PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thierry Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tata Khajo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Thierry Henry has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Thierry Henry seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Henry
vs
Khajo

180 cm
25
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

King of Fists

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thierry Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tata Khajo!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khajo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khajo lands with a good body shot.
Khajo missing with a left hand there. Henry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khajo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Henry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khajo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khajo swings for the body but Henry moves out of range.
Henry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khajo throws a lazy right hand but Henry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Henry lands a jab-cross combination.
Henry misses with a double jab.
Henry connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Khajo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Henry duly obliges.
Henry misses with a body shot
and Khajo counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khajo lands with an overhand left.
Henry misses with an uppercut
letting Khajo counter with a right hand.
Khajo throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
Khajo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Khajo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Henry misses with a left hand
and Khajo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khajo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Henry works the jab nicely.
Khajo lunges at Henry with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Henry's hand.
Henry misses with a lunging right hand
and Khajo counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khajo throws a hook to the side of Henry's head but Henry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Khajo's shoulder, as Khajo tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry with a jab.
Henry takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Henry misses the shot to the body.
A left lands for Henry.
Khajo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Henry on the side of the head.
Khajo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Henry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khajo under the eye.
Henry misses the jab.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Khajo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khajo scores with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Henry misses the target.
Khajo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry takes a swing at Khajo's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Khajo as he connects with a hook.
Khajo misses with an uppercut. Henry saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Henry misses the target.
Thierry Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Henry drives through and clinches with Khajo against the cage.
Henry can't find room to land a body shot as Khajo controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khajo.
Henry throws a punch but it's blocked by Khajo.
Henry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henry tries a body shot but Khajo blocks it.
Henry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khajo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khajo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henry misses with a punch on the inside.
Henry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khajo blocks an uppercut.
Henry digs a right hand into Khajo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khajo's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a punch on the inside.

Khajo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khajo jabs at Henry's body.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khajo manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry swings widly with a right hand
and Khajo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Henry loads up on a big right hand but Khajo slips the punch.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khajo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Henry looks to land a right hand but Khajo moved out of range.
Nice jab there from Khajo.
Khajo scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khajo misses with the combination.
Henry cracks Khajo with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tata Khajo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Khajo is just out of range.
It seemed like Khajo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khajo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Henry misses with a straight right.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khajo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khajo misses with a body shot.
Henry is looking to counter punch.
Henry misses with a jab to the body
and Khajo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Henry looks to land a left hand but Khajo moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Henry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Henry.
Khajo swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry.
Henry misses with a hook
and Khajo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khajo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Henry's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khajo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henry scrambles back to his feet.
Khajo connects with a nice looking jab.
Henry lands a nice shot that snaps Khajo's head back.
Henry misses with a lunging right hand
and Khajo counters with a left to the body.
Henry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khajo counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khajo finds it's way round the side to connect with Henry's head.
Khajo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khajo with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khajo.
Henry throws a body shot but no joy.
Khajo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henry misses with a jab to the body
and Khajo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Henry thinking.
Henry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Khajo counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khajo counters with a nice body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khajo.
Khajo slips a jab from Henry.
A little jabbing left from Khajo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khajo.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khajo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henry.
Khajo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice jab there from Khajo.
Henry misses with a left hand
and Khajo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khajo counters with a straight right hand.
Henry moves in looking to clinch but Khajo pushes him off.
Khajo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Henry counters with a straight right hand.
Tata Khajo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Khajo counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khajo connects with a body shot.
Khajo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Henry. Henry circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
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 misses with a lunging right hand
and Khajo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khajo scores with a shot to the body.
Henry takes a swing at Khajo's ribcage but misses.
Khajo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Henry misses with a looping right.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Khajo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Henry misses with a hook. Khajo ducked under it nicely.
Henry closes the distance looking to clinch
and Khajo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Henry.
Henry misses the body punch
and Khajo counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Khajo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henry throws a jab when Khajo was well out of range.
Khajo connects with a body shot.
Khajo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Khajo with a nice cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khajo lands a nice hook to Henry's body. Henry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Henry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khajo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tata Khajo 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!

Henry gets a clinch.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Come on Khajo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Khajo pushes Henry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khajo lands a body punch.

Khajo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khajo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henry at a distance.

Henry closes the distance and pushes Khajo back into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khajo.
Khajo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Khajo can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
Henry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khajo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khajo's elbow.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khajo works on Henry's body with a couple of short punches.
Khajo taking a breather.
Henry can't find room to land a body shot as Khajo controls the action.
Khajo blocks a body shot from Henry.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Khajo controls his hands.
Henry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khajo misses with a body punch.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Thierry Henry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khajo's elbow.
Khajo blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Henry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khajo scores with a shoulder strike.

Khajo manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Khajo does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khajo! But no joy.
Khajo just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry tries to clinch but Khajo is having none of it.
Khajo throws a sloppy body shot
and Henry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khajo scores with a jab. Henry acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khajo connects with a body shot.
Henry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khajo.
Henry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry avoids the body shot from Khajo.
Henry is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Khajo.

Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khajo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khajo scores with a shot to the side of Henry's head.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Khajo uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Khajo avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Henry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khajo.
Khajo has had enough of the clinch but Henry keeps him there for the moment.
Henry throws a punch but it's blocked by Khajo.

Khajo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khajo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thierry Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tata Khajo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Khajo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry tries to clinch
and Khajo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henry misses the jab.
Henry takes one to the side of the head.
Khajo lands a jab to the nose.
Khajo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Khajo digs a good hook to Henry's body.
Khajo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Henrys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A lazy left from Khajo finds it's target.
A lazy left from Khajo finds it's target.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
letting Khajo counter with a right hand.
Khajo sizes up Henry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Khajo lands with a shot to the body.
Khajo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khajo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khajo lands with a straight right. Henry didn't see that one coming.
Khajo ducks under a wild hook from Henry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tata Khajo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Khajo 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tata Khajo!
An out of breath Tata Khajo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.