PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eli Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dunch Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory comes to the cage accompanied by 'The Butcher' By Radiohead. Dunch Henry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eli Bathory's chin.

Bathory
vs
Henry

190 cm
31
184 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eli Bathory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dunch Henry!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bathory throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Bathory. Those never looked like landing.

Henry drives through with a takedown into Bathory's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bathory keeping full guard, as Henry tries to pass.
Bathory looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henry is one step ahead there.
Henry lands a couple of elbows.
Bathory is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bathory throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bathory.
Bathory throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Henry to regain full guard.
Bathory looking to sit in guard and control but Henry gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bathory controlling the position.
Bathory is trying to keep Henry in close.
Henry postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Henry won't allow Bathory to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bathory is on top in guard.
Henry looking for a sweep. Not yet Henry, not yet.
Bathory throws an elbow that misses. Henry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bathory's guard. Nice move by Henry!
Henry postures up.
Henry is fighting to break Bathory's control of his arms but Bathory is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bathory 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 is looking to work some ground and pound but Bathory has wrist control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Bathory has wrist control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bathory wants to sweep here but Henry controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bathory manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Henry is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bathory lands a heavy elbow.
Bathory looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry is squirming around, avoiding Bathory's attempts to control the action.
Bathory throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Henry working to try and regain half guard.
Bathory scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Bathory connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Henry wants to hold on but Bathory pushes him away.
Bathory throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Henry because Bathory loaded up on that one.
Bathory landing shots from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bathory is landing with some decent strikes but Henry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bathory is landing with some decent strikes but Henry is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henry looks a forlorn figure.

Henry is rocked!
Bathory postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Henry bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bathory and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Bathory!
After winning the bout, Eli Bathory thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.