PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zlato Kuzmejniev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes to the cage accompanied by Unashamed. Zlato Kuzmejniev will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Henry
vs
Kuzmejniev

173 cm
27
223 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

192 cm
28
210 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zlato Kuzmejniev!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuzmejniev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like John Henry has been cut.
Nice straight punches there by Kuzmejniev. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kuzmejniev.
Henry ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henry throws a combination. Kuzmejniev tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice body punch from Henry.
Henry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henry scores with a head kick.
Henry misses with a straight left.
Kuzmejniev follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Henry.
Henry swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that Henry semi-blocks.
Henry looks for the body kick but Kuzmejniev saw that one coming.
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.
Kuzmejniev drops his hands momentarily and Henry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A lazy body kick from Kuzmejniev

and Henry decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kuzmejniev's guard.

Kuzmejniev is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry lands a couple of digs.
Kuzmejniev is still in real trouble! Can Henry finish him?
Kuzmejniev avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kuzmejniev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henry is one step ahead there.
Henry lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Henry gets to his feet and stands over Kuzmejniev, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Kuzmejniev felt that one! Henry unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Kuzmejniev from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Henry!
After winning the bout, John Henry thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.