PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rain Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernandez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crush 'Em by Megadeth. Dan Henderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Henderson
vs
Hernandez

184 cm
29
190 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

193 cm
32
202 lbs
21 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 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 21 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rain Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernandez is just out of range.
Hernandez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Hernandez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Henderson misses its intended target.

Henderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hernandez scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dan Henderson has been cut.
Hernandez blocks an uppercut.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
A short right from Henderson.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hernandez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hernandez is keeping busy.
Hernandez landing knees to the head.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hernandez misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hernandez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Henderson's brow.
Henderson tries to work over Hernandez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez landing knees to the head.
Henderson pushes Hernandez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hernandez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hernandez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henderson wants to break free but Hernandez has control.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Hernandez, against the cage.
Hernandez pushes Henderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hernandez scores with a knee to the head.
Hernandez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Hernandez lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Henderson on the inside.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hernandez is keeping busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hernandez manages to break the clinch.
Hernandez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dan Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hernandez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Henderson.
Henderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Hernandez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henderson.
Hernandez lands a head kick!
Henderson blocks a head kick by Hernandez.
Henderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Henderson gets a clinch.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hernandez.
Henderson tries a body shot but Hernandez blocks it.
Hernandez scores a nice knee to the body.
Hernandez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Hernandez avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Henderson scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hernandez blocks an uppercut.
Henderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hernandez looking to slow down the pace here.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Hernandez avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.

Hernandez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henderson misses with an uppercut. Hernandez saw that one coming.

Henderson moves into range and clinches up with Hernandez.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Henderson wants to stall.
Henderson lands with a short shot to the head.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson takes a shot to the head.
Hernandez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Hernandez controls his hands.
Henderson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hernandez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.
Hernandez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henderson tries to work over Hernandez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Hernandez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hernandez misses with a knee strike.
Henderson misses with a body punch.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hernandez has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hernandez misses with a knee strike.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hernandez.
Henderson lands a left hand.
Henderson is trying to maintain a safe position but Hernandez gets an underhook and turns Henderson into the cage.
Hernandez tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez lands a head kick. Henderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Dan Henderson's cut is getting worse.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Henderson looks to throw the jab but Hernandez is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rain Hernandez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Henderson misses with a looping left.

Henderson drops Hernandez with a beautiful combination! Hernandez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Henderson is looking for the KO!

It looks like Rain Hernandez has been cut.
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!
Hernandez checks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hernandez.
Rain Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hernandez walks into a jab.

Hernandez is rocked!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hernandez is still on wobbly legs! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hernandez ducks under a wild hook from Henderson.
Hernandez seems to have recovered his senses.
Dan Henderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Good exchange - Hernandez coming out on top.
Henderson throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.
Henderson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hernandez misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez connects with a right hand. Henderson shakes it off.
Henderson throws a right hand that Hernandez ducks under and follows up with a left that Hernandez also avoids with ease.
Henderson throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Henderson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hernandez eats them both and turns towards Henderson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hernandez throws a nice head kick!
Henderson blocks a head kick by Hernandez.
Hernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Henderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Hernandez scores with a sloppy right hand. Henderson should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick by Hernandez misses
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hernandez. That's going to slow Henderson down.
Henderson throws a hook but Hernandez avoids it easily.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson throws a right hand that misses
and Hernandez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hernandez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hernandez throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Henderson. Those never looked like landing.
Hernandez works over Henderson's head and body with a nice combination.

Hernandez forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.
Hernandez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hernandez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.

Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Hernandez is breathing heavily.
Hernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Henderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Hernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez slips a straight right by Henderson.
Henderson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Henderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hernandez misses with a head kick.
Hernandez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Hernandez.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson blocks a head kick by Hernandez.
Henderson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Henderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Hernandez.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Henderson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Henderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses.
Hernandez moves out of range as Henderson strikes.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses.
Dan Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hernandez lands a high kick!
Henderson lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Henderson misses.
Hernandez slips a jab from Henderson.
Henderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hernandez throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Hernandez lands a head kick!
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Hernandez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez moves out of range as Henderson strikes.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Hernandez.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson clobbers Hernandez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Henderson misses the jab.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson throws a jab when Hernandez was well out of range.
Henderson misses the jab.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Henderson blocks a head kick by Hernandez.
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hernandez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson throws a shot from downtown. Hernandez moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a left hand
and Hernandez counters with a big head kick but Henderson shrugs it off.
Nice defenses there by Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses.
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hernandez scores with a leg kick.
Henderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hernandez. Hernandez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hernandez tries a head kick but it misses.
Henderson misses with a low kick.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
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!
Henderson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice body punch from Henderson.
Hernandez moves out of range as Henderson strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hernandez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hernandez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Hernandez.
Hernandez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hernandez stalling in the clinch.
Henderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hernandez backwards.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Hernandez.
Hernandez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hernandez is stalling here.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson throws a punch but it's blocked by Hernandez.
Henderson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Henderson.
Hernandez landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a shoulder strike.
Hernandez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hernandez looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.

Henderson breaks the clinch.
Henderson blocks a head kick by Hernandez.

Henderson moves into range and clinches up with Hernandez.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Hernandez has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
Hernandez lands a nice elbow.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Hernandez won't allow it.
Henderson is trying to push Hernandez away but Hernandez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hernandez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henderson misses with the head strike.
Henderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Hernandez.
Henderson lands with a left to the head.
Hernandez lands with a short head shot on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dan Henderson.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Dan Henderson!
Dan Henderson gave a mention to Fresh To Death Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).