PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Wolfe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wolfe comes into the arena with Immortal Technique- Internally Bleeding blaring out of the sound system. Henderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jay Z- Big Pimpin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wolfe
vs
Henderson

178 cm
37
158 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

176 cm
32
153 lbs
28 - 13 - 4

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jesse Wolfe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 4, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolfe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Wolfe moved away.
Henderson throws a low kick but Wolfe avoids it.
Henderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wolfe.
A combination from Wolfe does no damage.
Wolfe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson swings for the body but Wolfe moves out of range.
Henderson throws a chopping leg kick but Wolfe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mike Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wolfe looks to land a left hand but Henderson moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wolfe avoids a kick to the body.
Henderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wolfe.
Henderson tries to work over Wolfe's front leg with a kick but Wolfe checks it.
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wolfe.
A big right from Wolfe misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolfe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wolfe tried to score with a low kick but Henderson checks it.
Henderson misses with an uppercut.
Wolfe ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
Wolfe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Henderson misses with a body kick.
Wolfe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wolfe throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson throws a wild body kick that Wolfe sees coming a mile off.
A shot to the liver by Henderson. Beautiful body shot.
Wolfe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe tries to score with a low kick but Henderson moves his leg out of the way.
Henderson misses with a two punch combination.
Wolfe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Henderson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wolfe misses with an uppercut. Henderson saw that one coming.
Wolfe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henderson.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Wolfe sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A good leg kick by Henderson.
Wolfe lands a jab to the nose.
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!
Wolfe looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
A big left from Henderson misses.
Henderson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Henderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henderson.
A shot to the liver by Henderson. Beautiful body shot.
Wolfe tried to score with a low kick but Henderson checks it.
Wolfe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've been told by Wolfe's head coaches at Kelley Fighting Systems that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Henderson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Henderson misses with a hook

and Wolfe counters with a shoot takedown. Henderson fights it but they end up in guard.
Henderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Wolfe looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Henderson working a defensive guard here.

Henderson is looking for a triangle but Wolfe pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Wolfe from controlling successfully.
Henderson can't keep his opponent in guard - Wolfe advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wolfe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henderson defending well though.
Wolfe controlling the pace.
Wolfe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Henderson wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Henderson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Henderson throws a hook to the side of Wolfe's head but Wolfe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henderson tries a low kick but Wolfe avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Wolfe misses the target.
Wolfe throws a leg kick but Henderson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henderson checks a leg kick nicely.
Wolfe throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Wolfe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Henderson tries a low kick but Wolfe avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wolfe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wolfe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Henderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wolfe checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wolfe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to slow Wolfe down with leg kicks.

Wolfe closes the distance and clinches.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Wolfe.
Henderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wolfe backwards.

Wolfe lands a takedown into guard.
Henderson is trying to control the position but Wolfe postures up.
Wolfe wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wolfe looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wolfe wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
Henderson wants to stand and escape but Wolfe is having none of it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Henderson throws a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Henderson misses.
Henderson connects with the punch.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mike Henderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolfe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Henderson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wolfe is able to avoid easily.
Wolfe tries to score with a low kick but Henderson moves his leg out of the way.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wolfe was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Wolfe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice sprawl there from Henderson as Wolfe shoots in.
Wolfe fails to land the takedown.
Henderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wolfe takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Wolfe as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe walks into a straight right hand from Henderson.
Some bone on bone action there as Wolfe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A shot to the liver by Wolfe. Beautiful body shot.
Henderson feints and then cracks Wolfe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wolfe down.
Henderson 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.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wolfe cracks Henderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson throws a low kick, looking for Wolfe's leg but Wolfe calmly moves out of range.
Wolfe works Henderson's body with a nice hook.
Mike Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Wolfe.
Wolfe scores with a punch to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wolfe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mike Henderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Henderson dips to his left and cracks Wolfe with an uppercut!

Wolfe looking to score a takedown here. Henderson is defending well but Wolfe drives through and ends up in Henderson's guard.
Wolfe preventing the sweep.
Henderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wolfe.
Henderson is trying to control the position but Wolfe postures up.
Wolfe is looking to work some ground and pound but Henderson has wrist control.
Wolfe postures up in Henderson's guard and throws a big left but Henderson blocks it.
Wolfe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wolfe trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Wolfe throws a big elbow that misses.
Henderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Henderson misses the jab.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wolfe.
Wolfe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wolfe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wolfe takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Henderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Henderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wolfe throws out the jab.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wolfe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wolfe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe throws a looping overhand right but Henderson ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Henderson misses.
Henderson swings for the body but Wolfe moves out of range.
Henderson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wolfe on the side of the head.
Henderson sizes up Wolfe with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson slips a straight right by Wolfe.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henderson.
Wolfe blocks a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Wolfe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Henderson takes a swing at Wolfe's ribcage but misses.
Wolfe throws a hook to the side of Henderson's head but Henderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wolfe. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henderson throws the left hand but Wolfe avoids the punch easily.
Henderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wolfe is out of range.
A lazy left from Wolfe finds it's target.
Henderson wants to slow Wolfe down by chopping away at his legs.
Henderson throws a body punch but Wolfe moves out of range.
Wolfe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Henderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wolfe.
Henderson slips a jab from Wolfe.
Henderson misses with a right hand
letting Wolfe counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolfe moves out of range as Henderson strikes.
Henderson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Henderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Henderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Wolfe clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson misses with some punches.
Jesse Wolfe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Henderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wolfe or not.
Henderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wolfe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wolfe misses with the head strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Henderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Henderson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Henderson!
An out of breath Mike Henderson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.