PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Peters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peters comes to the cage accompanied by Sevendust - Enemy. Henson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. A Warrior's Call by Volbeat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Mickey Henson enters the cage!

Peters
vs
Henson

186 cm
32
199 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

180 cm
29
192 lbs
23 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Peters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Mickey Henson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Peters blocks the low kick.
Peters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henson manages to avoid it.
Peters is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Peters takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Henson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Henson lands a nice shot that snaps Peters's head back.
Peters throws a nice head kick!
Peters tries for a takedown but Henson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Peters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henson.
Peters moves out of range of the body kick.
Peters slips a jab and a cross from Henson.
Peters is looking to chop away at Henson's legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Henson.
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!
Peters throws a hook but Henson avoids it easily.
Henson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Peters circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Henson moves into range and clinches up with Peters.
Peters blocks a body shot from Henson.
Peters is trying to break the clinch but Henson has him pressed against the cage.
Peters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henson keeps control of Peters as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peters lands a nice uppercut.
Henson can't find room to land a body shot as Peters controls the action.
Henson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peters looking to slow down the pace here.

Peters gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Henson regains guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Henson keeping moving, preventing Peters from controlling successfully.
Henson has Peters pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peters preventing the sweep.
Henson working a defensive guard here.
Henson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mickey Henson wasn't active enough on the ground.
Henson misses with a head kick.
Peters takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peters throws a hook but Henson blocks it.
Peters throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henson lands a nice shot to the body.
Peters misses with a lunging right hand
and Henson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Peters is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Peters scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henson in his tracks.
A slow jab from Henson misses its intended target.
Mickey Henson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peters manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mickey Henson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peters avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Henson misses with a kick to the body
and Peters counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Henson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Peters shoots in looking for a takedown. Henson tries to sprawl out of it but Peters keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Henson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Peters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peters shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Henson eats them both and turns towards Peters to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Henson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Peters under the eye.
Henson throws the kick towards the body but Peters avoids it.
Peters dips to his left and cracks Henson with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Peters misses with a few strikes there.
Peters throws a hook to the side of Henson's head but Henson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Peters has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Henson.
Henson throws a low kick but Peters moves out of range easily.
Peters throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henson tries to land a front kick but Peters steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A big right from Peters misses.
Peters thows a body shot but no joy.
Peters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peters misses with an uppercut.
Henson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Peters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henson.
Peters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henson was well out of range. Poor timing from Peters.
A cross from Henson lands.
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 Mike Peters 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.

Henson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Henson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Peters slips a jab and a cross from Henson.
Henson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Peters throws a push kick but Henson slaps the foot to one side.
Mickey Henson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henson lands a nice shot to the body.
Henson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peters.
Henson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peters.
Henson looks for the body kick but Peters saw that one coming.
Henson throws a series of punches but Peters moves out of range.
Peters throws a sloppy head kick and Henson moves out of range easily.
Peters misses with a straight right.
Nice jab there from Henson.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henson, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson staying out of range there.
Henson falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Peters to counter with a crisp jab.
Henson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Henson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Henson throws a leg kick but Peters sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henson catches Peters with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Henson throws a series of punches but Peters moves out of range.
Henson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Henson throws a right hand that Peters ducks under and follows up with a left that Peters also avoids with ease.
Peters scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson throws a head kick but Peters moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Peters takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Peters fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Henson sprawls well initially but Peters persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Peters content to control rather than advance.
Peters lands strikes from half guard.
Henson wants to get back to his feet.
Peters lands with a punch from half guard.
Henson trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Peters manages to pass to mount!
Henson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peters is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Henson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Henson is desperately trying to improve his position but Peters has a good base and remains in mount.
Peters controlling from the full mount.
Peters with the ground and pound from mount.
Henson working to try and regain half guard.
Peters cracks Henson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peters can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Henson is looking to escape.
Henson is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peters lands with some strikes.
Henson wants to control but Peters is having none of it.
Henson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Henson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Henson tries to hold on but Peters postures up.

Peters is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Henson is surviving well by controlling Peters's body position as best he can.
Peters wants to control the pace but Henson is squirming around nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peters postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Henson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Peters and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Peters!