PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rey Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jericho's entrance music is AR-Swift: Awesome God . A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jericho
vs
Henderson

173 cm
27
171 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

176 cm
30
168 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rey Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jericho looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Henderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jericho.
Henderson taking some punishment here, with Jericho in his half guard.
Henderson is trying to control but can't.
Henderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henderson taking some punishment here, with Jericho in his half guard.
Henderson is refusing to be controlled, as Jericho sits in half guard.

Henderson looking for submissions off his back.
Jericho perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jericho is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
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 looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jericho is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henderson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jericho is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jericho.
Jericho is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jericho 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.

Henderson looking for submissions off his back.
Jericho lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jericho takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jericho lands a nice short elbow.
Jericho is looking to advance position but Henderson won't allow it.
Henderson taking some punishment here, with Jericho in his half guard.
Jericho is looking to advance position but Henderson won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jericho seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jericho trying to control the action but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Henderson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Henderson wants to control but Jericho is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Henderson won't allow Jericho to pass to mount.
Jericho wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Jericho there.
The fighters are battling for position here. Henderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Henderson wants to sweep but no luck.

Henderson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jericho is aware though and is defending well.
Jericho connects with a couple of short punches.
Jericho distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jericho 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 looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jericho scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jericho makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Henderson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jericho stands up over Henderson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jericho cracks Henderson with a solid left hand.
Jericho working some strikes from top position.
Jericho postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jericho working some strikes from top position.

Henderson is rocked!
Jericho postures up and lands a big shot to Henderson's brow.
Henderson is still in real trouble! Can Jericho finish him?
Jericho scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jericho gets to his feet and stands over Henderson, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Henderson felt that one! Jericho unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Henderson from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rey Jericho!
Rey Jericho took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.