PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malaquias Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Benson Henderson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Henderson
vs
Teixeira

178 cm
21
179 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
28
179 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

House of Valor
RAGS of a RONIN

Amped Performance

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 7 - 1 - 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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Malaquias Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson takes a swing at Teixeira's ribcage but misses.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Teixeira throws a looping overhand right but Henderson ducks down to avoid it.
Teixeira moves out of range of the strikes.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Teixeira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teixeira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jab from Henderson .
A slow jab from Teixeira misses its intended target.

Henderson clinches.
A short right from Henderson on the inside.
Teixeira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teixeira misses with the head strike.
Teixeira has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson .
Teixeira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson scores with a shot to the side of Teixeira's head.
A hook to the body from Teixeira.
Teixeira gets through Henderson 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Teixeira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Henderson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henderson works on Teixeira's body with a couple of short punches.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Teixeira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teixeira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson 's elbow.
Teixeira gets through Henderson 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Teixeira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Teixeira backwards.
Henderson scores with a shot to the side of Teixeira's head.
Teixeira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Teixeira on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henderson .
Teixeira lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henderson or not.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Teixeira.
Nice elbow from Teixeira.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teixeira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Henderson scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teixeira.
Teixeira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henderson working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Teixeira fails to land.
Henderson working aggressively here.
Teixeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teixeira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson 's elbow.
Teixeira misses with a punch on the inside.
Teixeira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Teixeira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teixeira misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Henderson .
A nice left hand lands by Teixeira.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teixeira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teixeira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Teixeira lands with a right to the head.
Teixeira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teixeira tries a body shot but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Teixeira, against the cage.
Teixeira blocks a body shot from Henderson .
Teixeira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Teixeira or not.
A shot in the inside from Teixeira.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teixeira.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teixeira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Teixeira tries a body shot but Henderson blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henderson .
Henderson lands a left hand.
Teixeira tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Teixeira back against the cage.
Teixeira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Teixeira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson .
Teixeira lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Henderson .
Henderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henderson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Teixeira.
Henderson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Teixeira backwards.
Henderson misses with some punches.
Teixeira misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teixeira has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson .
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Teixeira lands a body shot.
Teixeira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Teixeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Teixeira.
Henderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Teixeira presses Henderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Teixeira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
Henderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teixeira working aggressively here.
Henderson blocks a body shot from Teixeira.
Teixeira misses with some punches.
Teixeira blocks an uppercut.
Henderson blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Malaquias Teixeira will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Teixeira just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henderson . Teixeira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henderson tests Teixeira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Henderson .
Henderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Teixeira looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Henderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Teixeira scores with a shot to the body.
Henderson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Teixeira in his tracks.
Benson Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Teixeira backs up against the cage.
Henderson connects with a body shot.
Henderson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Teixeira is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Teixeira throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Henderson misses the target.
Teixeira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira throws an off balance right hand
letting Henderson counter with a right hand.
Teixeira is still on wobbly legs! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson slips under a jab from Teixeira.
Henderson pounces like a tiger and cracks Teixeira with a vicious hook! Teixeira is down but not out! Henderson follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Benson Henderson !
After winning the bout, Benson Henderson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.