PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Fring (ranked 478 p4p, 61 weight class) and Pascal Henry (ranked 955 p4p, 118 weight class). Fring comes to the cage accompanied by Bamboleo by The Gypsy Kings. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Fring
vs
Henry

185 cm
27
162 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

170 cm
29
165 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gustavo Fring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pascal Henry!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fring has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Henry.
Henry scores with a nice right hand.
Fring throws a leg kick but Henry sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Fring uses good head movement to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Fring misses its target.
No joy there for Henry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fring checks a leg kick.
Fring throws a jab but it's blocked by Henry.
Henry finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Henry closes the distance and pushes Fring back into the cage.
Henry blocking some punches.
Henry gets through Fring's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fring lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Fring breaks the clinch.
Henry lands with a straight right. Fring didn't see that one coming.
Henry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fring.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fring's head.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Fring counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henry scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Fring swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fring drops his hands momentarily and Henry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Fring misses the target.
Fring checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fring checks the leg kick.
Henry throws a poor cross that misses
and Fring counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Henry thinking.
Fring lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Pascal Henry has been cut.
Henry lands a leg kick that knocks Fring off balance momentarily.
Henry throws a leg kick which misses Fring's front leg but catches the back leg as Fring tries to avoid it.
Fring pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henry was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fring lands a head shot.
Fring is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Henry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fring lands with a hook. Henry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fring misses with a hook.
Fring misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Fring.
Fring throws a jab when Henry was well out of range.
Henry is looking to slow Fring down with leg kicks.
Henry has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Fring lands a jab to Henry's midsection.
Henry slips under a jab from Fring.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Fring uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fring's corner calls for a 1-2. Fring obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Henry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Henry connects with a right hand. Fring shakes it off.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Fring counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
Henry throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fring stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a chopping leg kick but Fring manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fring throwing a counter right hand but Henry manages to avoid it.
Henry checks a leg kick.
Fring blocks a jab.
Fring misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Fring bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Henry lands with a kick to the ribs.
Henry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fring lands a leg kick that knocks Henry off balance momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fring.
Henry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Henry misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Henry.
Henry connects with an inside leg kick.
Henry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fring throws a right hand that Henry ducks under and follows up with a left that Henry also avoids with ease.
Fring scores with a body shot.
Fring throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fring had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fring waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henry.
Fring keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fring misses with a lunging right hand
and Henry counters with a straight right hand.
Fring ducks right into an uppercut from Henry.
Pascal Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Henry.
Henry throws a leg kick which misses Fring's front leg but catches the back leg as Fring tries to avoid it.
Fring misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry scoring well with a low kick there.
Henry throws a shot to the body.
Henry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fring sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henry throws a head kick that half lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Henry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pascal Henry's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fring doesn't seem bothered though.
Fring closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Henry tries a low kick but Fring avoids it.
Henry throws a series of punches but Fring moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Fring - just one landing.
Henry connects with a single shot there.
Fring slips under a jab from Henry.
Fring steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henry.
Fring moves out of range as Henry strikes.
Fring steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henry.
Henry takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fring throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Fring cracks Henry with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Fring has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Henry to stand back up!

Henry is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
That kick from Fring tenderised Henry's leg. Henry is trying to keep his angry face on.
Henry throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Henry misses.
Henry slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henry.
A swing and a miss from Henry.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henry, right into the meat.
Henry jabs Fring right on the nose. Fring blinks but takes it well.
Fring chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Henry can pounce on him.
Fring smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fring lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Henry lands a glancing blow to the side of Fring's head.
Fring takes one to the side of the head.
Fring throws a hook to the side of Henry's head but Henry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Fring.
Fring misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henry finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Henry misses with a right hand
and Fring counters with a stiff right hand.
Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henry scores with a push kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Henry in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Henry misses with a looping left.
Fring jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pascal Henry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henry connects with a single shot there.
Fring misses with an uppercut. Henry saw that one coming.
Henry lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fring throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fring defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Fring uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Fring.
Henry misses with a body shot.
Fring half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Henry.
Henry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fring doesn't seem bothered though.
Fring has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Henry.
Fring cracks Henry with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fring throws a jab but it's blocked by Henry.
Henry moves out of range of the body kick from Fring.
Henry tries a low kick but Fring avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Henry.
Henry connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fring. Fring circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A big left from Fring misses.
Henry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Henry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Henry tries to score with a low kick but Fring moves his leg out of the way.
Fring will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Henry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henry misses with a left hand
and Fring counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fring takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry lands a nice looking body kick.
Fring looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fring throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry throws a hook but Fring avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Henry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Henry.
Fring staying out of range there.
Fring misses the jab.
Fring throws a right hand that misses
and Henry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fring's knee momentarily.
Henry looks to land a body kick but Fring moved away.
Henry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Fring was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Henry.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henry misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry is looking to slow Fring down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Henry.
A slapping leg kick lands for Henry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pascal Henry's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Henry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab, jab by Henry - just one landing.
A cross from Fring lands.
Henry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fring momentarily.
A head kick misses from Fring.
Henry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fring throws a hook but Henry blocks it.
Henry moves away from the strike by Fring.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fring.
Fring lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Henry moves away from the strike by Fring.
Henry cracks Fring with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Henry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Fring.
Henry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fring slips a straight right by Henry.
Fring throwing a counter right hand but Henry manages to avoid it.
A cross from Henry lands.
Henry misses with a head kick.
Fring missing with a left hand there. Henry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fring throws out a leg kick but Henry moves out of range and Fring only half commits.
Henry throws the left hand but Fring avoids the punch easily.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Fring is just out of range.
Fring was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fring throws a leg kick
and Henry counters with a slapping leg kick.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fring swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Fring misses the target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fring misses with a leg kick
and Fring takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fring lands a jab-cross combination.
Henry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fring throws a shot from downtown. Henry moves away and avoids it.
Henry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fring's sensitive parts.
Henry throws a leg kick but Fring checks it.
Fring throws the left hand but Henry avoids the punch easily.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fring counters with a leg kick.
Fring lunges at Henry with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Henry's hand.
Henry misses with a looping left.
Henry misses with a low kick.
Henry lands a leg kick that knocks Fring off balance momentarily.
Henry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Henry blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fring ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Fring.
Fring ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
Henry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Fring.
Fring misses with a body shot.
Fring throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Henry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fring wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fring wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Henry is leaning against Fring and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Henry.
Henry lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fring lands with a light punch inside.
Fring swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Fring misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Henry on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Henry.
Fring working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Fring breaks from the clinch.
Henry goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Henry swings widly with a right hand
and Fring connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fring takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henry moves out of range of the leg kick from Fring.
Henry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Henry throws a body shot but no joy.
Fring takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henry thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid body kick from Henry.
Fring uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henry.
Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pascal Henry.
Well Henry has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pascal Henry!
A victorious Pascal Henry thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.