PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oni Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy Henderson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Henderson
vs
Black

185 cm
23
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
23
277 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oni Black!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Black attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black looks to clinch

and Henderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Black is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Henderson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henderson throws an elbow but misses.
Henderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Henderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Oni Black has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.

Black lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Henderson goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Black in side control.

Henderson is rocked!

It looks like Randy Henderson has been cut.
Black controls the position.
Oh Henderson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Black stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Henderson seems to have got his legs back now.
Black darts in trying to clinch

and Henderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.

Black lands a big knee to the head and Henderson goes down! Black is looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Black decides to stand back up.
Black tries to clinch

and Henderson counters by moving into the clinch.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Black trying to land knees to the body.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henderson.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black looks gassed!
Henderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
Henderson throws an elbow that misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson is trying to stall.
Henderson lands with a light punch inside.
Henderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Black blocking some punches.
Henderson stalling in the clinch.
Henderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henderson lands an elbow inside.
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson looking to stall.
Henderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black looking to slow down the pace here.
Henderson wants to stall.
Henderson leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black blocks an elbow strike.
Henderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Black.
A knee to the head by Black.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Black connects with a knee to the head.
Black's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson lands a nice elbow.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Henderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henderson trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Henderson into the cage.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black avoids a wild elbow strike from Henderson.
Black lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
Henderson is looking to control Black's arms but Black gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henderson has his back to the cage.
Henderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Henderson looking to stall.
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson lands an elbow inside that Black shrugs off.
Henderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Black avoids the elbow strike from Henderson, against the cage.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Henderson misses with an elbow over the top.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Henderson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henderson throws an elbow but misses.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Henderson.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee is keeping an eye on Henderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Henderson lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.
Henderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson stalls.
Black landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oni Black dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henderson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Black counters by moving into the clinch.
Black is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Black avoids it.
Black will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Henderson up against the cage.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Black looking to slow down the pace here.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Black avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Henderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Black is struggling to control the position.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henderson throws an elbow but misses.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black avoiding damage as Henderson throws knees to the body.
Black landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Henderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henderson.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Black with a knee to the head.
Black holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Henderson.
Black blocks an elbow strike.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Good body shot from Henderson.
Good body shot from Henderson.
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Black has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Henderson taking a breather.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Henderson lands with a right to the head.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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.
Black landing knees to the head.
Henderson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Henderson lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Black manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Black connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henderson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Henderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henderson.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henderson.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Henderson.
Henderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henderson lands an elbow inside that Black shrugs off.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Henderson lands a damaging elbow.
Black blocks an elbow strike.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Henderson.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Henderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black lands a knee to the body.
Black is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Black misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Black is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Henderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Henderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Henderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Black using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henderson leaning against his opponent.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Black landing knees to the head.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black avoids a wild elbow strike from Henderson.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Black is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henderson throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henderson throws an elbow but misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oni Black showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Black closes the distance but Henderson moves to the side

and Henderson counters by moving into the clinch.
Henderson is working Black over against the cage.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Henderson.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Henderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the cage.
Henderson pushes Black back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson taking a breather.
Henderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Henderson.
Oni Black seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Henderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Black blocks the elbow strike.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black blocks an elbow strike from Henderson.
Henderson lands an elbow inside.
Henderson tries to stall but Black uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Henderson.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Black avoids the elbow strike from Henderson, against the cage.
Henderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Henderson lands a damaging elbow.
Henderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Henderson lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.
Henderson looking to slow down the pace here.
Henderson lands a nice elbow.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Henderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the cage.
Henderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Black blocks an elbow strike from Henderson.
Henderson misses with an elbow strike.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Henderson is looking to control Black's arms but Black gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henderson has his back to the cage.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Black putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Henderson.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson stalling in the clinch but Black improves position.
Henderson lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Black is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henderson throws an elbow but misses.
Henderson trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Henderson into the cage.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henderson misses with an elbow over the top.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson just leaning against Black, taking a breather.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Black avoiding damage as Henderson throws knees to the body.
Henderson misses with an elbow over the top.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Black as Henderson tries to tie him up.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Henderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Henderson.
Black tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Henderson.
Randy Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henderson pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Henderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the cage.
Henderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Black avoids the elbow strike from Henderson, against the cage.
Henderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Black is defending well for now.
Black unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Henderson trying to stall but Black improves his position.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson lands an elbow inside.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Black with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oni Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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 Randy Henderson.
Well Black 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oni Black!