PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rolls Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Wu-Tang Clan - The Mystery Of Chessboxin. Michael Henry struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Rolls Gracie has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gracie
vs
Henry

187 cm
32
183 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

183 cm
28
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
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 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rolls Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Henry!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a hook but Henry blocks it.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Henry avoids nicely.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henry at a distance.
Henry throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Henry.
Gracie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Henry.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Henry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Henry throws a shot to the body.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henry.
Henry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rolls Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Henry moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Henry throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Henry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry shoots in but no luck this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Henry throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Henry misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie scores with a body shot.

Gracie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Henry did well to prevent Gracie getting side control.
Gracie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, if Gracie is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Gracie prevents Henry from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is keen to just control but Henry is a slippery customer.
Gracie perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rolls Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Henry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Henry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rolls Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Henry.
Henry walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
Jab, jab by Henry - just one landing.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Henry.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Henry didn't see that one coming.
Gracie is looking to wear down Henry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Henry's head backwards.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Henry avoids it really well and circles away.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henry throws out the jab.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Henry avoids it well.
Henry has a takedown stuffed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Gracie connects with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie thuds a left hand into Henry's body.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
Henry tries for a takedown but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rolls Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Henry checks a leg kick.
Henry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Michael Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good work by Henry as he checks the leg kick.
Henry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie motions for Henry to come forward. Gracie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Henry avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henry doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Henry moved away.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Henry avoids the body shot from Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Henry shows good takedown defense.
Gracie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Henry's head backwards.
Henry might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Henry shoots in but no luck this time.
Henry blocks a jab.
A jab from Gracie misses.
Henry leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henry scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses
and Henry counters with an outside leg kick.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Gracie tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gracie manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dips to his left and cracks Henry with an uppercut!
Henry misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henry moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry misses the shot to the body.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Gracie enables Henry to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gracie manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Gracie controls Henry momentarily but Henry frees himself.
Henry tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.

Gracie looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Henry is defending well. Gracie quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Henry has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gracie celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rolls Gracie!