PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carmelo Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suarez comes to the cage accompanied by Busta Rhymes - Everything Remains Raw. The crowd seem to be enjoying Henderson's choice of entrance music: Confrontation. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Suarez
vs
Henderson

175 cm
24
170 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

177 cm
26
175 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carmelo Suarez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Suarez. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suarez throws and low kick but Henderson moves out of range easily.
Suarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fighters circling - Suarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suarez moves away from the strike by Henderson.
Henderson slips a straight right by Suarez.

Suarez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henderson, pushing him back against the cage.
Suarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Suarez.
Suarez 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.
Henderson takes a shot to the head.
Suarez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Suarez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Suarez.
Suarez tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suarez has Henderson pushed against the cage.
Suarez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Suarez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suarez can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
Suarez tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suarez pushes Henderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Suarez misses with a body punch.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Henderson wants to break free but Suarez has control.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Suarez is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Suarez slowing the pace effectively.
Suarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suarez lands with a right to the head.
Suarez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Suarez tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suarez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Suarez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Suarez manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is looking to clinch.
Suarez slips under a jab from Henderson.
Suarez misses the shot to the body.
Henderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Suarez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Suarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Henderson is just out of range.
Henderson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A jab from Suarez finds it's way through Henderson's defenses.
Nice shot by Suarez.
Suarez throws a combination. Henderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Suarez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson lands with a cross.
A punch lands to the side of Suarez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Suarez.
Henderson lands with a cross.
Suarez is looking to wear down Henderson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Henderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Suarez scores with a three punch combo!
A jab from Suarez misses.
Suarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henderson.
Suarez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a head shot.
Suarez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henderson.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suarez misses with a shot to the body
and Henderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henderson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from Suarez.
Suarez tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Henderson duly obliges.
Henderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Suarez.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Suarez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Suarez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suarez.
Suarez jabs at Henderson's body.
Suarez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Henderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Suarez throws a series of punches but Henderson moves out of range.
Suarez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Suarez.
Henderson looks to land a right hand but Suarez moved out of range.
Suarez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Suarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henderson lands a slapping body shot.
Henderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Suarez misses with a straight right.
Suarez lands a glancing blow to the side of Henderson's head.
A swing and a miss from Suarez.
Suarez connects with a looping right hand.
Henderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Suarez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Suarez misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheers as Henderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Suarez doesn't seem phased though.
Suarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Suarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carmelo Suarez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suarez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suarez looks to land a combination. Henderson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Suarez throws a jab but it's blocked by Henderson.
Decent striking displayed by Henderson there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carmelo Suarez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Suarez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henderson manages to avoid it.
Henderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Suarez misses with a double jab
and Henderson counters with a straight right hand.
Henderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Suarez is rocked!
Suarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oh Suarez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suarez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Suarez seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Henderson.
Henderson throws a nice looking combination but Suarez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson Rushes Suarez and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Suarez is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Henderson Piles on the pressure and Suarez crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Henderson!
Matt Henderson is the new welterweight champion!