PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buck Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson comes to the cage accompanied by 2NE1: FIRE. Buck Wilson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wilson
vs
Henderson

179 cm
23
181 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

189 cm
20
184 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buck Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wilson avoids the body shot from Henderson.
Wilson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.

Wilson clinches with his opponent.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A body shot lands from Wilson.
Wilson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henderson looks gassed!
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wilson missing with knees to the body.
Wilson connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dan Henderson has been cut.
Good body shot from Wilson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Knees to the body from Wilson.
Wilson lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Wilson.
Wilson lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Wilson.
Wilson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wilson landing knees to the head.
Wilson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wilson crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Wilson lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wilson digs a right hand underneath Henderson's ribcage. Henderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A hook to the body from Wilson.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Wilson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Wilson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wilson digs a right hand underneath Henderson's ribcage. Henderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wilson pushes Henderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wilson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Wilson.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Wilson lands a nice elbow.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wilson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Wilson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Wilson.
Wilson landing knees to the head.
Henderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilson controls his hands.
Wilson crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Wilson lands a nice elbow.
Wilson lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Wilson landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Henderson looking to stall.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Henderson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
Wilson throws an elbow but it misses.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Wilson has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson.
Wilson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Wilson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Wilson pushes Henderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Wilson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilson blocks an uppercut.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Wilson.
Knees to the body from Wilson.
Henderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wilson is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson landing knees to the body.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Wilson is controlling the position.
Wilson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wilson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Wilson, against the cage.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wilson obliges.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henderson wants to break free but Wilson has control.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilson works on Henderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wilson throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilson is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wilson tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wilson won't allow it.
Wilson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henderson looking to stall.
Wilson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wilson landing knees to the head.
Wilson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wilson has Henderson pressed against the cage, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wilson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wilson obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henderson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilson.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buck Wilson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Henderson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wilson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henderson.
Wilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wilson's corner calls for a 1-2. Wilson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Henderson tries to keep at a distance but Wilson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Wilson - that landed with a thud.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
Henderson misses with a body punch.
Wilson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henderson tries to break free but Wilson pushes him back against the cage.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Wilson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wilson lands a shoulder strike.
Wilson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Wilson gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wilson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Wilson avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Wilson lands a knee to the body.
Buck Wilson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Wilson.
Wilson lands a body shot.
Wilson lands with a right to the head.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wilson.
Wilson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henderson blocks a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Wilson tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Wilson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Wilson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilson struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Wilson.
Henderson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wilson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wilson misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson digs a right hand underneath Henderson's ribcage. Henderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson is trying to push Wilson away but Wilson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Henderson's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wilson lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wilson lands an elbow inside that Henderson shrugs off.
Wilson scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Wilson.
Wilson lands a nice elbow.
Wilson lands a nice uppercut.
Wilson lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a knee to the head.
Wilson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henderson tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Wilson prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
Wilson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henderson tries a body shot but Wilson blocks it.
Wilson looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Wilson cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
Wilson lands an elbow inside.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Wilson has the dominant position.
Wilson crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Henderson trying to stall but Wilson improves his position.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Wilson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson.
Wilson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.

That's four 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.
Wilson presses Henderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Wilson.
Wilson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Wilson.
Henderson is looking to control Wilson's arms but Wilson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henderson has his back to the cage.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Wilson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wilson crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Wilson avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilson.
Wilson works on Henderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Wilson.
Wilson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilson lands an uppercut.
Wilson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Henderson misses with a body punch.
Wilson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hendersons head.
Henderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Henderson tries to break free but Wilson pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buck Wilson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilson misses the target.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wilson lands a leg kick that knocks Henderson off balance momentarily.
Henderson slips a straight right by Wilson.
Wilson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wilson is looking to chop away at Henderson's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wilson.
Henderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wilson connects with a nice looking jab.
A leg kick checked by Henderson.
Wilson throws a jab when Henderson was well out of range.
Wilson feints and then cracks Henderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henderson down.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilson misses the target.
Wilson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henderson's calf.
Wilson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wilson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wilson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wilson's head backwards.

Henderson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wilson sprawls well initially but Henderson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Henderson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wilson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wilson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henderson on the ground.
Henderson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Henderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henderson thows a huge punch but Wilson dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henderson passes to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Henderson trying to control the position but Wilson is working away.
Henderson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is trying to control Henderson's posture but Henderson avoids it.
Wilson defending against the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Henderson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wilson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Henderson.
Wilson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Henderson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Henderson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wilson down.
Wilson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Henderson is working Wilson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Henderson looks up at the clock and then as Wilson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Henderson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dan Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buck Wilson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Henderson in side control lands a decent elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Henderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wilson 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buck Wilson!