PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck WIlson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benson Henderson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Henderson
vs
WIlson

185 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

172 cm
24
175 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benson Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuck WIlson!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
WIlson looks to land a combination but Henderson avoids it well.
Henderson misses with a head kick.
WIlson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Henderson closes this distance looking for a takedown but WIlson circles away.
WIlson moves in looking to clinch but Henderson pushes him off.
WIlson doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
WIlson 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 gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Henderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson stops WIlson from getting back to his feet.
WIlson tries to get to full guard but Henderson has control of the leg.
Henderson throws a strike but WIlson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
WIlson looking for a sweep. Not yet WIlson, not yet.
Henderson is looking to stand up but WIlson won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
WIlson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Henderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of WIlson's head.
Henderson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Henderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
WIlson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
WIlson trying to control the position here.
WIlson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henderson prevents WIlson from getting back to his feet.
Henderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henderson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson prevents WIlson from getting back to his feet.
Henderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

WIlson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Henderson defends it easily.
Henderson looking to pass the guard.
Henderson scoring with punches to the head and body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Henderson won't allow WIlson to sweep him here.
Henderson wants to control from the top but WIlson keeps moving.
Henderson throws a strike but WIlson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
WIlson passes Henderson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
WIlson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Henderson regains half guard.

Henderson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but WIlson pulls his head out easily.
Henderson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Henderson tries to get out of the position.

Henderson actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is refusing to be controlled, as WIlson sits in half guard.
Henderson trying to get back to full guard but WIlson takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Henderson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Henderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
WIlson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Henderson because WIlson loaded up on that one.
Henderson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
WIlson tries to control but Henderson wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Benson Henderson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

WIlson is looking to clinch.
WIlson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson misses the jab.
WIlson wants to clinch but Henderson slips to the side
and Henderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

WIlson tries to keep at a distance but Henderson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
WIlson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Henderson wants to break free but WIlson has control.
WIlson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson tries to break free but WIlson pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
WIlson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson slows down the pace here.
WIlson stops a takedown attempt from Henderson.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but WIlson has him pressed against the cage.
WIlson tries to circle away but Henderson has him pinned against the cage.
Henderson avoids a wild elbow strike from WIlson.
WIlson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by WIlson after a bit of a struggle.
WIlson is trying to break the clinch but Henderson is controlling him.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
WIlson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. WIlson smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benson Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Henderson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Henderson tries to pull guard but WIlson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
WIlson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
WIlson prevents a takedown attempt there.
WIlson is trying to maintain a safe position but Henderson gets an underhook and turns WIlson into the cage.
WIlson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
WIlson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
WIlson throws a knee to the head but misses.
WIlson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
WIlson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
WIlson throws a head punch that misses.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Henderson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henderson avoiding damage as WIlson throws knees to the body.
Henderson misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from WIlson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson fails to pull guard.
WIlson landing knees to the head.

It looks like Benson Henderson has been cut.
WIlson misses with a short punch on the inside.
WIlson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from WIlson, against the cage.
Henderson wants to break free but WIlson has control.
WIlson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
WIlson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from WIlson.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henderson as WIlson tries to tie him up.
Henderson blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
WIlson missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
WIlson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hendersons head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck WIlson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Benson Henderson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Henderson 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.
WIlson tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
WIlson tries to clinch but Henderson is having none of it.
Henderson throws a lazy right hand but WIlson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some wild striking there from Henderson.
WIlson tries to clinch but Henderson is having none of it.
Henderson looks for a takedown but WIlson sprawls well.
WIlson tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
WIlson tries to clinch but Henderson moves away
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
WIlson tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.

Henderson gets tackled into the cage by WIlson. WIlson maintains the clinch.
WIlson avoids the elbow strike from Henderson, against the cage.

Henderson decides to pull guard.

WIlson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Henderson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, WIlson has managed to get both his arms back between Henderson's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
WIlson throwing strikes but missing.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing WIlson from controlling successfully.

Henderson throws his legs up looking for a submission but WIlson uses it to pass to side control.

WIlson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Henderson throws a hook to the side of WIlson's head but WIlson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
WIlson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by WIlson which made him look bad.

Henderson rushes WIlson and presses him up against the cage.
WIlson trying to land knees to the body.
WIlson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
WIlson lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
WIlson throws a knee to the head but misses.

WIlson manages to break the clinch.
Chuck WIlson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
WIlson misses with the combination.
WIlson 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 scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
WIlson scores with a spinning back kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
WIlson tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
WIlson doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
WIlson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
WIlson lands with a slapping head kick.
WIlson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.

WIlson closes the distance and pushes Henderson back into the cage.
WIlson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
WIlson misses with a knee strike.
Chuck WIlson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Henderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
WIlson looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benson Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
WIlson is looking to control Henderson's arms but Henderson gets an underhook and turns him. Now WIlson has his back to the cage.
WIlson is looking to break free of the clinch but Henderson has double underhooks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
WIlson is trying to stall.
WIlson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henderson avoiding damage as WIlson throws knees to the body.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from WIlson, against the cage.
WIlson throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henderson as WIlson tries to tie him up.
Henderson avoiding damage as WIlson throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck WIlson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think WIlson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck WIlson!
Chuck WIlson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.