PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Vinyard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by Ice Ice Baby. Vinyard has chosen Here Comes The Pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Henderson
vs
Vinyard

186 cm
24
195 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
194 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Vinyard!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson misses with a hook
and Vinyard counters with a nice leg kick.
Henderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vinyard counters with a head kick.
Vinyard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vinyard cracks a nice hook into Henderson's ribs.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Henderson lands with a right hand.
Vinyard checks the leg kick.
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vinyard.
Henderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vinyard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vinyard looks to land a body kick but Henderson moved away.
Henderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vinyard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henderson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick and Vinyard moves out of range easily.
Vinyard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vinyard throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
Henderson thows a leg kick but Vinyard checks it
and Vinyard counters with a stiff right hand.
Vinyard keeps the fight on the outside.
Vinyard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vinyard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vinyard cracks a nice hook into Henderson's ribs.
Vinyard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Henderson is looking to clinch but Vinyard is avoiding it.
Vinyard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Vinyard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Henderson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vinyard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vinyard throws a wild body kick that Henderson sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Vinyard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Vinyard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vinyard scores with a jab. Henderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vinyard was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Vinyard with a hook.

Henderson is rocked!
Henderson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vinyard checks it well.
Vinyard punishes Henderson's body with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Henderson misses the target.
Henderson throws a wild hook but Vinyard just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Henderson gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Vinyard raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Vinyard! Derek Vinyard retains his middleweight title!