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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fyodor Pending (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Henderson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Fyodor Pending's chin.
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144 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fyodor Pending!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pending's head.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Henderson takes the fight into the clinch.
Henderson lands with a left to the head.
Pending tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Henderson smiles and moves away.
Henderson has closed the distance and engaged Pending in a clinch.
Henderson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Pending regains guard immediately.
Henderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pending is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Henderson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson lands a couple of digs.
Henderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Henderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Henderson landing some decent shots from guard.
Pending is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Henderson is aware though and is defending well.
Pending keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Henderson is in close to Pending's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pending escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Henderson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pending working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Henderson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Henderson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson is in close to Pending's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pending is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Henderson landing some decent shots from guard.
Pending looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Henderson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pending's head.
Henderson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Henderson cracks Pending with a solid left hand.
Pending has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Henderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Pending should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Henderson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Henderson is stalling in the full guard.
Pending keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Pending looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pending keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Henderson content to stall in guard here.
Pending looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson stands up over Pending, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pending looking for a guillotine here but Henderson defends easily.
Henderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Pending is retaining full guard.
Henderson is pushing down on Pending's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pending is fighting to maintain full guard but Henderson has managed to sneak the leg through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pending is looking for a sweep. Henderson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pending is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pending looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Henderson is trying to control. Pending wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Henderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Henderson lands with a hook. Pending tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Henderson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pending's head.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Joe Henderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henderson prevents Pending from getting the reversal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pending hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Henderson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Henderson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pending is rocked!
Henderson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pending is still in real trouble! Can Henderson finish him?
Henderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pending is desperately trying to improve his position but Henderson has a good base and remains in mount.
Henderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pending?
Henderson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson landing shots from mount.
Pending working to try and regain half guard.
Henderson lands a big shot to the head and Pending winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Joe Henderson!
Joe Henderson made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'thanks for the opportunity, my opponent fought well, but today was my day.,I'm old, but I am still the "Pitbull".'.
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hype
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FIGHT
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