PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Dangerous Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dangerous Jr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. TNT - ACDC kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Johnny Dangerous Jr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Henderson
vs
Dangerous Jr

178 cm
21
179 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

188 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

House of Valor
RAGS of a RONIN

Pit Bull Development

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benson Henderson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Dangerous Jr!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dangerous Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Henderson seems unphased.
Dangerous Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Henderson misses the target.
Henderson lands with a nice combination. Dangerous Jr backs away looking to recover.
Dangerous Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henderson .
Dangerous Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dangerous Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dangerous Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr scores with the left hand. Henderson knows he should have avoided that one.
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 throws a body shot but no joy.
Dangerous Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Henderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dangerous Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson scores with a jab to the head.
Dangerous Jr has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dangerous Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dangerous Jr throws out a powerful jab.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dangerous Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dangerous Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Henderson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dangerous Jr counters with a good low kick that Henderson was not able to check.
Henderson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dangerous Jr on the side of the head.
Henderson thuds a left hand into Dangerous Jr's body.
Benson Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dangerous Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henderson cracks a nice hook into Dangerous Jr's ribs.
Dangerous Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dangerous Jr has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dangerous Jr dodges the punch combination from Henderson .
Dangerous Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henderson 's calf.
Henderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henderson lands a really nice looking cross but Dangerous Jr seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dangerous Jr misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dangerous Jr throws a series of punches but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson throwing a counter right hand but Dangerous Jr manages to avoid it.
Dangerous Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Henderson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Henderson .
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dangerous Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dangerous Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dangerous Jr walks into a left hand.
Dangerous Jr walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dangerous Jr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Henderson back to the cage. Dangerous Jr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Henderson rushes Dangerous Jr and presses him up against the cage.
Dangerous Jr takes a shot to the head.
Dangerous Jr is trying to drag Henderson to the mat but Henderson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A shot in the inside from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr blocks an uppercut.
Dangerous Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Dangerous Jr backwards.
Henderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson blocks a body shot from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
Dangerous Jr drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Dangerous Jr scores with a shoulder strike.
Henderson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Dangerous Jr lands a right hand.
Dangerous Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dangerous Jr is pushing Henderson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dangerous Jr throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson .
Dangerous Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dangerous Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dangerous Jr is trying to pull guard but Henderson has him pressed against the cage.
Benson Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Dangerous Jr is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Henderson can't fight it off and eventually Dangerous Jr manages to take the fight to the floor. Henderson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dangerous Jr lands a couple of elbows.
Dangerous Jr lands a couple of digs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dangerous Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henderson wants to stand but Dangerous Jr is controlling the position.
Dangerous Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny Dangerous Jr will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Henderson throws a good cross that connects.
Dangerous Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Henderson .
Henderson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dangerous Jr eats them both and turns towards Henderson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Henderson cracks Dangerous Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Henderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson throws a right and a left that Dangerous Jr avoids nicely.
Henderson checks the leg kick.
Henderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Henderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dangerous Jr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dangerous Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Henderson throws out the jab.
Dangerous Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dangerous Jr misses with an uppercut. Henderson saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Dangerous Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Dangerous Jr shoots for a double leg takedown but Henderson sprawls well. He's pushed Dangerous Jr's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Henderson misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dangerous Jr scores with a leg kick.
Dangerous Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dangerous Jr swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Henderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henderson defending well as Dangerous Jr loads up on a big left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Henderson .
Dangerous Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dangerous Jr throws out a loose jab but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson misses with a right hand
and Dangerous Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benson Henderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dangerous Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Dangerous Jr connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dangerous Jr throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Henderson throwing a counter right hand but Dangerous Jr manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dangerous Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Henderson tries to clinch but Dangerous Jr is having none of it.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Dangerous Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dangerous Jr looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dangerous Jr!
Dangerous Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson tries to clinch there but Dangerous Jr circles away.
Dangerous Jr ducks under a wild hook from Henderson .
Dangerous Jr misses with a looping right.
Dangerous Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Dangerous Jr staying out of range there.
Donk. Henderson catches Dangerous Jr right on the button with a cross.

Dangerous Jr closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Henderson quickly recovers to half guard.
Dangerous Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to kick Dangerous Jr off in order to stand up. Dangerous Jr Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Henderson is trying to buck Dangerous Jr off.
Dangerous Jr working the ground and pound.
Dangerous Jr prevents Henderson from escaping the position.
Dangerous Jr lands an elbow.
A lull in the action here.
Dangerous Jr lands an elbow.
Henderson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr lands a nice forearm strike.
Dangerous Jr wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
Henderson parries the strikes from Dangerous Jr easily there. Dangerous Jr is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Henderson to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dangerous Jr.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dangerous Jr creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Henderson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Henderson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dangerous Jr.
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson trying to remain calm as Dangerous Jr controls from the top position.
Henderson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dangerous Jr asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Dangerous Jr tries to advance to mount but can't.
Dangerous Jr is working Henderson over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Dangerous Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Henderson moves into the clinch.

Dangerous Jr gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dangerous Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Henderson pushes Dangerous Jr off looking to stand but Dangerous Jr dives back in and keeps control.
Henderson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Dangerous Jr working over Henderson with some ground and pound. Henderson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dangerous Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dangerous Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henderson pushes Dangerous Jr off looking to stand but Dangerous Jr dives back in and keeps control.
Henderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dangerous Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dangerous Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dangerous Jr thows a huge punch but Henderson dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henderson pushes Dangerous Jr off looking to stand but Dangerous Jr dives back in and keeps control.
Henderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr working Henderson over with strikes.
Henderson is trying to stand up here but Dangerous Jr is controlling him well.
Dangerous Jr is keen to just control but Henderson is a slippery customer.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dangerous Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dangerous Jr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dangerous Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henderson defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dangerous Jr is trying to control the action in half guard but Henderson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Dangerous Jr closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Henderson quickly recovers to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson taking some punishment here, with Dangerous Jr in his half guard.
Henderson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dangerous Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henderson is looking to escape.
Dangerous Jr throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Henderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Henderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dangerous Jr on the ground.
Dangerous Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dangerous Jr.
Dangerous Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dangerous Jr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Dangerous Jr is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dangerous Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dangerous Jr connects with a nice short shot to Henderson 's temple.
Dangerous Jr scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
Johnny Dangerous Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dangerous Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Henderson tries to kick Dangerous Jr off but Dangerous Jr keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dangerous Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henderson tries to kick Dangerous Jr off but Dangerous Jr keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Johnny Dangerous Jr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangerous Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dangerous Jr stalling.
Henderson is trying to stand up here but Dangerous Jr is controlling him well.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Henderson throws a series of strikes that have Dangerous Jr backpedaling.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Dangerous Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henderson wants to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice uppercut there from Dangerous Jr.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Dangerous Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dangerous Jr 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Dangerous Jr!
Our winner, Johnny Dangerous Jr, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.