PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derek Zoolander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henson has chosen Cutman by Unearth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mickey Henson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Zoolander
vs
Henson

185 cm
22
190 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
192 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Derek Zoolander!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Henson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson throws a series of punches but Zoolander moves out of range.
Zoolander throws a series of punches but Henson moves out of range.
Zoolander is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Henson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Zoolander works his way to full guard. Good work.
Zoolander looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zoolander is trying to control the position but Henson postures up.
Henson thows a big elbow that misses.

Henson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Henson postures up in Zoolander's guard and throws a big left but Zoolander blocks it.
Henson wants to control from the top but Zoolander keeps moving.
Zoolander manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Henson manages to get himself to full guard.
Henson keeping full guard, as Zoolander tries to pass.

Henson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zoolander gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoolanderis looking to pass into half guard but Henson pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Henson is in guard.
Zoolander is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zoolander looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henson is one step ahead there.
Henson is working Zoolander over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henson scoring with some ground and pound.
Zoolander keeping full guard, as Henson tries to pass.
Henson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henson lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.

Zoolander has his foot on Henson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Henson works his way back into a safe position though.
Henson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zoolander swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Henson lands a couple of elbows.
Henson stopping the sweep attempt from Zoolander.
Zoolander keeping moving, preventing Henson from controlling successfully.

Zoolander has an active guard here but Henson has managed to pass into half guard.
Henson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Henson lands strikes from half guard.
Zoolander tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Henson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
A nice elbow there by Henson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoolander bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Zoolander being controlled here momentarily.
Zoolander stopping the sweep attempt from Henson.
Henson trying to control the position.
Zoolander trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Henson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Henson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zoolander keeping moving, preventing Henson from controlling successfully.
Zoolander manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Henson manages to get himself to full guard.
Zoolander throwing strikes from guard but Henson blocks nicely.
Henson trying to keep a closed guard but Zoolander is proving a slippery customer.
Zoolander connects with a couple of short punches.
Zoolander pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henson is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Henson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zoolander misses with a takedown
and Henson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Derek Zoolander is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henson avoids the body shot from Zoolander.
Zoolander throws a solid leg kick but Henson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zoolander.
Henson tries to clinch but Zoolander is having none of it.
A combination from Zoolander does no damage.

Henson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Zoolander looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zoolander takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henson trying to control the action but Zoolander is working from the bottom.
Henson is working Zoolander over with some ground and pound from side control.
Zoolander regains half guard.
Henson working the head and body with strikes.
Zoolander is trying to get back to full guard.
Henson thows a huge punch but Zoolander dodges it nicely.
Henson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zoolander is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson lands with a punch from half guard.

Henson seems to be working for a kimura but Zoolander defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Henson.

Zoolander is defending against the submission attempts here by Henson.
Henson is breathing heavily.
Zoolander slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Zoolander throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Zoolander looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson lands a couple of elbows.
Henson pushes down on Zoolander's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Zoolander keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henson throwing shots but Zoolander is blocking nicely.
Zoolander gets back to full guard.
Henson looking to sit in guard and control but Zoolander gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Zoolander has gone for a leg lock! Henson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Zoolander's guard.

Zoolander working for a triangle but Henson defends it easily.
Henson trying to control the position from guard on top but Zoolander is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henson scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zoolander tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Henson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Zoolander has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Henson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Zoolander looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henson is one step ahead there.
Mickey Henson has got the better of the ground game so far.

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.
Henson trying to control the position from guard on top but Zoolander is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henson with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Henson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henson works over Zoolander with some ground and pound from guard.

Henson drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Henson as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Zoolander screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Henson! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mickey Henson!
Mickey Henson is the new middleweight champion!