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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wandy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by U Know. Silva has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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200 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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188 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wandy Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva tries to clinch
and Henry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Henry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Henry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Henry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Henry throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Henry throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Henry misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva defending against the ground and pound.
Henry working the strikes but Silva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Henry in his half guard.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Henry is controlling him well.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Henry there.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henry working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Henry.
Silva has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry lands strikes from half guard.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Henry has control of the leg.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Henry drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry working the head and body with strikes.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry lands with a punch from half guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva tries to kick Henry off but Henry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Henry has control of the leg.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Henry dominated that round.
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 misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Henry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Henry's ribs.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
Henry lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Henry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Henry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Henry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Henry scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Henry works the jab nicely.
Henry throws a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Henry.
Wandy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Henry.
Henry scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Henry dominating with strikes here.
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
A nice elbow there by Henry.
Silva tries to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Henry.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
Henry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Henry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henry throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Leon Henry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henry unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Henry misses with a head shot.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Henry with the ground and pound from mount.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva tries to hold on but Henry postures up.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
Henry lands a big elbow.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henry unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Henry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry looking to finish with strikes here!
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
Henry landing shots from mount.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henry throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Henry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henry lands a heavy elbow.
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henry working Silva over with strikes here.
Henry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry landing punches.
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry landing shots from mount.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Henry tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Henry stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henry scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Jab, jab by Henry - just one landing.
Henry lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Henry shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Henry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wandy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Henry.
Silva swings for the body but Henry moves out of range.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva leaves Henry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henry cracks Silva with a good jab.
Henry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henry lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Henry feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Henry changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henry's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Henry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling from the top position.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Wandy Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Henry throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henry tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva pulls guard successfully.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva has his hands on Henry's head, controlling the position.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Henry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Henry with a nice head shot there.
Henry wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henry postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Henry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henry with a nice head shot there.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry working some strikes from top position.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Henry throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva taking a breather here.
Henry wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Henry's shoulder. That is not cool.
Henry is looking to reverse the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Henry is trying to escape the position but Silva is controlling the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wandy Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice body punch from Henry.
Henry lands with a nice body punch.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by Henry or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Silva moves forwards but Henry connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Henry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Henry's head.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Henry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henry.
Henry moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Henry shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Henry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Henry cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Henry fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Silva to the ground. Henry is now in Silva's guard.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Henry tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Henry is controlling him.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
Henry wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henry throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Henry really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Henry throws a one two combo.
Henry cracks Silva with a good jab.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Henry defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henry.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Henry dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Nice body punch from Henry.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Henry pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Silva back to the cage. Henry follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Henry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Henry darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Henry feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Henry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Leon Henry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut lands for Henry. That snapped Silva's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Henry catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Henry scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry with the ground and pound but Silva uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
Henry throwing strikes but missing.
Henry throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Wandy Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Silva tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
A jab from Henry finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Henry throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Henry looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Henry.
Henry works the jab nicely.
Henry blocks a head kick by Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Henry scores with a four punch combination!
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Henry lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice uppercut there from Henry.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Henry.
Wandy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Henry.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
Henry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Henry avoids it.
Henry scores with a punch to the head.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Henry lands a slapping body shot.
Henry lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Henry looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henry drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva dodges the ground and pound from Henry.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva dodges the ground and pound from Henry.
Silva is trying to buck Henry off.
Henry looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Henry smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Silva parries the strikes from Henry easily there. Henry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Henry crashes against the mat.
Henry throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Henry.
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Henry.
Henry scores with punches from side control.
Henry lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Henry is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henry landing a few strikes.
Henry lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Henry are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Henry working the body and head with strikes.
Henry scores with a couple of short elbows.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Henry looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.
Henry landing strikes.
Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Henry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Henry.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry lands strikes from half guard.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Henry is very close to passing his half guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva tries to kick Henry off but Henry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Henry drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to kick Henry off but Henry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Silva is looking to escape.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Henry is controlling him well.
Henry is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Henry dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Henry gets a takedown into half guard.
Henry is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Henry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Henry lands a heavy elbow.
Henry postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Henry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
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 misses with some ground and pound and Silva recovers position to half guard.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Henry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Henry.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henry passes to full mount!
Henry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henry misses with a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry dominating with strikes here.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Henry throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Henry with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Henry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Henry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
Henry looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Henry tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Henry landing shots from mount.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry with a couple of short strikes.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry raining down hammerfists from mount.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Henry.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henry with good strikes from the mount here!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry lands a nice shot to the head.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Henry 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.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a heavy elbow.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva wants to control but Henry is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva wants to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Henry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Leon Henry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Henry controlling from the full mount.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henry controlling from the full mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Henry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Henry winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 43:50
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 42:50
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 43:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Henry!
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