PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Henderson
vs
Wilson

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.

Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Henderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wilson with good strikes from the mount here!
Wilson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Henderson taking shots to the head.
Wilson landing punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson looking to finish Henderson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Henderson!
Henderson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Henderson is looking to get to half guard.
Henderson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wilson.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Wilson isn't that keen on the idea.
Henderson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Henderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Wilson maintains control.
Henderson wants to control but Wilson is having none of it.
Wilson lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wilson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wilson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Wilson looking to control but Henderson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Wilson isn't that keen on the idea.
Wilson landing strikes from the mount.
Wilson with shots to the head and body - Henderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henderson working to try and regain half guard.
Wilson controlling from mount.
Wilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wilson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wilson looking to ground and pound but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Wilson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
Wilson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henderson tries to hold on but Wilson postures up.
Henderson tries to buck Wilson off but he can't manage it.
Henderson blocking the ground and pound.
Henderson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Wilson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wilson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henderson hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wilson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wilson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Wilson maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Wilson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wilson trying to control but Henderson is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilson dominating with strikes here.
Henderson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Henderson is trying to escape the mount.
Wilson throws some wild stikes that Henderson manages to avoid easily.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Henderson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wilson.
Wilson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henderson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Wilson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wilson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wilson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Wilson lands a big elbow.
Wilson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henderson is trying to stand up.
Wilson misses with a head shot.
BOOM! Wilson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Henderson is squirming around, avoiding Wilson's attempts to control the action.
Wilson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wilson controlling his opponent.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wilson looks gassed!
Wilson scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Poor strikes thrown by Wilson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wilson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wilson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson is working to get back to half guard.
Wilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Wilson maintains control.
Wilson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wilson unloads with some shots from mount but Henderson bucks and avoids them well.
Wilson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Henderson wants to hold on but Wilson pushes him away.
Henderson is trying to escape the mount.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wilson prevents Henderson from getting the reversal.
Henderson wants to hold on but Wilson pushes him away.
Wilson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
Henderson regains half guard.
Wilson stops Henderson from getting back to his feet.
Henderson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard.
Henderson working a defensive guard here.
Wilson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wilson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wilson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Wilson's head.
Wilson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big right from Henderson misses.
Wilson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dan Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Henderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Henderson throws a hook to the side of Wilson's head but Wilson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Wilson gets a clinch.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
Wilson prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
Wilson stalls.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
Wilson controlling the action here for a moment.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wilson stalling the fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Wilson.
Wilson slows down the pace here.
Wilson receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wilson effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lee Wilson.

Wilson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wilson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Henderson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Wilson avoids the attempt from Henderson to control.
Wilson landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson'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.
Henderson blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wilson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Wilson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wilson throws a nice head kick!
Henderson misses with a straight left.

Wilson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wilson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henderson is trying to stand back up but Wilson is controlling him
Wilson is pressing down on Henderson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Henderson is holding on for now.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wilson connects with a nice short shot to Henderson's temple.
Henderson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Wilson trying to pass the guard but Henderson defending well.
Wilson stops Henderson from getting back to his feet.
Wilson tries to pass to full mount but Henderson defends it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Henderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wilson's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wilson gets a takedown into half guard.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Wilson wants to take a breather but Henderson is having none of it.
Wilson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Henderson's head.
Henderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wilson.
Wilson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henderson is not content to let Wilson control the position.
Wilson prevents Henderson from standing back up.
Henderson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wilson.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Henderson misses.
Henderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilson.
Nice jab there from Henderson.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilson circles away quickly and effectively.

Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throwing strikes but missing.
Wilson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Wilson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wilson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wilson prevents Henderson from getting back to his feet.
Wilson chips away with some ground and pound.
Henderson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Henderson wants to stand but Wilson is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Wilson wants to hold on but Henderson pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wilson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wilson wants to control but Henderson is having none of it.
Wilson is trying to escape the mount.
Henderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wilson is looking to escape.
Wilson is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wilson is squirming around, avoiding Henderson's attempts to control the action.
Wilson tries to hold on but Henderson postures up.
Henderson trying to control but Wilson is having none of it.
Wilson is looking to improve his position but Henderson isn't that keen on the idea.
Henderson wants to control the pace but Wilson is squirming around nicely.
Henderson wants to stand but Wilson is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet but Wilson is holding on tight.
Wilson is trying desperately to improve position.
Henderson is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Lee Wilson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wilson is looking to improve his position but Henderson isn't that keen on the idea.
Henderson is looking to stand but Henderson has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Wilson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson looking to control but Wilson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wilson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Wilson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Henderson wants to stand but Wilson is controlling the position.
Wilson trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wilson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard.
Wilson trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Henderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Henderson wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Henderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Henderson avoids the head kick by Wilson.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Wilson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wilson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henderson wants to break free but Wilson has control.
A bit of stalling here from Wilson.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wilson has double underhooks.
Wilson stalling in the clinch.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Wilson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Henderson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Henderson looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wilson punches the canvas rather than the man.
Henderson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Wilson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wilson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wilson looking to finish with strikes here!
Henderson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wilson.

Wilson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wilson punching from mount but Henderson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henderson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wilson.
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Wilson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Henderson because Wilson loaded up on that one.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wilson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
Henderson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Henderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Wilson working for a guillotine from mount but Henderson is in no mood to give up.
Henderson is trying to stand up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wilson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wilson lands a big elbow.
Wilson throws some wild stikes that Henderson manages to avoid easily.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Wilson isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Wilson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Henderson scores with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Henderson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Henderson misses.

Wilson has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
Wilson blocking some punches.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Wilson keeps him there for the moment.
Wilson is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wilson pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lee Wilson.

Wilson instigates a clinch.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Wilson has double underhooks.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wilson stalling.
Wilson keeps control of Henderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henderson is trying to break free.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wilson prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Wilson is controlling the position.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Wilson has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Wilson won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Henderson wants to break free but Wilson has control.
Wilson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson.
Henderson can't break the clinch.

Wilson gets control of Henderson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Wilson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Henderson won't allow Wilson to sweep him here.

Wilson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Henderson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Wilson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Henderson's back instead.

Wilson sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Henderson taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lee Wilson!