie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zombie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henson misses with an uppercut
and Zombie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Henson is rocked!

Zombie instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Henson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Henson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zombie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Zombie manages to break the clinch.
Zombie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Henson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zombie.
Zombie slips a jab from Henson.
Henson cracks Zombie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Henson lands a nice shot that snaps Zombie's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zombie misses with a body punch
and Henson counters with a stiff right hand.
Henson ducks under a wild hook from Zombie.
Henson throws a sloppy body shot
letting Zombie counter with a right hand.
Henson misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Zombie misses.
Henson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
No joy there for Henson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zombie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henson at a distance.
Henson swings for the body but Zombie moves out of range.
Henson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Henson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zombie manages to avoid it.
Henson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Henson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zombie counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henson misses with a hook
and Henson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Henson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henson misses the jab.
Zombie drops Henson with a huge uppercut! Henson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Zombie is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russian Zombie!
Russian Zombie decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.