PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erkki Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Die MF Die by Dope. This should be fireworks!

Henson
vs
Black

180 cm
18
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
18
191 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Purity Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Erkki Black!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black wants to clinch.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erkki Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Henson pushes him off.
Henson scores with a three punch combo!
A punch combination from Henson misses.

Black has closed the distance and engaged Henson in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Black scores with a nice short uppercut.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
Henson is trying to break free.
Black pushes Henson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black misses with some punches.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Henson.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Henson stalling the fight.
Black lands an uppercut.

Henson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Black tries to clinch but Henson moves out of range.
Henson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henson looks to land a left hand but Black moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Henson.
Henson working the head with strikes.
Henson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Henson trying to control the action but Black is working from the bottom.
Henson is putting a hurting on Black here, landing some big shots from side control.
Black is trying to buck Henson off.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Black can do anything to dispel that myth.
Henson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Black wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Black is looking for a sweep.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Black wants to clinch.

Black moves into the clinch.
Black lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Henson takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Henson breaks from the clinch.
Henson closes the distance and clinches up with Black, looking for a takedown. Henson pushes Black against the ropes but Black circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henson throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Black tries to clinch up.
Black fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Black is fending him off so far but Henson persists. Nope, Black circles away and we're back to standing.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Black gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Black lands a right hand.
Black working aggressively here.
Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black keeps control of Henson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Black has him pressed against the ropes.
with the fighters clinched against the ropes, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henson swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Henson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henson is breathing heavily.
Henson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Black moves into the clinch successfully.
Henson blocking some punches.
Black keeps control of Henson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Black gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey Henson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black has a couple of punches blocked by Henson.
A short right from Black on the inside.
Black scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Black working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henson has had enough of the clinch but Black keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Black lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Black has a couple of punches blocked by Henson.
Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Black prevents Henson from breaking the clinch.
Henson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Black lands a shoulder strike.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Black working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Black scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Henson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black prevents the takedown attempt.
Black working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson throws a head punch that misses.
Black keeps control of Henson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Henson jumps guard but Black stands there with Henson around his waist. Henson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henson is trying to break free.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Henson.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Black.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Black.
Henson takes a shot to the head.
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Black lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Henson is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henson.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Black throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hensons head.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Black lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Black throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hensons head.
Oh Henson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henson blocking some punches.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
Henson seems to have got his legs back now.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Henson working aggressively here.
Black lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henson backwards.
A short right from Black.
Black misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henson.
Black misses with some punches.
Black lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Black on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Henson has had enough of the clinch but Black keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Henson.
with the fighters clinched against the ropes, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Black is looking to clinch.
Henson misses with a double jab.
Black tries to clinch there but Henson circles away.
Henson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Black tries to clinch up.
Henson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Black tries to clinch but Henson moves out of range.
Black tries to clinch there but Henson circles away.
Black looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black wants to clinch.

Black instigates a clinch.
Henson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Black lands an uppercut.

That's six 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.
Henson is looking to control Black's arms but Black gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henson has his back to the ropes.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henson blocking some punches.
Henson blocks an uppercut.
Black keeps control of Henson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Henson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henson misses with an uppercut.
Henson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Black's waist but Black gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henson off to one side.
Black fails in his attempt to clinch.

Henson tries to keep at a distance but Black has taken the fight into the clinch.
Black misses with the head strike.
Henson is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Black gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Black has him pressed against the ropes.
Henson tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson has had enough of the clinch but Black keeps him there for the moment.
Henson is looking to break free of the clinch but Black has double underhooks.
Henson jumps guard but Black stands there with Henson around his waist. Henson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Henson manages to break the clinch.
Black avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henson.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henson.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henson misses with a few strikes there.
Black on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Henson. Henson obviously looking to wear him down.

Black instigates a clinch.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Henson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Black wants to clinch.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henson throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.
Black tries to clinch but Henson is having none of it.
Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henson missing with a left hand there. Black was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Black tries to clinch but Henson is having none of it.
Black tries to clinch there but Henson circles away.
Henson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Black takes the fight into the clinch.
Henson wants a takedown but no success here.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
Henson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Black has him pressed against the ropes.
Henson blocking some punches.
Henson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Black lands a right hand.
Henson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Henson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Black fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Henson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Henson pushes him off.

Black pushes Henson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henson is looking to break free of the clinch but Black has double underhooks.
Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Black lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Henson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Black throws a head punch that misses.
Black doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Black prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henson is looking to break free of the clinch but Black has double underhooks.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henson.
Black has a couple of punches blocked by Henson.
Henson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Henson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henson wants a takedown but no success here.
A nice left hand lands by Black.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
Henson can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henson.
Henson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henson goes for a takedown attempt but Black pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henson scoring well with a low kick there.
Henson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Black as he avoids it easily.
Black tries to clinch up.
Henson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Black but Black pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Henson. Henson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Black crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Henson - the referee stops the clock and Black gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Henson. Black manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erkki Black dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Black wants to clinch.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henson throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.
Mickey Henson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Black tries to clinch there but Henson circles away.
Black tries to clinch but Henson is having none of it.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
Black tries to clinch up.
Henson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henson throws a hook but Black avoids it easily.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Black pinned against the cage. Black gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Black is looking to clinch.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A choreographed right hand from Henson misses the target.
Henson keeps the fight on the outside.
Henson misses with a hook. Black ducked under it nicely.
Erkki Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henson misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Henson misses.
Some wild striking there from Henson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black wants to clinch

and Henson counters with a shoot takedown. Black fights it but they end up in guard.
Black wants to stand but Henson is controlling the position.
Black keeping full guard, as Henson tries to pass.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Black looking for a sweep. Not yet Black, not yet.
Henson trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henson preventing the sweep.
Henson stops Black from standing up.
Henson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson wants to pass the guard but Black is keeping the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Black gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Black misses with the head strike.
Black lands with a right to the head.
Henson tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
Black swings wildly with an uppercut but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Henson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
Black closes the distance but Henson moves to the side

and Henson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Black!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henson scoring with strikes but Black is staying in there.
Black is in a horrible position here. Henson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Henson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henson landing strikes from the mount and Black is in trouble!
Black is trying to escape the mount.
Henson 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henson working Black over with strikes here.
Black is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Black is wriggling around trying to escape.
Henson misses with a head shot.
Black wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Black really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
BOOM! Henson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Black is desperately trying to improve his position but Henson has a good base and remains in mount.
Henson lands a big shot there that rocks Black but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Black's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Henson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Black?
Black is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henson trying to control but Black is having none of it.
Black is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Black wants to hold on but Henson pushes him away.
Black takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Henson dominating with strikes here.

Black is rocked!
Henson lands a big elbow - Black is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Black is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mickey Henson!