PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trey Goodman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goodman has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The key to victory for Trey Goodman has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Goodman
vs
Henderson

182 cm
26
270 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

200 cm
26
275 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trey Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Henderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Goodman. Goodman gets slowly back to his feet.
Goodman is breathing heavily.
A big left from Henderson misses.
Henderson misses with an uppercut.
Henderson lands with a nice combination. Goodman backs away looking to recover.
Henderson leaves Goodman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henderson takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Henderson digs a good body shot into Goodman's ribs.
Goodman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henderson.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Henderson misses the jab.
Goodman throws a hook but Henderson blocks it.
Goodman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Goodman moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Goodman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Goodman misses its intended target.
Henderson lunges at Goodman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Goodman's hand.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goodman was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Goodman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Goodman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Goodman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henderson slips a straight right by Goodman.
Goodman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Goodman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Henderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Goodman blocks a jab.
Goodman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Goodman moves out of range.
Henderson misses with a few strikes there.
Goodman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Goodman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henderson in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Goodman.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Goodman shoots for a double leg takedown but Henderson sprawls well. He's pushed Goodman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Henderson misses.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Goodman avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henderson scores with a jab. Goodman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Goodman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big right from Henderson misses.
Henderson throws a one two combo.
Goodman moves out of range of the strikes.
Henderson throws a body punch but Goodman moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodman misses with a wild combination.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Goodman defending well as Henderson loads up on a big left hand.
Henderson throws a body punch but Goodman moves out of range.
Henderson slaps away a takedown attempt from Goodman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Henderson misses with a few strikes there.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henderson throws a one two combo.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Goodman misses the target.
Henderson slips a jab from Goodman.
Trey Goodman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Goodman.
Henderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goodman manages to avoid it.
Henderson lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Goodman.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goodman throws a hook but Henderson avoids it easily.
Goodman lands an overhand right.
Some wild striking there from Henderson.
Goodman tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henderson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Goodman somewhat.
Henderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Henderson loads up on a big right hand but Goodman slips the punch.
Goodman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Henderson dominated that 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.

Henderson swinging wildly here.
Henderson tries to bum rush Goodman with a series of wild strikes but Goodman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Goodman on that attempt.
Goodman blocks a jab.
Goodman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Goodman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Goodman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Henderson counter with a right hand.
Henderson swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson tries to bum rush Goodman with a series of wild strikes but Goodman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Tim Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Goodman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goodman circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goodman circles away quickly and effectively.
Goodman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Henderson throws an overhand right that lands on Goodman's shoulder, as Goodman tries to avoid the shot.
Henderson throws an overhand right that lands on Goodman's shoulder, as Goodman tries to avoid the shot.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Henderson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Goodman misses with a series of wild punches.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henderson misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Goodman shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Goodman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Henderson misses with a looping right.
Tim Henderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Henderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Goodman's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left and a right from Henderson both land. Nice combination.
Goodman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henderson.
It looked like Goodman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Goodman avoids the body shot from Henderson.
Goodman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Goodman misses the target.
Goodman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henderson momentarily.
Goodman misses with a takedown attempt - Henderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henderson misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Goodman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Goodman throws a nice looking combination but Henderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson throws a counter combo.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Goodman moves out of range.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goodman circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Goodman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Henderson.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henderson misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a body punch but Goodman moves out of range.
Goodman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goodman throws a hook but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henderson tries to bum rush Goodman with a series of wild strikes but Goodman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Henderson misses.
Goodman throws a jab but it's blocked by Henderson.
Goodman dodges the punch combination from Henderson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Goodman on that attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Henderson. Those never looked like landing.
Goodman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Henderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Goodman throws a right and a left that Henderson avoids nicely.
Despite the aggression on Henderson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Henderson 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!

Henderson misses with a double jab.
Henderson takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Goodman is looking to counter punch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Goodman. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Henderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Henderson looks to score with a jab to the body but Goodman is just out of range.
Goodman dodges the punch combination from Henderson.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Goodman might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Henderson misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goodman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Goodman slips under a jab.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Goodman circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson swings for the body but Goodman moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Goodman is looking to counter punch.
Henderson throws a right hand that Goodman ducks under and follows up with a left that Goodman also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Henderson.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Goodman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Henderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Goodman dives in and grabs Henderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes down on Goodman's head and hops out.
Despite the aggression on Henderson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Trey Goodman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Goodman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Henderson.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Henderson misses with a double jab.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Goodman seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Goodman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henderson's waist but Henderson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Goodman off to one side.
Trey Goodman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Henderson throws a combination. Goodman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson throws a nice looking combination but Goodman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Goodman closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henderson circles away.
Henderson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Goodman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goodman was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Henderson slaps away a takedown attempt from Goodman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Goodman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henderson throws a right hand that Goodman ducks under and follows up with a left that Goodman also avoids with ease.
Henderson misses with a wild body shot.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Goodman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goodman throws a series of punches but Henderson avoids them all with ease.
Henderson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Goodman avoids them all with ease.
Goodman shoots in looking for a takedown but Henderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Goodman's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Henderson throws a counter combo.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goodman.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goodman.
Goodman misses with a wild combination.
Henderson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Goodman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Goodman.
Goodman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Goodman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Henderson misses.
Henderson misses with a few strikes there.
Goodman dives in for a single leg takedown but Henderson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Henderson missing with a left hand there. Goodman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Goodman looks for a takedown but Henderson sprawls well.
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!
Goodman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Goodman avoids it well.
Henderson throws a shot from downtown. Goodman moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Goodman misses the target.
Henderson misses with a left hand
and Goodman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Goodman swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Henderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Henderson 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Henderson!