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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shane Fitzpatrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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194 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Fitzpatrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benny Henderson !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Shane Fitzpatrick has been cut.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fitzpatrick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fitzpatrick instigates a clinch.
Fitzpatrick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Fitzpatrick pulls guard.
Fitzpatrick keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Henderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fitzpatrick. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fitzpatrick lands a decent punch to the body there.
Fitzpatrick has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Henderson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Good shot there by Henderson .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Henderson .
Fitzpatrick has closed the distance and engaged Henderson in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson avoids the elbow strike from Fitzpatrick, against the cage.
Fitzpatrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson .
Fitzpatrick pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson trying to control but Fitzpatrick is working from the bottom.
Fitzpatrick manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fitzpatrick takes the fight into the clinch.
Fitzpatrick prevents Henderson from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henderson .
Henderson is looking to break free of the clinch but Fitzpatrick has double underhooks.
Henderson manages to pull guard.
Fitzpatrick loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick postures up and lands a big shot to Henderson 's brow.
Henderson wants to sweep here but Fitzpatrick controlling him for the moment.
Fitzpatrick's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzpatrick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fitzpatrick has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fitzpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Fitzpatrick is in close to Henderson 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fitzpatrick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fitzpatrick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fitzpatrick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fitzpatrick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson 's head.
Henderson looks winded!
Fitzpatrick distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick landing some decent shots from guard.
Fitzpatrick stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fitzpatrick feints and as Henderson raises his hands in defense, Fitzpatrick changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fitzpatrick connects with a couple of short punches.
Fitzpatrick looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fitzpatrick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Henderson has momentary wrist control but Fitzpatrick slips an elbow through the middle.
Fitzpatrick lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick cracks Henderson with a solid left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fitzpatrick stays in close to Henderson 's body and controls the position.
Fitzpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Fitzpatrick decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Henderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fitzpatrick lands an elbow inside that Henderson shrugs off.
Henderson manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Fitzpatrick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Fitzpatrick's cut.
That's time! Fitzpatrick's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fitzpatrick rushes Henderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Fitzpatrick won't allow it.
Fitzpatrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Fitzpatrick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shane Fitzpatrick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick and Fitzpatrick moves out of range easily.
Henderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Fitzpatrick off the cage and back into range.
Fitzpatrick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fitzpatrick counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Henderson wants to control but Fitzpatrick is keeping busy and won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Fitzpatrick decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
Henderson feints a jab promting Fitzpatrick to slip. Henderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fitzpatrick slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fitzpatrick drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Fitzpatrick misses with a knee to the head.
Henderson tries to break free but Fitzpatrick pushes him back against the cage.
Fitzpatrick content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Henderson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fitzpatrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fitzpatrick lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch but Fitzpatrick keeps him there for the moment.
Henderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Henderson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fitzpatrick stalling in the clinch.
Fitzpatrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henderson .
Henderson jumps guard.
Fitzpatrick decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Henderson , up you get!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fitzpatrick moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benny Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson tries to keep at a distance but Fitzpatrick has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick just leaning against Henderson , taking a breather.
Fitzpatrick gets control of Henderson 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fitzpatrick will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fitzpatrick pushes Henderson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Fitzpatrick drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Fitzpatrick lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Fitzpatrick.
Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fitzpatrick swats away the attempt to clinch by Henderson .
Henderson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fitzpatrick decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fitzpatrick looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fitzpatrick looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shane Fitzpatrick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fitzpatrick lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Henderson taking some punishment here, with Fitzpatrick in his half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice strikes from Fitzpatrick there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fitzpatrick lands a nice short elbow.
Fitzpatrick winds up and cracks Henderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Fitzpatrick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shane Fitzpatrick's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Fitzpatrick has Henderson up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Henderson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Fitzpatrick works over Henderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Fitzpatrick lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Henderson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fitzpatrick is controlling him.
Fitzpatrick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson 's head.
Fitzpatrick is working Henderson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fitzpatrick is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fitzpatrick is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Henderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fitzpatrick connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick is stalling in the full guard.
Fitzpatrick connects with a couple of short punches.
Fitzpatrick with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fitzpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Fitzpatrick looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fitzpatrick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fitzpatrick postures up and lands a big shot to Henderson 's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick scoring with punches to the head and body.
Henderson has momentary wrist control but Fitzpatrick slips an elbow through the middle.
Fitzpatrick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fitzpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Fitzpatrick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fitzpatrick distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fitzpatrick postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fitzpatrick distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fitzpatrick working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Henderson 's head.
Fitzpatrick distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick with a nice head shot there.
Fitzpatrick is working Henderson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fitzpatrick passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Henderson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fitzpatrick working the head with strikes.
Fitzpatrick working the head with strikes.
Fitzpatrick working the head with strikes.
Fitzpatrick in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fitzpatrick cracks Henderson with a big right hand but Henderson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fitzpatrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
Fitzpatrick is chipping away with strikes.
Fitzpatrick works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fitzpatrick cracks Henderson with a big elbow.
The referee asks Fitzpatrick politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Fitzpatrick prefers to stall for the moment though.
Fitzpatrick is chipping away with strikes.
Henderson wants to control but Fitzpatrick postures up.
Henderson is being controlled here.
Benny Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shane Fitzpatrick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Fitzpatrick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fitzpatrick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Fitzpatrick!
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