PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chip Freedom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freedom comes to the cage accompanied by Star Spangled Banner. Chip Freedom could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Henderson's chin.

Freedom
vs
Henderson

175 cm
34
162 lbs
16 - 17 - 2

177 cm
34
162 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 16 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Chip Freedom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Henderson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freedom throws a big shot that misses.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freedom.
A head kick misses from Freedom.
Henderson moves away from the strike by Freedom.
Freedom misses with a double jab.
Freedom misses with a series of wild punches.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Henderson staying out of range there.
Freedom gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Henderson.
Freedom throws a leg kick that is checked
and Henderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Freedom throws a leg kick but Henderson checks it.
Freedom drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Freedom lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Henderson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Henderson throws a one two combo.
Freedom looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Freedom.
Freedom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Freedom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Freedom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Henderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Henderson misses.
Freedom throws the left hand but Henderson avoids the punch easily.
Chip Freedom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson connects with a jab.
Henderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Freedom had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Henderson connects with a crisp jab.
Freedom looks to throw the jab but Henderson is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freedom. Henderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henderson blocks a leg kick.
Henderson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Henderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Freedom's head.
Henderson lands with a right hand.
A clash of legs there as Freedom blocks the low kick.
Henderson cracks Freedom with a good jab.
Freedom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Freedom.
Freedom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henderson.
Freedom feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hendersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Henderson pushes Freedom up against the cage in a clinch.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Freedom looks for the body kick but Henderson saw that one coming.
Freedom works the jab nicely.
Freedom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good shot there by Henderson.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left and a right from Henderson both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Chip Freedom has been cut.
Freedom misses with a straight left.
Henderson cracks Freedom with a good jab.
Freedom misses with a double jab
and Freedom takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Freedom has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Freedom tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Freedom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Freedom lands a glancing blow to the side of Henderson's head.
Freedom takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Freedom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson lands with a straight right. Freedom didn't see that one coming.
Freedom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henderson moves out of range as Freedom strikes.
Chip Freedom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freedom misses with an uppercut. Henderson saw that one coming.
Freedom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Henderson counters with a good low kick that Freedom was not able to check.
Freedom throws a leg kick
and Henderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No joy there for Freedom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henderson lands a jab to Freedom's midsection.
Henderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Henderson.
Henderson scores with a leg kick.
Freedom throws an overhand right that lands on Henderson's shoulder, as Henderson tries to avoid the shot.
Freedom avoids the head kick by Henderson.
Freedom misses with a wild body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henderson, right into the meat.
Henderson thuds his right hand into Freedom's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Henderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Freedom is looking to score with low kicks.
Freedom's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Henderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Freedom scrambles back to his feet.
Henderson throws a leg kick which misses Freedom's front leg but catches the back leg as Freedom tries to avoid it.

Henderson closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Freedom is rocked!

Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oh Freedom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henderson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henderson drops Freedom with a big left hand! Freedom is injured, injured bad! Henderson jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Henderson!
A very excited looking Matt Henderson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.