PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ric Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flair kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is ric flair theme song. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Flair
vs
Henderson

193 cm
20
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ric Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Flair forces Henderson back against the cage and clinches.

Flair pulls guard effortlessly.
Flair bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henderson's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flair wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.

Flair stands up from Henderson's guard - Flair perhaps looking for a knockout.
Flair fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck for Flair with that takedown attempt.
Henderson lands the left hand.
A jab from Henderson finds it's way through Flair's defenses.
Henderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Flair drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Flair controls the pace.
Flair wants to pass the guard but Henderson is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flair gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Flair moves out of range.

Flair drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henderson wants to stand up but Flair is controlling him.
Flair sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henderson's guard.
Flair stops Henderson from getting back to his feet.
Henderson looks gassed!

Flair stands up and beckons Henderson to join him on the feet.
Henderson misses with a hook.
A combination from Flair does no damage.
Nice body kick there by Flair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Flair shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Flair decides to stand up.
Henderson scores with a jab to the head.

Flair gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flair advances to full mount.
Flair is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Flair trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flair lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Flair tries to control but Henderson wriggling away.
Flair unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Flair trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Henderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Flair. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Flair is really struggling to control Henderson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Flair is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Henderson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Ric Flair just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Flair has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Flair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Flair.

Flair breaks from the clinch.
Nice jab there from Henderson.

Flair bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Henderson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet.

Flair decides to stand back up.
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.

Flair shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Flair wants to free his trapped foot but Henderson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flair prevents Henderson from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Flair dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Henderson misses with an uppercut. Flair saw that one coming.
Ric Flair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson throws a jab when Flair was well out of range.
Flair steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Flair shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henderson as he avoids it easily.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Flair has managed to clinch.

Flair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Flair closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Flair lands in his opponent's guard.
Flair is stalling in the full guard.
Flair trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flair stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Flair darts in and clinches Henderson up against the cage.
Flair has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Henderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Flair fails to land.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Flair has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Flair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Henderson is pressed up against the cage. Flair has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Henderson down to the mat. Henderson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Flair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson misses with the combination.
Flair fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Flair shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Flair working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Flair wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flair stays in close to Henderson's body and controls the position.
Flair working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Flair controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Flair passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Flair has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Flair scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson is squirming around, avoiding Flair's attempts to control the action.
Flair is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair with a couple of short strikes.
Flair takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Flair controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Henderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Flair punishing his opponent with strikes.

Flair is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Flair shoots in but Henderson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Flair fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Flair takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flair shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Henderson pinned against the cage. Henderson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Flair gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Henderson.
Henderson loads up on a big right hand but Flair slips the punch.
Flair throws a jab when Henderson was well out of range.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flair.

Flair moves into range and clinches up with Henderson.
Come on Flair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Flair is working for takedown but Henderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Flair content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Flair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?

Flair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Henderson misses with a lunging right hand
and Flair counters with a nice body kick.
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!
Flair shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense.
Flair throws a head kick that misses.
Flair on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Flair dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Henderson connects with the punch.
Flair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henderson's waist but Henderson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Flair off to one side.
Flair takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Henderson throws an off balance right hand

and Flair counters with a shoot takedown. Henderson fights it but they end up in guard.
Henderson being controlled here, momentarily.
Flair trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Flair advances position into side control!

Flair decides to stand back up. Flair steps back and let's Henderson get back to his feet.
Flair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Flair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henderson's waist but Henderson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Flair off to one side.
Flair tries to clinch up but Henderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Flair will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ric Flair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flair clinches up against the cage.
Flair just leaning against Henderson, taking a breather.

Flair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Flair has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Flair is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Henderson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Flair lands an elbow inside.
Flair stalling.
Flair is working Henderson over against the cage.

Flair successfully pulls guard.

Flair is looking for a triangle but Henderson pushes his legs off easily.
Flair has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Henderson gets to his feet. Flair looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Henderson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Flair tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Henderson swivels and escapes.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flair slips a straight right by Henderson.

Flair closes the distance and clinches.

Flair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flair fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henderson throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Flair shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Henderson but Henderson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Henderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Flair closes the distance and clinches up with Henderson, looking for a takedown. Flair pushes Henderson against the cage but Henderson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Flair looks to land a left hand but Henderson moved out of range nicely.
Henderson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Danny Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Flair decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Flair is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Flair trying to control from half guard but Henderson is working away.

Flair is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Henderson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Flair drops an elbow to the side of Henderson's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Flair working the head and body with strikes.

Flair decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Flair clinches with his opponent.
Henderson stops a takedown attempt from Flair.

Flair gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Flair sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henderson defending well though.
Henderson is staying active underneath Flair, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Flair moves nicely into side control.
Flair working the ground and pound from side control.

Flair decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Flair moved out of range nicely.
Flair tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Henderson swivels and escapes.

Flair closes the distance and clinches.

Flair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henderson clobbers Flair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Flair shoots in for a double leg but Henderson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Danny Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Flair clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Flair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flair goes for a takedown in the clinch but Henderson prevents it.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Flair has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flair tries for a takedown. No joy.
Henderson wants to break free but Flair has control.
Danny Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ric Flair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flair has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ric Flair!