PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aegor Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradley Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivers comes to the cage accompanied by Pursuit of Happiness. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rivers
vs
Henson

175 cm
21
159 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aegor Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bradley Henson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers throws a leg kick which misses Henson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henson tries to avoid it.

Henson gets a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Henson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivers.
Henson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivers's elbow.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Henson tries for a takedown but Rivers manages to get underhooks.

Rivers breaks the clinch.
That kick from Rivers tenderised Henson's leg. Henson is trying to keep his angry face on.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivers. That's going to slow Henson down.
Henson moves in looking to clinch but Rivers pushes him off.
Henson throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Henson misses with a straight left.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Henson.

Henson has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henson jumps guard but Rivers turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Henson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Aegor Rivers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Henson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Henson - that landed with a thud.
Henson tries to pull guard but Rivers won't allow it.
Henson has Rivers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rivers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The referee calls for Rivers to work.
Henson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rivers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henson.
Henson misses with a punch on the inside.

Rivers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henson thows a body shot but no joy.
Henson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rivers.
Bradley Henson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henson throws a shot to the body.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Henson.
Henson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aegor Rivers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivers moves away.
Henson connects with a right hand. Rivers shakes it off.
Henson tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.
Henson misses the jab.
Rivers throws a leg kick which misses Henson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henson tries to avoid it.
Rivers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Henson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivers circles away.
Nice shot lands for Henson.
Rivers takes a swing at Henson's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henson. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Bradley Henson has been cut.
Rivers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rivers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henson.
A clash of legs there as Henson blocks the low kick.
Jab, jab by Henson - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rivers as he avoids it easily.
Nice body kick from Rivers.
Henson throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henson's sensitive parts.
Henson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henson cracks Rivers with an open hand slap.
Rivers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Henson scores with a hook to the body. Rivers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Henson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rivers.
Rivers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henson looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henson lands a lovely overhand right.
Rivers is looking to slow Henson down with leg kicks.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivers.
Henson looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
Rivers cracks the inside of Henson's front leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rivers.
Rivers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivers.
Rivers throws a sloppy head kick and Henson moves out of range easily.
Rivers connects with an inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rivers, right into the meat.
Nice body kick there by Rivers.
Henson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rivers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rivers thumps Henson with a low kick.
Rivers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henson.
Rivers feints and then cracks Henson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henson down.
Henson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rivers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rivers throws a head kick but Henson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aegor Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bradley Henson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Henson throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers throws a head kick that misses.
Rivers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Henson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rivers counters with a nice leg kick.
Rivers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Aegor Rivers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rivers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Henson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Henson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivers.
Henson dives in and grabs Rivers's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rivers pushes down on Henson's head and hops out.
Rivers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henson.
Rivers swinging wildly here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivers.
Henson is breathing heavily.
Rivers misses with a head kick.
Henson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivers circles away quickly and effectively.
Rivers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Henson throws a hook to the side of Rivers's head but Rivers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rivers lands with a slapping head kick.
Rivers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
Rivers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rivers feints and then cracks Henson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henson down.
Henson throws a hook to the side of Rivers's head but Rivers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henson stuns Rivers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Henson throws a right hand that Rivers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rivers also avoids with ease.
Rivers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Aegor Rivers is winning the standup battle so far.
Henson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Henson closes the distance and clinches.
Henson misses with a punch to the body.
Henson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rivers blocks an uppercut.

Rivers manages to break the clinch.
Henson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivers can pounce on him.
Rivers walks into a straight right hand from Henson.
Rivers throws a head kick that half lands.
Henson checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rivers.
Henson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henson misses with a looping left.
Henson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Henson is rocked!
Henson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rivers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henson is still on wobbly legs! Can Rivers finish him?
A good leg kick by Rivers.
Henson seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson cracks Rivers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rivers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henson clobbers Rivers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Henson avoids the head kick by Rivers.
Henson throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Rivers scores with a kick to the body.
Good work by Henson as he checks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Henson checks a leg kick.
Rivers staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivers.
Rivers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Henson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rivers counters with a head kick. That will keep Henson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That has opened up Bradley Henson's cut even more.
Rivers fails to land with a series of punches.
Henson misses with an uppercut.
Rivers does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Henson fails with a takedown attempt.
Aegor Rivers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Henson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivers throws a leg kick which misses Henson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henson tries to avoid it.
Henson lands with an uppercut that bounces Rivers off the cage and back into range.
Rivers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rivers moves out of range as Henson strikes.
Rivers looks to land a body kick but Henson moved away.
Rivers misses with a wild combination.
Henson throws a right hand that misses
and Rivers counters with a leg kick.

Henson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rivers keeping control of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aegor Rivers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bradley Henson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rivers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Henson.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henson.
Henson connects with a crisp jab.
Henson is looking to clinch but Rivers is avoiding it.
A shot to the body from Henson misses
and Rivers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rivers slaps away a takedown attempt from Henson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivers.
Henson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rivers misses with a combination
and Henson counters with a nice uppercut.
Henson just misses with a punch to the body.
Henson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henson punishes Rivers's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henson.
Rivers slips under a jab from Henson.
Rivers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rivers there as he acknowledges the shot.
Henson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rivers circles away.
Henson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henson with a hook.
Rivers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rivers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Henson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivers scores with a spinning back kick!
Henson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rivers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henson tries for a takedown but Rivers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Aegor Rivers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Henson.
Henson throws a shot from downtown. Rivers moves away and avoids it.
Henson lands a head shot.
Henson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rivers counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henson throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivers circles away quickly and effectively.
Rivers misses with a head kick.
Rivers is looking to slow Henson down with leg kicks.
Rivers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Henson.
Henson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rivers. Rivers obviously looking to wear him down.
Rivers thumps Henson with a low kick.
Henson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rivers. Rivers obviously looking to wear him down.
Henson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivers. That's going to slow Henson down.
Rivers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivers thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Henson if he has to take too many more of those.
Rivers closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rivers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rivers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rivers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henson can do to turn this around?
Rivers swats away the attempt to clinch by Henson.
Henson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivers was well out of range. Poor timing from Henson.
Henson just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers 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.
Henson throws a big shot that misses.
Rivers throws a sloppy head kick and Henson moves out of range easily.
Henson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rivers tries a head kick but it misses.
Rivers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Henson stalks Rivers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rivers's face. Rivers staggers backwards, shaken.
Rivers moves forwards but Henson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Henson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rivers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Henson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson lands with a hook. Rivers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivers feints and then cracks Henson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henson down.
Rivers cracks the inside of Henson's front leg.
Henson throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.
Henson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivers circles away.
Rivers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henson.
Rivers keeps the fight on the outside.
Henson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Henson.
Aegor Rivers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rivers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Henson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Bradley Henson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henson works the jab nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aegor Rivers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rivers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aegor Rivers!
After the fight, Aegor Rivers was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.