PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chet Lamare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lamare has chosen Opeth as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Henderson
vs
Lamare

180 cm
32
182 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

175 cm
31
172 lbs
22 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chet Lamare!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Lamare.
Lamare throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Henderson moves out of range of the body kick from Lamare.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lamare!
Henderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Henderson throws a body punch but Lamare moves out of range.
Lamare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henderson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lamare.
Henderson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lamare misses with a low kick.
Lamare scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Henderson avoids a kick to the body.
Henderson is looking to counter the offense by Lamare and move into the clinch.
Lamare goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lamare tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Lamare looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamare looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lamare throws a series of punches but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Henderson throws a body kick that misses.
Henderson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Henderson.
Lamare with a nice cross.
Lamare moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Henderson lands with a nice body kick.
Henderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lamare.
Chet Lamare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamare goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lamare on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lamare tries to move into range but Henderson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson walks into a straight right hand from Lamare.
Lamare misses with a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Henderson. Beautiful body shot.
Lamare throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lamare wants to clinch.
Henderson tries to land a front kick but Lamare steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lamare slips under a jab.
Lamare follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Lamare lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Henderson avoids a kick to the body.
Henderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lamare tries to counter with a clinch but Henderson shakes him off and moves away.
Henderson avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamare throws a leg kick but Henderson moved away.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Lamare drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Henderson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Lamare.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Lamare avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Lamare lands a body shot.
Lamare tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lamare has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Henderson.
Lamare misses with a body punch.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Lamare avoids the damage to the body.
Lamare scores with a shot to the side of Henderson's head.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lamare takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Lamare blocks with his arms.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson letting Lamare take a breather here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamare.

Lamare breaks the clinch.
Henderson misses with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lamare.
Lamare throws a wild body kick that Henderson sees coming a mile off.
Lamare lands with a kick to the temple. Henderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Lamare tries to land a front kick but Henderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lamare throws a sloppy head kick
and Henderson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lamare really felt that one!
Lamare is looking to clinch but Henderson is avoiding it.
Henderson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lamare manages to circle out of the way.
A head kick misses from Lamare.
Henderson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lamare misses with an attempted mid kick.
Henderson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lamare manages to circle out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chet Lamare dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lamare takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chet Lamare seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lamare if he has to take too many more of those.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chet Lamare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lamare.
Lamare uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henderson.
Lamare has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lamare tries to score with a low kick but Henderson moves his leg out of the way.

Henderson rushes Lamare and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamare lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lamare lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Lamare blocks it.
I was talking to Henderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lamare using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lamare looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Henderson.
Lamare is breathing heavily.
Henderson blocks an elbow strike.
Lamare trying to land knees to the body.
Lamare tries a body shot but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lamares head.
Henderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Lamare avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Henderson lands a knee to the head.
Lamare struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lamare blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson cracks Lamare with a nice body shot.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson with a knee to the head.
Lamare using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lamare on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Lamare is blocking nicely.
Henderson tries a body shot but Lamare blocks it.
Henderson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Henderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamare misses with an elbow strike.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Henderson is leaning against Lamare and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lamare has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson digs a right hand underneath Lamare's ribcage. Lamare let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lamare pushes off an throws an elbow but Henderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Henderson digs a right hand underneath Lamare's ribcage. Lamare let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Henderson keeps control of Lamare as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Henderson.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Lamare managing to block the knees to the body from Henderson.
Lamare struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Lamare avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries a body shot but Lamare blocks it.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lamare avoids it.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lamare avoids it.

Lamare escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lamare scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Lamare fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henderson, pushing him back against the cage.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Lamare uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamare.
Henderson tries a body shot but Lamare blocks it.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Lamare breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lamare thumps Henderson with a low kick.
Lamare misses with a body kick.
Lamare misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamare tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Lamare checks a low kick from Henderson.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lamare lands a nice hook to Henderson's body. Henderson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lamare thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Henderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Henderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lamare. Lamare obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson checks a leg kick nicely.
As Lamare tries to get set, Henderson tries to push him back and clinch up but Lamare manages to avoid the attempt.
Lamare misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Henderson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Henderson blocks the body kick.
Lamare throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lamare lands with an uppercut that bounces Henderson off the cage and back into range.
Henderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Henderson tries to land a front kick but Lamare steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Despite the aggression on Lamare's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lamare swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
Lamare takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamare tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Lamare lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henderson's sensitive parts.

Henderson has Lamare up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Lamare.
Lamare misses with a body punch.
Julius Henderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lamare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lamare wants to stall.
Henderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Lamare won't want to take too many of those.
Lamare takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henderson lands with a left to the head.
Lamare blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lamare's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henderson.
Henderson scores with a knee to the head.
Henderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lamare's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Henderson.
Henderson is leaning against Lamare and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson landing knees to the head.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lamare throws an elbow that misses.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Lamare blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henderson as Lamare tries to tie him up.
Lamare doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lamare.
Lamare struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lamare lands a body shot.
Henderson landing knees to the body.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lamare avoids it.
Lamare has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Henderson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lamare can turn it around.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lamare has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Lamare avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lamare lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henderson or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lamare scores with a hook to the body.
Lamare lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Lamare breaks the clinch.
Lamare misses with a kick to the body.
Henderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lamare throws a one two combo.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henderson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lamare wants to counter the offense by Henderson and move into the clinch position.
Lamare throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henderson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lamare.
Henderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lamare ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lamare tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.

Lamare fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henderson, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamare misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
Lamare misses with a hook to the ribs.

Lamare breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lamare lands with a kick to the temple. Henderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Lamare.
Sloppy strikes from Lamare. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Henderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lamare.
Lamare tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lamare throws a wild body kick that Henderson sees coming a mile off.
Lamare throws a body kick that misses
and Henderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Lamare flicks out a counter leg kick but Henderson steps away.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Lamare.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Julius Henderson.
I think Henderson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Henderson!
After winning the bout, Julius Henderson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Chet Lamare spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm not sure where to go from here? Do I keep fighting?'.