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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Herman (ranked 8589 p4p, 716 weight class) and Wesley Snipes (ranked 6036 p4p, 603 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cedric Herman!
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, Wesley Snipes!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snipes blocks a head kick by Herman.
A big left from Herman misses.
Snipes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Snipes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Herman is out of range.
Herman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Herman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Herman looks to land a right hand but Snipes moved out of range.
Herman throws a lazy uppercut
and Snipes counters with a series of strikes. Herman will be more careful next time no doubt.
Herman swats away the attempt to clinch by Snipes.
Herman feints and then cracks Snipes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Snipes down.
Herman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Snipes. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snipes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Snipes throws a right hand that Herman ducks under and follows up with a left that Herman also avoids with ease.
Snipes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snipes tries to clinch up.
Snipes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Herman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snipes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Snipes thuds a left hand into Herman's body.
Herman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snipes tries to clinch but Herman moves out of range.
Snipes is looking to clinch but Herman is avoiding it.
Snipes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Herman.
Snipes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Herman.
Herman misses with a looping right.
Snipes tries a low kick but Herman avoids it.
Herman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Herman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Herman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Snipes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Herman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snipes.
Herman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Herman was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Snipes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Herman is looking to counter punch.
Herman misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Snipes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Herman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Snipes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A leg kick checked by Herman.
Herman appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Herman dodges the punch combination from Snipes.
Herman misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herman defending well as Snipes loads up on a big left hand.
Herman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Herman misses with a series of wild punches.
Herman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Snipes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Snipes tries to clinch but Herman is having none of it.
Snipes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wesley Snipes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Herman takes a swing at Snipes's ribcage but misses.
Herman throws a body shot but no joy.
Snipes slips under a jab from Herman.
Herman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Snipes's sensitive parts.
Herman connects with a solid leg kick.
Snipes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Snipes backs away, Herman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Herman.
Snipes tries to clinch but Herman moves out of range.
Herman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Herman tries a head kick but it misses.
Snipes throws a counter combo.
Herman misses the shot to the body.
Snipes defending well as Herman loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Herman, right into the meat.
Herman throws a hook to the side of Snipes's head but Snipes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snipes slips a jab from Herman.
Snipes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Herman loads up on a big right hand but Snipes slips the punch.
Snipes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Snipes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snipes moves away.
Snipes moves in looking to clinch but Herman pushes him off.
Snipes misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Herman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Herman misses with a straight right.
Herman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Snipes throws a leg kick but Herman sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Snipes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Herman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Herman lands with a kick to the temple. Snipes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Wesley Snipes has been cut.
Snipes tries to score with a low kick but Herman moves his leg out of the way.
Snipes wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Herman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Snipes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Herman feints and then cracks Snipes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Snipes down.
Snipes tries to clinch up but Herman circles away and keeps his distance.
Herman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Herman misses with a straight right.
Herman throws a leg kick which misses Snipes's front leg but catches the back leg as Snipes tries to avoid it.
Herman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Snipes can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Herman misses the target.
Herman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snipes tries a head kick but it misses.
Herman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Herman lands a high kick!
Herman looks to score with a jab to the body but Snipes is just out of range.
Herman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Snipes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Herman appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Herman.
Herman misses with a body shot.
Herman has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A solid leg kick lands there for Herman.
Herman throws a big shot that misses.
Herman looks to land a combination but Snipes avoids it well.
Snipes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Herman counters with a low kick, right behind Snipes 's knee.
Snipes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Herman.
Snipes tries to bum rush Herman with a series of wild strikes but Herman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Herman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snipes.
Herman slips a jab and a cross from Snipes.
Herman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Snipes.
Herman misses the jab.
Snipes wants to clinch up but Herman keeps it at a distance.
Snipes throws out a leg kick but Herman moves out of range and Snipes only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snipes tries to clinch there but Herman circles away.
Herman fires out a quick counter leg kick but Snipes just manages to avoid it.
Snipes scores with a jab to the head.
Herman drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Snipes thows a leg kick but Herman checks it
and Herman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Herman misses with an uppercut.
Herman swats away the attempt to clinch by Snipes.
Herman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Herman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Snipes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Herman throws a jab when Snipes was well out of range.
Snipes ducks under a wild hook from Herman.
Herman scores with a nice body kick.
Herman misses with an uppercut. Snipes saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snipes throws a right and a left that Herman avoids nicely.
Crunch! Herman slams his shin into Snipes's torso.
Snipes is breathing heavily.
Herman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Snipes wants to land a leg kick but Herman is out of range.
Herman slips under a jab.
Snipes is looking to clinch but Herman is avoiding it.
Herman appears to be looking for a big counter.
Snipes throws a sloppy head kick and Herman moves out of range easily.
Snipes wants to clinch up but Herman keeps it at a distance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Herman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Herman throws a looping overhand right but Snipes ducks down to avoid it.
Snipes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Herman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Herman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Snipes tries to clinch up.
Herman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Snipes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cedric Herman is winning the standup battle so far.
Snipes ducks under a wild hook from Herman.
Snipes tries to work over Herman's front leg with a kick but Herman checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snipes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Snipes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Snipes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Snipes avoids the body shot from Herman.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Snipes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Snipes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Herman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Herman lands a nice looking body kick.
Herman misses with a hook. Snipes ducked under it nicely.
Nice body kick from Herman.
A nice leg kick lands there from Herman.
A slow jab from Herman misses its intended target.
Snipes throws a series of punches but Herman avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Herman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Herman takes a swing at Snipes's ribcage but misses.
Snipes moves away from the strike by Herman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Herman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Snipes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Herman loads up on a big right hand but Snipes slips the punch.
Herman swats away the attempt to clinch by Snipes.
Nice defenses there by Herman.
Herman seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Snipes defending well as Herman loads up on a big left hand.
Herman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snipes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Herman throws a lazy right hand but Snipes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Herman throws a hook to the side of Snipes's head but Snipes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Herman backs off Snipes throws a huge counter combo but Herman manages to avoid it all.
Snipes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Herman.
Snipes moves away from the strike by Herman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snipes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herman.
Herman is looking for a counter combo.
Herman throws a lazy right hand but Snipes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Herman misses.
Snipes slips under a jab from Herman.
Snipes misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snipes wants to clinch up but Herman keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from Snipes misses.
Herman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Snipes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Herman swings for the body but Snipes moves out of range.
Snipes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Snipes wants to clinch up but Herman keeps it at a distance.
Snipes throws a sloppy head kick and Herman moves out of range easily.
Herman moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Snipes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some bone on bone action there as Herman checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Snipes moves out of range of the strikes.
Herman circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Herman misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snipes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Herman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Snipes wants to clinch up but Herman keeps it at a distance.
Snipes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Herman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Herman throws out a loose jab but Snipes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Herman misses with a straight right.
Snipes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Snipes throws a jab but it's blocked by Herman.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Herman misses the shot to the body.
Snipes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Herman counters with a good low kick that Snipes was not able to check.
Herman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Snipes's head.
Herman misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herman throws a head kick that half lands.
Herman misses with a straight right.
Snipes unleashes a big counter combination but Herman bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Herman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Snipes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Snipes is looking to clinch but Herman is avoiding it.
Snipes is looking to clinch but Herman is avoiding it.
Herman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Herman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cedric Herman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Herman misses with a hook.
Herman throws a hook but Snipes blocks it.
Snipes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Snipes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Herman.
Snipes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Snipes cracks Herman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Snipes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Herman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Herman throws a big counter combination but Snipes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snipes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herman.
Herman throws a big counter combination but Snipes scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That kick from Herman tenderised Snipes's leg. Snipes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Herman lands a leg kick that knocks Snipes off balance momentarily.
Snipes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Herman.
Snipes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Herman throws a leg kick which misses Snipes's front leg but catches the back leg as Snipes tries to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Snipes tries to clinch there but Herman circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Herman.
Herman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Herman keeps the fight on the outside.
Snipes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Herman scoring well with a low kick there.
Snipes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Herman.
Wesley Snipes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big right from Herman misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cedric Herman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Herman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cedric Herman!
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RATING
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