PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between john scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

scott
vs
Henderson

180 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, john scott!
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, Brandon Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
scott scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from scott.
Henderson tries a head kick but it misses.
Henderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from scott.

Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Henderson tries to stand and escape but scott is controlling the position.
Henderson stalling.
scott pushes Henderson off but Henderson dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henderson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
An elbow from Henderson crashes against the mat.
Henderson wants to control for a moment but scott uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
scott knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henderson on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

scott decides to stand up.
Nice sprawl there from scott as Henderson shoots in.
scott lands a body shot.
john scott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henderson looks gassed!
scott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
scott connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Henderson to the floor! scott dives in looking for the finish!

Henderson is rocked!

It looks like Brandon Henderson has been cut.
Henderson is trying to maintain the position but scott is very close to passing his half guard.
Henderson is still in real trouble! Can scott finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
scott is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Henderson trying to control but scott postures up.
scott tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Henderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Henderson is trying to control but scott passes into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
scott wants to stand but Henderson has his arm trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

john scott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Henderson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Henderson lands a high kick!
A punch combination from scott misses.
scott takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says scott as he avoids it easily.
scott keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
john scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
scott scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
scott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
scott throws a hook but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Henderson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Henderson blocks a jab.

Henderson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
scott is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henderson in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. scott tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Henderson!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brandon Henderson!