PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Taiei Kin (ranked 4501 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Henry (ranked 5125 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry has chosen knuck if you buck as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kin
vs
Henry

180 cm
31
174 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

185 cm
37
180 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taiei Kin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Henry !
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry fails to land the takedown.
Henry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Kin moves into range and clinches up with Henry .
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Kin is blocking nicely.
Kin avoids a wild elbow strike from Henry .
Kin slows down the pace here.
Kin lands a shoulder strike.
Kin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henry has Kin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Taiei Kin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Henry .
Henry tries a knee to the head but Kin blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kin lands a left hand.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henry misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Kin.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Kin is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Kin lands with a left to the head.

Henry 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henry shoots for a takedown but Kin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Kin clinches up against the cage.
Kin tries to work over Henry 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kin connects with a knee to the head.
Henry tries to break free but Kin pushes him back against the cage.
Kin tries a body shot but Henry blocks it.
Kin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Kin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Kin.
Kin prevents the takedown attempt.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Kin blocks with his arms.
Kin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kin lands a right hand.
Kin lands a knee to the head.
Kin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kin scores with a shot to the side of Henry 's head.
Henry told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Kin lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Henry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kin's brow.
Kin crunches a lovely knee into Henry 's ribcage.
Kin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kin.

Henry is rocked!
Kin gets through Henry 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry is still on wobbly legs! Can Kin finish him?
Kin scores a nice knee to the body.
Kin creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Henry 's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Henry drops to his knees and Kin pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taiei Kin!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Taiei Kin waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER's logo in front of the cameras.