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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Quadros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Ain't No Grave" . Quadros is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pride Theme. Stephen Quadros has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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220 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephen Quadros!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quadros connects with a high kick.
Quadros does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Quadros tries a head kick but it misses.
Quadros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Quadros swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quadros.
Quadros tries a low kick but Henderson avoids it.
Henderson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Quadros pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Quadros chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henderson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quadros throws a leg kick but Henderson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quadros with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid body kick from Quadros.
Quadros scores with a nice body kick.
Quadros throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henderson.
Quadros lands with a hook. Henderson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Henderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Henderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Quadros.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid leg kick lands there for Quadros.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quadros throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Henderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Quadros - the referee stops the clock and Henderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Quadros. Henderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Quadros cracks the inside of Henderson's front leg.
Quadros lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henderson's sensitive parts.
Henderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quadros can pounce on him.
Quadros throws a leg kick which misses Henderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henderson tries to avoid it.
Quadros plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Quadros throws a leg kick which misses Henderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henderson tries to avoid it.
Quadros lands with a slapping head kick.
Quadros chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quadros lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Quadros tenderised Henderson's leg. Henderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Henderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Quadros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quadros cracks the inside of Henderson's front leg.
Quadros throws a leg kick which misses Henderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henderson tries to avoid it.
Quadros throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quadros.
Quadros lands a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quadros explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quadros lands a nice looking kick to the body. Henderson takes a step back to recover.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quadros.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quadros.
Henderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Quadros.
Quadros feints and then cracks Henderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henderson down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quadros.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quadros connects with a high kick.
Quadros lands a leg kick that knocks Henderson off balance momentarily.
Quadros connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Quadros dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Quadros lands a high kick!
Henderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Henderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Quadros.
Stephen Quadros seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Quadros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quadros throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Quadros lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henderson at a distance.
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!
Quadros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Quadros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Henderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Quadros buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quadros throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quadros cracks the inside of Henderson's front leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Quadros lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Henderson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Quadros.
Quadros keeps Henderson at a distance using the push kick.
Henderson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Stephen Quadros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Quadros.
Quadros thumps Henderson with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quadros scores with a head kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Henderson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Quadros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quadros fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quadros scores with a leg kick.
Quadros lands a head kick. Henderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Henderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quadros.
Dan Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Quadros scores with a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Quadros.
Quadros lands a high kick!
Quadros lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quadros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Quadros lands with a kick to the temple. Henderson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Quadros.
Henderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Quadros. That one must have hurt.
Quadros fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Quadros there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Henderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Quadros turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quadros connects with a solid leg kick.
Quadros throws a leg kick which misses Henderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henderson tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Quadros.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quadros lands a front kick.
A good leg kick by Quadros.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quadros.
Quadros moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Henderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Quadros scoring well with a low kick there.
Quadros is looking to slow Henderson down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quadros lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Quadros connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Quadros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Quadros connects with a solid leg kick.
Henderson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Henderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quadros.
Stephen Quadros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quadros.
Quadros lands a high kick!
Quadros connects with an inside leg kick.
Quadros connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quadros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Henderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Quadros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Quadros.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quadros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Henderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Quadros.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quadros.
Quadros fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Henderson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Quadros scores with a head kick.
Quadros lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quadros throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Henderson.
Henderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Quadros. Quadros obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quadros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Quadros connects with a solid leg kick.
Quadros turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quadros throws a quick inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quadros.
Henderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Quadros. That one must have hurt.
Stephen Quadros is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Henderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Quadros.
Henderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Henderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quadros.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quadros throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quadros lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henderson's sensitive parts.
Quadros throws a head kick that Henderson semi-blocks.
Quadros scores with a body shot.
Quadros connects with a leg kick. Henderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Henderson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That kick from Quadros tenderised Henderson's leg. Henderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Henderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quadros can pounce on him.
Quadros has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quadros lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Quadros.
Good leg kick by Quadros there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quadros explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Henderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quadros can pounce on him.
Quadros feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Henderson's calf.
Good leg kick by Quadros there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quadros buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quadros lands a nice looking body kick.
Dan Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Quadros connects with a leg kick. Henderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Quadros comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Quadros 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 24:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 24:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Quadros!
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hype
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