PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claude LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeBlanc comes to the cage accompanied by Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre - Jungle. Henry has chosen Unashamed as his entrance music. John Henry acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

LeBlanc
vs
Henry

184 cm
29
220 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

173 cm
30
223 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude LeBlanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Henry!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBlanc misses with a kick to the body.
Henry is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Henry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. LeBlanc manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Henry. That's going to slow LeBlanc down.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henry scores with a nice head shot.
Henry wants to clinch.
LeBlanc is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LeBlanc wants to land a leg kick but Henry is out of range.
LeBlanc blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from LeBlanc.
Henry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Henry walks into a stiff left hand from LeBlanc.

It looks like John Henry has been cut.
Henry lands with a right hand.
LeBlanc throws the left hand but Henry avoids the punch easily.
LeBlanc looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Henry misses with an uppercut
and LeBlanc counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henry on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henry, right into the meat.
Henry lands with a right hand.
Henry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as LeBlanc throws out the jab.
Henry only half commits to the counter leg kick.
LeBlanc feints and then cracks Henry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henry down.
LeBlanc throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henry misses the jab.

LeBlanc lands a big head kick that sends Henry tumbling to the mat! LeBlanc takes a step backwards and waves Henry back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Henry is rocked!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from LeBlanc! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Claude LeBlanc!
Claude LeBlanc thanked the fans post fight for their support.