PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lerry Sancio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sancio comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Faint kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Lerry Sancio will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Henderson
vs
Sancio

180 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
170 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Henderson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lerry Sancio!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Sancio tenderised Henderson 's leg. Henderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Henderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Henderson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sancio defends well and Henderson ends up having to push Sancio into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Sancio breaks the clinch.
Henderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Sancio pushes Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.

Sancio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sancio throws a half hearted mid kick.

Sancio lands a big head kick that sends Henderson tumbling to the mat! Sancio takes a step backwards and waves Henderson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Henderson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henderson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sancio circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Henderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sancio's waist but Sancio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henderson off to one side.

Henderson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Henderson throwing strikes but Sancio manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Henderson seems a little lost for a moment, as Sancio dominates the positioning.
We've been hearing good reports from Henderson 's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Sancio trying to control the position but Henderson is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sancio remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Sancio has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sancio scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sancio can pounce on him.
Sancio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Henderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sancio.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sancio gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sancio manages to break the clinch.
A solid body kick from Sancio.
Sancio works Henderson 's body with a nice hook.
Sancio moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sancio throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sancio.
Sloppy strikes from Sancio. Those never looked like landing.

Sancio moves into the clinch successfully.
Sancio landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Sancio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sancio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.

Sancio lands a left and a right that send Henderson crashing to the mat, dazed. Sancio thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Henderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Dan Henderson has been cut.
Sancio scores with a spinning back kick!
Sancio feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Henderson crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Lerry Sancio!
After winning the bout, Lerry Sancio thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.