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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jozef Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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175 lbs
23 - 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jozef Beast!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Henderson moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBeast.
Henderson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Montreal Elite Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Nice cross by Beast.
Beast stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Henderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Beast looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Beast throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henderson throws a lazy body kick
and Beast counters with a leg kick.
Henderson swinging wildly here.
Beast tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Henderson is able to avoid easily.
Henderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beast.
Henderson misses with an uppercut
and Beast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Beast swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Henderson throws an overhand right that lands on Beast's shoulder, as Beast tries to avoid the shot.
Beast wants to slow Henderson down by chopping away at his legs.
Beast misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast throws the kick towards the body but Henderson avoids it.
Beast throws a hook but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Beast circles away and keeps his distance.
Henderson tests Beast's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Henderson looks to land a left hand but Beast moved out of range nicely.
Beast looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Beast is looking to land body kicks.
Henderson thuds his shin into the meat of Beast's side.
Beast slips under a jab from Henderson.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Beast circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Henderson.
Henderson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Beast manages to circle out of the way.
Beast lands with a good body shot.
Julius Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henderson misses with a hook
enabling Beast to counter with a crisp jab.
Henderson throws a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Henderson checks a leg kick.
Beast tries to bum rush Henderson with a series of wild strikes but Henderson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henderson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Beast.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Beast.
Beast throws a shot from downtown. Henderson moves away and avoids it.
Henderson avoids a punch combination nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beast throws a big shot that misses.
Henderson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Henderson scores with a nice right hand.
Henderson moves into the clinch.
Beast lands an uppercut.
Beast misses with some punches.
Beast digs a right hand underneath Henderson's ribcage. Henderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Beast tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Beast is blocking nicely.
Beast tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beast lands a nice uppercut.
Henderson struggles to land a body shot inside as Beast controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beast avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henderson obliges.
Henderson scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jozef Beast has been cut.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beast throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Beast blocks it.
Beast misses with a knee strike.
Beast misses with a knee strike.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beast prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Henderson lands a nice uppercut.
Beast tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Beast tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beast on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Beast connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Beast.
Henderson avoiding damage as Beast throws knees to the body.
Beast lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beast tries a knee to the head but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henderson crunches a lovely knee into Beast's ribcage.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beast blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Beast blocks with his arms.
Beast working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Beast with a knee to the head.
It looks like Julius Henderson has been cut.
Henderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Beast tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson tries to work over Beast's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beast breaks from the clinch.
Henderson blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jozef Beast will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Henderson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Beast uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Henderson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beast's head backwards.
Nice jab there from Henderson.
Henderson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Henderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Henderson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Henderson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Beast counters with a stiff right hand.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Henderson!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henderson is looking to land body kicks.
Beast circles away from the clinch attempt
and Beast counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws out a loose jab but Beast uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beast misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beast throws a low kick, looking for Henderson's leg but Henderson calmly moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beast.
Henderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beast misses with a straight right.
Jozef Beast seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beast steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henderson.
Beast flicks out a counter leg kick but Henderson steps away.
Henderson checks a low kick from Beast.
Henderson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Beast.
Beast tries to land a body kick
and Henderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Beast avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
Henderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beast.
Nice body punch from Henderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Henderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beast blocks it with crossed arms.
Beast breaks from the clinch.
Henderson tries to clinch but Beast is having none of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Henderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Henderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beast.
Beast is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henderson.
Henderson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Beast takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beast throws a leg kick but Henderson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henderson tries to counter by clinching up but Beast breaks away and moves out of range.
Beast walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Henderson blocks the body kick.
Henderson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Beast thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Henderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Beast looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Beast on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Henderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Beast takes one to the side of the head.
Beast throws a jab when Henderson was well out of range.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beast.
Henderson connects with a looping right hand.
Beast throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beast lands a nice looking kick to the body. Henderson takes a step back to recover.
That kick from Beast tenderised Henderson's leg. Henderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beast.
Henderson with a jab.
Henderson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beast's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast connects with a right hand. Henderson shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Beast smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Henderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beast missing with a left hand there. Henderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Henderson looks for the body kick but Beast saw that one coming.
Beast is looking to land body kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Beast, as that shot connected.
Henderson tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Beast misses its intended target.
Henderson throws a lazy body kick
and Beast counters with a nice uppercut.
Beast misses with an uppercut.
Henderson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Beast throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Henderson is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jozef Beast will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Henderson, right into the meat.
Beast throws out a loose jab but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson tries to clinch but Beast is having none of it.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Henderson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beast stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Beast keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henderson.
Beast tries a quick counter leg kick but Henderson is wise to it.
Henderson throws a lazy right hand but Beast sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beast blocks a head kick by Henderson.
Beast takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beast.
Henderson loads up on a big right hand but Beast slips the punch.
Beast throws a big counter head kick but Henderson avoids it with no problem.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beast lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henderson at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Beast there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beast fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Henderson is out of range.
A slow jab from Beast misses its intended target.
Beast tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson misses with a body shot.
Henderson lands a jab to the head.
Henderson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Beast lands a two punch combo.
Beast throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Beast moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Henderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henderson moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBeast.
Beast throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beast steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Henderson. That one must have hurt.
Beast blocks the body kick.
Julius Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson checks a leg kick.
Henderson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Beast.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beast takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beast stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Beast connects with a jab.
Beast looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Henderson scores with a four punch combination!
Henderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson misses with a hook.
Henderson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beast throws out the jab.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Beast swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Henderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Beast looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast connects with a body shot.
Henderson slips under a jab.
Beast comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Henderson scores with the left hand. Beast knows he should have avoided that one.
Henderson scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Henderson.
Henderson throws a leg kick but Beast sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beast throws a hook but Henderson blocks it.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Henderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beast manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beast! But no joy.
Beast on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Beast lands the left hand.
Henderson connects with a single shot there.
Beast tests Henderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beast throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Henderson's head.
Henderson has managed to clinch.
Henderson avoiding damage as Beast throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Henderson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beast struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
Henderson tries a body shot but Beast blocks it.
Beast looking to throw knees to the head but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Beast scores with a shoulder strike.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beast lands a hook that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Julius Henderson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beast misses with a knee strike.
Henderson has Beast pressed against the cage, preventing Beast from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jozef Beast is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 Julius Henderson.
I think Beast 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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