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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zak Drezner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Hendry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drezner comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - Checkmate. Hendry comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Seed - By Sublime kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
25 - 6 - 3 |
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154 lbs
21 - 8 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Drezner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Colin Hendry!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Drezner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hendry lunges at Drezner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drezner's hand.
A slow jab from Hendry misses its intended target.
Hendry lands a jab.
Hendry misses with a hook. Drezner ducked under it nicely.
Hendry moves away from the strike by Drezner.
Hendry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drezner looks to land a right hand but Hendry moved out of range.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hendry.
Drezner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Colin Hendry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hendry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drezner.
Hendry lands a body shot.
Hendry takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hendry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drezner.
Hendry throws a body punch but Drezner moves out of range.
Hendry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drezner.
Drezner looks to score with a jab to the body but Hendry is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry lands with an overhand left.
Hendry lands a jab-cross combination.
Hendry connects with an inside leg kick.
Hendry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hendry. Drezner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hendry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drezner shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hendry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hendry slips under a jab from Drezner.
Hendry misses with a wild body shot.
Drezner scores with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drezner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hendry scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drezner walks into a straight right hand from Hendry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drezner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drezner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hendry looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Drezner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hendry ducks under a wild hook from Drezner.
Drezner is looking to chop away at Hendry's legs.
Drezner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drezner checks a leg kick.
Drezner staying out of range there.
Drezner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hendry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drezner counters with an outside leg kick.
Drezner tried to score with a low kick but Hendry checks it.
Drezner lands a body shot.
Drezner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hendry's head backwards.
Drezner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Drezner throws a body punch but Hendry moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hendry misses with the combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Hendry checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hendry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hendry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drezner.
Drezner slips under a jab from Hendry.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drezner. Hendry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drezner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hendry is out of range and Drezner settles back down.
A head kick from Drezner lands but Hendry takes it in his stride.
It looks like Colin Hendry has been cut.
Hendry misses with a straight left.
Hendry cracks Drezner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Drezner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hendry.
Drezner slips under a jab from Hendry.
Hendry throws a jab when Drezner was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hendry darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendry misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendry missing with a left hand there. Drezner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drezner misses with a body punch
and Hendry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hendry throws a hook but Drezner blocks it.
Drezner tries to clinch up.
Hendry fakes the leg kick and cracks Drezner in the body.
Drezner checks a leg kick nicely.
Drezner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hendry moves out of range of the body kick.
Hendry throws an overhand right that lands on Drezner's shoulder, as Drezner tries to avoid the shot.
Hendry thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hendry thumps Drezner with a low kick.
Drezner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That kick from Hendry tenderised Drezner's leg. Drezner is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Colin Hendry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colin Hendry's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A good leg kick by Drezner.
Drezner missing with a left hand there. Hendry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drezner misses with a body shot.
Drezner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hendry digs a good body shot into Drezner's ribs.
Drezner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hendry.
Drezner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hendry.
Hendry misses with a wild body shot.
Hendry lands a slapping body shot.
Hendry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Drezner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hendry was well out of range. Poor timing from Drezner.
Hendry throws a push kick but Drezner slaps the foot to one side.
Hendry lands a nice shot that snaps Drezner's head back.
Drezner dips to his left and cracks Hendry with an uppercut!
Colin Hendry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hendry throws out a loose jab but Drezner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drezner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hendry throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drezner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hendry.
Hendry jabs Drezner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drezner ducks right into an uppercut from Hendry.
Hendry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hendry tests Drezner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Drezner.
Hendry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Drezner tries to clinch but Hendry moves out of range.
Drezner throws a lazy right hand but Hendry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drezner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drezner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Drezner misses with a shot to the body
and Hendry counters with a two punch combo.
Hendry defending well as Drezner loads up on a big left hand.
Drezner throws an overhand right that lands on Hendry's shoulder, as Hendry tries to avoid the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hendry checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Drezner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drezner drives through and clinches with Hendry against the cage.
Drezner has Hendry pushed against the cage.
Hendry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hendry misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hendry.
Drezner breaks the clinch.
Drezner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Drezner throws a sloppy head kick and Hendry moves out of range easily.
Hendry throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hendry misses with a straight left.
Hendry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hendry throws a hook but Drezner avoids it easily.
Hendry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendry misses the shot to the body.
Drezner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hendry thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Drezner.
Hendry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drezner moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Drezner.
Drezner throws the kick towards the body but Hendry avoids it.
Hendry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Drezner finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hendry scores with a nice right hand.
Drezner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hendry.
Hendry just misses with a punch to the body.
Drezner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hendry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drezner manages to avoid it.
Hendry throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Drezner to counter with a crisp jab.
Hendry throws an overhand right that lands on Drezner's shoulder, as Drezner tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendry takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drezner.
Drezner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drezner throws a sloppy head kick and Hendry moves out of range easily.
Hendry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drezner throws out the jab.
Drezner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Drezner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Drezner misses the body punch
and Hendry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hendry motions for Drezner to come forward. Hendry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Drezner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hendry throws out the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Drezner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Drezner looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drezner misses with a body kick.
Hendry misses with a hook. Drezner ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Colin Hendry will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Colin Hendry's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Drezner cracks Hendry with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hendry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hendry throws a body punch but Drezner moves out of range.
Drezner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drezner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drezner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hendry looks for the body kick but Drezner saw that one coming.
Drezner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hendry swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drezner counters with an inside leg kick.
Hendry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hendry slips a jab and a cross from Drezner.
Hendry lands with a nice body punch.
Drezner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hendry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Drezner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drezner looks to land a right hand but Hendry moved out of range.
Drezner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Drezner.
Drezner cracks Hendry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hendry avoids the body shot from Drezner.
Drezner catches Hendry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hendry moves out of range as Drezner strikes.
Hendry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hendry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Drezner manages to avoid it.
Hendry blocks a jab.
Drezner connects with a solid leg kick.
Drezner throws a lazy right hand but Hendry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hendry misses with an uppercut. Drezner saw that one coming.
Hendry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drezner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zak Drezner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hendry, right into the meat.
Hendry thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot by Hendry.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drezner on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Drezner.
Hendry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hendry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drezner.
Drezner connects with a jab.
Hendry throws a shot to the body.
Hendry scores with a jab. Drezner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Drezner lands a nice shot that snaps Hendry's head back.
Jab from Drezner.
Hendry lands with a right hand.
Hendry lands a really nice looking cross but Drezner seems unphased.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Drezner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hendry.
Hendry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drezner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Colin Hendry is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hendry throws out a powerful jab.
Hendry is looking to chop away at Drezner's legs.
Hendry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hendry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drezner moves away.
Drezner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hendry.
Hendry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hendry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drezner misses with a hook. Hendry ducked under it nicely.
Drezner throws a hook to the side of Hendry's head but Hendry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hendry throws a shot from downtown. Drezner moves away and avoids it.
Drezner throws an overhand right that lands on Hendry's shoulder, as Hendry tries to avoid the shot.
Drezner throws a sloppy head kick
and Hendry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drezner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drezner throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hendry slips a jab from Drezner.
Drezner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hendry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Hendry finds it's target.
Drezner wants to clinch up but Hendry keeps it at a distance.
Hendry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drezner's sensitive parts.
Drezner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hendry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A good leg kick by Hendry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drezner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jab from Hendry.
Hendry throws the left hand but Drezner avoids the punch easily.
Hendry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zak Drezner.
I think Hendry 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Colin Hendry!
A less than humble Colin Hendry misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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