PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Daltrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Henson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daltrey comes into the arena with Baba O'Riley blaring out of the sound system. Henson has chosen Cutman by Unearth as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Daltrey
vs
Henson

200 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Slaughterhouse Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Daltrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Henson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daltrey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henson circles away.

Henson scores with a takedown into Daltrey's guard.
Henson cracks Daltrey with a solid left hand.
Daltrey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henson is one step ahead there.
Henson stops Daltrey from standing up.
Henson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Daltrey will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Daltrey is trying to keep Henson in close.
Henson slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henson lands a nice short elbow.
Henson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Daltrey pushes Henson off looking to stand but Henson dives back in and keeps control.
Daltrey really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daltrey is looking to improve his position.

Henson seems to be working for a kimura but Daltrey defends the submission attempt.
Henson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henson winds up and cracks Daltrey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Henson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daltrey's head.
Henson working the head and body with strikes.
Henson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Henson moves into full mount! Daltrey won't be happy about that!
Daltrey's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henson looking to finish Daltrey with some ground and pound. This is bad for Daltrey!
Henson lands a nice shot to the head.
Henson with good strikes from the mount here!
Daltrey is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Henson with the ground and pound from mount.

Henson looking for a guillotine from mount but Daltrey is having none of it.
Henson wants to control the pace but Daltrey is squirming around nicely.
Henson unloading with bombs!
Henson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Henson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henson raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Henson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henson lands with some strikes.
Daltrey is trying to stand.

Henson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Daltrey can't escape the position.

Daltrey defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Henson.

Henson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Daltrey can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henson lands a big elbow.
Daltrey manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Daltrey tries to get to full guard but Henson has control of the leg.
Daltrey is staying active underneath Henson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Daltrey pushes Henson off looking to stand but Henson dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Henson there.
Daltrey on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Daltrey tries to get out of the position.
Henson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Daltrey taking some punishment here, with Henson in his half guard.
Henson wants to pass to mount but Daltrey is defending the position.

Henson wants to work for an arm triangle but Daltrey is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Daltrey is trying to stand back up but Henson is controlling him
Daltrey wants to get back to full guard.
Daltrey is trying to control but can't.
Daltrey regains full guard. Nicely done.
Daltrey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Henson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Henson is in close to Daltrey's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Daltrey has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Henson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Daltrey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henson on the ground.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daltrey tries to strike from the bottom.
Henson is working Daltrey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Henson prevents Daltrey from getting back to his feet.
Henson thows a big elbow that misses.
Henson trying to control but Daltrey is working from the bottom.
Daltrey pulls Henson in close to prevent any damage.
Henson prevents Daltrey from getting back to his feet.
Henson stands up over Daltrey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Henson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Daltrey's head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Daltrey can't keep his opponent in guard - Henson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Daltrey looks like he's trying to stand up.
Henson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Daltrey!
Henson dominating with strikes here.
Daltrey wants to hold on but Henson pushes him away.
Daltrey trying desperately to get to his feet.
Henson lands a big elbow.
Henson lands a big shot there that rocks Daltrey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Henson wants to finish this one by submission but Daltrey is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Henson.
Henson landing strikes from the mount and Daltrey is in trouble!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Henson wants to finish this one by submission but Daltrey is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Henson.
Henson unloading with bombs!
Henson lands a heavy elbow.
Daltrey wants to get back to his feet.
Henson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Daltrey is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Daltrey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henson lands a heavy elbow.
Daltrey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Henson has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Daltrey's face.
Daltrey taking shots to the head.
Henson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Henson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Henson breaks from Daltrey's wrist control and lands an elbow.
You get the feeling that Daltrey really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Daltrey is wriggling around trying to escape.

Henson working for a guillotine from mount but Daltrey is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Henson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Henson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Daltrey as he avoids it easily.
Henson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Daltrey shoots and misses

and Henson counters with a shoot takedown. Daltrey fights it but they end up in guard.
Henson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Daltrey's head.
Henson stands up over Daltrey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Henson postures up and lands a big shot to Daltrey's brow.
Daltrey wants to stand up but Henson is controlling him.
Henson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Henson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Henson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henson scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Daltrey keeping full guard, as Henson tries to pass.
Henson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Daltrey wants to get back to his feet but Henson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Henson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Henson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Henson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daltrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Henson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roger Daltrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Daltrey's waist but Daltrey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henson off to one side.
Daltrey is looking to clinch but Henson is avoiding it.

Daltrey gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Henson drops back looking for a leg! Daltrey is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Daltrey manages to kick Henson off! Henson jumps back into Daltrey's guard.
Henson passes Daltrey's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Henson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Daltrey's head.

Henson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Henson not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Daltrey has one foot on Henson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Henson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Henson throws a series of punches but Daltrey moves out of range.
Henson tries to bum rush Daltrey with a series of wild strikes but Daltrey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henson misses with a few strikes there.
Daltrey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Henson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daltrey as he jumps to the side.
Roger Daltrey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Henson.
Daltrey lands a head kick!
Henson lands a really nice looking cross but Daltrey seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daltrey fails in his attempt to clinch.

Henson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Henson showed some decent athleticism there.
Daltrey pushes Henson off looking to stand but Henson dives back in and keeps control.
Henson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Henson wants to pass to mount but Daltrey is defending the position.
Henson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Daltrey is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Daltrey tries to roll over but Henson keeps him under control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Daltrey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Henson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Henson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Daltrey is refusing to be controlled, as Henson sits in half guard.
Henson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Henson is looking to advance position but Daltrey won't allow it.
Henson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Daltrey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Daltrey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henson.
Henson throwing shots but Daltrey is blocking nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henson looks for a takedown but Daltrey sprawls well.
Daltrey doesn't manage to clinch there - Henson circles away.
A head kick misses from Daltrey.
Henson throws a series of punches but Daltrey moves out of range.
Henson throws a series of strikes that have Daltrey backpedaling.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Henson.
Henson looks up at the clock and then as Daltrey takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Henson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Henson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Daltrey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Henson wants to control but Daltrey is keeping him busy.
Daltrey is trying to control Henson's posture but Henson avoids it.
Henson is putting a hurting on Daltrey here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henson cracks Daltrey with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Henson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Henson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Mickey Henson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henson laying and praying for a moment but Daltrey takes advantage and regains half guard.
Henson trying to control the action but Daltrey is working from the bottom.
Henson throwing shots but Daltrey is blocking nicely.
Henson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Daltrey manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Daltrey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henson.
Roger Daltrey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Roger Daltrey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Daltrey plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Henson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Henson lands in his opponent's guard.
Henson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Daltrey keeping moving, preventing Henson from controlling successfully.
Henson postures up.
Henson wants to control from the top but Daltrey keeps moving.

Daltrey has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Henson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Henson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Henson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Mickey Henson!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Mickey Henson!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Mickey Henson!

Mickey Henson wins by unanimous decision!