PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sanderson
vs
Henry

187 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Henry!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Sanderson.
Jab, jab by Sanderson - just one landing.
Henry darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Sanderson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Henry!
Sanderson with shots to the head and body - Henry looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanderson throws some wild stikes that Henry manages to avoid easily.
Poor strikes thrown by Sanderson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sanderson looking to control but Henry is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Henry is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Henry wants to get back to his feet.
Henry tries to reverse the position but Sanderson maintains control.
Henry is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson lands a heavy elbow.
Sanderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Henry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanderson with shots to the head and body - Henry looks very uncomfortable down there.

Sanderson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sanderson working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Henry is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry tries to reverse the position but Sanderson maintains control.
Sanderson dominating with strikes here.
Sanderson raining down shots from the mount!
Sanderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry taking shots to the head.
Henry is still in real trouble! Can Sanderson finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson landing punches.
Henry looks gassed!
Sanderson trying to control but Henry is having none of it.
Henry seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanderson with a couple of short strikes.
Sanderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanderson fails to advance to Henry's back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanderson looking to finish Henry with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henry!

Sanderson has hold of Henry's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Henry manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Sanderson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Henry tries to hold on but Sanderson pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanderson swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Henry is now in Sanderson's guard. A big mistake from Sanderson there, giving up the dominant position!
Sanderson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Henry is sitting in close to Sanderson's body. Sanderson has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Henry is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Henry is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Sanderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ben Sanderson!