PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Emile Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Vilson (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.

Henry
vs
Vilson

178 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emile Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Junior Vilson!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vilson defends it nicely.
Henry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vilson throws out a counter right but Henry avoids it with no problem.
Vilson jabs Henry right on the nose. Henry blinks but takes it well.
Vilson lands a jab to Henry's midsection.

Henry instigates a clinch.
Henry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vilson's efforts to push away.

Henry breaks from the clinch.
Vilson lands a nice shot to the body.
Vilson works Henry's body with a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vilson.
Henry scores with a leg kick.
Henry shoots for a double leg takedown but Vilson sprawls well. He's pushed Henry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
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!
Vilson connects with a nice looking jab.
Henry scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vilson connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry takes a jab right on the kisser.
Henry darts in looking for a takedown but Vilson gets double underhooks and turns Henry into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emile Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vilson lands with a good body shot.
Vilson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henry momentarily.
Henry scoring well with a low kick there.
Vilson works Henry's body with a nice hook.
Vilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
As Vilson looks to move away, Henry throws a big counter combo but Vilson just gets out of the way.
Nice jab there from Vilson.
Vilson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Henry keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vilson stuns Henry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vilson throws a hook but Henry blocks it.
Henry looks to land a combination. Vilson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vilson scores with a jab. Henry acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vilson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Henry had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A left lands for Henry.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Henry. Vilson shrugs it off though.

Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Vilson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry is working for takedown but Vilson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vilson can't break the clinch.
Vilson can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Henry.

Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry takes a swing at Vilson's ribcage but misses.
Henry misses with a hook.
Henry takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Henry looks to land a left hand but Vilson moved out of range nicely.
Vilson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Henry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Henry instigates a clinch.
Vilson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henry has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vilson after a bit of a struggle.
Henry is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vilson is trying to push Henry away but Henry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Henry manages to break the clinch.
Vilson scores with a sloppy right hand. Henry should have avoided that one.
Vilson lands a really nice looking cross but Henry seems unphased.
Donk. Vilson catches Henry right on the button with a cross.
Henry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henry, right into the meat.
Vilson scores with the left hand. Henry knows he should have avoided that one.
Henry takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vilson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vilson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vilson stalks Henry and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henry's face. Henry staggers backwards, shaken.
Vilson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Henry's head.
Vilson lands with a good body shot.
Vilson misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A right-left combo lands from Vilson.

Henry forces Vilson back against the cage and clinches.
Vilson takes a shot to the head.
Henry lands a hook that snaps the head of Vilson backwards.

Henry breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vilson lands a lovely overhand right.

Henry gets a clinch.
Vilson letting Henry take a breather here.
Vilson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Vilson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Henry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vilson lands with an overhand left.
Vilson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henry with a poor takedown
and Vilson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vilson catches Henry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vilson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Emile Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vilson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.
Henry scores with a leg kick.
Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henry looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Henry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice uppercut there from Vilson.
Vilson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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!
Vilson scores with a jab to the body.
Vilson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henry fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vilson just manages to avoid it.
Vilson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vilson.
Vilson lands a jab to the head.

Henry moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries for a takedown but Vilson manages to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Henry.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vilson circles away quickly and effectively.
Henry lands with a slapping head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice shot by Vilson.
Vilson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henry.
Vilson jabs Henry right on the nose. Henry blinks but takes it well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Vilson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Henry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vilson.
Vilson misses with a series of wild punches.
Henry lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Vilson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry avoids the body shot from Vilson.
Henry with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vilson to score with a decent uppercut.

Henry clinches up against the cage.
Henry scores with a shot to the side of Vilson's head.
A bit of stalling here from Henry.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vilson is trying to break the clinch but Henry is controlling him.
Vilson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A frustrated look appears on Vilson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vilson tries to break free but Henry pushes him back against the cage.
Vilson gets underhooks to prevent Henry's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emile Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vilson connects with a right hand. Henry shakes it off.
Henry lands a body shot.
Vilson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henry in his tracks.
Vilson lands a nice looking body shot.
Henry slips under a jab from Vilson.
Henry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vilson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Henry throws a head kick that misses.
Vilson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Henry takes a jab right on the kisser.
Henry misses with a double jab.
Emile Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vilson throws a series of strikes that have Henry backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Henry. Vilson shrugs it off though.
Junior Vilson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Henry tries to move into range but Vilson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vilson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry darts in looking for a takedown but Vilson gets double underhooks and turns Henry into the cage.
Henry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vilson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Henry backs up against the cage.
Henry scores with the left hand. Vilson knows he should have avoided that one.
Vilson dodges the punch combination from Henry.
Vilson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Vilson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vilson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Henry.
Vilson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Henry clinches up with Vilson and pushes him back against the cage.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Vilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Vilson connects with a jab.
Vilson takes a swing at Henry's ribcage but misses.

Henry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Henry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henry goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vilson prevents it.
Henry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vilson backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Vilson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry just leaning against Vilson, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry lands a nice shot to the body.
Henry stalls.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Henry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vilson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vilson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Henry's head.
Henry throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vilson catches Henry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Henry misses with a double jab
and Vilson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Henry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henry takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vilson looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry throws a series of punches but Vilson moves out of range.
Vilson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Henry tenderised Vilson's leg. Vilson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Henry throws a nice head kick!
Vilson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vilson lands an overhand right.
Vilson lands a glancing blow to the side of Henry's head.
Henry closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A punch lands to the side of Henry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vilson punishes Henry's body with a nice straight punch.
Vilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vilson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Henry has time to react.
Junior Vilson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vilson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vilson takes a swing at Henry's ribcage but misses.
Vilson looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.
Henry lands a head kick!
Henry throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Henry misses with a low kick.
Vilson scores with a jab. Henry acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Vilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henry moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vilson scores with a jab to the head.
Henry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vilson's waist but Vilson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henry off to one side.
Henry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vilson but Vilson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emile Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vilson lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Henry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vilson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Henry. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Jab by Vilson.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vilson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Henry moves into the clinch.
Emile Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior Vilson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vilson tries to break free but Henry pushes him back against the cage.
Vilson working hard to break the clinch.
Henry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emile Henry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henry.
Vilson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Henry takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Henry stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vilson tries to break free but Henry pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Junior Vilson.
I've got Vilson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Vilson!
Junior Vilson thanked the fans post fight for their support.