PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Henry
vs
Smith

180 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robert Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Henry.
Smith throws a right hand that Henry ducks under and follows up with a left that Henry also avoids with ease.
Henry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
John Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Henry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The strikes coming from Henry are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Henry fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
Henry looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Smith is avoiding damage well.
Henry wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Henry 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.
Smith stops Henry from passing to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Henry crashes against the mat.
Smith parries the strikes from Henry easily there. Henry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Smith to escape.
Henry lands some shots froms side control.
Smith takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Smith dodges the ground and pound from Henry.
Henry working the ground and pound.
Henry landing strikes.
Henry scores with punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Henry tries for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
Henry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Smith is avoiding damage well.
Smith defending against the ground and pound.
Henry working the head with strikes.
Henry landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Henry landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Smith looks gassed!
Henry cracks Smith with a big right hand but Smith just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Henry scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Henry lands some shots froms side control.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Smith is not content to let Henry control the position.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Henry throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Henry working the ground and pound from side control.
Henry lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry is chipping away with strikes.

The cut above John Smith's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Henry in side control lands a decent elbow.

Smith is rocked!

John Smith's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Smith's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Robert Henry!