PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes to the cage accompanied by Jay Z- Big Pimpin. McDonald has chosen EARTH CRISIS: DESTROY THE MACHINES as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Henderson
vs
McDonald

176 cm
32
153 lbs
29 - 13 - 4

181 cm
38
167 lbs
35 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 29 - 13 - 4, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronald McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
McDonald tried to score with a low kick but Henderson checks it.
McDonald lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McDonald tries a head kick but it misses.
Henderson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McDonald misses with a left hand
and Henderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McDonald plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
McDonald throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henderson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Henderson blocks a head kick by McDonald.
A jab from McDonald misses.
McDonald throws a lazy right hand but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Henderson connects with an inside leg kick.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
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 tried to score with a low kick but McDonald checks it.
Henderson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McDonald's hands.
Henderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses McDonald's sensitive parts.
Henderson lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson ducks under a wild hook from McDonald.
An attempted straight right counter from Henderson misses the target.
Henderson lands an overhand right.
Henderson lands a body shot.
Henderson blocks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Henderson.
Henderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses McDonald's sensitive parts.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McDonald, right into the meat.
Henderson connects with a looping right hand.
McDonald throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
McDonald pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDonald gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Henderson.
McDonald throws a head kick that misses
and Henderson counters with a straight right hand.

McDonald is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McDonald is still on wobbly legs! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McDonald manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henderson takes a swing at McDonald's ribcage but misses.
Henderson misses with a straight left.
McDonald throws a wild body kick that Henderson sees coming a mile off.

McDonald clinches with his opponent.
McDonald digs a right hand into Henderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Henderson's gas tank.
McDonald misses with a body punch.
McDonald seems to have recovered his senses.
McDonald misses with a hook to the ribs.
McDonald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
McDonald looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McDonald tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Henderson.
Henderson lands with a left to the head.
McDonald prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Henderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but McDonald avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
McDonald has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson.

Henderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McDonald uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henderson.
McDonald is looking to clinch.
Henderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McDonald swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Henderson looks for the body kick but McDonald saw that one coming.
Henderson throws a looping overhand right but McDonald ducks down to avoid it.
Henderson scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Henderson.
McDonald thows a body kick. Henderson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
McDonald takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henderson thinks about countering with a body kick.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by McDonald!
Henderson misses with an uppercut.
McDonald ducks under a wild hook 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!
McDonald lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
McDonald throws a predictable looking body shot
and Henderson counters with a thumping low kick.
Henderson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but McDonald uses good head movement to avoid it.

McDonald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
McDonald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henderson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McDonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Henderson avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henderson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Henderson connects with a crisp jab.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
Mike Henderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Henderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Henderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McDonald lands a nice hook to Henderson's body. Henderson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McDonald throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good work by McDonald as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Henderson swings away with a body shot that misses
and McDonald counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McDonald throws a hook but Henderson blocks it.
McDonald tries to clinch but Henderson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a straight right.
It seemed like McDonald was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McDonald walks into a jab.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by McDonald.
McDonald is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henderson misses the jab.
McDonald tries to clinch up.
McDonald misses with a body shot.
McDonald swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson punishes McDonald's body with a nice straight punch.
Henderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McDonald connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McDonald scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald slips a jab from Henderson.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Henderson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McDonald has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McDonald and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Henderson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Henderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henderson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonald looks to throw a body kick
and Henderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good shot there by McDonald.
McDonald pushes Henderson away with a front kick.
Henderson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Henderson avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Henderson misses its intended target.
McDonald scores with a jab to the head.
Henderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald pushes Henderson away with a front kick.
Henderson misses with a hook.
McDonald swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McDonald misses with a jab to the body
enabling Henderson to counter with a crisp jab.
McDonald throws a jab when Henderson was well out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - McDonald finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McDonald takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McDonald throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Henderson counters with a nice low kick that buckles McDonald's knee momentarily.
McDonald tries a low kick but Henderson avoids it.
McDonald avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McDonald lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McDonald's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Henderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McDonald.
McDonald turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McDonald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson throws a right hand that misses
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and McDonald counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henderson.
Henderson misses with a straight right.
McDonald throws the kick towards the body but Henderson avoids it.
McDonald walks into a left hand.
A cross from Henderson lands.
Henderson tries to land a leg kick but McDonald saw it coming and moves away.
McDonald moves in looking to clinch but Henderson pushes him off.
Henderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McDonald goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
McDonald takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Henderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Henderson dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

McDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a hook
enabling McDonald to counter with a crisp jab.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McDonald scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Henderson moves away from the strike by McDonald.
McDonald misses with an uppercut.
Henderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Henderson gets tackled into the cage by McDonald. McDonald maintains the clinch.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Henderson breaks from the clinch.
McDonald tried to score with a low kick but Henderson checks it.
Henderson throwing a counter right hand but McDonald manages to avoid it.
McDonald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald throws a head kick that Henderson semi-blocks.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McDonald doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
An inside leg kick from Henderson misses.
McDonald throws a body shot but no joy.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McDonald was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
A big right from McDonald misses.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Henderson finds it's way through McDonald's defenses.
McDonald moves to clinch but Henderson breaks away
letting Henderson counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Henderson.
Ronald McDonald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

McDonald fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henderson, pushing him back against the cage.
Henderson prevents a body shot from McDonald.

Henderson breaks from the clinch.
Henderson scores with a nice right hand.
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!
An inside leg kick from Henderson misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Henderson.
McDonald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henderson.
McDonald misses with a body kick.
McDonald needs to keep his hands up - Henderson had a free shot at his head there.
Henderson throws a right hand that misses
and McDonald counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald's corner calls for a 1-2. McDonald obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
McDonald keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Henderson tries to work over McDonald's front leg with a kick but McDonald checks it.
Henderson dips to his left and cracks McDonald with an uppercut!
McDonald tries to move into range but Henderson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
McDonald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henderson manages to avoid it.
McDonald drops his hands momentarily and Henderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McDonald throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
McDonald throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Henderson on the side of the head.
McDonald takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henderson moves out of range of the body kick from McDonald.
Henderson misses with a body punch
and McDonald counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McDonald tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Henderson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McDonald.
Henderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDonald can do to turn this around?
Henderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McDonald misses with a shot to the body
and Henderson counters with a straight right hand.
McDonald misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henderson.

McDonald clinches.
McDonald blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice right hand lands inside from McDonald.
Henderson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McDonald up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
McDonald's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDonald swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Henderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Henderson!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Henderson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.