PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by Til I Collapse. St Pierre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Saturday- Basshunter. Benson Henderson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mark St Pierre's chin.

Henderson
vs
St Pierre

175 cm
21
155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

170 cm
27
146 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benson Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

St Pierre shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
St Pierre lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Henderson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from St Pierre.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henderson is keeping the position for now.
St Pierre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henderson is trying to keep St Pierre in close.
St Pierre slips nicely into half guard.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
St Pierre wants to free his trapped foot but Henderson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
St Pierre works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre prevents Henderson from getting the reversal.
St Pierre looking to finish Henderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henderson!
Henderson tries to hold on but St Pierre pushes him away.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a nice shot to the head.
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!
St Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
St Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Henderson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Henderson is working hard here to advance position.
Henderson wants to hold on but St Pierre pushes him away.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre breaks from Henderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson taking shots to the head.
St Pierre lands a big shot there that rocks Henderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
St Pierre passes to full mount!
Henderson regains half guard.
Henderson is trying to control but can't.
St Pierre has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
St Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson taking shots to the head.
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, St Pierre cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
St Pierre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henderson hang on?
St Pierre in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!

Henderson is rocked!
St Pierre avoids the attempt from Henderson to control.
St Pierre landing strikes, looking to finish!
St Pierre landing punches.
Oh Henderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henderson tries to hold on but St Pierre postures up.
Henderson seems to have got his legs back now.
St Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henderson's face.
BOOM! St Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

St Pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
St Pierre has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Henderson!
Henderson is bucking up trying to escape but St Pierre cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
St Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
St Pierre looking to finish Henderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henderson!
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
St Pierre raining down hammerfists 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 gets back to half guard.
St Pierre tries to pass to full mount but Henderson defends it.
St Pierre lands with a punch from half guard.
St Pierre works his way into side control.
St Pierre tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is working Henderson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Henderson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but St Pierre is controlling him well.
St Pierre moves into full mount!
BOOM! St Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
St Pierre is landing with some decent strikes but Henderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
St Pierre unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by St Pierre.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
Henderson is working to get back to half guard.
St Pierre with a couple of short strikes.
St Pierre lands a big elbow.
St Pierre is landing with some decent strikes but Henderson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
St Pierre lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henderson hang on?
St Pierre prevents Henderson from getting the reversal.
St Pierre dominating with strikes here.
St Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Henderson is in trouble!
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Henderson is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by St Pierre.
A nice elbow there by St Pierre.
St Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
St Pierre scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
BOOM! St Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Henderson working to try and regain half guard.
St Pierre raining down hammerfists from mount.
St Pierre lands with some strikes.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but St Pierre maintains control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre cracks Henderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
St Pierre unloading with bombs!
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Henderson is in trouble!
St Pierre breaks from Henderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but St Pierre isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Pierre pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
St Pierre lands a big elbow.
Mark St Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henderson taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre working Henderson over with strikes here.
St Pierre lands a big shot to the head and Henderson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark St Pierre!
Mark St Pierre got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'