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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Harden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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143 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Harden!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harden.
Harden clinches with his opponent.
Harden prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Harden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson effectively controlling the action here.
Harden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henderson has him pressed against the cage.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Harden avoids the damage to the body.
Harden blocks a body shot from Henderson.
Henderson has Harden pressed against the cage, preventing Harden from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henderson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jack Harden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harden swivels and escapes.
Harden tries to clinch up.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Henderson counters with a single leg into guard. Harden didn't expect that.
Henderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harden tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henderson 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 missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henderson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harden wants to sweep but no luck.
Henderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harden wants to stand up but Henderson is controlling him.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson working some strikes from top position.
Henderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Henderson passes into half guard.
Harden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson passes to side control.
Henderson advances nicely into full mount.
Henderson landing shots from mount.
Henderson is landing with some decent strikes but Harden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harden is rocked!
Henderson scoring with strikes but Harden is staying in there.
Harden is still in real trouble! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Harden bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Henderson and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Henderson!
Dan Henderson spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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