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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Pascal Henry (ranked 21705 p4p, 648 weight class) and Steve Hicks (ranked 20404 p4p, 619 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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165 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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150 lbs
11 - 5 - 1 |
Excellent 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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pascal Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Hicks!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry throws a jab when Hicks was well out of range.
Hicks misses with a wild body shot.
A cross from Henry lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hicks.
Hicks gets tackled into the ropes by Henry. Henry maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Henry fails to land.
Henry misses with a punch to the body.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hicks is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hicks is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henry is keeping busy.
Henry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henry lands a hook that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hicks.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Hicks lands with a right to the head.
Hicks is looking to control Henry's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hicks has his back to the ropes.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Hicks avoids it by throwing Henry back against the ropes.
Henry lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Hicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry cracks Hicks with a nice body shot.
Hicks throws a head punch that misses.
Henry is working Hicks over against the ropes.
Henry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hicks's efforts to push away.
Hicks blocks an uppercut.
Hicks blocks an uppercut.
Hicks blocking some punches.
Henry lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Henry's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hicks is trying to force a seperation but Henry has the dominant position.
Henry presses Hicks against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Henry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hicks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Henrys head.
Hicks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Henry throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Henry throws a jab when Hicks was well out of range.
Hicks checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Henry misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hicks. Henry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henry was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Henry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Henry tries to land a body kick
and Hicks counters with a straight right hand.
Pascal Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hicks.
Hicks swings widly with a right hand
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hicks misses with a hook to the body
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice body kick from Henry.
Hicks's corner calls for a 1-2. Hicks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Henry gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Henry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hickss head.
Henry tries a body shot but Hicks blocks it.
Hicks wants to get back to striking at distance but Henry won't allow it.
Hicks is looking to control Henry's arms but Henry gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hicks has his back to the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry lands a hook that snaps the head of Hicks backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hicks blocking some punches.
Hicks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pascal Henry dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Henry misses the shot to the body.
Henry lands a slapping body shot.
Henry slips under a jab.
Henry moves away from the strike by Hicks.
Henry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hicks slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hicks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henry keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hicks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hicks looks to land a left hand but Henry moved out of range nicely.
Hicks just misses with a punch to the body.
Pascal Henry is winning the standup battle so far.
Henry slips a jab from Hicks.
Henry tried to counter with a leg kick but Hicks avoided it.
Hicks misses with a straight left.
Hicks takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hicks moves out of range as Henry strikes.
Henry throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hicks throws a hook but Henry avoids it easily.
Henry throws a right hand that misses
and Hicks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henry throws a hook but Hicks blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry is looking to score with low kicks.
Henry ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hicks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry lands an overhand right.
Hicks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Henry.
Henry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A good leg kick by Henry.
Hicks throws a big shot that misses.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hicks scores with a sloppy right hand. Henry should have avoided that one.
Henry tries to clinch there but Hicks circles away.
Hicks swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Henry moves in looking to clinch but Hicks pushes him off.
Hicks throws an overhand right that lands on Henry's shoulder, as Henry tries to avoid the shot.
Hicks on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Henry moves out of range of the strikes.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hicks can do to turn this around?
Hicks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Hicks misses.
Hicks connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with a looping left.
Henry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hicks misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Hicks misses its intended target.
Hicks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hicks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hicks sizes up Henry with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fighters circling - Hicks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Henry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hicks throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
Henry has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hicks finds it's way round the side to connect with Henry's head.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hicks has time to react.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry is looking to clinch but Hicks is avoiding it.
Hicks lands a slapping body shot.
Hicks misses with a straight left.
Henry moves out of range as Hicks strikes.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Hicks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Henry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hicks throws out the jab.
Henry tries to clinch but Hicks moves out of range.
Hicks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hicks misses the shot to the body.
Henry lands a leg kick that knocks Hicks off balance momentarily.
Hicks 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.
Henry scores with a nice right hand.
Henry misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Hicks to counter with a crisp jab.
Henry lands with an uppercut that bounces Hicks off the ropes and back into range.
A jab from Hicks misses.
Hicks misses with an uppercut. Henry saw that one coming.
Hicks cracks Henry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hicks just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry is looking to clinch.
Jab, jab by Hicks - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hicks.
Henry just misses with a punch to the body.
Henry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hicks's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Hicks misses its intended target.
Henry forces Hicks back against the ropes and clinches.
Hicks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Henry lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Hicks is trying to stall.
Hicks tries a body shot but Henry blocks it.
Henry struggles to land a body shot inside as Hicks controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hicks takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hicks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hicks takes a shot to the head.
Henry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hicks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hicks breaks from the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Hicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hicks throws the left hand but Henry avoids the punch easily.
Hicks jabs Henry to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hicks throws a big shot that misses.
Hicks swings for the body but Henry moves out of range.
Hicks throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Henry.
Hicks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.
Henry misses with an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Hicks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henry looks to land a left hand but Hicks moved out of range nicely.
Henry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hicks's hands.
Hicks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Henry throws a lazy right hand but Hicks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hicks throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
Henry scores with a leg kick.
Henry moves into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pascal Henry showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Henry has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pascal Henry!
An out of breath Pascal Henry thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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