PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Henry (ranked 6894 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fun Fest (ranked 2569 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes to the cage accompanied by knuck if you buck . Andrew Henry is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Henry
vs
Fest

185 cm
38
180 lbs
15 - 16 - 0

185 cm
31
180 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 15 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Henry !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fun Fest!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fest counters with a right hand to the body.
Henry is looking to clinch but Fest is avoiding it.

Henry moves into range and clinches up with Fest.
Fest misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fest.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Fest avoids a wild elbow strike from Henry .
Fest prevents a body shot from Henry .
Henry lands a shoulder strike.
Fest lands an uppercut.
Fest managing to block the knees to the body from Henry .
Fest gets underhooks to prevent Henry 's takedown attempt.
Fest is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henry is defending well for now.
Fest avoids the elbow strike from Henry , against the cage.
Henry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hand to the body from Fest.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fest tries a body shot but Henry blocks it.
Fest lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fest creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fest tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Henry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Henry wants to take the fight to the mat but Fest manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Fest throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .
Fest blocks the elbow strike.
Our sources have told us that Henry has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Fest is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Fest lands a good knee to the midsection. Henry won't want to take too many of those.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Fest is looking to control Henry 's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fest has his back to the cage.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fest has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fest tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Henry throws a head punch that misses.
Fest with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fest misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fest tries to work over Henry 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fest misses with a body punch.
Fest lands a nice uppercut.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fest scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fest.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Fest blocks it.
A short right from Fest.
Henry drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fest pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Henry . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fest showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henry .
Henry darts in trying to clinch
and Fest counters with a left to the body.
Fest scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fest counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Henry clinches with his opponent.
Fest stops a takedown attempt from Henry .
Henry wants a takedown.
Fest misses with a body punch.
Fest misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fest tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fest just misses with a elbow thrown towards Henry 's brow.
Fest tries to throw a body punch but Henry avoids it by throwing Fest back against the cage.
Fest lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Fest throws a head punch that misses.
Fest tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
Henry tries to work over Fest's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fest is pressed up against the cage. Henry has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fest down to the mat. Fest avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Henry wants to clinch up but Fest keeps it at a distance.
Fest steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henry .

Fest moves into the clinch.
Henry prevents a body shot from Fest.
Fest misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fest misses with a punch to the body.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fest blocks it with crossed arms.
Fest is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fest lands a nice shot to the body.
Fest working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fest with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fest throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Fest.
Henry lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Fun Fest has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fest looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henry prevents a body shot from Fest.
Henry scores a nice knee to the body.
Fest struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Fest.
Henry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fest has a couple of punches blocked by Henry .
Henry lands an elbow inside that Fest shrugs off.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fest unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fest's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henry throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fest tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry 's elbow.
Henry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fun Fest dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fun Fest's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fest 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 tries to clinch but Fest is having none of it.
Fest swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry .
Henry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fest manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fest sprawls well. Fest wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Henry clinches with his opponent.
Fest tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry 's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fest scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fest.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fest has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henry connects with a knee to the head.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fest scores with a hook to the body.
Fest working aggressively here.
Henry has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Fest avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fest blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Henry .
Henry prevents a body shot from Fest.
Fest tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henry 's elbow.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fest scores with a hook to the body.
Fest goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fest scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fest lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Fest - that landed with a thud.
Fest throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Henry s head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fest has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fest makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fest pushes Henry back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fest stalling in the clinch but Henry improves position.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Fest lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Fest can't find room to land a body shot as Henry controls the action.
Fest working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fest lands with a right to the head.
Fest gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henry .
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Henry . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fest on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fest lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fest lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fest.

Henry is rocked!
Henry 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Henry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fest pushes Henry against the cage. Fest is working some dirty boxing. Fest pushes off with a quick right hook! Henry goes down! Henry tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Fest moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fun Fest!
Fun Fest took some time post fight to say the following; 'Tell your brother I said hello.'.