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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Wille Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Mooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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203 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good knees
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wille Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Mooney!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson clinches.
Henderson with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Mooney is controlling him.
Henderson keeps control of Mooney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henderson gets a clinch.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wille Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson forces Mooney back against the ropes and clinches.
Mooney looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Henderson breaks the clinch.
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Mooney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
Henderson has managed to clinch.
Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A left and a right from Henderson both land. Nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mooney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henderson tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a combination. Mooney tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson throws a nice head kick!
Henderson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Henderson duly obliges.
Henderson clinches up with Mooney and pushes him back against the ropes.
Mooney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Wille Henderson has been cut.
Mooney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mooney lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mooney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mooney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice combination there by Henderson.
Mooney fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mooney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mooney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Henderson. Those never looked like landing.
Henderson moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson manages to break the clinch.
Mooney avoids the head kick by Henderson.
Mooney throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mooney darts in and clinches Henderson up against the ropes.
Mooney wants to stall.
Henderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henderson prevents Mooney from breaking the clinch.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Henderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mooney's efforts to push away.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mooney has him pressed against the ropes.
Henderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mooney lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mooney wants to clinch up but Henderson keeps it at a distance.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
Henderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mooney counters with a left to the body.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
Mooney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mooney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mooney throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mooney misses with a double jab.
Mooney misses with a wild combination.
Mooney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mooney connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henderson scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mooney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Mooney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Mooney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mooney misses with a series of wild punches.
Henderson tries to clinch but Mooney moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mooney avoids the head kick by Henderson.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Henderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henderson is looking to clinch but Mooney is avoiding it.
Mooney scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wille Henderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Wille Henderson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mooney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson instigates a clinch.
Mooney is trying to break free.
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Mooney is controlling him.
Henderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mooney has him pressed against the ropes.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mooney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mooney misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Henderson lands with a nice combination. Mooney backs away looking to recover.
Mooney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mooney circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Mooney moves out of range.
Mooney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mooney moves in looking to clinch but Henderson pushes him off.
Mooney tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Mooney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.
Henderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mooney.
Henderson throws a nice looking combination but Mooney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson lands a head kick. Mooney smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Henderson is looking to clinch but Mooney is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mooney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Mooney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mooney counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Henderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mooney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
Mooney wants to clinch up but Henderson keeps it at a distance.
Mooney doesn't manage to clinch there - Henderson circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mooney wants to clinch.
Mooney misses with a two punch combination.
Mooney tries to clinch up.
Mooney lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mooney tries to clinch up.
Mooney tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Henderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mooney slips a jab and a cross from Henderson.
Mooney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mooney misses with a two punch combination.
Mooney tries to clinch there but Henderson circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a double jab.
Mooney lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Henderson circles away quickly and effectively.
Wille Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mooney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mooney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henderson, pushing him back against the ropes.
Mooney wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Henderson prevents Mooney from breaking the clinch.
Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mooney misses with a two punch combination.
Henderson pushes Mooney up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henderson as Mooney tries to tie him up.
Mooney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson has Mooney pushed against the ropes.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mooney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mooney is trying to break the clinch but Henderson has him pressed against the ropes.
Mooney trying to stall but Henderson improves his position.
A short right from Mooney.
Henderson wants to break free but Mooney has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Henderson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wille Henderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mooney wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mooney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mooney scores with a knee to the head.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mooney throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mooney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Mooney showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wille Henderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Henderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Mooney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mooney misses with a head kick.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Mooney.
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mooney.
Henderson moves in looking to clinch but Mooney pushes him off.
Mooney misses with a straight left.
Walter Mooney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson throws a head kick but Mooney moves out of range.
Henderson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mooney at a distance.
Mooney misses with a series of wild punches.
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Mooney.
Henderson misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Mooney circles away.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Mooney misses with a body kick.
Henderson forces Mooney back against the ropes and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Henderson.
Mooney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mooney looking to stall.
Mooney has had enough of the clinch but Henderson keeps him there for the moment.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mooney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henderson moves into range and clinches up with Mooney.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mooney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Mooney.
Henderson throws a push kick but Mooney slaps the foot to one side.
Henderson wants to clinch.
Henderson drives through and clinches with Mooney against the ropes.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mooney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mooney tries to stall but Henderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Mooney avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the ropes.
Mooney avoiding damage as Henderson throws knees to the body.
Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mooney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mooney taking a breather.
Henderson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mooney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mooney throws a right hand that Henderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Henderson also avoids with ease.
Henderson has closed the distance and engaged Mooney in a clinch.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Mooney blocks with his arms.
Mooney is trying to break the clinch but Henderson has him pressed against the ropes.
Mooney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mooney - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mooney lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mooney has Henderson pressed against the ropes, preventing Henderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mooney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mooney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mooney tries to break the clinch but Henderson is controlling the position.
Mooney is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mooney holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mooney tries to break free but Henderson pushes him back against the ropes.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mooney is trying to break free.
Mooney lands a body shot.
Mooney breaks the clinch.
Mooney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mooney thows a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mooney is looking to chop away at Henderson's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mooney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mooney tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Henderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
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.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Walter Mooney.
I think Mooney has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Mooney!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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