PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Dray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dray comes to the cage accompanied by Champion. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dray
vs
Hendo

178 cm
22
196 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

180 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Determined

New World Order Clothing

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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Dray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dray.
Hendo ducks under a wild hook from Dray.
Dray doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hendo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Hendo darts in and clinches Dray up against the cage.
Hendo stalls.
Hendo stops a takedown attempt from Dray.
Hendo lands a nice elbow.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dray tries to score a body lock takedown but Hendo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Dray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hendo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hendo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dray is trying to drag Hendo to the mat but Hendo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A knee to the head by Hendo.
Dray wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dray drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dray is breathing heavily.
Hendo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hendo landing knees to the body.
Hendo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Hendo lands an elbow just above Dray 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Dray shrugs off.
Hendo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hendo obliges.
Hendo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hendo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hendo landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo working Dray over with knees to the body.
Hendo lands an elbow just above Dray 's eye.
Nice elbow from Hendo.
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hendo obliges.

Hendo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dray throws a hook but Hendo avoids it easily.

Dray tries to keep at a distance but Hendo has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hendo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hendo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hendo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hendo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dray swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dray shoots in but no luck this time.

Hendo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dray, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo scores with a knee to the head.
Dray takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hendo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dray takes an elbow to the temple.
Hendo with a knee to the head.
Hendo crunches a lovely knee into Dray's ribcage.
Hendo lands an elbow that stopped Dray in his tracks for a moment.

Hendo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hendo moves into the clinch.
Hendo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Dray is looking for a takedown.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendo scores a nice knee to the body.
Hendo lands a knee to the body.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hendo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nice elbow from Hendo.
Hendo has Dray pressed against the cage.
Hendo scores a nice knee to the body.
Hendo stops a takedown attempt from Dray.

Hendo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dray fails with the takedown

and Hendo counters by clinching up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hendo has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dray regains guard immediately.

Hendo stands up from Dray's guard - Hendo perhaps looking for a knockout.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Hendo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hendo clinches up against the cage.
Hendo lands a knee to the body.

Hendo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Hendo stands and steps away. Dray gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Hendo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dray wants a takedown.
Hendo crunches a lovely knee into Dray's ribcage.
Hendo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hendo lands a nice knee to the body.
Hendo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hendo lands an elbow just above Dray 's eye.

Hendo breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hendo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hendo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hendo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dray is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hendo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hendo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hendo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dray takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Hendo.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Danny Hendo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hendo scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hendo obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Hendo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hendo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendo working Dray over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Hendo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hendo scores a nice knee to the body.
Hendo lands a damaging elbow.

Hendo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hendo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendo tries to clinch but Dray is having none of it.
Hendo tries to close the distance and clinch but Dray swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dray misses with a straight right.
Danny Hendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendo stuffs the takedown attempt from Dray. Dray gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Dray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hendo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dray backs up against the cage.

Hendo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hendo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hendo stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Dray to get to his feet.
Hendo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dray was well out of range. Poor timing from Hendo.
The fighters circling - Dray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Hendo moves into range and clinches up with Dray.
Hendo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Hendo slows down the pace here.
Dray is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Hendo.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hendo obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Dray shrugs off.
Hendo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hendo lands a nice knee to the body.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dray drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hendo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hendo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dray takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Hendo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A right hook to the body lands for Hendo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Hendo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hendo moves into the clinch successfully.
Dray has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hendo after a bit of a struggle.
Dray is trying to drag Hendo to the mat but Hendo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hendo crunches a lovely knee into Dray's ribcage.
Hendo scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendo.
Hendo working Dray over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendo landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Hendo manages to break the clinch.

Hendo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hendo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hendo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Dray shrugs off.
Hendo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dray's face.
Nice body punch from Hendo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Hendo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hendo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Hendo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dray missing with a left hand there. Hendo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Hendo has Dray up against the cage in a clinch.
Dray is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hendo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Dray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hendo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Hendo with a knee to the head.
Hendo crunches a lovely knee into Dray's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dray lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from Hendo on the inside.
Hendo scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo lands a nice knee to the body.
Hendo lands a knee to the body.
Dray wants a takedown.
Dray goes for a takedown attempt but Hendo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hendo tries to clinch up.
Hendo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dray shoots in for a takedown but Hendo shows good takedown defense.
Hendo fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hendo clinches up with Dray and pushes him back against the cage.
Hendo crunches a lovely knee into Dray's ribcage.
Hendo lands a good knee to the midsection. Dray won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Hendo.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hendo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dray is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dray takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hendo lands a knee to the body.
Dray wants to take the fight to the mat but Hendo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hendo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dray takes an elbow to the temple.
Dray takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dray letting Hendo take a breather here.
Dray drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hendo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dray up against the cage.
Dray wants to take the fight to the mat but Hendo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Danny Hendo 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.
Dray takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hendo connects with a knee to the head.
Dray tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dray tries for a takedown but Hendo manages to get underhooks.
Dray drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hendo pulls his leg out and moves away.

Hendo gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dray is working for takedown but Hendo is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendo lands an elbow just above Dray 's eye.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ricky Dray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dray is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hendo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Hendo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hendo 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Hendo!
Danny Hendo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.