PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ozamataz Buckshank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MIchael Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Buckshank
vs
Henley

194 cm
25
202 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

186 cm
22
199 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ozamataz Buckshank!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, MIchael Henley!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buckshank.
Buckshank misses with a straight right.
Buckshank tries to land a leg kick but Henley saw it coming and moves away.
Buckshank lands a right hook to the body.
Buckshank throws a nice outside leg kick.
Henley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Buckshank misses with a hook. Henley ducked under it nicely.
Buckshank fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henley manages to avoid it.
Buckshank misses with a body kick.
Henley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ozamataz Buckshank has been cut.
Buckshank fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Henley!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henley tries to land a leg kick but Buckshank saw it coming and moves away.
Henley moves in looking to clinch but Buckshank pushes him off.
Henley tries to clinch but Buckshank moves away
and Buckshank finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Henley looks to throw a body kick
and Buckshank counters with a nice uppercut.
Henley's coach down at White Lotus was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Henley's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckshank misses with the combination.
Buckshank misses with an uppercut.
Henley does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Henley throws a low kick, looking for Buckshank's leg but Buckshank calmly moves out of range.
Henley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Buckshank throws a head kick but Henley moves out of range.
Buckshank keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Buckshank keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Henley lands a two punch combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buckshank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henley.
Henley moves out of range of the leg kick from Buckshank.
Henley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A low kick from Buckshank is predictable there
and Henley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buckshank swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Henley has managed to clinch.
Buckshank tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buckshank swings wildly with an uppercut but Henley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henley cracks Buckshank with a nice body shot.
Henley looking to stall.
Henley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buckshank lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Buckshank scores with a shot to the side of Henley's head.
Henley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Buckshank struggles to land a body shot inside as Henley controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckshank tries to throw a body punch but Henley avoids it by throwing Buckshank back against the cage.
Henley stalling in the clinch but Buckshank improves position.
Henley trying to stall but Buckshank improves his position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buckshank lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like MIchael Henley has been cut.
Buckshank throws a punch but it's blocked by Henley.
Buckshank tries a body shot but Henley blocks it.
Henley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buckshank backwards.

Henley manages to break the clinch.
Buckshank connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Buckshank looks for the body kick but Henley saw that one coming.
Henley thows a leg kick but Buckshank checks it
and Buckshank counters with an outside leg kick.
Buckshank is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Buckshank on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buckshank scores with the left hand. Henley knows he should have avoided that one.
MIchael Henley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Buckshank.
Buckshank keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Buckshank swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Buckshank tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Henley is able to avoid easily.
Buckshank connects with a crisp jab.
Henley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buckshank is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Henley moves out of range of the body kick from Buckshank.
Henley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Buckshank looks to score with a jab to the body but Henley is just out of range.
Buckshank throws a leg kick but Henley moved away.
Buckshank slips under a jab.
Buckshank lands the left hand.
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch but Buckshank swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henley gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Buckshank counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Buckshank is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Buckshank lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ozamataz Buckshank dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buckshank lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Buckshank punishes Henley's body with a nice straight punch.
Buckshank connects with a solid leg kick.
Henley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buckshank moves away.
Good leg kick by Buckshank there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Henley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Henley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Buckshank uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Buckshank throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Henley counters with a thumping low kick.
Buckshank fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Henley.

Henley closes the distance and clinches.
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!

Henley breaks the clinch.
Henley throws a sloppy head kick
and Buckshank counters with a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Buckshank, right into the meat.
Buckshank swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henley.
Henley ducks under a wild hook from Buckshank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckshank swats away the attempt to clinch by Henley.
Henley misses with a body kick.
Buckshank blocks a head kick by Henley.
Henley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Henley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Buckshank rather than just go for the knockout.
Henley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
MIchael Henley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buckshank paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buckshank delivers a nice body kick.
Henley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ozamataz Buckshank is winning the standup battle so far.

Buckshank lands a big right hand that sends Henley crashing to the mat! Buckshank stays standing though and waves Henley back to his feet!

Henley is rocked!

That has opened up MIchael Henley's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buckshank rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Henley counters with a three punch combo that has Buckshank backing up. Buckshank nods at Henley to acknowledge the strikes.

Henley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Buckshank, pushing him back against the cage.
Buckshank lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henley.
Henley stalling in the clinch but Buckshank improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckshank slowing the pace effectively.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Buckshank lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Buckshank pushes Henley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buckshank is working Henley over against the cage.
Buckshank lands a left hand.
Buckshank lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henley backwards.
Henley is trying to break the clinch but Buckshank is controlling him.
Henley trying to control the position but instead, Buckshank has worked for underhooks and has pushed Henley into the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Buckshank lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Buckshank doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Buckshank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buckshank lands a hook that snaps the head of Henley backwards.
Buckshank is working Henley over against the cage.
Buckshank has a couple of punches blocked by Henley.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Buckshank.
Buckshank throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Buckshank cracks Henley with a nice body shot.
Henley is breathing heavily.
Buckshank lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Henley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buckshank misses with a body kick.
Henley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Buckshank avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A clash of legs there as Henley blocks the low kick.
Henley walks into a left hand.
Henley wants to clinch up but Buckshank keeps it at a distance.
Buckshank throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Buckshank is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henley can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buckshank connects with a single shot there.
Buckshank ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Buckshank.
Buckshank misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henley tries to bum rush Buckshank with a series of wild strikes but Buckshank uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckshank scores with a nice head shot.
Henley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Henley is still on wobbly legs! Can Buckshank finish him?

The cut above MIchael Henley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Henley tries to clinch but Buckshank is having none of it.
Henley seems to have recovered his senses.
Buckshank thumps Henley with a low kick.
Buckshank scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Henley.
Buckshank scores with a jab to the head.
Henley tries to clinch but Buckshank is having none of it.

Buckshank sends Henley crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Buckshank is motioning to the referee to let Henley up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ozamataz Buckshank dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Henley glances at the clock... BAM! Buckshank nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Henley crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Henley is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ozamataz Buckshank!
Ozamataz Buckshank retains his middleweight title!
Ozamataz Buckshank managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Flying Knee Clothing, into his post fight interview.