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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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169 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
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180 cm
29
165 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Brown!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a leg kick which misses Henley's front leg but catches the back leg as Henley tries to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Brown - just one landing.
Henley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Henley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Henley avoids the head kick by Brown.
Henley throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Henley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brown.
Henley 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.
Brown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henley.
Henley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick misses from Henley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown thuds his right hand into Henley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Brown keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Henley is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Henley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henley has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Henley tries to sprawl but Brown drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Oh Henley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henley is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Henley seems to have got his legs back now.
Henley is trying to control but can't.
Henley wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Henley trying to control but Brown postures up.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Henley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henley missing with punches from the bottom.
Henley taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Henley is holding on to half guard well.
Henley tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley is looking to improve his position.
Henley 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.
Brown wants to work for an arm triangle but Henley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown not doing much here.
Henley is looking to improve his position.
Brown looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brown is thwarting Henley's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks the strikes from Henley.
Henley keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Henley is looking to improve his position.
Henley gets back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Brown throwing strikes but missing.
Henley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Henley punching from the bottom - just letting Brown know he's still in a fight.
Brown cracks Henley with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Henley has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Henley wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Henley doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Brown working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brown throws a big elbow that misses.
Brown engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Henley striking off his back but it's not causing Brown any problems.
Henley looking for a sweep. Not yet Henley, not yet.
Brown working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Brown dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Brown misses with a few strikes there.
Daniel Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a body punch but Henley moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Henley misses the target.
Brown throws a hook but Henley avoids it easily.
It looked like Henley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Henley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Henley is looking for a counter combo.
Henley misses with a looping right.
A big right from Henley misses.
Henley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick from Brown lands but Henley takes it in his stride.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Brown throws a front kick that sends Henley stumbling back into the cage.
A left and a right from Brown both land. Nice combination.
Brown misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Henley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Henley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown misses with a low kick.
Brown punishes Henley's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Brown does it's job there.
Daniel Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown throws a series of strikes that have Henley backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
Henley thuds his right hand into Brown's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henley.
Henley throwing a counter right hand but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Henley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brown.
Brown throws a head kick but Henley moves out of range.
Brown throws a hook but Henley avoids it easily.
Brown rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Henley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henley needs to keep his hands up - Brown had a free shot at his head there.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brown lands with a right hand.
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Henley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Good exchange - Brown coming out on top.
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brown walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Henley drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Brown swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Henley's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Brown!
After winning the bout, Daniel Brown thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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