PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Levan Kvirkvelia (ranked 4436 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alora Henry (ranked 2755 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry has chosen stomp as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kvirkvelia
vs
Henry

173 cm
25
175 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

183 cm
32
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Levan Kvirkvelia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alora Henry !
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry throws a lazy head kick
and Kvirkvelia counters with a straight right hand.
Henry wants to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Kvirkvelia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kvirkvelia.
Henry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kvirkvelia cracks Henry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Henry is looking to clinch but Kvirkvelia is avoiding it.
A leg kick checked by Kvirkvelia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kvirkvelia slips under a jab.
Kvirkvelia punishes Henry 's body with a nice straight punch.
Kvirkvelia avoids the body shot from Henry .
Kvirkvelia lands with a hook. Henry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kvirkvelia, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Kvirkvelia. That snapped Henry 's head back.

Henry is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a body kick that misses.
Henry is still on wobbly legs! Can Kvirkvelia finish him?
Henry drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kvirkvelia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kvirkvelia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kvirkvelia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Henry sprawls and moves away.
Kvirkvelia scores with a hook to the body. Henry takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Henry seems to have recovered his senses.
Kvirkvelia looks to land a right hand but Henry moved out of range.
Kvirkvelia lands with a cross.
Kvirkvelia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Kvirkvelia has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Kvirkvelia moves out of range of the body kick from Henry .
A good leg kick by Kvirkvelia.
Henry swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Kvirkvelia counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kvirkvelia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Henry trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kvirkvelia working some strikes from top position.
Kvirkvelia is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kvirkvelia looking to pass the guard.
Henry looking to control.
Kvirkvelia slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Henry working a defensive guard here.
Kvirkvelia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kvirkvelia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kvirkvelia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kvirkvelia being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kvirkvelia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kvirkvelia has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kvirkvelia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Henry looks to land a combination but Kvirkvelia avoids it well.
Henry tries to clinch but Kvirkvelia moves out of range.
Henry takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Henry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kvirkvelia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kvirkvelia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Henry walks into a jab.
Nice body punch from Kvirkvelia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry . Kvirkvelia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kvirkvelia appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Henry doesn't manage to clinch there - Kvirkvelia circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kvirkvelia. Kvirkvelia obviously looking to wear him down.
Henry slips under a jab.
Henry tries to clinch but Kvirkvelia is having none of it.
Kvirkvelia drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Henry right on the button. Henry goes down! Kvirkvelia follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Kvirkvelia gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Levan Kvirkvelia!
A relieved looking Levan Kvirkvelia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.