PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wilfred Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonthan Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Lewis
vs
Henry

170 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wilfred Lewis!
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, Jonthan Henry !
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Henry blocks the leg kick.
Henry tries to counter with a clinch but Lewis shakes him off and moves away.

Henry clinches up against the cage.
Henry stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lewis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Henry pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lewis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Henry counters by moving into the clinch.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry stalling the fight.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lewis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lewis could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lewis is breathing heavily.
Henry lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henry .
Henry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Wilfred Lewis has been cut.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry pressing his opponent against the cage.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Henry scores a nice knee to the body.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lewis's face.
Henry landing knees to the head.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Lewis in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands an elbow inside that Lewis shrugs off.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry working Lewis over with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Lewis in his tracks for a moment.
Henry prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wilfred Lewis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henry obliges.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Henry lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lewis up against the cage.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henry obliges.
Henry has Lewis pushed against the cage.
Lewis goes for a takedown attempt but Henry pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lewis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Henry fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Lewis gets tackled into the cage by Henry . Henry maintains the clinch.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lewis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Come on Henry - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Henry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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 unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lewis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Lewis in his tracks for a moment.
Henry leaning against his opponent.
Henry scores a nice knee to the body.
Henry has Lewis pressed against the cage.
Lewis takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henry .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lewis's defenses.
Henry lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Henry landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonthan Henry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilfred Lewis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henry has Lewis up against the cage in a clinch.
Henry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry lands an elbow inside that Lewis shrugs off.
Henry lands an elbow just above Lewis 's eye.
Knees to the body from Henry .
Henry working Lewis over with knees to the body.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Lewis in his tracks for a moment.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry jerks Lewis's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Lewis drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Henry goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Henry because Lewis was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Jonthan Henry !
Jonthan Henry decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.