PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Boreste Bardanos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bardanos's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, My Kingdom Will Come. Ben Henley will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Bardanos
vs
Henley

164 cm
31
145 lbs
16 - 6 - 1

176 cm
32
156 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boreste Bardanos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Bardanos there.
Henley throws a shot from downtown. Bardanos moves away and avoids it.
Bardanos ducks under a wild hook from Henley.
Bardanos is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Henley.
Bardanos works Henley's body with a nice hook.
Jab from Bardanos.
Henley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Bardanos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bardanos showed some decent athleticism there.
Henley trying to hold on to Bardanos's head to control him but Bardanos postures up.
Bardanos has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bardanos controlling the pace.
Bardanos prevents Henley from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henley looking for submissions off his back.
Bardanos not doing much here.
Henley keeping hold of Bardanos's head, controlling as best he can.
Bardanos stalling.
Henley works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Henley looking for a guillotine here but Bardanos defends easily.
Bardanos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henley is keeping the position for now.
Bardanos cracks Henley with a solid left hand.

Henley has his foot on Bardanos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bardanos works his way back into a safe position though.
Bardanos is pushing down on Henley's leg trying to pass to half guard. Henley is fighting to maintain full guard but Bardanos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Henley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bardanos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bardanos's back!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Henley. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos manages to reverse the position and now he's in Henley's guard. Nice work there by Bardanos.
Bardanos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bardanos lands a couple of elbows.
Henley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bardanos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Bardanos postures up.

Henley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Henley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bardanos is one step ahead there.
Bardanos working some strikes from top position.
Henley keeping moving, preventing Bardanos from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bardanos postures up and lands a big shot to Henley's brow.

Henley looking for a guillotine here but Bardanos defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boreste Bardanos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bardanos tests Henley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bardanos misses with a body shot.
Henley throws out a counter right but Bardanos avoids it with no problem.
Bardanos throws a body punch but Henley moves out of range.
Bardanos just misses with a punch to the body.
Bardanos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henley.
Bardanos misses with a lunging right hand

and Henley counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henley sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bardanos's guard.
Henley trying to control from Bardanos's half guard. Bardanos has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Henley postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardanos looking for a sweep. Not yet Bardanos, not yet.
Bardanos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Henley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Henley wants to sweep but no luck.

Henley working for submissions but it's allowed Bardanos to get to half guard.
Bardanos prevents Henley from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Henley is trying to control but can't.
Henley is trying to control but Bardanos manages to pass to mount!
Henley tries to lock up and control but Bardanos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bardanos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bardanos tries to control but Henley wriggling away.
Henley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bardanos raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bardanos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henley can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley is desperately trying to improve his position but Bardanos has a good base and remains in mount.
Bardanos trying to control but Henley is having none of it.
We've been informed that Henley has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Henley wants to hold on but Bardanos pushes him away.

Bardanos swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Henley is now in Bardanos's guard. A big mistake from Bardanos there, giving up the dominant position!
Henley trying to control but Bardanos is working from the bottom.
Henley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boreste Bardanos dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Bardanos misses with a jab to the body
and Bardanos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henley takes a swing at Bardanos's ribcage but misses.
Bardanos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boreste Bardanos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut there from Henley.
Bardanos loads up on a big right hand but Henley slips the punch.
Henley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Henley throws a head kick but Bardanos moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bardanos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Henley is looking to control Bardanos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Henley avoid being mounted?
Henley tries to get to full guard but Bardanos has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley is still trying to improve position.
Henley throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Bardanos working Henley over with strikes.
Bardanos controlling the action here.
Henley trying to hold on to Bardanos's head to control him but Bardanos postures up.
Henley is trying is best to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henley is trying to control but can't.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Henley is looking to improve his position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bardanos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Henley swings for the body but Bardanos moves out of range.
Bardanos moves out of range of the leg kick from Henley.

Bardanos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Henley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Henley can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bardanos controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bardanos trying to control the position from guard on top but Henley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bardanos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Henley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Henley is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bardanos defends well.
Bardanos forces his way into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Henley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bardanos pulls his head out easily.
Henley trying to control here.

Bardanos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Henley is just riding it out for now. Bardanos eventually gives up the hold.
Henley is trying to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boreste Bardanos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bardanos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

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