PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Harry Henderson (ranked 22194 p4p, 298 weight class) and Sam Sung (ranked 7790 p4p, 252 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by No Love. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Henderson
vs
Sung

196 cm
21
273 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

205 cm
22
300 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Sung!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sung throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Henderson closes the distance and clinches.

Sung breaks the clinch.
Henderson swinging wildly here.

Sung clinches up with Henderson and pushes him back against the cage.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Sung blocks with his arms.
Sung keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.

Sung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Sung moves into the clinch successfully.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sung tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Sung avoids it well.
Sung let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sam Sung is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sung swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henderson tries to clinch there but Sung circles away.

Henderson has Sung up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
A body shot lands from Sung.
Sung lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sung fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Sung.

Sung rushes Henderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sung breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Henderson.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
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!
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sung keeps the fight on the outside.

Sung has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sung wants to break free but Henderson has control.

Sung manages to break the clinch.
Sung fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson wants to clinch.

Sung pushes Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson is leaning against Sung and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Sung.
Sung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson's elbow.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Henderson - that landed with a thud.

Sung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Henderson takes the fight into the clinch.

Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Sung dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sung lands with a nice body punch.
Henderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Sung has managed to clinch.
Sung fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sung blocks an uppercut.
Henderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Sam Sung has been cut.

Sung manages to break the clinch.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson scores with a head kick. Sung tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Henderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sung, pushing him back against the cage.
Sung has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sung lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson.
Sung prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Sung lands a hook that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Sung.

Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson slips under a jab from Sung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sung is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Henderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Sung takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Sung avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
Sung appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sung connects with a nice looking jab.

Sung closes the distance and clinches.
Sung has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
Henderson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Sung has the dominant position.
Sung avoids the elbow strike from Henderson, against the cage.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sung misses with a punch to the body.

Sung escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Sung forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henderson breaks from the clinch.

Henderson clinches.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Sung keeps him there for the moment.
Sung wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sung wants to get back to striking at distance but Henderson won't allow it.

Sung breaks the clinch.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sung swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Henderson clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Sung working hard to break the clinch.
Henderson pushes Sung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henderson is trying to stall.
Henderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson tries to work over Sung's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sam Sung will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sam Sung's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sung circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson takes a swing at Sung's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sung paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sung instigates a clinch.

Sung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson tries to clinch but Sung moves out of range.
Sung now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sung scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henderson doesn't seem bothered though.
Sung scores with a punch to the head.
Henderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sung swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A countering left hand to the body from Sung misses.
Henderson slips a jab from Sung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sung instigates a clinch.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Sung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson has Sung pressed against the cage, preventing Sung from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Henderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Henderson stalling the fight.

Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sung scores with a decent looking hook.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Sung circles away and keeps his distance.
Sung ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sung swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
A little jabbing left from Sung on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sung takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
Sung now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sung misses with a wild combination.
As Sung looks to move away, Henderson throws a big counter combo but Sung just gets out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Henderson forces Sung back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Sung breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harry Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sung paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sung paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sung's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sung blocks the body kick.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sung misses with a body shot.

Henderson gets tackled into the cage by Sung. Sung maintains the clinch.
Sung blocks a body shot from Henderson.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sung has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Sung really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Sung's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sung forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Sung escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sam Sung seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Sung closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henderson lands with a light punch inside.
The referee calls for Henderson to work.
Sung is trying to break the clinch but Henderson is controlling him.
Sung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right handed body shot lands from Sung.

Henderson manages to break the clinch.
Sung lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sung manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sung is out of range.
Sung swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
It seemed like Sung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Henderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sung.
Sung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson wants to clinch up but Sung keeps it at a distance.

Sung moves into the clinch successfully.

Sung breaks the clinch.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.

Henderson clinches up with Sung and pushes him back against the cage.

Sung manages to break the clinch.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.

Henderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson scores with a shot to the side of Sung's head.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harry Henderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.

Sung breaks the clinch.

Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sung working hard to break the clinch.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Sung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sung forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.

Henderson breaks the clinch.
Henderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Harry Henderson has been cut.
Henderson wants to clinch.
It seemed like Sung was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Sam Sung will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sung manages to break the clinch.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Sung closes the distance and clinches.

Sung breaks the clinch.

Sung gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sung rushes Henderson and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Henderson.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sung backwards.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.

Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henderson throws a leg kick that misses.
Henderson lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson works Sung's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot by Sung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sung stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Henderson defending well as Sung loads up on a big left hand.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Sung circles away and keeps his distance.
Sung appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Henderson.

That has opened up Sam Sung's cut even more.

Henderson manages to break the clinch.

Sung clinches up against the cage.
Sam Sung is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Sung.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Sung.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sung has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Sung is blocking nicely.
Sung misses with a body punch.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Sung has him pressed against the cage.
Sung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
Harry Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Sung breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sung has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Sung!
Sam Sung thanked the fans post fight for their support.