PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Wilbon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilbon has chosen Momma Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henderson
vs
Wilbon

225 cm
27
300 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

195 cm
30
298 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR $6 and Laundering 90%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Craig Wilbon!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wilbon.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Wilbon.
Wilbon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wilbon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wilbon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Wilbon.
Henderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wilbon just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilbon throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
Henderson scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Craig Wilbon has been cut.
Wilbon looks to land a left hand but Henderson moved out of range nicely.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilbon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Craig Wilbon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilbon connects with the punch.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Wilbon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henderson at a distance.
Wilbon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wilbon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilbon just misses with a punch to the body.
Wilbon throws a lazy right hand but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wilbon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wilbon misses the jab.
Henderson scores with a decent looking hook.
Wilbon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Henderson.
Wilbon wants to clinch.
Wilbon looks to land a combination but Henderson avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Wilbon thows a body shot but no joy.
Wilbon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henderson manages to avoid it.
Henderson slips under a jab.
Wilbon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wilbon misses with a left hand
and Henderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wilbon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wilbon.
Wilbon doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
Wilbon throws a lazy right hand but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wilbon throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Wilbon loads up on a big right hand but Henderson slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That has opened up Craig Wilbon's cut even more.
Wilbon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wilbon misses with a wild body shot.
Wilbon ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
Wilbon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilbon.
Wilbon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wilbon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
Henderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wilbon on the side of the head.
Wilbon throws a right hand that misses
and Henderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilbon tries to bum rush Henderson with a series of wild strikes but Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wilbon throws an off balance right hand
and Henderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Henderson.
Wilbon tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
A jab lands there for Wilbon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a hook to the side of Wilbon's head but Wilbon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Wilbon slips under a jab.
Wilbon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch combination from Wilbon misses.
Wilbon slips under a jab from Henderson.
Decent striking displayed by Wilbon there.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilbon.
Wilbon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Henderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wilbon.
Wilbon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilbon.
Henderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wilbon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henderson scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Craig Wilbon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Craig Wilbon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wilbon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henderson throws out the jab.
Wilbon looks to land a left hand but Henderson moved out of range nicely.
Wilbon throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilbon throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wilbon misses with a wild body shot.
Wilbon ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
Wilbon slips a jab from Henderson.
Wilbon looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Wilbon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wilbon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilbon throws a series of punches but Henderson avoids them all with ease.
Wilbon throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Henderson looks to throw the jab but Wilbon is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilbon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Henderson moves forwards but Wilbon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilbon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Wilbon.
Wilbon looks to score with a jab to the body but Henderson is just out of range.
Wilbon throws a sloppy body shot
and Henderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wilbon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henderson.
Wilbon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wilbon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

The cut above Craig Wilbon's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Henderson lands a body shot.
Wilbon is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
and Henderson counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Wilbon! He's just covering up as Henderson starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Henderson!