|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sagara Sanosuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 183 cm
28
188 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
|
190 cm
24
199 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
|
Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sagara Sanosuke!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanosuke throws a front kick aimed at Henry's knee but Henry avoids it well.
Sanosuke scores with the left hand. Henry knows he should have avoided that one.
Henry swings widly with a right hand
and Sanosuke counters with a nice body kick.
Henry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanosuke.
Henry is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke missing with a left hand there. Henry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Sanosuke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanosuke cracks Henry with an open hand slap.
A swing and a miss from Sanosuke.
Henry scores with a nice head shot.
Sanosuke throws a low kick but Henry moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanosuke counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanosuke connects with a body shot that sends Henry's belly button to the back.
Sanosuke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Sanosuke's shoulder, as Sanosuke tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanosuke lands a jab to the head.
Henry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanosuke throws a wild body kick that Henry sees coming a mile off.
Sanosuke blocks a jab.
A shot to the liver by Sanosuke. Beautiful body shot.
Sanosuke lands with a kick to the temple. Henry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sanosuke slips a jab from Henry.
Henry throws the left hand but Sanosuke avoids the punch easily.
Henry lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanosuke's head.
Sagara Sanosuke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Henry misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Henry!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanosuke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sagara Sanosuke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke gets a clinch.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanosuke lands with a hook. Henry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sanosuke tests Henry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
Sanosuke throws a big shot that misses.
Sanosuke misses with a hook. Henry ducked under it nicely.
Sanosuke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sanosuke cracks Henry with a good jab.
Henry slips under a jab.
Sanosuke scores with a nice strike.
Henry looks to land a combination but Sanosuke avoids it well.
Henry lands a right hook to the body.
Henry misses with a few strikes there.
Sanosuke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henry moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanosuke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henry moves away from the strike by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke tries to close the distance and clinch but Henry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanosuke is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Henry had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sanosuke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanosuke stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sanosuke wants it to stay on the feet.
Sanosuke lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanosuke dodges the punch combination from Henry.
Henry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanosuke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanosuke tries to bum rush Henry with a series of wild strikes but Henry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henry tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanosuke tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sagara Sanosuke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanosuke manages to avoid it.
Henry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Leon Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanosuke catches Henry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice body punch from Sanosuke.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanosuke, right into the meat.
A slow jab from Henry misses its intended target.
Sanosuke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheers as Sanosuke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Henry doesn't seem phased though.
Sanosuke has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Henry tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanosuke scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanosuke connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good leg kick by Sanosuke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Henry throws a shot from downtown. Sanosuke moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanosuke scores with a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sanosuke - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanosuke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanosuke moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Henry throws a shot from downtown. Sanosuke moves away and avoids it.
Henry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanosuke rushes Henry and presses him up against the cage.
Henry is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sanosuke gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sanosuke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanosuke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanosuke misses with a punch on the inside.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Sanosuke.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanosuke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanosuke cracks Henry with a nice body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Sanosuke fails to land.
Sanosuke pushes Henry back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanosuke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanosuke closes the distance looking to clinch
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanosuke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Henry lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanosuke off the cage and back into range.
Henry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sagara Sanosuke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanosuke. Sanosuke obviously looking to wear him down.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanosuke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henry's sensitive parts.
Sanosuke lands a jab to Henry's midsection.
Sanosuke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanosuke lands with a nice body kick.
Sanosuke lands a front kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanosuke pushes Henry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
A short uppercut from Sanosuke.
Sanosuke manages to break the clinch.
Sanosuke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanosuke tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Henry walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanosuke has managed to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanosuke struggles to land a body shot inside as Henry controls his hands.
Sanosuke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sagara Sanosuke 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Henry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanosuke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanosuke works the jab nicely.
Henry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Henry lands with a right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Henry scores with a shot to the body.
Henry sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A head kick from Sanosuke lands but Henry takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Henry looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry misses with a hook
and Sanosuke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sanosuke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanosuke lands with a good body shot.
Henry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Henry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sanosuke. That one must have hurt.
Sanosuke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Henry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanosuke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanosuke has managed to clinch.
Sanosuke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Henry is trying to break free.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanosuke.
Sanosuke misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Sanosuke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry has Sanosuke pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sanosuke manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sanosuke lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Sanosuke.
Leon Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanosuke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanosuke scores with a shot to the side of Henry's head.
Sanosuke lands with a left to the head.
Sanosuke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Sanosuke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
A short body shot lands from Sanosuke as the two fighters clinch.
Sanosuke cracks Henry with a nice body shot.
Sanosuke lands a shot to the body.
Sagara Sanosuke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke prevents the takedown attempt.
Sanosuke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Sanosuke.
Henry prevents a body shot from Sanosuke.
Henry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanosuke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanosuke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanosuke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henry.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanosuke.
Henry will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Sanosuke's shoulder, as Sanosuke tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Sanosuke finds it's way through Henry's defenses.
Sanosuke thumps Henry with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Henry's front leg.
Sanosuke moves into the clinch.
Sanosuke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Sanosuke is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry tries a body shot but Sanosuke blocks it.
Sanosuke lands a right hand.
Sanosuke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sagara Sanosuke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanosuke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sagara Sanosuke!
Sagara Sanosuke thanked the fans post fight for their support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
