PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Wesker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesker has chosen Thriller as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Henderson
vs
Wesker

175 cm
26
164 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

181 cm
23
161 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Albert Wesker!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Wesker misses.
Henderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson cracks Wesker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Henderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wesker is looking to control Henderson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wesker avoid being mounted?
Henderson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henderson thows a huge punch but Wesker dodges it nicely.
Wesker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henderson.
Henderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wesker's head.
Henderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wesker wants to get back to his feet.
Henderson throwing shots but Wesker is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wesker misses with a body shot.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Wesker.
Wesker misses with a straight left.
Wesker throws an overhand right that lands on Henderson's shoulder, as Henderson tries to avoid the shot.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Wesker circles away and keeps his distance.

Henderson gets a takedown into half guard.
Wesker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henderson.

Henderson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Henderson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henderson passes to full mount!
Henderson looking to finish with strikes here!
Henderson throwing strikes here but Wesker is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Henderson unloading with bombs!

Henderson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Wesker turns into him and now he's in Henderson's guard.
Wesker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wesker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wesker would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wesker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Wesker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henderson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Henderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wesker manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Henderson dominated that round.
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.

Henderson moves in looking to clinch but Wesker pushes him off.

Henderson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Henderson throws a strike but Wesker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Henderson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Wesker stacks Henderson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Wesker!
Henderson is looking for a sweep.
Wesker tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Wesker moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
Henderson tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Henderson is trying to improve his position.
Henderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wesker wants to stand but Henderson is controlling his arm.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wesker works the jab nicely.
Henderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Henderson clinches with his opponent.
Wesker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henderson thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Wesker misses.
Wesker misses the jab.
Jeremy Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Wesker.
Wesker misses with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Wesker misses its intended target.
Wesker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Henderson.
Henderson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wesker connects with a looping right hand.
Wesker scores with a nice right hand.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wesker as he avoids it easily.
Jeremy Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wesker lands a hook that stumbles Henderson back into the cage. Wesker follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Henderson to the canvas! Wesker pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Henderson has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Albert Wesker!