PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Michael Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwight Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Henson
vs
Walker

180 cm
20
162 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Henson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dwight Walker!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Henson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Henson keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Walker wants to stall.
Our sources have told us that Henson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henson lands a nice uppercut.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Henson.
Walker leaning against his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker slows down the pace here.
Walker is looking to break free of the clinch but Henson has double underhooks.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Henson won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Henson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Henson.
Henson missing with knees to the body.
Henson misses with a punch to the body.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henson tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Walker tries to break free but Henson pushes him back against the ropes.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Henson.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker taking a breather.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.

Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Henson.
Walker's corner calls for a 1-2. Walker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Henson has Walker up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henson crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
Henson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walker wants to stall.
Walker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Henson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henson blocking some punches.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Henson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker working aggressively here.
Henson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walkers head.
Walker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henson throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.

Henson drives through and clinches with Walker against the ropes.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henson. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henson throws a head kick that misses.
Walker counters with a body kick.
Henson is looking to clinch.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walker throws out a counter right but Henson avoids it with no problem.
Henson throws a jab but it's blocked by Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Henson's hands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Walker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A leg kick checked by Walker.
Henson wants to clinch.
Nice shot by Henson.
Walker slips a jab from Henson.
Walker has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henson missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker looks to land a right hand but Henson moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Henson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Walker misses with an uppercut. Henson saw that one coming.
Henson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Walker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henson.
Walker counters with a body kick.
Henson throws a head kick that half lands.
Walker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Henson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henson wants to land a leg kick but Walker is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henson tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Henson saw that one coming.
Henson throws a shot to the body.
Henson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henson tries to clinch
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Henson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Walker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dwight Walker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henson misses with a low kick.
Walker steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Walker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Henson wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Henson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson throws out a powerful jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henson.

Walker tries to keep at a distance but Henson has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henson blocking some punches.
A short right from Walker.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Henson keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Walker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Walker can't break the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Henson is controlling him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Henson working aggressively here.
Henson blocking some punches.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Henson.
Michael Henson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henson lands a nice knee to the body.
Henson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henson pushes Walker back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Henson landing knees to the body.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henson has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Henson.
Henson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Henson blocking some punches.
Henson lands a body punch.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Henson.
Henson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Walker.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henson scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henson.
A short body shot lands from Henson as the two fighters clinch.
Henson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henson tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Walker prevents a body shot from Henson.
Henson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henson gets through Walker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Henson's head.
Walker misses with some punches.
Walker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Henson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Good shot there by Henson.
Henson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walker can do to turn this around?
Henson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Walker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henson's calf.
Henson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henson throws out the jab.
Michael Henson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henson throws the left hand but Walker avoids the punch easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Walker.
Henson lands a head kick. Walker smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Henson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Walker.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henson scores with a jab.

Walker is rocked!
Henson ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Walker out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Henson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Michael Henson thanked Pure Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).