PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ugandan Knuckles (ranked 4260 p4p, 511 weight class) and Mark Henderson (ranked 4401 p4p, 526 weight class). Knuckles comes to the cage accompanied by Ugandan Knuckles song. Henderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2Pac - Ambitionz Az A Ridah kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ugandan Knuckles has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Knuckles
vs
Henderson

170 cm
25
218 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ZZ POPS

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ugandan Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knuckles misses with a lunging right hand
and Henderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knuckles takes one to the chin there.
Knuckles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Henderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knuckles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Henderson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Knuckles throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Henderson on the side of the head.

It looks like Mark Henderson has been cut.
Knuckles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
Knuckles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Henderson under the eye.
Henderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Knuckles waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henderson.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knuckles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knuckles was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knuckles misses with a hook to the body
and Henderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles cracks Henderson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knuckles clobbers Henderson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Henderson swings away with a body shot that misses

and Knuckles counters with a crisp right hand that drops Henderson! Knuckles lets Henderson back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Henderson is rocked!
Henderson misses with an uppercut
and Knuckles makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Knuckles has managed to clinch.
Knuckles lands with a short shot to the head.
Henderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Henderson as the two fighters clinch.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson's elbow.
Knuckles works on Henderson's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from Knuckles.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Knuckles won't allow it.
Knuckles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knuckles definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Henderson looks winded!
Knuckles lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Knuckles.
Knuckles scores with a shot to the side of Henderson's head.
Knuckles digs a right hand into Henderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Henderson's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knuckles lands a nice shot to the body.
Knuckles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knuckles is working Henderson over against the cage.
Knuckles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henderson takes a shot to the head.
Knuckles tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson trying to stall but Knuckles improves his position.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knuckles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knuckles.
A right hook to the body lands for Knuckles.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
Knuckles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knuckles lands a nice shot to the body.
Knuckles scores with a hook to the body.
Knuckles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
A right hand to the body from Knuckles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henderson or not.
A short uppercut from Knuckles.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knuckles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knuckles lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Knuckles.
A short right from Knuckles on the inside.
Henderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson is still on wobbly legs! Can Knuckles finish him?
Knuckles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henderson seems to have recovered his senses.
Knuckles digs a right hand underneath Henderson's ribcage. Henderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles drops Henderson with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Henderson is out cold! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ugandan Knuckles!
Ugandan Knuckles seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.