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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wedge Xiii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson comes into the arena with Jay Z- Big Pimpin blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153 lbs
37 - 18 - 5 |
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 18 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 22 - 4, fighting out of Hilo, Wedge Xiii!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson catches Xiii with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Xiii does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Henderson blocks a jab.
Xiii wants to clinch
and Henderson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henderson lands a right hook to the body.
Henderson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Henderson throws a hook to the side of Xiii's head but Xiii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henderson wants to land a leg kick but Xiii is out of range.
Henderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Xiii looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Henderson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Xiii throws a shot to the body.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xiii throws a chopping leg kick but Henderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Xiii throws a shot from downtown. Henderson moves away and avoids it.
Henderson is looking to counter punch.
Henderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Xiii throws a fast counter high kick but Henderson manages to duck under it in time.
Henderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Xiii tries to counter it with a takedown but Henderson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Xiii drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Xiii pushes Henderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiii blocks the elbow strike.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Xiii blocks with his arms.
Xiii is trying to stall.
Henderson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Xiii is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Henderson is defending well.
Xiii displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henderson up against the cage.
Xiii is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Henderson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Henderson trying to stall but Xiii improves his position.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Xiii throws a punch but it's blocked by Henderson.
Xiii has hold of one of Henderson's legs. Henderson is fighting the takedown attempt but Xiii gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Xiii is looking to work some ground and pound but Henderson has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Xiii accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xiii working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Xiii from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiii with a flurry of punches that miss.
Xiii looking to sit in guard and control but Henderson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Henderson throws an elbow that misses. Xiii uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henderson's guard. Nice move by Xiii!
Henderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Xiii working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xiii working some strikes from top position.
Xiii throws a strike but Henderson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Xiii is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Xiii wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Henderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Xiii is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Henderson throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson content to stall in guard here.
Henderson trying to control but Xiii is working from the bottom.
Henderson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xiii is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Henderson landing some decent shots from guard.
Xiii trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiii's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Xiii wants to sweep here but Henderson controlling him for the moment.
Henderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Xiii keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Xiii looking for a sweep. Not yet Xiii, not yet.
Henderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Xiii had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Henderson defends it easily.
Henderson wants to control from the top but Xiii keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mike Henderson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Xiii throws a quick inside leg kick.
Xiii is looking to clinch.
Xiii throws a front kick aimed at Henderson's knee but Henderson avoids it well.
Henderson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A jab from Xiii misses.
Henderson wants to clinch up but Xiii keeps it at a distance.
Xiii slips a jab from Henderson.
Henderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
Henderson lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Xiii finds it's way round the side to connect with Henderson's head.
Xiii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Henderson misses with a two punch combination.
Henderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Xiii.
Henderson cracks Xiii with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to slow Xiii down with leg kicks.
Henderson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Xiii misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson fails with the takedown.
It seemed like Xiii was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Henderson.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Xiii.
Xiii throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
Henderson moves into range and clinches up with Xiii.
Xiii blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Xiii is looking to take this one to the mat.
Xiii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Xiii blocks it.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiii has Henderson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Henderson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Henderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Xiii is defending well for now.
Henderson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Xiii is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Henderson to the mat. Henderson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
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!
Xiii preventing the sweep.
Xiii trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Xiii throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Xiii is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Xiii throws an elbow that misses. Henderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Xiii's guard. Nice move by Henderson!
Xiii wants to sweep here but Henderson controlling him for the moment.
Xiii preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throwing strikes but missing.
Henderson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henderson cracks Xiii with a solid left hand.
Henderson throws a big elbow that misses.
Xiii is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Henderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Xiii throws a strike but Henderson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
Xiii utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Xiii avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Xiii is on top in guard.
Henderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Xiii from controlling successfully.
Xiii is looking to work some ground and pound but Henderson has wrist control.
Xiii postures up in Henderson's guard and throws a big left but Henderson blocks it.
Xiii trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Xiii trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henderson pulls Xiii in close to prevent any damage.
Henderson lands with a heel strike from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mike Henderson will probably get the nod.
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 looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Henderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Henderson slips under a jab from Xiii.
Henderson tries to counter with a takedown but Xiii is quick to defend against it.
Xiii takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henderson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Henderson slips under a jab from Xiii.
Henderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henderson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Henderson scores with the left hand. Xiii knows he should have avoided that one.
Xiii throws a right and a left that Henderson avoids nicely.
Xiii shoots for a double leg takedown but Henderson sprawls well. He's pushed Xiii's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xiii instigates a clinch.
Xiii just leaning against Henderson, taking a breather.
Xiii has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Henderson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Xiii can turn it around.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Henderson.
Xiii taking a breather.
Xiii being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Xiii.
Henderson working aggressively here.
Xiii takes an elbow to the temple.
Xiii lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Xiii backwards.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xiii blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Xiii takes a shot to the head.
Henderson has a couple of punches blocked by Xiii.
Xiii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henderson is keeping busy.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Xiii avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Xiii is looking to take this one to the mat.
Xiii misses with a short punch on the inside.
Xiii 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!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xiii missing with strikes.
Wedge Xiii has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiii is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Henderson up.
Well, with Xiii on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Henderson is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Xiii throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Xiii is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Henderson knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Henderson for a finish.
Henderson preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Xiii.
Xiii punches the canvas rather than the man.
Xiii trying to control.
Even with his hooks in, Xiii manages to miss with strikes from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiii is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Henderson knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Henderson for a finish.
Xiii missing with strikes from the back.
Xiii scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Henderson is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Xiii 's hooks.
Henderson tries to hold on but Xiii postures up.
Xiii fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xiii with shots to the head and body - Henderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Xiii cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Xiii lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Henderson is rocked!
A big strike lands for Xiii! That's really hurt Henderson and he's turned his back - Xiii keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Xiii jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wedge Xiii!
Our winner, Wedge Xiii, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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