PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keimah Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Animai comes to the cage accompanied by Rise - Flobots. The crowd seem to be enjoying Henry's choice of entrance music: Unashamed. Keimah Animai has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Animai
vs
Henry

190 cm
33
215 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

173 cm
29
223 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keimah Animai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Henry!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Animai counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Henry misses with a low kick as Animai jumps back.
Animai throws a leg kick
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keimah Animai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Animai lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like John Henry has been cut.
Henry cracks Animai with a good jab.
Henry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Animai cracks the inside of Henry's front leg.
Henry misses with an uppercut.
Animai throwing a counter right hand but Henry manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry throws a low kick but it's checked well by Animai.
Animai looks for the body kick but Henry saw that one coming.
Animai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry looks for the body kick but Animai saw that one coming.
Animai connects with a looping right hand.
Animai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Henry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Animai.
Animai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Animai keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Animai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Henry misses with a body kick.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Animai takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Keimah Animai has been cut.
Animai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henry misses with a looping right.
Animai swings for the body but Henry moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Animai lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Animai misses with a leg kick
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henry throws a leg kick which misses Animai's front leg but catches the back leg as Animai tries to avoid it.
Animai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Henry throws a hook to the side of Animai's head but Animai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good leg kick by Animai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Henry misses with a low kick as Animai jumps back.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Animai. Henry shrugs it off though.
Henry takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Animai closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
and Henry counters with a leg kick.
Animai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henry in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Animai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Henry jabs Animai to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Henry blocks the body kick.
Henry walks forward, straight into a front kick from Animai.
Animai's corner calls for a 1-2. Animai obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Animai misses with a body kick.
Animai bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Henry misses with a body kick.
Henry throws a body punch but Animai moves out of range.
Good work by Animai as he checks the leg kick.
A low kick from Henry misses
and Animai counters with a stiff right hand.
Animai looks to land a combination. Henry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henry replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Animai blocks it well.
Animai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Henry tries to land a leg kick but Animai saw it coming and moves away.
Animai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Henry now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Animai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Animai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Henry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Animai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Henry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Animai checks a leg kick.
Henry cracks Animai with an open hand slap.
Animai looks to land a body kick but Henry moved away.
Animai lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keimah Animai dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Animai slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Animai.
Despite the aggression on Henry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Animai on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Henry is looking to slow Animai down with leg kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Animai.
Animai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henry can do to turn this around?
Henry avoids the head kick by Animai.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Henry might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Animai has got the better of the exchanges.
Henry fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A left lands for Animai.

Henry lands a big uppercut and Animai crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Animai looks OK. Henry waves Animai back to his feet!

Animai is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Animai misses the jab.
Oh Animai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Animai moves away from the strike by Henry.
Animai seems to have got his legs back now.
Animai stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Henry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Animai.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry misses with a kick to the body.
Animai throws out a leg kick but Henry moves out of range and Animai only half commits.
Animai scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Animai throws a nice inside leg kick.
Henry thumps Animai with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Animai.
Animai tries to land a leg kick but Henry saw it coming and moves away.
Henry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Henry throws a body shot but no joy.
As Henry backs away, Animai returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Henry!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Animai takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Animai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Henry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Animai throws a counter high kick but Henry was just alert enough to avoid it.
Henry throws a nice looking combination but Animai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henry lands a slapping body shot.
Animai throws a good cross that connects.
Animai lands a right hook to the body.

Henry lands a big right hand that sends Animai crashing to the mat! Henry stays standing though and waves Animai back to his feet!
Animai throws a leg kick
and Henry counters with a left to the body.
Henry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Henry misses the jab.
Animai is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Animai manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Animai avoids the body shot from Henry.
A left and a right from Animai both land. Nice combination.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Animai counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Henry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Henry.
A jab from Animai misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Animai. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Animai is looking to slow Henry down with leg kicks.
Animai looks to land a right hand but Henry moved out of range.
It seemed like Henry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Henry misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Animai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Animai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Animai slips under a jab from Henry.
Animai tried to counter with a leg kick but Henry avoided it.
Animai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henry in his tracks.

That has opened up John Henry's cut even more.
Henry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Animai.
Animai lands with an overhand left.
Henry throws a low kick, looking for Animai's leg but Animai calmly moves out of range.
Animai is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Animai manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry throws a low kick but it's checked well by Animai.
Henry scores with a hook.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Animai's shoulder, as Animai tries to avoid the shot.
Animai jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Henry will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Henry does it's job there.
Animai throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Animai.
Animai swings widly with a right hand
and Henry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A chopping leg kick lands by Henry.
Henry drops Animai with a big left hand! Animai is injured, injured bad! Henry jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Henry!
A victorious John Henry thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.