PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zlato Kuzmejniev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry has chosen Unashamed as his entrance music. John Henry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kuzmejniev
vs
Henry

192 cm
27
210 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

173 cm
26
223 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zlato Kuzmejniev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Henry!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Kuzmejniev manages to break the clinch.
Henry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
No luck for Henry with that takedown attempt.
Henry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kuzmejniev's sensitive parts.
Crunch! Kuzmejniev slams his shin into Henry's torso.
Kuzmejniev throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Henry.

It looks like John Henry has been cut.
Kuzmejniev throws a leg kick
and Henry counters with a low kick, right behind Kuzmejniev 's knee.
Kuzmejniev tries to land a leg kick but Henry saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuzmejniev. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry avoids the head kick by Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuzmejniev lands with a right hand.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A cross from Kuzmejniev lands.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Kuzmejniev.
A head kick from Kuzmejniev lands but Henry takes it in his stride.
Henry is looking to land body kicks.
Henry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Henry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that misses.
Henry misses with a straight right.
Henry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kuzmejniev lands with a kick to the temple. Henry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kuzmejniev sprawls well. Kuzmejniev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuzmejniev staying out of range there.
Kuzmejniev with a nice cross.
A punch lands to the side of Henry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kuzmejniev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kuzmejniev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That has opened up John Henry's cut even more.
Zlato Kuzmejniev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuzmejniev lands a nice looking body kick.
Kuzmejniev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henry was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kuzmejniev is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henry misses the jab.
Kuzmejniev is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Henry.
Zlato Kuzmejniev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Henry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Henry - that will leave a mark!
Nice sprawl there from Kuzmejniev as Henry shoots in.
Kuzmejniev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henry in his tracks.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuzmejniev manages to avoid it.
Henry throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuzmejniev.
Henry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuzmejniev was well out of range. Poor timing from Henry.
Kuzmejniev throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Kuzmejniev scores with a head kick. Henry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kuzmejniev connects with a leg kick. Henry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kuzmejniev slips a straight right by Henry.
Henry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henry has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kuzmejniev throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Henry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kuzmejniev. That one must have hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a combination
and Kuzmejniev counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuzmejniev stuns Henry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kuzmejniev quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuzmejniev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kuzmejniev wants to stall.
Kuzmejniev gets underhooks to prevent Henry's takedown attempt.
Kuzmejniev prevents a body shot from Henry.
Henry blocks a body shot from Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henry.
Henry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zlato Kuzmejniev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Henry's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Henry throws a wild body kick that Kuzmejniev sees coming a mile off.
A big right from Kuzmejniev misses.
It seemed like Henry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuzmejniev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Henry lands a glancing blow to the side of Kuzmejniev's head.
Kuzmejniev swats away the attempt to clinch by Henry.
Henry throws a jab when Kuzmejniev was well out of range.
Henry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kuzmejniev fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kuzmejniev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry misses with a takedown
and Kuzmejniev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kuzmejniev scores with a push kick.
Kuzmejniev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henry can do to turn this around?
A nice leg kick lands there from Kuzmejniev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick but Henry moves out of range.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Kuzmejniev moves out of range as Henry throws a body kick.
Henry tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
It looks like Kuzmejniev has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Jab by Kuzmejniev.
Kuzmejniev throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Kuzmejniev misses with a head kick.
Henry looks to land a body kick but Kuzmejniev moved away.
Kuzmejniev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henry tries to work over Kuzmejniev's front leg with a kick but Kuzmejniev checks it.
Kuzmejniev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henry tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kuzmejniev defends well and Henry ends up having to push Kuzmejniev into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Kuzmejniev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zlato Kuzmejniev is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuzmejniev blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a straight left.
Kuzmejniev is looking to counter with head kicks.
Kuzmejniev avoids a kick to the body.
Kuzmejniev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kuzmejniev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henry throws a leg kick
and Kuzmejniev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Henry thinking.
Henry misses with a body kick.
Kuzmejniev scores with a head kick. Henry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kuzmejniev cracks Henry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kuzmejniev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuzmejniev looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.
Henry avoids the head kick by Kuzmejniev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kuzmejniev!
Kuzmejniev lands a brutal head kick. Henry looks out on his feet and Kuzmejniev throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Zlato Kuzmejniev!
Zlato Kuzmejniev took some time post fight to say the following; 'I came for the KO, thank you for your support.'.