PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonqw Fray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Henley could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jonqw Fray's chin.

Henley
vs
Fray

176 cm
26
169 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

160 cm
27
170 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Spartan Nutrition
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonqw Fray!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henley drops his hands momentarily and Fray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fray takes a swing at Henley's ribcage but misses.
Henley lands a really nice looking cross but Fray seems unphased.
Fray scores with a shot to the body.

Henley closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Fray's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fray wants to sweep here but Henley controlling him for the moment.
Henley throwing strikes from guard but Fray blocks nicely.
Fray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Henley throws a big elbow that misses.
Henley cracks Fray with a solid left hand.
Henley lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Henley throws a big elbow that misses.
Henley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Henley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fray keeping moving, preventing Henley from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley passes Fray's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Henley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fray tries to roll over but Henley keeps him under control.
Henley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Fray looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Henley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fray defending well though.
Henley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Henley lands strikes from half guard.
We've been hearing that Henley has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley trying to control from half guard but Fray is working away.
Henley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fray with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fray is trying to control but can't.
Henley thows a huge punch but Fray dodges it nicely.
Fray is looking to improve his position.
Henley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fray defending well though.
Fray regains full guard. Nicely done.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Fray has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Henley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Fray escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Henley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Henley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Henley cracks Fray with a solid left hand.
Fray controls Henley momentarily but Henley frees himself.
Henley works over Fray with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Henley throws a big right hand that misses.

Fray looking for a guillotine here but Henley defends easily.
Henley scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Henley postures up.
Henley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fray's head.
Henley landing with the ground and pound.
Henley wants to control from the top but Fray keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley stands up over Fray, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Henley lands a couple of digs.
Henley trying to control the position from guard on top but Fray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henley connects with a couple of short punches.
Fray bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henley's guard.

Henley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Henley striking off his back but it's not causing Fray any problems.

Henley has his foot on Fray's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fray works his way back into a safe position though.
Henley is trying to keep Fray in close.

Henley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fray can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Henley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henley scores with a jab.

Henley changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fray looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fray wants to control but Henley postures up.
Henley lands a nice forearm strike.

Henley tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fray struggling a bit here.
Henley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fray can do to turn this around?
Henley lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henley postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ben Henley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henley working the ground and pound from side control.
Henley lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fray down.
Henley in side control, throwing shots but Fray defends.
Henley landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fray on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Fray is rocked!
Fray sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Fray looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Henley throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henley is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fray tries to roll over but Henley keeps him under control.
Henley thows a huge punch but Fray dodges it nicely.
Henley working over Fray with some ground and pound. Fray looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henley slips a nice elbow through Fray's hands, connecting with Fray's forehead.
Henley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fray is still in real trouble! Can Henley finish him?
Fray on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henley is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley prevents Fray from improving his position.
Fray seems to have recovered his senses.

Fray looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henley lands a nice short elbow.
Fray missing with punches from the bottom.
Henley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henley is keen to just control but Fray is a slippery customer.
Henley winds up and cracks Fray with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Fray looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley slips a nice elbow through Fray's hands, connecting with Fray's forehead.
Henley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henley lands a nice short elbow.
Fray makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fray.
Henley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henley is looking to work some ground and pound but Fray has wrist control.
Henley wants to control from the top but Fray keeps moving.
Henley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henley working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fray's head.
Henley scoring with some ground and pound.
Henley postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Fray covers up, he's hurt! Henley keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Henley and the ref steps in to end the fight! Henley can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Henley!
Ben Henley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.