PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Shogun - Skyfire (Original Mix). Pedro Lucas has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dan Henderson's chin.

Henderson
vs
Lucas

173 cm
21
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
166 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Rage's Cloths
Global MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucas swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson.
Lucas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Henderson tries for a takedown but Lucas circles away easily
and Lucas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Henderson closes the distance and clinches up with Lucas, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes Lucas against the ropes but Lucas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henderson fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lucas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Henderson back to the ropes. Lucas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Henderson misses with a few strikes there.
Lucas lands with a shot to the body.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Henderson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Lucas counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lucas!
Nice shot lands for Lucas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a double jab.
Lucas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lucas lands a body shot.
Lucas lands a body shot.
Henderson walks into a straight right hand from Lucas.
Henderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lucas to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Lucas.
Henderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lucas lands an overhand right.
Lucas feints and then cracks Henderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henderson down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lucas motions for Henderson to come forward. Lucas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lucas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Henderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Henderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lucas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lucas!
Henderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lucas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dan Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lucas!
A leg kick checked by Henderson.
Lucas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lucas stalks Henderson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henderson's face. Henderson staggers backwards, shaken.
Lucas is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Henderson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Lucas lands a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Henderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Lucas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch combination from Lucas misses.
Lucas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henderson tries to clinch up
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pedro Lucas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lucas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lucas duly obliges.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Lucas cracks Henderson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas lands a jab to the nose.
A right-left combo lands from Lucas.
Henderson with a poor takedown
and Lucas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut there from Lucas.
Henderson has his takedown stuffed
letting Lucas counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henderson at a distance.
Henderson fails with the takedown
and Lucas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Lucas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lucas, as that shot connected.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Henderson fails with the takedown
and Lucas counters with a nice uppercut.
Dan Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lucas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lucas looks to land a combination but Henderson avoids it well.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lucas.
Henderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lucas scores with a body shot.
Henderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lucas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henderson scrambles back to his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Lucas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lucas.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lucas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lucas throws a chopping leg kick but Henderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lucas throws a combination. Henderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Henderson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Henderson has his takedown stuffed
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Henderson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
The crowd cheers as Lucas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Henderson doesn't seem phased though.
Lucas lands a nice shot that snaps Henderson's head back.
Nice cross by Lucas.
Lucas misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Lucas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henderson fails with the takedown
and Lucas counters with a straight right hand.
Henderson walks into a jab.
Henderson with a poor takedown
and Henderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lucas stalks Henderson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Henderson's face. Henderson staggers backwards, shaken.
Henderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Henderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas wants to land a leg kick but Henderson is out of range.
Henderson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lucas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lucas scores with a three punch combo!
Lucas scores with a body shot.
Henderson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Lucas counters with a nice uppercut.
Lucas lands with a hook. Henderson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lucas throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas misses with a two punch combination.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown but Lucas shows good takedown defense.
Lucas lands with an uppercut that bounces Henderson off the ropes and back into range.
Lucas slips a jab from Henderson.
Lucas scores with a nice head shot.
Nice sprawl there from Lucas as Henderson shoots in.
Lucas scores with a sloppy right hand. Henderson should have avoided that one.
Henderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lucas swivels and escapes.
Lucas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Lucas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Henderson fails with the takedown
and Lucas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henderson misses with a double jab
and Lucas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henderson wants to clinch.
Lucas lands a nice looking body shot.
Lucas connects with a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Henderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Lucas catches Henderson right on the button with a cross.
Lucas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lucas duly obliges.
Henderson walks into a straight right hand from Lucas.
Lucas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lucas lands a jab to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Lucas scores with a four punch combination!
Lucas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Henderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Henderson fails with the takedown
and Lucas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson with a poor takedown
enabling Lucas to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lucas with a nice cross.
Lucas connects with a crisp jab.
Lucas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lucas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson fails with the takedown
and Lucas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pedro Lucas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lucas cracks Henderson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Henderson has his takedown stuffed
and Lucas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Henderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lucas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lucas lands a jab.
Dan Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henderson misses with a combination
and Lucas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henderson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Lucas counter with a right hand.
Lucas is working the combinations to good effect here.
Lucas is looking to chop away at Henderson's legs.
Nice shot by Lucas.
Pedro Lucas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson has his takedown stuffed
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donk. Lucas catches Henderson right on the button with a cross.
Henderson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lucas counters with a nice uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Lucas there.
Henderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson shoots in looking for a takedown but Lucas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Henderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Lucas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lucas 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Lucas!