PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry The Blender Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Toots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toots has chosen Doin' Your Mom as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Blender Henderson
vs
Toots

200 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Barry The Blender Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Toots!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Toots shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Toots showed some decent athleticism there.
Toots content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Toots throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henderson trying to control but Toots postures up.
Toots lands strikes from half guard.
Toots wants to pass the guard but Henderson is defending well.
Toots working Henderson over with strikes.
Toots working the head and body with strikes.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
Toots is looking to advance position but Henderson won't allow it.
Toots is thwarting Henderson's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Henderson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Toots from controlling successfully.
Toots throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Henderson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Toots sprawls well initially but Henderson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Henderson is looking to stall here but Toots recovers full guard.
Henderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toots is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toots pushes Henderson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Henderson doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Toots counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toots content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Toots postures up in Henderson's guard and throws a big left but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Henderson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toots landing some decent shots from guard.
Toots passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Toots there.
Toots lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Henderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henderson has hold of Toots's hands but Toots slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toots looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Toots working the head and body with strikes.
Henderson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Henderson.
Toots works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Toots working Henderson over with strikes.
Toots working Henderson over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toots scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toots perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Toots seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Toots.
Toots has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toots scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Toots working Henderson over with strikes.
Toots working Henderson over with strikes.
Toots sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Toots working Henderson over with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toots working the head and body with strikes.
Toots with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Toots dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Henderson gets caught flat footed, as Toots shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Toots is working Henderson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Toots from controlling successfully.
Toots wants to pass the guard but Henderson is keeping the position.
Toots trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Toots works over Henderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Toots wants to pass the guard but Henderson is keeping the position.
Toots slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Henderson has his foot on Toots's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toots works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toots passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Toots is putting a hurting on Henderson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henderson is looking for a sweep.
Toots in side control lands a decent elbow.
Toots scoring with punches from side control.
Toots in side control lands a decent elbow.
Henderson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Toots scoring with punches and elbows.
Toots lands a decent elbow from side control.
Toots working the ground and pound from side control.
Henderson is letting Toots control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Toots creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Toots lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Henderson down.
Toots lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.
Toots cracks Henderson with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Henderson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Henderson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toots has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Henderson taking shots to the head.
Henderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Toots dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Toots connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Toots scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Toots breaks from Henderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Toots with a couple of short strikes.
Toots scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Toots controlling the pace for now.
Toots lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to get to half guard.
Toots dominating with strikes here.
Toots working the ground and pound effectively.
Toots lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Toots lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henderson hang on?
Toots controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Toots showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Toots gets a takedown into half guard.
Joe Toots has got the better of the ground game so far.
Toots working the head and body with strikes.
Toots looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Toots is looking to pass Henderson's guard but actually Henderson recovers to full guard.
Toots won't allow Henderson to sweep him here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Toots lands a couple of elbows.
Toots cracks Henderson with a solid left hand.
Henderson being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toots trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Toots working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson's head.
Toots distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Toots is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Henderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Toots working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Toots looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toots trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toots stands up over Henderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Toots landing with the ground and pound.
Toots trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toots postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Henderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henderson is working hard here to advance position.
Henderson keeping full guard, as Toots tries to pass.
Toots landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toots cracks Henderson with a solid left hand.
Toots advances position into side control!
Toots working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Toots takes a little break here. Henderson wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Toots landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Toots staying calm.
Toots lands a decent elbow from side control.
Joe Toots is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is being controlled here.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
Barry The Blender Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toots controlling from side mount.
Toots's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Toots comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Toots 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Toots!