PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rey Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlade Divac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Henry
vs
Divac

197 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rey Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlade Divac!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Divac manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henry feints and then cracks Divac's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Divac down.
Divac misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Divac circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henry lands a nice looking body kick.
Divac looks gassed!
Henry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rey Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Divac keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Henry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Divac moves away.
Divac swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry.
Henry wants to clinch up but Divac keeps it at a distance.
Henry tests Divac's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Henry lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Divac dodges the punch combination from Henry.
Henry tries to clinch up.
A combination from Henry does no damage.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry tries to clinch there but Divac circles away.
Henry tries to bum rush Divac with a series of wild strikes but Divac uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry is looking to clinch.
Divac falls off balance throwing a combination
and Henry counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Divac is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Henry throws a nice looking combination but Divac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Divac throws a combination that misses
and Henry counters with an inside leg kick.
Henry tries to clinch up but Divac circles away and keeps his distance.

Henry lands a big head kick that sends Divac tumbling to the mat! Henry takes a step backwards and waves Divac back to his feet - he wants the finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Divac doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Henry scores with a spinning back kick!
Henry tries to clinch there but Divac circles away.
Henry lands a leg kick that knocks Divac off balance momentarily.
Henry scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Henry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey Henry dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Henry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Divac momentarily.
Henry doesn't manage to clinch there - Divac circles away.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Divac can do to turn this around?
Henry lands with a kick to the temple. Divac shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Henry wants to clinch.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch but Divac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Divac is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Divac drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Henry follows Divac to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rey Henry!