PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Butterfly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson's entrance music is Jay Z- Big Pimpin. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Henderson
vs
Butterfly

176 cm
31
153 lbs
28 - 12 - 4

174 cm
28
161 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 28 - 12 - 4, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brett Butterfly!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butterfly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Henderson takes a step back to recover.
Butterfly misses with a low kick.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Butterfly.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butterfly circles away quickly and effectively.
A low kick from Butterfly misses
and Henderson counters with a straight right hand.
Butterfly takes a jab right on the kisser.
Butterfly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Henderson.
Henderson cracks the inside of Butterfly's front leg.
Henderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Butterfly.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Butterfly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Butterfly missing with a left hand there. Henderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Butterfly misses with a body kick.
Brett Butterfly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Butterfly tenderised Henderson's leg. Henderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Butterfly throws a push kick but Henderson slaps the foot to one side.
Butterfly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Henderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butterfly scores with a head kick.
Henderson misses with an uppercut

and Butterfly counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Butterfly tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard.
Butterfly preventing the sweep.
Butterfly looking to pass the guard.
Henderson working a defensive guard here.
Butterfly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Henderson controlling Butterfly's posture.
Henderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Henderson, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is pulling down on Butterfly's head. It's preventing any offense from Butterfly, at least for the moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Butterfly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Butterfly.
Butterfly scores with a jab.
Butterfly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Henderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Henderson defending well as Butterfly loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Butterfly misses
and Henderson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Butterfly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Butterfly as he connects with a hook.
Butterfly throws a low kick, looking for Henderson's leg but Henderson calmly moves out of range.
Henderson checks a low kick from Butterfly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butterfly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Butterfly jabs Henderson right on the nose. Henderson blinks but takes it well.
Butterfly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Butterfly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Butterfly misses with a shot to the body
and Henderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henderson tries to land a leg kick but Butterfly saw it coming and moves away.
Butterfly misses with a looping right.
Butterfly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Butterfly.
Butterfly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Butterfly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Butterfly throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Henderson misses

so Butterfly counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Henderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Henderson, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butterfly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Butterfly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henderson is looking to sweep but instead, Butterfly has passed into half guard.
Butterfly throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.

Butterfly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Henderson defends it well.
Henderson is looking to get back to full guard here but Butterfly has managed to pass to side control instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Butterfly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Butterfly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Henderson misses the target.
Butterfly scores with a body shot.
Butterfly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Butterfly.
Butterfly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Butterfly if he has to take too many more of those.
Butterfly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Henderson looks to land a body kick but Butterfly moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butterfly throws a body kick that misses.
Butterfly throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Butterfly misses the shot to the body.
Brett Butterfly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Henderson.
Butterfly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butterfly throws a low kick but Henderson avoids it.
Butterfly doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
Butterfly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henderson.
Butterfly lands a nice shot that snaps Henderson's head back.
Butterfly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Butterfly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Henderson thuds his right hand into Butterfly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Butterfly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Henderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Butterfly.
Butterfly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Henderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Henderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Henderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Butterfly is defended easily by Henderson.
Henderson blocks a head kick by Butterfly.
Butterfly misses with a lunging right hand
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Henderson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Butterfly throws a right hand that misses
and Henderson counters with a nice body kick.
A clash of legs there as Butterfly blocks the low kick.
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Butterfly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson scoring well with a low kick there.
Henderson walks into a straight right hand from Butterfly.
Butterfly loads up on a big right hand but Henderson slips the punch.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Butterfly moved out of range nicely.
Henderson tries to move into range but Butterfly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Butterfly lands a nice looking body shot.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butterfly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Butterfly shoots in looking for a takedown but Henderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Butterfly's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Butterfly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Henderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Butterfly throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butterfly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Henderson can pounce on him.
A punch combination from Butterfly misses.
Butterfly wants to slow Henderson down by chopping away at his legs.
Butterfly works Henderson's body with a nice hook.
Mike Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Butterfly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Butterfly throws a big shot that misses.
Butterfly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Butterfly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mike Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brett Butterfly.
A punch combination from Butterfly misses.
Butterfly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henderson.
Butterfly lands an overhand right.
Henderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butterfly.
Butterfly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Brett Butterfly has been cut.
A good leg kick by Henderson.
Butterfly throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butterfly with a nice cross.
Henderson lands a slapping body shot.
Butterfly throws a lazy body kick
and Butterfly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henderson.
Henderson throws a poor cross that misses

and Butterfly counters with a single leg into guard. Henderson didn't expect that.
Henderson controls Butterfly momentarily but Butterfly frees himself.
Henderson is controlling Butterfly's posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson is looking to sweep but instead, Butterfly has passed into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brett Butterfly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brett Butterfly's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Henderson throws a front kick aimed at Butterfly's knee but Butterfly avoids it well.
Henderson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Henderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Henderson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Butterfly misses with an uppercut.
Henderson walks into a stiff left hand from Butterfly.
Butterfly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Henderson is out of range and Butterfly settles back down.
Butterfly looks to land a left hand but Henderson moved out of range nicely.
Butterfly tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Butterfly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henderson manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Butterfly moved out of range nicely.
Butterfly lands a nice shot to the body.
Henderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butterfly.
Butterfly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Henderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a looping right.
Butterfly connects with a leg kick. Henderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Henderson tried to score with a low kick but Butterfly checks it.
Butterfly takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.

Butterfly gets a double leg takedown into Henderson's guard.
Butterfly stopping the sweep attempt from Henderson.
Brett Butterfly has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henderson is trying to control the position but Butterfly postures up.
Butterfly preventing the sweep.
Henderson controls Butterfly momentarily but Butterfly frees himself.
Henderson keeping full guard, as Butterfly tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is trying to keep Butterfly in close.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Henderson looking for a sweep. Not yet Henderson, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Butterfly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butterfly connects with an inside leg kick.
Henderson 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.
Butterfly jabs at Henderson's body.
Henderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Butterfly misses its intended target.
Butterfly misses with an uppercut.
Henderson throws the kick towards the body but Butterfly avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a lazy right hand but Butterfly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Henderson scores with a nice strike.
Butterfly fails to land the takedown.
Butterfly throws a shot from downtown. Henderson moves away and avoids it.
Henderson is looking to slow Butterfly down with leg kicks.
Henderson with a nice cross.
Brett Butterfly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Butterfly checks it.
Butterfly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Butterfly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Henderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Henderson slips under a jab from Butterfly.
Henderson throws a leg kick

and Butterfly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Henderson's guard.
Butterfly wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
Butterfly won't allow Henderson to sweep him here.
Mike Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson wants to stand and escape but Butterfly is having none of it.
Butterfly wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
Henderson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Henderson working a defensive guard here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Henderson pulls Butterfly in close to his closed guard and prevents Butterfly from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brett Butterfly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Butterfly 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brett Butterfly!
The defeated Mike Henderson had this to say: 'I knew he was going to try and just wrestle me. Just hold me down and hold on to me. Oh well maybe next he will want to fight instead of just hug me.'.