PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moses Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson has chosen Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jones
vs
Henderson

188 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Moses Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones works over Henderson's head and body with a nice combination.
Jones shoots for a takedown but Henderson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jones scores with a hook.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
No luck for Henderson with that takedown attempt.
Moses Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Henderson.
Henderson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Henderson on that attempt.
Henderson walks into a stiff left hand from Jones.
Dan Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Henderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Henderson looks gassed!
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Henderson shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones lands a head kick. Henderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Henderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Henderson has his takedown stuffed
and Jones counters with a head kick. That will keep Henderson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Henderson leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henderson has a takedown stuffed.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Henderson, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Henderson against the cage but Henderson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.

Jones gets a double leg takedown into Henderson's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Henderson pushes Jones off and scrambles back to his feet.

Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Henderson lands with some strikes.
Henderson with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henderson lands a big elbow.
Henderson looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
Henderson landing shots from mount.
Jones can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Henderson.
Henderson with good strikes from the mount here!
Henderson working Jones over with strikes here.
Henderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
Henderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Henderson landing shots from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Henderson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henderson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Jones is rocked!
Henderson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Jones in real trouble here! The ref calls for Jones to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Henderson!
An out of breath Dan Henderson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.