PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Stryker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stryker has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. Austin Stryker will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Henderson
vs
Stryker

180 cm
27
214 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

179 cm
27
196 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Austin Stryker!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stryker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stryker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stryker tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.

Stryker drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Stryker scores with a knee to the head.
Stryker lands a knee to the head.
Stryker tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Stryker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stryker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson tries to pull guard but Stryker won't allow it.
Stryker lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Dan Henderson has been cut.
Nice elbow from Stryker.
Stryker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Stryker looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stryker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Stryker works on Henderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Stryker tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stryker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henderson up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker with a knee to the head.
Stryker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stryker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Stryker is defending well.
Stryker misses with a knee strike.
Stryker misses with a knee strike.
Stryker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stryker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stryker prevents the takedown attempt.
Stryker lands with a short shot to the head.

Henderson jumps guard and drags Stryker to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Stryker from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Henderson holds on and takes a little breather.
Henderson wants to sweep here but Stryker controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker wanted to stand there but Henderson had control of the position.
Stryker throwing strikes from guard but Henderson blocks nicely.
Stryker tries to stand but Henderson is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stryker wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.

Henderson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Henderson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson thowing shots but they're missing.
Stryker tries to lock up and control but Henderson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henderson unloads with some shots from mount but Stryker bucks and avoids them well.
Henderson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Henderson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stryker is looking to get to half guard.
Henderson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henderson looking to ground and pound but Stryker is blocking nicely.
Henderson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stryker's face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson looking to finish with strikes here!
Stryker regains half guard.
Henderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stryker is trying to stand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson working Stryker over with strikes.

Henderson seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Stryker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Henderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dan Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick from Stryker lands but Henderson takes it in his stride.
Henderson looks for a takedown but Stryker sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stryker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Stryker as Henderson shoots in.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stryker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stryker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stryker was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Stryker scores with a jab.
Austin Stryker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stryker blocks a head kick by Henderson.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Stryker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henderson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stryker avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stryker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henderson scrambles back to his feet.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stryker sprawls well. Stryker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henderson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stryker moves in looking to clinch but Henderson pushes him off.
Jab by Stryker.

Stryker has managed to clinch.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson is trapped in a tight thai clinch here. Stryker pulls him left and then right before unleashing a vicious knee to the head. Oh damn - Henderson is out cold! That's some serious business! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Austin Stryker!
A relieved looking Austin Stryker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.