PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Azreal Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson has chosen Hollywood Undead - How We Roll as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Halo
vs
Henderson

184 cm
18
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azreal Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henderson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Henderson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Halo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Halo tries to bench press Henderson off him but Henderson keeps the position.
Henderson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Henderson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Halo, who protects the arm well.
Henderson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Henderson in side control, throwing shots but Halo defends.
Henderson lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on Henderson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

It looks like Azreal Halo has been cut.

Henderson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Henderson wants to control but Halo is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Henderson.
Halo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henderson is staying tight to Halo's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Henderson working the head and body with strikes.
Halo dodges the ground and pound from Henderson.
An elbow from Henderson crashes against the mat.
Halo is looking to regain half guard here but Henderson keeps moving and retains side control.
Halo is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Henderson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Halo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Halo is letting Henderson control him for a moment.
Henderson is putting a hurting on Halo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henderson trying to control the position but Halo is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Henderson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Halo wants to get back to his feet but Henderson drags him back down.
Henderson working the head with strikes.
Henderson tries to score with some ground and pound. Halo controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Henderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henderson looks up at the clock and then as Halo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Henderson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Henderson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Henderson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Halo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

Henderson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Henderson throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henderson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Halo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by Henderson.
Henderson controls the position from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sloppy strikes there by Henderson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Henderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Azreal Halo'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.

Halo dodges the punch combination from Henderson.
Good exchange - Halo coming out on top.
Halo misses the shot to the body.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses
and Halo counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Halo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Henderson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Halo wants to get back to his feet but Henderson passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Henderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Halo keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Henderson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Henderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Halo's head.
Halo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henderson.
Henderson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Henderson stands up from half guard.

Henderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson scores with a nice hook to the head.

Halo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Azreal Halo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henderson lands with a hook. Halo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
James Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Halo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Halo throws a lazy right hand but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Henderson feints the counter takedown.

Oooh a lovely combination from Henderson sends Halo down but not out. Henderson dives into side control looking to finish.

Halo is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Henderson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Oh Halo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Henderson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Halo is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Henderson yanks on the arm and Halo is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Henderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). James Henderson!
James Henderson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.