PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hendry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hendry comes to the cage accompanied by poverty. Mark Hendry has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Hendry
vs
Johnson

184 cm
24
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

173 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Hendry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Randy Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Hendry does no damage.
Hendry misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendry is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendry.

Hendry closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
Hendry throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Hendry misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hendry fails to land.
Hendry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hendry lands with a right to the head.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Hendry misses with the head strike.
Hendry misses with some punches.
Hendry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry working aggressively here.
Johnson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hendry.
Hendry stops a takedown attempt from Johnson.
Mark Hendry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Johnson.
Hendry working aggressively here.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hendry throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Hendry swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hendry.
Hendry gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hendry throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hendry.
Hendry gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hendry swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hendry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hendry lands a nice uppercut.
Hendry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Hendry throws a head punch that misses.
Hendry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hendry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Hendry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hendry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hendry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hendry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Hendry manages to break the clinch.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mark Hendry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Hendry sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendry.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry stuffs the takedown.
Hendry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hendry doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hendry wants to clinch.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendry.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hendry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hendry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Hendry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hendry doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johnson paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hendry pushes Johnson up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johnson has Hendry pressed against the cage, preventing Hendry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Hendry manages to break the clinch.
Johnson shoots in looking for a takedown. Hendry tries to sprawl out of it but Johnson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hendry manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hendry tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hendry moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Hendry sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.

Johnson tries to keep at a distance but Hendry has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hendry.
Hendry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Johnson takes a shot to the head.

Hendry breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry tries to clinch up.
Hendry tries to clinch up.

Hendry closes the distance and pushes Johnson back into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Hendry throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A head punch on the inside from Hendry fails to land.

Hendry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Johnson fails with the takedown.
Mark Hendry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Johnson.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Johnson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hendry pinned against the cage. Hendry gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hendry has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Hendry throws a head punch that misses.
Hendry lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hendry breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hendry misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendry tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Mark Hendry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hendry doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Hendry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hendry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hendry wants to clinch.
Hendry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.

Hendry instigates a clinch.
Hendry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hendry gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hendry misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hendry lands with a right to the head.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Hendry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hendry pushes Johnson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Johnson can't get the takedown.
Hendry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johnsons head.
Hendry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hendry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hendry pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hendry.
Hendry prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hendry.
Hendry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Hendry dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hendry moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Johnson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hendry avoids it really well and circles away.

Hendry moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Hendry is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hendry down to the mat. Hendry avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hendry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Hendry manages to break the clinch.
Mark Hendry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hendry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hendry throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
A nice left hand lands by Hendry.
Johnson tries to score a body lock takedown but Hendry shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mark Hendry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Johnson.
Hendry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Hendry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.

Hendry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Hendry lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hendry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hendry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hendry is looking to clinch.
Hendry throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.

Hendry has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hendry.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hendry misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hendry.
Hendry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hendry misses with the head strike.
Hendry lands a nice uppercut.
Hendry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hendry misses with the head strike.

Hendry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
Hendry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hendry doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Hendry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hendry tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hendry tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hendry to the ground. Hendry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Hendry drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Hendry misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hendry stops a takedown attempt from Johnson.

Hendry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hendry wants to clinch up but Johnson keeps it at a distance.
Hendry is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Hendry tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Hendry is looking to clinch but Johnson is avoiding it.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hendry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendry.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Hendry tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johnson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hendry tries to avoid it but Johnson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hendry to the ground. Hendry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hendry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Hendry moves into range and clinches up with Johnson.
Hendry misses with the head strike.
Johnson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hendry.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hendry fails to land.
Randy Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hendry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Hendry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hendry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Hendry!