PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Maia (ranked 6145 p4p, 417 weight class) and Max Henderson (ranked 5806 p4p, 403 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maia
vs
Henderson

175 cm
24
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia wants to clinch.
Henderson looks to land a combination. Maia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henderson misses with the combination.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A left and a right from Henderson both land. Nice combination.

Maia is rocked!
A punch combination from Henderson misses.
Oh Maia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maia dives in and grabs Henderson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Henderson pushes down on Maia's head and hops out.
Henderson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Maia get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Maia stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Henderson runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Max Henderson!