PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorjo Kozacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henry
vs
Kozacz

185 cm
27
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
170 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Henry !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jorjo Kozacz!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kozacz gets tackled into the cage by Henry . Henry maintains the clinch.
Kozacz avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Kozacz wants to break free but Henry has control.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henry lands a knee to the head.
Kozacz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Henry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kozacz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Kozacz blocks with his arms.
Henry pushes off an throws an elbow but Kozacz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kozacz's face.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Kozacz avoids the damage to the body.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kozacz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henry .
Kozacz is trying to force a seperation but Henry has the dominant position.
Kozacz blocks an elbow strike.
Kozacz working hard to break the clinch.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Kozacz blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Kozacz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Kozacz blocks it.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kozacz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kozacz.
Henry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kozacz is trying to break the clinch but Henry is controlling him.
Kozacz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Henry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Kozacz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Kozacz in his tracks for a moment.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kozacz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry tries a body shot but Kozacz blocks it.
Henry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henry has a couple of punches blocked by Kozacz.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Kozacz blocks with his arms.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kozacz's face.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Kozacz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Kozacz is blocking nicely.
Kozacz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Kozacz turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kozacz manages to end up in side control.

Kozacz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four 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!

Kozacz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Henry has escaped the position, nice work there.

Kozacz is trying to get an arm triangle but Henry is defending well.
Henry is trying to get back to his feet.

Kozacz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Kozacz goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Henry rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Kozacz's guard! Nice work there by Henry !
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Henry dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Kozacz avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Henry .
We've been informed that Kozacz has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kozacz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kozacz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Kozacz avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kozacz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kozacz stalling in the clinch but Henry improves position.
Kozacz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Henry prevents it.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Kozacz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozacz prevents a body shot from Henry .
Henry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kozacz's face.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kozacz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kozacz takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Henry .
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kozacz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Henry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry lands a knee to the head.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Kozacz blocks a body shot from Henry .
Andrew Henry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henry landing knees to the body.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Henry lands an elbow inside.
Kozacz takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kozacz.
Kozacz takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Kozacz is blocking nicely.
Kozacz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Henry connects with a knee to the head.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Kozacz won't want to take too many of those.
Kozacz managing to block the knees to the body from Henry .
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Kozacz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Kozacz in his tracks for a moment.
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kozacz wants to break free but Henry has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henry .
Henry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kozacz's defenses.
A knee to the head by Henry .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Kozacz won't want to take too many of those.
Henry lands a knee to the head.
Henry lands a nice elbow.
Kozacz tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the cage.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Henry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Kozacz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Henry prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Henry dominated that second round.
That's time! Henry 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Henry rushes Kozacz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kozacz tries to break free but Henry pushes him back against the cage.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kozacz blocks it with crossed arms.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kozacz.
Kozacz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kozacz managing to block the knees to the body from Henry .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kozacz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Henry pulls his leg out and moves away.

Henry darts in and clinches Kozacz up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Kozacz won't want to take too many of those.
Kozacz tries to break free but Henry pushes him back against the cage.
Kozacz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kozacz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Henry pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Kozacz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henry .

Kozacz manages to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry wanted to stand there but Kozacz had control of the position.
Henry trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Kozacz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Henry doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Kozacz is tightening it up a little... Henry has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Henry reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Henry taps out! Nice BJJ there by Kozacz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jorjo Kozacz!