PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Hendersons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Hendersons has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gonzalez
vs
Hendersons

196 cm
26
270 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
266 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Gonzalez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harry Hendersons!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gonzalez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hendersons misses with a wild combination.
Gonzalez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hendersons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hendersons looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzalez is just out of range.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Hendersons tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hendersons plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hendersons throws a looping overhand right but Gonzalez ducks down to avoid it.
Hendersons throws a head kick that misses.
Hendersons fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez tries to move into range but Hendersons moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hendersons throws a head kick that Gonzalez semi-blocks.
Gonzalez stalks Hendersons and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hendersons's face. Hendersons staggers backwards, shaken.
Hendersons doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzalez circles away.
Gonzalez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hendersons tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hendersons tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hendersons.
Gonzalez throws a looping overhand right but Hendersons ducks down to avoid it.
Gonzalez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hendersons.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendersons tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonzalez was well out of range. Poor timing from Hendersons.
Hendersons checks a leg kick nicely.
Gonzalez connects with a jab.
Hendersons misses with a head kick.
Gonzalez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez lands with an uppercut that bounces Hendersons off the cage and back into rage.

Hendersons clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hendersons obliges.
Hendersons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzalez avoids it.
Hendersons misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez wants to get back to striking at distance but Hendersons won't allow it.
Hendersons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gonzalez wants to break free but Hendersons has control.
Hendersons keeps control of Gonzalez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gonzalez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hendersons has him pressed against the cage.
Hendersons misses with a body punch.
Hendersons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gonzalez's elbow.
Gonzalez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hendersons is leaning against Gonzalez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hendersons prevents Gonzalez from breaking the clinch.
Hendersons misses with the head strike.
Hendersons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzalez is trying to break free.
Hendersons lands an elbow that stopped Gonzalez in his tracks for a moment.
Gonzalez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hendersons creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzalez's defenses.
Gonzalez is trying to break free.
Hendersons creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hendersons prevents Gonzalez from breaking the clinch.
Gonzalez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzalez blocks an uppercut.
Hendersons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez can't break the clinch.
Hendersons tries to throw a body punch but Gonzalez avoids it by throwing Hendersons back against the cage.
Hendersons pushes Gonzalez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez blocks the elbow strike.
Gonzalez is trying to break the clinch but Hendersons is controlling him.
Hendersons has Gonzalez pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzalez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gonzalez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hendersons. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hendersons fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hendersons staying out of range there.
Hendersons throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Hendersons connects with a solid leg kick.
Hendersons takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hendersons fails in his attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a cross.
Gonzalez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendersons tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Gonzalez swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendersons.
Hendersons tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hendersons lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzalez circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendersons just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hendersons.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hendersons looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hendersons. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hendersons tries to clinch up.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hendersons gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hendersons walks into a straight right hand from Gonzalez.
Hendersons throws a head kick but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Hendersons is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gonzalez rather than just go for the knockout.
Gonzalez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gonzalez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hendersons uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez slips a jab and a cross from Hendersons.
A punch combination from Gonzalez misses.
Hendersons swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hendersons tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Hendersons fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez takes a kick to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Hendersons.
Gonzalez tries to work over Hendersons's front leg with a kick but Hendersons checks it.
Hendersons dodges the punch combination from Gonzalez.
Hendersons tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Hendersons.
Hendersons throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hendersons tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that Hendersons avoids nicely.
Gonzalez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gonzalez lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Harry Hendersons has been cut.
Hendersons tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hendersons wants to clinch up but Gonzalez keeps it at a distance.
Hendersons misses with a head kick.
Gonzalez lands with a right hand.
Hendersons takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hendersons looks gassed!
Hendersons misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No joy there for Gonzalez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzalez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hendersons slips a jab and a cross from Gonzalez.
Good exchange - Gonzalez coming out on top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hendersons.
Gonzalez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gonzalez.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gonzalez.
Hendersons walks into a left hand.
Gonzalez lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harry Hendersons's cut.
That's time! Gonzalez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hendersons lands a head kick. Gonzalez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hendersons fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gonzalez is out of range.
Anthony Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendersons takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gonzalez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hendersons fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Hendersons avoids them all with ease.
Hendersons tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Hendersons is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez thuds his right hand into Hendersons's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gonzalez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Hendersons.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Gonzalez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gonzalez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hendersons tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzalez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hendersons takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hendersons is looking to clinch.
Hendersons throws out a loose jab but Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez lands a jab-cross combination.
Gonzalez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hendersons wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Gonzalez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Hendersons moves out of range.
Hendersons throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hendersons thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez misses with a two punch combination.
Hendersons is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Gonzalez. That snapped Hendersons's head back.
Anthony Gonzalez is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez scores with the left hand. Hendersons knows he should have avoided that one.
Hendersons is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gonzalez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hendersons backs up against the cage.
Gonzalez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hendersons tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hendersons is breathing heavily.
Hendersons tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hendersons looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gonzalez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hendersons in his tracks.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hendersons.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice cross by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez connects with a right hand. Hendersons shakes it off.
Gonzalez looks to land a combination but Hendersons avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands with an uppercut that bounces Hendersons off the cage and back into rage.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy right hand. Hendersons should have avoided that one.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Hendersons.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Hendersons moves out of range easily.
Gonzalez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendersons looks to land a combination but Gonzalez avoids it well.
Hendersons walks into a jab.
Hendersons misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy right hand. Hendersons should have avoided that one.
Good exchange - Gonzalez coming out on top.
A left lands for Gonzalez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hendersons. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hendersons throws a head kick that misses.
Hendersons tries to bum rush Gonzalez with a series of wild strikes but Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gonzalez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hendersons has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gonzalez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Danga de danga de dang - Gonzalez scores with a four punch combination!
Gonzalez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gonzalez stalks Hendersons and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hendersons's face. Hendersons staggers backwards, shaken.
Hendersons tries to clinch up.
Hendersons rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gonzalez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to bum rush Hendersons with a series of wild strikes but Hendersons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hendersons dodges the punch combination from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hendersons on the side of the head.
Hendersons tries a head kick but it misses.
Gonzalez lands a glancing blow to the side of Hendersons's head.

That has opened up Harry Hendersons's cut even more.
Gonzalez connects with a nice looking jab.
Gonzalez sizes up Hendersons with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gonzalez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gonzalez connects with a jab.
Gonzalez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gonzalez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good shot there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is looking to score with low kicks.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Hendersons avoids them all with ease.
Hendersons doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzalez circles away.
Gonzalez lands with an uppercut that bounces Hendersons off the cage and back into rage.
Gonzalez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gonzalez digs a good body shot into Hendersons's ribs.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Hendersons moves out of range.
Gonzalez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gonzalez lands a glancing blow to the side of Hendersons's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzalez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hendersons gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gonzalez.
Hendersons takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gonzalez lands with a nice combination. Hendersons backs away looking to recover.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy right hand. Hendersons should have avoided that one.
Hendersons looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gonzalez lands a nice hook to Hendersons's body. Hendersons takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hendersons has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gonzalez finds it's way round the side to connect with Hendersons's head.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez lands with an overhand left.
Gonzalez digs a good body shot into Hendersons's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gonzalez.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hendersons can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hendersons moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gonzalez scores with a nice strike.
Hendersons looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gonzalez misses with the combination.
No joy there for Gonzalez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hendersons.
Gonzalez lands with a hook. Hendersons tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Gonzalez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Gonzalez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harry Hendersons'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.

Gonzalez cracks Hendersons with an open hand slap.
Hendersons moves out of range of the leg kick from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Hendersons uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez slips a jab and a cross from Hendersons.
Gonzalez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gonzalez slips a jab and a cross from Hendersons.
Gonzalez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hendersons throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hendersons tries to clinch up.
Hendersons gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gonzalez jabs at Hendersons's body.
Gonzalez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hendersons doesn't seem bothered though.
Gonzalez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gonzalez duly obliges.
Nice uppercut lands for Gonzalez. That snapped Hendersons's head back.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Gonzalez lands with a straight right. Hendersons didn't see that one coming.
Hendersons takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hendersons takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gonzalez lands a jab to the nose.
Gonzalez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hendersons circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendersons slips a jab and a cross from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hendersons moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good shot there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands the left hand.
Hendersons tries to clinch but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Hendersons lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hendersons tries to clinch there but Gonzalez circles away.
Gonzalez connects with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez lunges at Hendersons with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hendersons's hand.
Gonzalez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hendersons takes one to the chin there.
Hendersons takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gonzalez lunges at Hendersons with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hendersons's hand.
Gonzalez tests Hendersons's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gonzalez duly obliges.
Hendersons tries a head kick but it misses.
Hendersons misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gonzalez throws a series of strikes that have Hendersons backpedaling.

The cut above Harry Hendersons's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez works over Hendersons's head and body with a nice combination.
Hendersons takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gonzalez throws a low kick, looking for Hendersons's leg but Hendersons calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gonzalez lands a nice shot that snaps Hendersons's head back.
Gonzalez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Gonzalez cracks Hendersons with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gonzalez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez works over Hendersons's head and body with a nice combination.

Harry Hendersons's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Gonzalez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gonzalez lands a jab to Hendersons's midsection.
Hendersons misses with a wild combination.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hendersons.
Gonzalez connects with a jab.
Gonzalez scores with the left hand. Hendersons knows he should have avoided that one.
Hendersons has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hendersons takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gonzalez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hendersons avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy right hand. Hendersons should have avoided that one.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Harry Hendersons's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Anthony Gonzalez!
Anthony Gonzalez is the new heavyweight champion!