PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigory Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gniewomir Polaniecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Henry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to TWO STEPS FROM HELL - Protectors of the Earth. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Henry
vs
Polaniecki

198 cm
25
242 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
18
249 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Grigory Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gniewomir Polaniecki!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Polaniecki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Polaniecki is looking to stall here but Henry recovers full guard.
Polaniecki is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Polaniecki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henry wants to stand and escape but Polaniecki is having none of it.
Polaniecki trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Polaniecki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henry swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polaniecki is looking to work some ground and pound but Henry has wrist control.
Henry can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Polaniecki controls the pace.
Polaniecki trying to control but Henry is working from the bottom.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Gniewomir Polaniecki wasn't active enough on the ground.
Henry lands the left hand.
Polaniecki fails with the takedown.
Some bone on bone action there as Henry checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Henry lands with an uppercut that bounces Polaniecki off the cage and back into rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry scores with a nice right hand.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Polaniecki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Henry is trying to stand back up but Polaniecki is controlling him
Polaniecki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Polaniecki.
Polaniecki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Polaniecki is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Polaniecki with the ground and pound but Henry uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polaniecki with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polaniecki wants to pass the guard but Henry is keeping the position.
Polaniecki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Polaniecki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Polaniecki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henry wants to stand but Polaniecki is controlling the position.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Polaniecki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polaniecki throwing strikes from guard but Henry blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Henry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Polaniecki is looking to work some ground and pound but Henry has wrist control.
Polaniecki sitting in guard here, content to control.
Polaniecki throws a big right hand that misses.
Henry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Polaniecki controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gniewomir Polaniecki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Polaniecki misses with a body shot.
Henry misses with an uppercut. Polaniecki saw that one coming.
Henry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Polaniecki scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Polaniecki creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Henry sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Polaniecki is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Henry will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Polaniecki throwing strikes but Henry manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Polaniecki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Henry wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polaniecki can't do much from the bottom here.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Polaniecki manages to get back to half guard.
Polaniecki wants to improve his position but Henry is controlling well.
Polaniecki controlling the position well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Polaniecki manages to avoid it.
Henry moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grigory Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Polaniecki tries for a takedown but Henry sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Polaniecki misses with a low kick.

Polaniecki bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Henry parries the strikes from Polaniecki easily there. Polaniecki is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Henry to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polaniecki is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Henry's shoulder. That is not cool.
Let's hope that Polaniecki has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Polaniecki sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Henry is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry is trying to buck Polaniecki off.
Polaniecki moves into full mount!
Polaniecki controlling from the full mount.
Polaniecki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Grigory Henry has been cut.
Polaniecki working Henry over with strikes here.

Grigory Henry's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polaniecki content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polaniecki lands a heavy elbow.

Grigory Henry's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Grigory Henry's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Gniewomir Polaniecki!