PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tane Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Upercut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lance Upercut has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Henderson
vs
Upercut

182 cm
25
201 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tane Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Upercut!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Henderson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henderson prevents the takedown attempt.
Henderson stops a takedown attempt from Upercut.
Upercut is working for takedown but Henderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tane Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Upercut.
A nice left hand lands by Henderson.
Henderson is struggling to control the position.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Henderson instigates a clinch.
Henderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Henderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Upercut backwards.

It looks like Lance Upercut has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Henderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Henderson is trying to trip Upercut. He has hold of a leg but Upercut is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Henderson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Henderson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Upercut looking for a sweep. Not yet Upercut, not yet.
Henderson working some strikes from top position.

Upercut is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Upercut looks gassed!
Henderson connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Upercut's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Henderson working the head and body with strikes.
Henderson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Upercut is trying to get back to full guard.
Henderson slips a nice elbow through Upercut's hands, connecting with Upercut's forehead.
Ground and pound from Henderson.
Henderson lands with a punch from half guard.
Henderson is nestled in close to Upercut, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Upercut is rocked!
Henderson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Upercut with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Upercut is still in real trouble! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henderson lands a big elbow - Upercut is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Henderson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tane Henderson!
Tane Henderson retains his middleweight title!