PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Ward Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Henry
vs
Stone

185 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ward Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barry Stone!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone misses with a hook. Henry ducked under it nicely.
Stone avoids a kick to the body.
Stone scores with the left hand. Henry knows he should have avoided that one.

Henry pushes Stone up against the cage in a clinch.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Stone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry prevents a body shot from Stone.
Henry prevents Stone from breaking the clinch.
Henry blocking some punches.
Henry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Stone lands with a left to the head.
Stone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henry.
Henry scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Barry Stone has been cut.

Stone manages to break the clinch.
Henry moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good standup being displayed there by Stone as he connects with a hook.
Stone scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henry doesn't seem bothered though.
Henry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stone avoids a kick to the body.

Henry instigates a clinch.
Stone avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Stone lands a nice shot to the body.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Henry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Stone fails to land.
Stone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Stone is trying to break free.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone lands a right hand.
Stone is trying to break free.
Henry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Stone misses with a body punch.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Henry trying to stall but Stone improves his position.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Stone is trying to push Henry away but Henry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stone lands a left hand.
Stone is looking to break free of the clinch but Henry has double underhooks.
Stone lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Henry misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Stone as the two fighters clinch.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Stone blocking some punches.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stone lands with a nice body punch.
Henry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stone chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Henry can pounce on him.
Stone throws out a powerful jab.
Henry looks for the body kick but Stone saw that one coming.
Henry throws a leg kick but Stone checks it.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
Stone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Henry's hands.
Henry misses with a head kick.
Henry throws a body shot but no joy.
Ward Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Stone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stone cracks Henry with a good jab.
Henry takes a swing at Stone's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stone! But no joy.
Stone cracks Henry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Stone lands with an uppercut that bounces Henry off the cage and back into range.
Stone connects with a jab.
Stone misses the jab.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.
Henry throws a front kick aimed at Stone's knee but Stone avoids it well.
Henry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick from Henry misses.
Henry walks into a straight right hand from Stone.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stone 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 lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stone is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Henry had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Henry tries to land a front kick but Stone steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stone with a nice cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry Stone's cut.
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.

Henry swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Henry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stone connects with a jab.

It looks like Ward Henry has been cut.
Henry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stone looks to throw the jab but Henry is out of range.
Henry misses with an attempted mid kick.

Henry rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Henry has the dominant position.
Stone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stone is looking to break free of the clinch but Henry has double underhooks.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Stone tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the cage.
Ward Henry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Stone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stone managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Stone pushes Henry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Stone has had enough of the clinch but Henry keeps him there for the moment.
Stone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Stone tries to work over Henry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Henry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry has Stone pressed against the cage, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stone throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stone blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stone gets through Henry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Stone swings wildly with an uppercut but Henry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry has Stone pressed against the cage, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Stone is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone is trying to push Henry away but Henry has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stone scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henry in his tracks.
Stone scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone cracks Henry with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Stone connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Henry is rocked!
Stone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stone connects with a single shot there.
Oh Henry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stone blocks the body kick.
Henry seems to have got his legs back now.
Stone cracks Henry with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stone closes the distance and catches Henry with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Henry is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Henry is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Henry is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Stone takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Barry Stone!
Barry Stone decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.