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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Rice has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Henry's chin.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rice!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry moves into the clinch.
Henry effectively controlling the action here.
Rice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rice clinches.
Still in the clinch, Henry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Henry drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rice pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rice clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the cage.
Rice takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like John Rice has been cut.
Rice breaks the clinch.
Henry clinches up with Rice and pushes him back against the cage.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rice avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Henry throws an elbow but misses.
Rice throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henry blocks it with crossed arms.
Rice lands an elbow just above Henry 's eye.
Rice stops a takedown attempt from Henry.
Henry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rice wants to get back to striking at distance but Henry won't allow it.
Henry is trying to stall.
Rice working hard to break the clinch.
Henry tries to break free but Rice pushes him back against the cage.
Henry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Henry avoids a wild elbow strike from Rice.
Rice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rice sprawls well. Rice wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry pushes Rice up against the cage in a clinch.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Henry avoids a wild elbow strike from Rice.
Rice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Rice.
Henry's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rice with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rice breaks from the clinch.
Rice clinches with his opponent.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Henry is trying to stall.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Rice is controlling him.
Rice 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 wants to break free but Rice has control.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Henry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henry takes a shot to the head.
Henry tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Henry throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice takes the fight into the clinch.
Henry looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to break free but Rice has control.
Rice gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henry.
A head punch on the inside from Henry fails to land.
Henry misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rice takes a shot to the head.
Rice lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rice comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rice lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rice throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henry is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry takes the fight into the clinch.
Rice breaks the clinch.
Rice has managed to clinch.
Rice misses with a knee to the head.
Rice lands a knee to the head.
Henry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rice.
Rice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Rice. No joy for Henry on that attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry gets tackled into the cage by Rice. Rice maintains the clinch.
Rice lands a knee to the head.
Rice with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henry gets a clinch.
Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rice closes the distance and clinches.
Rice manages to break the clinch.
Rice clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the cage.
Henry blocks an elbow strike.
Rice connects with a knee to the head.
Rice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry throws a lazy head kick
and Rice counters by moving into the clinch.
Rice wants to stall.
Rice with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry gets tackled into the cage by Rice. Rice maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to break free but Rice has control.
Rice is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rice tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
Rice tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the cage.
Rice working hard to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Henry.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Rice has him pressed against the cage.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Henry wants to break free but Rice has control.
Rice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rice breaks from the clinch.
Henry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rice clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henry jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rice walks away with a smile on his face. Henry gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Henry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rice moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rice clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Rice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Rice's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Henry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rice clinches.
Henry wants to break free but Rice has control.
Come on Rice - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Henry trying to stall but Rice improves his position.
Rice working Henry over with knees to the body.
Rice manages to break the clinch.
Rice has managed to clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rice in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rice breaks from the clinch.
Rice darts in and clinches Henry up against the cage.
Rice with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rice drives through and clinches with Henry against the cage.
Rice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rice moves into the clinch successfully.
Rice tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henry takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry wants to break free but Rice has control.
Rice lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rice moves into the clinch.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rice 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.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice darts in and clinches Henry up against the cage.
Henry managing to block the knees to the body from Rice.
Henry fails to pull guard.
Rice avoids the elbow strike from Henry, against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A left hand lands to the body for Rice.
Rice breaks from the clinch.
Henry gets tackled into the cage by Rice. Rice maintains the clinch.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Henry has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rice is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rice managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Rice lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rice lands a good knee to the midsection. Henry won't want to take too many of those.
Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rice closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the cage.
Henry takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice left hand lands by Rice.
Rice manages to break the clinch.
Rice has closed the distance and engaged Henry in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rice trying to land knees to the body.
Rice lands a shoulder strike.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rice breaks the clinch.
Rice gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rice with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rice using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Rice is controlling him.
Henry's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
John Rice seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Henry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rice manages to break the clinch.
Rice has managed to clinch.
Henry decides to pull guard.
Rice won't allow Henry to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rice stands up from Henry's guard - Rice perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rice closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the cage.
Rice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rice tries to keep at a distance but Henry has taken the fight into the clinch.
Henry lands a nice uppercut.
Henry misses with some punches.
Rice wants to stall.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Rice is blocking nicely.
Rice has a couple of punches blocked by Henry.
Rice lands a left hand.
Rice is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henry is keeping busy.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rice drives through and clinches with Henry against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Henry tries to pull guard but Rice holds him up against the cage and eventually Henry drops back down to his feet.
Rice pushes Henry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henry trying to stall but Rice improves his position.
Rice breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Henry takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rice lands a nice shot to the body.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice moves into the clinch successfully.
Rice breaks the clinch.
Rice moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short uppercut from Henry.
Henry drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rice pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rice gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Rice showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Rice's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rice clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the cage.
Henry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Rice blocks it.
Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rice rushes Henry and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Henry avoiding damage as Rice throws knees to the body.
Rice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henry tries to work over Rice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henry.
Henry is trying to stall.
Henry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rice scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice rushes Henry and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Rice blocks with his arms.
Henry is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rice pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Henry jumps guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rice stands up and waves to Henry to follow him.
Rice clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry tries to keep at a distance but Rice has taken the fight into the clinch.
Henry avoids the elbow strike from Rice, against the cage.
Rice misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Rice.
Rice escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John Rice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rice has managed to clinch.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rice.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rice has Henry up against the cage in a clinch.
Rice trying to stall but Henry improves his position.
Rice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
John Rice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rice has managed to clinch.
Henry throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henry manages to break the clinch.
Henry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
John Henry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Rice is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice moves into the clinch.
Rice lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rice is defending well for now.
Rice content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rice comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rice lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rice lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rice lands a nice elbow.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rice has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henry scores with a knee to the head.
Rice misses with a knee strike.
Rice with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rice throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Henry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rice just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rice moves into range and clinches up with Henry.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henry.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Rice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rice gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rice controlling the action here for a moment.
Rice blocking some punches.
Henry fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Henry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rice's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Rice.
A short left from Rice.
Rice blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Henry.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henry working aggressively here.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry misses with a punch on the inside.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Rice lands an elbow inside.
Rice makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rice throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henry blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rice blocks an uppercut.
Rice lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henry is rocked!
Rice throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oh Henry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henry blocks an elbow strike.
Rice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henry avoids a wild elbow strike from Rice.
Henry seems to have got his legs back now.
Rice gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry stalling.
Rice manages to break the clinch.
Rice moves into the clinch successfully.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Rice's ribcage.
Henry can't find room to land a body shot as Rice controls the action.
Rice breaks from the clinch.
Rice has Henry up against the cage in a clinch.
Rice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Henry just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rice's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Rice.
Rice with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Rice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rice has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Rice!
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energy
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