PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes to the cage accompanied by down for my niggas. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Henry
vs
Luiz

185 cm
30
180 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

179 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 7 - 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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Luiz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henry rushes Luiz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Luiz has a couple of punches blocked by Henry .
Luiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Henry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry scores a nice knee to the body.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Luiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Luiz is leaning against Henry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Our sources have told us that Henry has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Luiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henry .
Henry landing knees to the body.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luiz tries to work over Henry 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Luiz won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Henry .
Luiz digs a right hand underneath Henry 's ribcage. Henry let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry working Luiz over with knees to the body.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Henry connects with a knee to the head.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry prevents Luiz from breaking the clinch.
Luiz lands a right hand.
Luiz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Henry .
Knees in the clinch landing for Henry .
Luiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Luiz in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Fernando Luiz has been cut.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Luiz blocks with his arms.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henry .
Luiz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Henry seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Luiz can turn it around.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luiz misses with a body punch.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Luiz blocks with his arms.
Luiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Luiz's ribcage.
Henry lands an elbow inside.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luiz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Henry scores a nice knee to the body.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Luiz is leaning against Henry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Luiz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Luiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry 's elbow.
Luiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Luiz fails to land.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henry prevents a body shot from Luiz.
Luiz lands a hook that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luiz.
Knees to the body from Henry .
Luiz blocks a body shot from Henry .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Luiz misses with some punches.
Luiz takes an elbow to the temple.
Luiz struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Luiz tries to work over Henry 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henry blocks a body shot from Luiz.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Luiz misses with a punch to the body.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Henry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Luiz's defenses.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Luiz avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Luiz blocks an uppercut.
Luiz lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Luiz is blocking nicely.
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!

Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luiz misses with a series of wild punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henry .
Henry tries for a takedown but Luiz circles away easily
and Luiz counters with a one-two to the body.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Henry moves in looking to clinch but Luiz pushes him off.
Luiz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry walks into a jab.
Henry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Luiz is fending him off so far but Henry persists. Nope, Luiz circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Henry . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Henry is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Henry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fernando Luiz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Henry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Luiz lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Henry falls backwards - clearly groggy! Luiz dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Luiz!