PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dunch Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinclair comes to the cage accompanied by . Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sinclair
vs
Henry

180 cm
23
187 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

175 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Resistance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brodie Sinclair!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dunch Henry!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sinclair is fending him off so far but Henry persists. Nope, Sinclair circles away and we're back to standing.
Sinclair keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sinclair jabs at Henry's body.
Danga de danga de dang - Henry scores with a four punch combination!
Henry shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sinclair as he jumps to the side.
Brodie Sinclair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dunch Henry.
Nice defenses there by Henry.
Sinclair scores with a sloppy right hand. Henry should have avoided that one.
Sinclair with a jab.
Sinclair misses the jab.
Sinclair shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Henry defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Sinclair does no damage.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sinclair gets a double leg takedown into Henry's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Henry controls Sinclair momentarily but Sinclair frees himself.
Henry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henry is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sinclair is trying to maintain the position but Henry is very close to passing his half guard.
Henry is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair is trying to control but can't.
Henry throws a strike but Sinclair avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sinclair trying to keep a closed guard but Henry is proving a slippery customer.
Henry is working Sinclair over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sinclair throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Henry keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sinclair's head.
Henry postures up in Sinclair's guard and throws a big left but Sinclair blocks it.
Sinclair trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Henry stopping the sweep attempt from Sinclair.
Sinclair 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.
Henry throws and elbow that misses. Sinclair uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henry's guard. Nice move by Sinclair!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair slips nicely into half guard.
Sinclair wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henry keeps working.

Sinclair wants to work for an arm triangle but Henry is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Henry is looking to escape.
Henry works his way to full guard. Good work.
Henry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Henry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sinclair with a nice head shot there.
Henry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brodie Sinclair will probably get the nod.
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.

Sinclair slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sinclair ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice takedown defense from Sinclair. No joy for Henry on that attempt.
Sinclair gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Henry misses with a straight left.
Henry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Henry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinclair was well out of range. Poor timing from Henry.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henry.
Sinclair shoots in looking for a takedown. Henry tries to sprawl out of it but Sinclair keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Henry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sinclair tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair thows a body shot but no joy.
Henry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Henry closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Henry wants to stand but Sinclair is controlling his arm.
Sinclair regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henry is pressing down on Sinclair's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sinclair is holding on for now.
Sinclair works his way to full guard. Good work.

Henry avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sinclair is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sinclair looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Henry must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Sinclair throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sinclair looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henry with a nice head shot there.
Henry tries to free his leg and advance position but Sinclair is retaining full guard.
Henry sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sinclair's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henry seems to be looking for submissions.
Dunch Henry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sinclair missing with punches from the bottom.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry wants to pass to mount but Sinclair is defending the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Henry connects with a nice short shot to Sinclair's temple.
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sinclair is looking for a sweep. Henry is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sinclair is trying to control but can't.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Henry there.
Sinclair trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sinclair with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Sinclair actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry prevents Sinclair from improving his position.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sinclair defending well though.
Ground and pound from Henry.

Henry is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sinclair sees it coming and defends easily.
Sinclair wants to control but Henry is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinclair keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Sinclair is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dunch Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sinclair just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry lands with an uppercut that bounces Sinclair off the cage and back into rage.
Sinclair throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henry stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sinclair scores with a nice head shot.
Sinclair looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.
Sinclair avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sinclair fails to land the takedown.
Henry tries for a takedown but Sinclair circles away easily
and Sinclair counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henry walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
Henry fails with a takedown attempt.
Henry misses with a looping right.
Sinclair ducks right into an uppercut from Henry.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sinclair throws a hook but Henry blocks it.
Sinclair scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Henry.
Nice jab there from Henry.

Sinclair is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws an overhand right that has Sinclair reeling! Henry follows up with more punches and Sinclair is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dunch Henry!
Dunch Henry is the new welterweight champion!