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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Squire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thierry Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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280 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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199 cm
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246 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raymond Squire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thierry Henry!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Squire.
Squire moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Squire is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Squire thumps Henry with a low kick.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry lunges at Squire with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Squire's hand.
Henry throws a series of punches but Squire moves out of range.
Henry slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henry drops Squire with a beautiful combination! Squire stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Henry is looking for the KO!
It looks like Raymond Squire has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Squire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Squire pushes off an throws an elbow but Henry leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Squire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry can't break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Henry.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Henry letting Squire take a breather here.
Squire is trying to maintain a safe position but Henry gets an underhook and turns Squire into the ropes.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Squire.
Thierry Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry rushes Squire and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Squire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Henry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Squire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Henry's brow.
Squire landing knees to the head.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Henry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Squire manages to avoid it.
Squire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Henry finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry connects with the punch.
Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henry digs a right hand underneath Squire's ribcage. Squire let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry tries to clinch there but Squire circles away.
Squire slips a straight right by Henry.
Henry misses with the combination.
Squire moves into the clinch.
Squire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Squire keeps him there for the moment.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry lands a body shot.
Henry cracks Squire with a nice body shot.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Squire misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but Henry blocks with his arms.
Squire throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Squire wants to stall.
Henry wants to break free but Squire has control.
A frustrated look appears on Henry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Henry tries to work over Squire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Henry shrugs off.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry stalks Squire and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Squire's face. Squire staggers backwards, shaken.
Henry misses the shot to the body.
Henry lands a jab to the nose.
Henry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Squire.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Squire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henry.
Henry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Squire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Henry's brow.
Henry cracks Squire with a nice body shot.
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!
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire taking a breather.
Squire working Henry over with knees to the body.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Squire avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henry is defending well for now.
Squire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Henry shrugs off.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henry as Squire tries to tie him up.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry's defenses.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry tries to clinch there but Squire circles away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Henry counters with a two punch combo.
Squire is breathing heavily.
Squire wants to clinch
and Henry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Squire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.
Squire closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Squire.
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Squire counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Squire is looking to clinch.
Henry lands with an uppercut that bounces Squire off the ropes and back into rage.
Squire clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry cracks Squire with a nice body shot.
Henry avoiding damage as Squire throws knees to the body.
Henry is trying to break free.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to work over Squire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Henry manages to break the clinch.
Squire tries to clinch up but Henry circles away and keeps his distance.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Squire looks to clinch
and Henry counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Squire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henry.
Squire closes the distance looking to clinch
and Henry moves into the clinch.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry is working the combinations to good effect here.
Henry punishes Squire's body with a nice straight punch.
Henry lands with a nice combination. Squire backs away looking to recover.
Henry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Henry wants to stall.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry throws a combination that misses
and Squire counters with an outside leg kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a head shot.
Henry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Squire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henry clinches up with Squire and pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Squire is defending well for now.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Squire taking a breather.
Squire blocks a body shot from Henry.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Squire tries to clinch up but Henry circles away and keeps his distance.
Squire scores with a jab.
Squire is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Henry scores with a crisp jab that stopped Squire in his tracks.
Henry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Squire trying to land knees to the body.
Henry blocks an elbow strike from Squire.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry tries to clinch up but Squire circles away and keeps his distance.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Squire moves into the clinch successfully.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire is trying to stall.
Squire keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Squire is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henry is keeping busy.
Henry tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Squire is pushing Henry up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Henry presses Squire against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Squire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry wants to clinch.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Squire fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henry, pushing him back against the ropes.
Henry is trying to break free.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henry manages to break the clinch.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henry drives through and clinches with Squire against the ropes.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Squire.
Squire is struggling to control the position.
Henry takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Squire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Henry up against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Squire effectively controlling the action here.
Henry breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Squire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thierry Henry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Squire's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Henry doesn't manage to clinch there - Squire circles away.
Thierry Henry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Squire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Squire throws the kick towards the body but Henry avoids it.
Henry tries to bum rush Squire with a series of wild strikes but Squire uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Squire tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Henry counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Squire lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry is trying to break free.
Thierry Henry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Thierry Henry has been cut.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Squire controls his hands.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Squire lands a good knee to the midsection. Henry won't want to take too many of those.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Squire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henry wants to stall.
Henry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Squire stalling against the ropes.
Henry tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henry can't find room to land a body shot as Squire controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Squire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Henry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Henry shrugs off.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henry is defending well for now.
Squire keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Squire prevents a body shot from Henry.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squire working Henry over with knees to the body.
Squire stalling in the clinch but Henry improves position.
Henry is trying to break free.
Squire pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry slips a jab and a cross from Squire.
Squire rushes Henry and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Squire is pushing Henry up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Squire controls his hands.
Squire looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire is looking to control Henry's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Squire has his back to the ropes.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Squire keeps him there for the moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henry as Squire tries to tie him up.
Henry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Squire's elbow.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Squire clinches with his opponent.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry tries to clinch
and Squire connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the ropes.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Henry is trying to break free.
Henry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Squire's elbow.
Squire tries to stall but Henry uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Henry cracks Squire with a nice body shot.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Squire trying to land knees to the body.
Squire lands a good knee to the midsection. Henry won't want to take too many of those.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Squire using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry scores with a body shot.
Squire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henry.
Henry looks to land a combination. Squire sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Squire darts in trying to clinch
and Henry counters with a stiff right hand.
Henry takes a swing at Squire's ribcage but misses.
Squire closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Squire tries to clinch up
and Henry counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Henry.
Squire scores with a knee to the head.
Squire stalling.
Squire avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henry digs a right hand into Squire's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Squire's gas tank.
Henry dodges an elbow strike from Squire.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry dodges an elbow strike from Squire.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Henry shrugs off.
Henry is trying to break free.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Squire keeps him there for the moment.
Henry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Squire is looking to control Henry's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Squire has his back to the ropes.
Squire blocks a body shot from Henry.
Henry has Squire pushed against the ropes.
Squire trying to land knees to the body.
Squire stalling.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henry as Squire tries to tie him up.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henry scores with a one two! Squire had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Squire wants to clinch but Henry slips to the side
and Henry counters with a series of strikes. Squire will be more careful next time no doubt.
Squire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry tries to clinch there but Squire circles away.
Henry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Squire counters with an outside leg kick.
Squire is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Henry tries to clinch there but Squire circles away.
Henry on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thierry Henry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Squire rushes Henry and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Squire looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Squire pushes off an throws an elbow but Henry leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Henry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Squire's elbow.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Squire looking to throw knees to the head but Henry is blocking nicely.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Squire dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to work over Squire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A frustrated look appears on Henry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Squire misses with a knee to the head.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry throws a series of punches but Squire avoids them all with ease.
Squire doesn't manage to clinch there - Henry circles away.
Squire darts in trying to clinch
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry misses with a combination
and Squire counters by moving into the clinch.
Henry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Henry wants to break free but Squire has control.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Squire keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Squire tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Henry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymond Squire dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Henry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Squire.
Squire tries to clinch but Henry moves out of range.
Henry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Squire.
Squire tries to clinch up
and Henry counters with a straight right hand.
Squire is looking to clinch.
Henry tries to clinch up.
Henry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Squire clinches.
Squire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire is looking to control Henry's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Squire has his back to the ropes.
Squire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Squire takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Squire dodges the punch combination from Henry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Henry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henry throws a series of punches but Squire moves out of range.
Squire drives through and clinches with Henry against the ropes.
Squire taking a breather.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Henry throws a nice looking combination but Squire bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henry misses with a body shot.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Squire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Squire lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
Squire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Squire is trying to stall.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Squire has Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Squire doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Squire needs to keep his hands up - Henry had a free shot at his head there.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Squire circles away from the clinch attempt
and Squire holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squire avoiding damage.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Henry.
Henry digs a right hand into Squire's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Squire's gas tank.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Henry as the two fighters clinch.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry tries to work over Squire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Squire landing knees to the body.
Henry tries to stall but Squire uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henry is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry's defenses.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Squire obliges.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Squire crunches a lovely knee into Henry's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Squire is pushing Henry up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Squire crunches a lovely knee into Henry's ribcage.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Squire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Henry up against the ropes.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry tries to clinch
and Squire counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Squire.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Squire is trying to maintain a safe position but Henry gets an underhook and turns Squire into the ropes.
Henry is trying to break free.
Henry tries a body shot but Squire blocks it.
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Squire trying to control the position but instead, Henry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Squire into the ropes.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Squire taking a breather.
Henry wants to break free but Squire has control.
A short body shot lands from Henry as the two fighters clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Squire pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raymond Squire.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry moves into the clinch.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry scores with a hook to the body.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Squire gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Squire is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henry is defending well for now.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Squire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Squire moves into the clinch successfully.
Squire misses with an elbow strike.
Squire has Henry pushed against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry is trying to stall.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Squire throws an elbow but misses.
Squire misses with an elbow strike.
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire pushes off an throws an elbow but Henry leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Squire tries to stall but Henry uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Squire looks to score with a jab to the body but Henry is just out of range.
Henry misses with a few strikes there.
Squire takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Squire counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Henry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Squire moves into the clinch successfully.
Squire content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Squire gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Henry trying to stall but Squire improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymond Squire clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Henry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Squire fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Squire tries to clinch up.
Henry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Henry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Henry tests Squire's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Squire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Squire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Squire is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Henry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Henry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Squire.
Henry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Squire moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henry is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Henry moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Squire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Squire obliges.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Squire closes the distance and clinches.
Squire avoiding damage.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Squire tries to clinch
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Squire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
Squire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Squire tries to clinch
letting Henry counter with a right hand.
Henry ducks right into an uppercut from Squire.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry looks to land a combination but Squire avoids it well.
A punch combination from Henry misses.
Henry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Squire.
Squire wants to clinch.
Squire is looking to clinch.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch but Henry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch but Henry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Squire moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Squire tries to clinch but Henry is having none of it.
Squire closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
and Henry counters with a series of strikes. Squire will be more careful next time no doubt.
Henry throws a shot from downtown. Squire moves away and avoids it.
Squire tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squire tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Henry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Henry needs to keep his hands up - Squire had a free shot at his head there.
Squire tries to clinch up but Henry circles away and keeps his distance.
Henry clinches.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Henry.
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry is looking to control Squire's arms but Squire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henry has his back to the ropes.
Henry digs a right hand underneath Squire's ribcage. Squire let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Squire circles away from the clinch attempt
and Squire counters with a leg kick.
Henry misses with a series of wild punches.
Squire wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henry.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry misses with a wild body shot.
Squire moves into the clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Squire wants to clinch up but Henry keeps it at a distance.
Henry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Squire moves away.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Squire has taken the fight to the clinch.
Squire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Squire looking to stall.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Squire controls his hands.
Squire is trying to stall.
Henry tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt
and Henry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Squire closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Squire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry misses with a jab, cross combination.
Squire tries to clinch up
and Henry moves into the clinch.
Henry tries to break free but Squire pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry swings for the body but Squire moves out of range.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Henry wants to clinch
and Squire holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry trying to control the position but instead, Squire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Henry into the ropes.
Squire is trying to stall.
Squire lands a damaging elbow.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Squire avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire tries to stall but Henry uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Henry tries to circle away but Squire has him pinned against the ropes.
Henry lands a body punch.
Squire lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's eight 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.
Squire tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Squire.
Squire keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henry's efforts to push away.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Henry clinches but Squire breaks the clinch
and Squire counters by moving into the clinch.
Henry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Squire in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henry throws a looping overhand right but Squire ducks down to avoid it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a body shot.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
Henry connects with a nice looking jab.
Squire is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Henry.
Squire rushes Henry and presses him up against the ropes.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Squire trying to land knees to the body.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henry as Squire tries to tie him up.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henry lands a body shot.
Squire keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Squire taking a breather.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thierry Henry dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Squire tries to clinch up.
Henry fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Squire has managed to clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Squire wants to clinch but Henry slips to the side
enabling Henry to counter with a crisp jab.
Henry is looking to clinch.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry throws a looping overhand right but Squire ducks down to avoid it.
Henry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henry throws a series of punches but Squire moves out of range.
Henry throws out a loose jab but Squire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry cracks Squire with a good jab.
Squire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henry throws a series of punches but Squire avoids them all with ease.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Henry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Squire moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Henry misses.
Squire ducks under a wild hook from Henry.
Squire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry misses with a straight left.
Squire is looking to clinch.
Henry with a jab.
Squire forces Henry back against the ropes and clinches.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Squire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Squire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry instigates a clinch.
Squire effectively controlling the action here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henry tries a body shot but Squire blocks it.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Squire controls his hands.
Squire with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Squire is trying to stall.
A hook to the body from Henry.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry avoids the elbow strike from Squire, against the ropes.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Squire keeps him there for the moment.
Henry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Squire tries to clinch but Henry moves away
and Henry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Squire takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Henry takes the fight into the clinch.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Squire tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry managing to block the knees to the body from Squire.
Henry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henry letting Squire take a breather here.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry lands a head shot.
Henry misses with a takedown
and Squire holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Squire trying to land knees to the body.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Squire closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
letting Henry counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henry misses with a wild combination.
Henry misses with a hook. Squire ducked under it nicely.
Henry rushes Squire and presses him up against the ropes.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Squire tries to clinch
and Henry holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Squire will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Henry up against the ropes.
Squire lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Squire is trying to maintain a safe position but Henry gets an underhook and turns Squire into the ropes.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Squire throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry blocks the elbow strike.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
A right hand to the body from Henry.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Henry's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Henry wants to break free but Squire has control.
Henry wants to break free but Squire has control.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Squire has double underhooks.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Squire keeps him there for the moment.
Squire keeps control of Henry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Squire crunches a lovely knee into Henry's ribcage.
Henry has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Squire tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Squire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Henry wants to get back to striking at distance but Squire won't allow it.
Henry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Squire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Squire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Squire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Squire effectively controlling the action here.
Squire has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry looks to land a combination but Squire avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Squire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Squire closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Squire is controlling the position.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Squire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Squire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Henry's defenses.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Squire lands an elbow inside that Henry shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Squire.
Squire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Squire's elbow.
Squire trying to control the position but instead, Henry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Squire into the ropes.
Squire utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Squire trying to control the position but instead, Henry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Squire into the ropes.
Squire missing with knees to the body.
Henry is trying to break free.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Squire lands a knee to the body.
Henry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Squire has him pressed against the ropes.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Squire lands an elbow that stopped Henry in his tracks for a moment.
Squire comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Squire is controlling him.
Squire lands a knee to the head.
Henry tries to work over Squire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Squire blocks a body shot from Henry.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Henry tries a body shot but Squire blocks it.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Squire wants to stall.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Squire lands a nice elbow.
Squire just leaning against Henry, taking a breather.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Squire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Squire darts in and clinches Henry up against the ropes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Squire scores a nice knee to the body.
Squire lands an elbow inside.
Henry is trying to force a seperation but Squire has the dominant position.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Squire avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Squire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Squire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henry working hard to break the clinch.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Squire lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Squire lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
Raymond Squire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henry can't break the clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Henry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Squire moves into the clinch.
Squire prevents Henry from breaking the clinch.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Raymond Squire.
I think Squire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Thierry Henry!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Thierry Henry!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Thierry Henry!
Thierry Henry wins by unanimous decision!
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