PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milovan Rakic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milovan Rakic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Henderson
vs
Rakic

185 cm
24
210 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

189 cm
21
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Milovan Rakic!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Henderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rakic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson throws a shot from downtown. Rakic moves away and avoids it.

Rakic moves into range and clinches up with Henderson.
Rakic lands a knee to the body.
Rakic lands a knee to the body.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rakic lands a nice knee to the body.
Rakic with a knee to the head.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rakic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rakic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rakic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rakic tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rakic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakic trying to land knees to the body.
Rakic lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Rakic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rakic trying to land knees to the body.
Rakic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Rakic lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rakic.
Rakic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rakic lands a nice elbow.
Rakic lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Rakic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Rakic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rakic trying to land knees to the body.
Rakic missing with knees to the body.
Rakic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rakic tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
Rakic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Henderson is working for takedown but Rakic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rakic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rakic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Rakic pushes off an throws an elbow but Henderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rakic stops a takedown attempt from Henderson.
Rakic tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
Rakic trying to land knees to the body.
Rakic missing with knees to the body.
Rakic tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rakic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Rakic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Rakic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rakic.
Henderson is trying to drag Rakic to the mat but Rakic just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rakic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rakic gets underhooks to prevent Henderson's takedown attempt.
Rakic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rakic tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
Rakic missing with knees to the body.
Henderson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rakic prevents it.
Rakic lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henderson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rakic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Henderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rakic moves away.
Rakic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rakic is looking to clinch.
Dan Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rakic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milovan Rakic dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rakic ducks right into an uppercut from Henderson.

Rakic closes the distance and clinches.
Rakic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henderson is working for takedown but Rakic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rakic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Henderson tries for a takedown but Rakic manages to get underhooks.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rakic.
Rakic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Rakic trying to land knees to the body.
Rakic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rakic missing with knees to the body.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rakic.
Henderson avoiding damage as Rakic throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rakic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rakic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rakic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rakic.
Henderson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rakic missing with knees to the body.
Rakic missing with knees to the body.
Henderson looking for a takedown.
Rakic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson wants a takedown.
Rakic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Rakic, against the cage.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Rakic.

Henderson is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Rakic can't fight it off and eventually Henderson manages to take the fight to the floor. Rakic looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Henderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rakic is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Henderson has his hands clasped together but Rakic extends an breaks Henderson's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Rakic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Milovan Rakic!