PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hio Kint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hio Kint had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Evan Henderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hio Kint's chin.

Kint
vs
Henderson

170 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hio Kint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Evan Henderson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson tries to clinch there but Kint circles away.

Henderson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kint is not content to let Henderson control the position.
Henderson tries to stand but Kint is controlling his head.
Henderson misses with the ground and pound.
Henderson wants to control but Kint is keeping him busy.
Kint is trying to control Henderson's posture but Henderson avoids it.
Henderson in side control, throwing shots but Kint defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kint tries to bench press Henderson off him but Henderson keeps the position.
Kint is trying to control Henderson's posture but Henderson avoids it.
Kint is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Kint's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kint is trying to get back to half guard.
Kint keeping his opponent close.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kint tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Henderson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kint wants to control but Henderson postures up.
Kint is looking for a sweep.
Kint is working hard here to advance position.
Kint is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Henderson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Kint trying to control here.
Kint is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Kint is not content to let Henderson control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kint punching from the bottom.
Henderson is just content to waste time from the top position. Kint takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kint keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Henderson preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Henderson trying to control but Kint is working from the bottom.
Kint is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Evan Henderson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Henderson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kint napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kint sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Henderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kint shoots in and bounces Henderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kint prevents Henderson from getting back to his feet.
Henderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kint throws a big right hand that misses.
Kint looking to pass the guard.
Kint wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
Kint is looking to work some ground and pound but Henderson has wrist control.
Kint pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henderson is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kint's guard.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Kint lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Henderson!
Henderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kint dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Kint.
Kint fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kint looking to finish Henderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henderson!
Kint with good strikes from the mount here!
Kint lands a big elbow.
Kint raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kint postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
Kint with shots to the head and body - Henderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kint 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.
Kint in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kint scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Kint scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kint with good strikes from the mount here!
Kint with a couple of short strikes.
Kint pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kint landing shots from mount.
Kint is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Henderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kint is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Kint looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kint landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Kint.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kint lands a nice short elbow.
Kint scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kint working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kint throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kint lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Henderson has hold of Kint's hands but Kint slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kint lands strikes from half guard.
Still in half guard, Kint seems content to control.
Kint looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kint looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kint thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Henderson to regain full guard.
Kint throws and elbow that misses. Henderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kint's guard. Nice move by Henderson!
Kint has Henderson pulled in close to control his posture.
Henderson preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hio Kint dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kint scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kint is chipping away with strikes.
Kint working away.

Kint thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kint postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Kint cracks Henderson with a big right hand but Henderson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Henderson manages to get back to half guard.
Henderson manages to get to full guard.
Kint loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kint pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henderson is keeping the position for now.
Kint working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Kint is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kint's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Henderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kint landing some decent shots from guard.
Kint is in close to Henderson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kint lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kint trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kint trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kint stands and throws Henderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kint lands an elbow.
Kint working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kint landing strikes.
Kint trying to control the position but Henderson is working away.
Henderson is trying to control Kint's posture but Kint avoids it.
Kint landing strikes.
Kint grinds an elbow into Henderson's temple.
Henderson is trying to control Kint's posture but Kint avoids it.
Hio Kint overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kint scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kint landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Henderson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Henderson pushes Kint away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kint gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Henderson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kint lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Henderson down.
Henderson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kint connects with a decent elbow.
Kint works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kint landing a few strikes.
Kint lands a few punches from side control.
Kint cracks Henderson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Henderson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kint wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
Kint looks up at the clock and then as Henderson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kint smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kint lands a nice forearm strike.
Kint cracks Henderson with a big right hand but Henderson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kint working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kint landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
Henderson regains half guard.
Kint looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Henderson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kint seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hio Kint showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kint has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hio Kint!