PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonthan Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rousimar Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry 's entrance music is hit em up . A fine choice. Jonthan Henry is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Henry
vs
Maia

185 cm
32
180 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

183 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonthan Henry !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rousimar Maia!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Maia is trying to pull guard but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Henry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Our sources have told us that Henry has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Henry lands a knee to the head.
Henry connects with a knee to the head.
Maia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Henry to keep the fight standing.
Maia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Henry smiles and moves away.
Jonthan Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rousimar Maia.

Henry gets a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Henry .
Maia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Henry walks away with a smile on his face. Maia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Henry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short uppercut from Henry .
Maia is trying to pull guard but Henry turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry is working Maia over against the cage.
Maia looks winded!
Henry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Henry is working Maia over against the cage.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Henry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Maia is rocked!
Henry lands an elbow inside.
Maia is still on wobbly legs! Can Henry finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henry .

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Henry .
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Maia in his tracks for a moment.
Henry has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Maia - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Henry , and another! Maia is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jonthan Henry !
Jonthan Henry was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.