PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Artis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benson Henderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marshall Artis's chin.

Artis
vs
Henderson

180 cm
19
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
153 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marshall Artis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benson Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Francis DeMontford and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Artis. Beautiful body shot.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Artis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Benson Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Artis throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
Artis lands a head kick!
Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Artis.
Henderson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A punch combination from Henderson misses.
Henderson misses with a body kick.

Henderson rushes Artis and presses him up against the cage.
Artis avoiding damage.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Artis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Henderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Artis gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Artis stalling the fight.
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Artis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Artis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson.
Artis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Artis.
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artis scores a nice knee to the body.
Artis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short left from Artis.
Artis swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Artis is stalling here.
Henderson avoiding damage as Artis throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artis working Henderson over with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Artis.
Henderson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Artis after a bit of a struggle.
Artis lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Benson Henderson has been cut.
Artis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson looks winded!
Artis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Henderson is rocked!
Artis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Artis controlling the action here for a moment.
Artis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Artis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Artis connects with a knee to the head.
Henderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Artis finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson has Artis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Artis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marshall Artis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benson Henderson.
Artis working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Artis landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artis.
Artis lands a nice knee to the body.
Artis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Artis lands a knee to the body.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Artis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Artis lands a damaging elbow.
Artis slowing the pace effectively.
Artis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Artis lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Artis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benson Henderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Artis connects with a right hand. Henderson shakes it off.
Artis throws a nice head kick!
Henderson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Henderson duly obliges.
Henderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Artis scores with a shot to the body.

Artis rushes Henderson and presses him up against the cage.
Artis with a knee to the head.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Artis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Artis effectively controlling the action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Artis.
Artis lands a knee to the body.
Henderson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Artis.
Artis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marshall Artis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Artis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Artis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Artis throws a head punch that misses.
Artis lands an elbow inside that Henderson shrugs off.
Artis lands a nice knee to the body.
Artis lands with a right to the head.
We've been informed that Henderson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The referee is keeping an eye on Artis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Artis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Artis stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Artis.
Henderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Artis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Artis just leaning against Henderson, taking a breather.
Artis has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Artis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Artis lands a big right hand that drops Henderson! The killer instinct kicks in and Artis finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Artis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshall Artis!