PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Henderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to American Bad Ass. Souza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sex Dwarf kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the ring it seems that Mike Henderson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mike Henderson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Henderson
vs
Souza

176 cm
21
152 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

162 cm
23
150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donaldo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mike Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Henderson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mike Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.
Souza walks into a jab.
Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henderson looks to throw the jab but Souza is out of range.
Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt
and Henderson counters with an outside leg kick.
Henderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
Henderson misses with a looping right.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson scores with a sloppy right hand. Souza should have avoided that one.
Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henderson circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Souza on that attempt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd cheers as Henderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Souza doesn't seem phased though.
Henderson throws an overhand right that lands on Souza's shoulder, as Souza tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Souza checks the leg kick.
Henderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Henderson lands a head shot.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Henderson as he jumps to the side.
Nice straight punches there by Henderson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Henderson.
Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Souza.
Henderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Henderson thuds his right hand into Souza's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Henderson cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
Souza shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense.
Souza misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson works over Souza's head and body with a nice combination.
Henderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henderson misses with a wild body shot.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Souza shoots in but no luck this time.
Henderson jabs at Souza's body.
Mike Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henderson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Henderson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Souza is trying desperately to land a takedown but Henderson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Souza.
Souza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Souza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Henderson pulls Souza in to control the position.
Souza trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Henderson is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson wants to control but Souza passes easily into half guard.
Henderson wants to control but Souza is keeping busy.
Souza trying to control the pace.
Souza wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Henderson wants to control but Souza is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Henderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt
and Henderson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Souza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Henderson tries to avoid it but Souza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Henderson to the ground. Henderson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A big left from Henderson misses.
Henderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Henderson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Henderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That kick from Henderson tenderised Souza's leg. Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henderson circles away.
Souza checks a low kick from Henderson.
Souza shoots for a double leg takedown but Henderson sprawls well. He's pushed Souza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A big left from Henderson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henderson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Souza shoots in and drives through. Henderson sprawls well.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Souza shoots and misses
enabling Henderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Henderson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Souza dives in and grabs Henderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Mike Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.
Souza fails with the takedown.
Souza dives in and grabs Henderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Henderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Souza. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Souza avoids a kick to the body.
Henderson cracks Souza with a good jab.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Henderson misses.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Henderson swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Henderson as Souza shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson with a nice cross.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henderson scores with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Henderson misses.
Henderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Souza. Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Henderson cracks Souza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henderson lands with a right hand.
Souza shoots in looking for a takedown but Henderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Souza's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Henderson clobbers Souza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza tries for a takedown but Henderson circles away easily
and Henderson counters with a left to the body.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Henderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Souza. Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Decent striking displayed by Souza there.
Henderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Souza is just out of range.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Henderson.
Henderson with a hook.
Henderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson misses with a left hand

and Souza counters with a nice double leg into side control. Henderson won't be happy with that.
Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.
Souza in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Henderson wants to control but Souza postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is not content to let Souza control the position.

Souza thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.

Souza swings around for an armbar but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Souza's guard.
Henderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Henderson controls the pace.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Henderson wants to control from the top but Souza keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Henderson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Souza fails to land the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Souza has his takedown stuffed
and Henderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Souza thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henderson dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Henderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Souza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Henderson tries a low kick but Souza avoids it.

Souza drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Henderson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Souza's guard.
Henderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Souza is retaining full guard.
Henderson wants to control from the top but Souza keeps moving.
Henderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Souza wants to sweep here but Henderson controlling him for the moment.
Henderson stands and throws Souza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Henderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Henderson lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson landing a few strikes.
Henderson is staying tight to Souza's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Henderson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Souza isn't going anywhere.
Henderson tries to score with some ground and pound. Souza controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Henderson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Souza is trying to control Henderson's posture but Henderson avoids it.
Henderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Souza keeps working.
Souza regains half guard there - taking advantage of Henderson's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson prevents Souza from improving his position.
Souza trying to control but Henderson postures up.
Henderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Souza keeps working.
Henderson controlling the action here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Souza tries to roll over but Henderson keeps him under control.
Donaldo Souza has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson working over Souza with some ground and pound. Souza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henderson trying to control the pace.
Souza tries to roll over but Henderson keeps him under control.
Henderson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Souza!
Henderson punching from mount but Souza doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henderson controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson with good strikes from the mount here!
Henderson controlling his opponent.
Souza tries to reverse the position but Henderson maintains control.
Henderson wants to control the pace but Souza is squirming around nicely.
Henderson avoids the attempt from Souza to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Souza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henderson clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Henderson misses with a low kick as Souza jumps back.
Henderson scores with a jab. Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Henderson throws a chopping leg kick but Souza manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Souza thows a body shot but no joy.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henderson connects with a single shot there.
Mike Henderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Henderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Souza is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henderson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Henderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Henderson lands a jab to the nose.
Henderson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souza moves away.
Souza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henderson circles away.
Mike Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.
Henderson throws a hook but Souza blocks it.
Souza has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Souza's hands.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
Souza shoots in and drives through. Henderson sprawls well.
Souza is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A jab from Henderson finds it's way through Souza's defenses.
Henderson lands with a good body shot.
Henderson misses with a double jab.
Henderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Souza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Henderson lands a really nice looking cross but Souza seems unphased.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Souza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Souza shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Souza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Souza avoids the body shot from Henderson.
Henderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Souza tries for a takedown but Henderson circles away easily
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Henderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Henderson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Henderson throws a low kick but Souza avoids it.
Jab by Henderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a lovely overhand right.
Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
Henderson works Souza's body with a nice hook.
Henderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot by Henderson.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Souza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henderson.
Donaldo Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza shoots and misses
and Henderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Henderson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Souza.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Henderson as he jumps to the side.
Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henderson.
Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
Souza has his takedown stuffed
and Henderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Henderson. That snapped Souza's head back.

Souza scores with a takedown into Henderson's guard.
Henderson pulls Souza in close to his closed guard and prevents Souza from doing any damage or advancing position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Souza is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henderson had his way with Donaldo Souza in 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. This is the final round!

Henderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Souza with a lazy takedown attempt
and Henderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but Henderson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Henderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Souza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Henderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mike Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donaldo Souza.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Souza avoids them all with ease.

Souza scores with a takedown into Henderson's guard.
Henderson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Henderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Henderson is trying to control the position but Souza postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to sweep but instead, Souza has passed into half guard.
Souza trying to mount his opponent but Henderson defends it.
Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Henderson keeps working.

Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Henderson wants to get back to full guard.
Henderson gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Souza engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Henderson wants to control the position but Souza says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Souza is pressing down on Henderson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henderson is holding on for now.
Souza wants to take a breather but Henderson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza is thwarting Henderson's attempts to control the position.
Souza wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
Donaldo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souza controlling the action here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Donaldo Souza was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
Henderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Henderson trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Souza.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henderson looking to control.
Souza trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Souza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Mike Henderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Souza throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Donaldo Souza.
I think Henderson 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Mike Henderson!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Mike Henderson!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Mike Henderson!

Mike Henderson wins by unanimous decision!
Mike Henderson retains his featherweight title!
Our winner, Mike Henderson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.