PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dany Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dany Henderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bob Sagat's chin.

Sagat
vs
Henderson

188 cm
27
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Sagat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dany Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sagat.
Sagat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sagat moves away from the strike by Henderson.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Henderson counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Bob Sagat has been cut.
Bob Sagat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson misses with a hook

and Sagat counters by clinching up.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Sagat working Henderson over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sagat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Sagat has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sagat lands a nice knee to the body.
Henderson looks gassed!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sagat obliges.
Sagat lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sagat crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sagat with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dany Henderson has been cut.
Sagat misses with a knee strike.
Sagat scores with a knee to the head.
Sagat 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.
Sagat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sagat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Sagat using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sagat using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sagat connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Sagat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat 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.
Sagat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.

Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Sagat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Henderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sagat thinking.
Sagat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sagat thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Henderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Sagat lands with a nice body kick.
Sagat throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Sagat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sagat doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
Henderson blocks a head kick by Sagat.
Sagat looks to clinch
and Henderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Sagat tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Henderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sagat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sagat has managed to clinch.
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Sagat has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Sagat throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Sagat trying to land knees to the body.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Sagat has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sagat prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.

Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sagat closes the distance looking to clinch
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Sagat counters with a good, hard body kick but Henderson shrugs it off.
Sagat throws a nice head kick!
Sagat is looking to clinch.
Sagat tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Henderson counters with a solid body kick.
Jab, jab by Henderson - just one landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson throws a hook but Sagat avoids it easily.
Henderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Sagat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Sagat dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

A slapping body kick lands there for Sagat.
Sagat wants to clinch.
Sagat is looking to clinch.
Sagat moves to clinch but Henderson breaks away
and Henderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sagat lands with a slapping head kick.
Sagat moves to clinch but Henderson breaks away
and Henderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sagat closes the distance but Henderson moves to the side
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Henderson with a nice cross.

Sagat is rocked!

Bob Sagat's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a straight left.
Oh Sagat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henderson misses with a straight right.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Sagat moved out of range nicely.
Sagat throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Henderson misses the target.
Sagat seems to have got his legs back now.
Dany Henderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Sagat counters with a slapping leg kick.
and Henderson counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Sagat! He's just covering up as Henderson starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dany Henderson!