PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hendersons (ranked 1283 p4p, 2041 weight class) and Edgar Bravo (ranked 135 p4p, 197 weight class). Edgar Bravo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hendersons
vs
Bravo

159 cm
27
146
8 - 5 - 0

176 cm
25
155
9 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Voodoo Nutrition

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Hendersons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bravo darts in trying to clinch

and Hendersons counters with a single leg into guard. Bravo didn't expect that.

Bravo pushes Hendersons off and gets back to his feet.
Bravo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hendersons.
Bravo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Bravo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendersons changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bravo fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Bravo moves into the clinch successfully.
Bravo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hendersons letting Bravo take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bravo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hendersons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Bravo closes the distance and pushes Hendersons back into the cage.
Hendersons is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bravo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Hendersons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bravo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bravo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Bravo breaks the clinch.
Edgar Bravo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bravo lands a right hook to the body.

Bravo has managed to clinch.
Bravo stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendersons wants to get back to striking at distance but Bravo won't allow it.

Bravo manages to break the clinch.
Bravo thuds a left hand into Hendersons's body.
Bravo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
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!

Bravo pushes Hendersons up against the cage in a clinch.

Hendersons has picked Bravo up - he's going for a ride! Hendersons dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Bravo is trying to stand.
Hendersons throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hendersons looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Hendersons wants to work for an arm triangle but Bravo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hendersons seems to be looking for submissions.
Hendersons throws a strike but Bravo avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Bravo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hendersons gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Hendersons drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bravo manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Hendersons has Bravo in his guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Hendersons throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bravo escapes and throws Hendersons's legs to the side, diving into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendersons takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hendersons is not content to let Bravo control the position.
Hendersons manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bravo wants to improve his position but Hendersons is controlling well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Bravo dominated that round.
That's time! Hendersons's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bravo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bravo lands with a good body shot.

Bravo takes the fight into the clinch.
Bravo leaning against his opponent.
Bravo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bravo works on Hendersons's body with a couple of short punches.
Hendersons fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hendersons wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Bravo scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bravo taking a breather.
Hendersons tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bravo smiles and moves away.
Bravo tries to clinch but Hendersons is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendersons tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bravo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bravo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Harry Hendersons is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendersons shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bravo as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Hendersons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A lazy body kick from Bravo

and Hendersons counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bravo won't be happy with that.

Bravo sneaks out the side door and pushes Hendersons away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendersons misses with a takedown
and Bravo counters with a right hand to the body.
Bravo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bravo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hendersons swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Bravo forces Hendersons back against the cage and clinches.
Bravo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bravo lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hendersons successfully pulls guard.

Hendersons is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bravo is aware though and is defending well.
Bravo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bravo wants to stand but Hendersons is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bravo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hendersons doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hendersons seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Bravo trying to control but Hendersons is working from the bottom.
Hendersons is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bravo. Hendersons does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bravo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hendersons shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bravo as he jumps to the side.
Hendersons sets himself, and Bravo steps forward looking for the clinch! Hendersons avoids it this time.
Bravo tries a head kick but it misses.
Hendersons half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bravo tests Hendersons's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bravo misses with a head kick.
Hendersons tries to counter with a takedown but Bravo is quick to defend against it.

Bravo darts in and clinches Hendersons up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bravo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hendersons rather than just go for the knockout.
Bravo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hendersons backs up against the cage.
Bravo avoids the head kick by Hendersons.
Hendersons misses with a takedown attempt - Bravo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Bravo has Hendersons up against the cage in a clinch.
Edgar Bravo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hendersons fails to land the takedown.
Bravo throws a right and a left that Hendersons avoids nicely.
Bravo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Bravo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hendersons swats away the attempt to clinch by Bravo.

Bravo has closed the distance and engaged Hendersons in a clinch.
Hendersons takes a shot to the head.
Bravo works on Hendersons's body with a couple of short punches.

Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Hendersons looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Hendersons wants to work for an arm triangle but Bravo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Bravo pushes Hendersons off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bravo moves into the clinch.
Bravo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Bravo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hendersons circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bravo clinches with his opponent.
Bravo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hendersons up against the cage.
Bravo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hendersons prevents a body shot from Bravo.
Bravo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bravo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bravo tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendersons avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo pressing his opponent against the cage.

Bravo breaks the clinch.
Hendersons misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hendersons misses with a takedown
enabling Bravo to counter with a crisp jab.
Hendersons throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bravo's waist but Bravo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hendersons off to one side.
Bravo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Bravo darts in and clinches Hendersons up against the cage.
Bravo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bravo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hendersons is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bravo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Hendersons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bravo working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hendersons looks for a takedown but Bravo sprawls well.

Bravo gets a clinch.
Bravo scores with a shot to the side of Hendersons's head.

Bravo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendersons shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Bravo clinches with his opponent.

Bravo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bravo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bravo tries to clinch but Hendersons is having none of it.
Hendersons tries for a takedown but Bravo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendersons on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bravo. Bravo obviously looking to wear him down.
Hendersons has a takedown stuffed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bravo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Bravo gets a clinch.
Hendersons tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hendersons fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Bravo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hendersons misses with a takedown
and Bravo counters with a three punch combo that has Hendersons backing up. Hendersons nods at Bravo to acknowledge the strikes.
Edgar Bravo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bravo tries to clinch up

and Hendersons counters with a single leg into guard. Bravo didn't expect that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Bravo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bravo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgar Bravo!
A very excited looking Edgar Bravo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.