PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wilson Tuckey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuckey's entrance music is Land Down Under - Men at Work. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tuckey
vs
Henderson

198 cm
24
285 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

196 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ka-POW Clothing

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilson Tuckey!
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, Frank Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tuckey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson shoots for a takedown but Tuckey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wilson Tuckey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Henderson.
Tuckey scores with a hook to the body. Henderson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Henderson looks gassed!
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tuckey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tuckey lands a slapping body shot.
Henderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tuckey jabs at Henderson's body.
Tuckey scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tuckey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tuckey.
Tuckey lands a with a good body shot.
Tuckey moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Frank Henderson has been cut.
Tuckey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tuckey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tuckey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tuckey lands a body shot.
Tuckey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henderson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuckey lands a nice shot to the body.
Tuckey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuckey.
Henderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Tuckey sprawls well. He's pushed Henderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown attempt from Henderson. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Henderson shoots for a takedown but Tuckey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tuckey lands with a nice body punch.
Henderson slips a straight right by Tuckey.
Henderson shoots for a takedown but Tuckey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tuckey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tuckey lands a right hook to the body.
Tuckey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches up with Tuckey, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes Tuckey against the cage but Tuckey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tuckey stuns Henderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A nice combination there by Tuckey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown.
Wilson Tuckey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tuckey stuns Henderson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tuckey jabs at Henderson's body.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt - Tuckey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tuckey lands a jab to Henderson's midsection.
Tuckey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Henderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tuckey throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tuckey pinned against the cage. Tuckey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tuckey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tuckey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tuckey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Henderson dives in and grabs Tuckey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tuckey pushes down on Henderson's head and hops out.
Henderson is trying desperately to land a takedown but Tuckey is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Henderson.
Tuckey scores with a one two! Henderson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson shoots in for a double leg but Tuckey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tuckey connects with a single shot there.
Tuckey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Tuckey circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Tuckey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tuckey swinging wilding here.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt - Tuckey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A combination from Tuckey does no damage.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tuckey as he jumps to the side.
Wilson Tuckey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuckey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henderson doesn't seem bothered though.
Tuckey stalks Henderson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henderson's face. Henderson staggers backwards, shaken.
Tuckey slaps away a takedown attempt from Henderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuckey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tuckey is looking to wear down Henderson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tuckey.
Tuckey lands a right hook to the body.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches up with Tuckey, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes Tuckey against the cage but Tuckey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Tuckey as Henderson shoots in.
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Tuckey which made him look bad.
Tuckey lunges at Henderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Henderson's hand.
Henderson tries to clinch but Tuckey moves out of range.
Tuckey lands a two punch combo.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Tuckey darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Henderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tuckey goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Henderson is defended easily by Tuckey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wilson Tuckey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Henderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henderson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tuckey sprawls well. Tuckey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuckey wants to slow Henderson down by chopping away at his legs.
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tuckey.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Henderson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tuckey has got the better of the exchanges.
Henderson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Henderson shoots in and drives through. Tuckey sprawls well.
Henderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A shot to de liver by Tuckey. Beautiful body shot.
Henderson misses with a double jab.
Henderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left and a right from Tuckey both land. Nice combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tuckey lands a nice looking body shot.
Tuckey lands a lovely overhand right.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt - Tuckey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wilson Tuckey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Henderson.
A cross from Tuckey lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Henderson slips a jab and a cross from Tuckey.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Tuckey.
Tuckey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Henderson misses with a combination
and Tuckey counters with a two punch combo.
Tuckey throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Tuckey moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tuckey misses with a two punch combination.
Henderson fails with the takedown.
Wilson Tuckey is winning the standup battle so far.
Tuckey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tuckey scores with a shot to the body.
Tuckey is working the combinations to good effect here.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tuckey circles away quickly and effectively.
Tuckey scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuckey punishes Henderson's body with a nice straight punch.
Tuckey lands a really nice looking cross but Henderson seems unphased.
Henderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tuckey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tuckey jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tuckey throws a series of strikes that have Henderson backpedaling.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tuckey misses with a few strikes there.
Henderson dives in and grabs Tuckey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tuckey pushes down on Henderson's head and hops out.
Henderson shoots in for a double leg but Tuckey sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tuckey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tuckey.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Henderson.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown attempt from Henderson. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuckey scores with the left hand. Henderson knows he should have avoided that one.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tuckey but Tuckey pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tuckey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henderson at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuckey connects with a body shot.
Tuckey jabs at Henderson's body.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tuckey misses with a double jab.
Tuckey with a nice cross.
No luck for Henderson with that takedown attempt.
Tuckey stalks Henderson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henderson's face. Henderson staggers backwards, shaken.
Tuckey works over Henderson's head and body with a nice combination.
Henderson dives in and grabs Tuckey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tuckey pushes down on Henderson's head and hops out.
Henderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henderson dives in and grabs Tuckey's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tuckey pushes down on Henderson's head and hops out.
Tuckey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice body punch from Tuckey.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Tuckey slaps away a takedown attempt from Henderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tuckey throws a one two combo.
Tuckey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuckey.
Henderson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tuckey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tuckey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tuckey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Henderson.
Henderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tuckey throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Tuckey which made him look bad.
Tuckey stalks Henderson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henderson's face. Henderson staggers backwards, shaken.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wilson Tuckey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Henderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown attempt from Henderson. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown attempt from Henderson. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Wilson Tuckey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Henderson.
Tuckey scores with a nice strike.
Henderson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tuckey.
Tuckey lands a slapping body shot.
Henderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tuckey to score with a decent uppercut.
A left and a right from Tuckey both land. Nice combination.
Tuckey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
Tuckey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henderson momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henderson swinging wilding here.
Tuckey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tuckey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tuckey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Henderson.
Tuckey jabs at Henderson's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tuckey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tuckey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Henderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tuckey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tuckey lands a nice looking body shot.
Henderson ducks right into an uppercut from Tuckey.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown attempt from Henderson. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuckey digs a good body shot into Henderson's ribs.
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Tuckey which made him look bad.
Nice shot lands for Tuckey.
Henderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tuckey's waist but Tuckey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henderson off to one side.
Tuckey lands with a shot to the body.
Henderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Henderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Henderson shoots for a double leg takedown but Tuckey sprawls well. He's pushed Henderson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tuckey works over Henderson's head and body with a nice combination.

Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson won't allow Tuckey to sweep him here.
Henderson prevents Tuckey from getting back to his feet.
Henderson slips nicely into half guard.
Tuckey is trying to stand up here but Henderson is controlling him well.

Tuckey is defending against the submission attempts here by Henderson.

Henderson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tuckey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henderson on the ground.

Henderson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tuckey defends it well.

Henderson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tuckey pushes Henderson off and gets back to his feet.
Henderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Tuckey.
Tuckey lunges at Henderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Henderson's hand.
Tuckey stuffs the takedown attempt from Henderson. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Tuckey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tuckey lands a slapping body shot.
Tuckey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Tuckey works Henderson's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuckey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tuckey scores with a shot to the body.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tuckey, as that shot connected.
Wilson Tuckey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuckey lunges at Henderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Henderson's hand.
Tuckey stalks Henderson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henderson's face. Henderson staggers backwards, shaken.
Henderson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tuckey.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henderson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tuckey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuckey scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Henderson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tuckey misses with a wild body shot.
Frank Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tuckey. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wilson Tuckey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tuckey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilson Tuckey!