PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yorup Clop (ranked 25142 p4p, 4193 weight class) and Jayywuan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 458 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Clop
vs
Henderson

200 cm
19
180
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
186
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yorup Clop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jayywuan Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson misses with a low kick as Clop jumps back.
Henderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Clop moves in looking to clinch but Henderson pushes him off.
Henderson throws a right and a left that Clop avoids nicely.

Henderson feints and as Clop raises his hands in defense, Henderson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
Henderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Clop looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Henderson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clop thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Henderson stands up from Clop's guard - Henderson perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clop dives in and grabs Henderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes down on Clop's head and hops out.

Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Henderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Henderson stands and steps away. Clop gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jayywuan Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a series of strikes that have Clop backpedaling.
Clop throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Henderson unleashes a big counter combination but Clop bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Clop avoids them all with ease.
Clop dodges the punch combination from Henderson.
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clop is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Henderson to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yorup Clop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Clop prevents it.
Clop is trying to pull guard but Henderson has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clop is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Henderson is defending well.
Clop prevents the takedown attempt.
Clop wants to take the fight to the mat but Henderson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Clop is trying to break free.
Clop looking to slow down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Clop is breathing heavily.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Clop.
Clop tries to circle away but Henderson has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.
Clop really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Clop's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Henderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Clop scrambles back to his feet.
Henderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clop.
Clop is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Clop on that attempt.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clop tries for a takedown but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Clop throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Clop.

Henderson closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clop tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.

Henderson drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clop is one step ahead there.
Henderson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Henderson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jayywuan Henderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Clop fails with a takedown attempt.
Clop is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henderson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Henderson throws a counter combo.
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Henderson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Henderson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Clop moves in looking to clinch but Henderson pushes him off.
As Clop backs off Henderson throws a huge counter combo but Clop manages to avoid it all.
Some wild striking there from Henderson.
Henderson feints a jab promting Clop to slip. Henderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Clop slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Clop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henderson throws a nice looking combination but Clop bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henderson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Henderson duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clop takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Clop tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clop moves out of range of the leg kick from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a double jab.

Henderson gets caught napping as Clop dives in and scores a takedown. Henderson manages to retain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clop wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
Clop tries to stand but Henderson is controlling from the bottom.
Jayywuan Henderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Clop trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Clop keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henderson wants to control but Clop is keeping him busy.

Henderson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Clop takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
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!
Clop tries to clinch but Henderson is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Henderson.
Clop seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clop. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Clop avoids them all with ease.
As Henderson looks to move away, Clop throws a big counter combo but Henderson just gets out of the way.
Clop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.
Clop tries to clinch but Henderson is having none of it.
Clop checks a leg kick.
Henderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clop counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Clop darts in looking for a takedown but Henderson gets double underhooks and turns Clop into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yorup Clop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clop is stalling here.
Henderson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Clop is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Clop tries to circle away but Henderson has him pinned against the cage.

Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson leaves Clop with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henderson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Henderson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Clop!
A right-left combo lands from Henderson.
Clop checks a leg kick nicely.
Jayywuan Henderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Clop avoids them all with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Henderson scores with a four punch combination!

Henderson gets a clinch.

Clop breaks the clinch.
Clop dodges the punch combination from Henderson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jayywuan Henderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clop attempts a counter takedown but Henderson avoids it well and moves away.
Henderson cracks Clop with an open hand slap.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Henderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Clop has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Clop and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Henderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Clop looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clop shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henderson as he avoids it easily.
Henderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Henderson as Clop shoots in.
Henderson is looking for the big counter here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson misses with a few strikes there.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Clop misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Clop backs off Henderson throws a huge counter combo but Clop manages to avoid it all.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Clop moves out of range.
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Clop.
Henderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Clop closes the distance and pushes Henderson back into the cage.

Clop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henderson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clop swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Henderson. Those never looked like landing.
Clop throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clop shoots in looking for a takedown. Henderson tries to sprawl out of it but Clop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Henderson 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 Yorup Clop. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Henderson forces Clop back against the cage and clinches.
Henderson tries to pull guard but Clop forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
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!
A frustrated look appears on Clop's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henderson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Clop avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Clop trying to stall but Henderson improves his position.
Clop misses with a body punch.
Henderson tries to score a body lock takedown but Clop shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clop jumps guard but Henderson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Henderson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Clop after a bit of a struggle.
Clop drops down looking for an ankle pick but Henderson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Henderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clop throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henderson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Clop fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henderson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Clop backs up against the cage.
Henderson throws a hook but Clop blocks it.
Clop goes for a double leg but Henderson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Henderson continues to drive forward.

Henderson pulls guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Henderson, not yet.
Clop tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard.
Henderson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Henderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clop swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Clop is working an open guard so Henderson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Henderson swinging wildly here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clop shoots in looking for a takedown but Henderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Clop's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Yorup Clop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jayywuan Henderson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Henderson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Henderson lands in his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jayywuan Henderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Henderson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jayywuan Henderson!