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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Oliver (ranked 23437 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonthan Henry (ranked 2546 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry has chosen hit em up as his entrance music. Jonthan Henry is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Oliver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonthan Henry !
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliver looks for a takedown but Henry sprawls well.
Henry moves into the clinch successfully.
Henry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oliver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henry blocks it with crossed arms.
Henry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Oliver's ribcage.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Oliver's ribcage.
Oliver is breathing heavily.
Oliver takes an elbow to the temple.
Oliver misses with a knee to the head.
Henry lands with a right to the head.
Henry pushes Oliver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henry is leaning against Oliver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henry told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Henry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry lands with a short shot to the head.
Henry lands an uppercut.
Henry works on Oliver's body with a couple of short punches.
Henry lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oliver in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Henry .
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Henry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Henry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henry .
A right hook to the body lands for Henry .
A shot in the inside from Henry .
Henry scores with a hook to the body.
Henry pushes Oliver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Oliver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Henry lands an elbow just above Oliver 's eye.
Henry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Henry lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliver backwards.
Henry landing knees to the body.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Henry lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henry .
Henry lands a shoulder strike.
Oliver stalling against the cage.
Henry lands an elbow just above Oliver 's eye.
Oliver ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Oliver no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Henry advances to half guard.
Henry trying to control the pace.
Oliver is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver wants to control but Henry is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Henry is working for a submission of some sort.
Oliver looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Oliver looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Henry is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Oliver is just riding it out for now. Henry eventually gives up the hold.
Henry passes to side control.
Henry is staying tight to Oliver's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Henry has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Oliver is looking to reverse the position.
Henry is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Henry is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Oliver has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonthan Henry dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Henry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Henry throws a series of punches but Oliver avoids them all with ease.
Oliver is looking to counter the offense by Henry and move into the clinch.
Oliver forces Henry back against the cage and clinches.
Henry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Henry landing knees to the head.
Oliver has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Henry is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Oliver tries to land a knee to the head but Henry blocks with his arms.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Henry lands an elbow just above Oliver 's eye.
Henry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oliver tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Henry smiles and moves away.
Henry clinches.
Nice elbow from Henry .
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Oliver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry presses Oliver against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Henry .
Henry is working Oliver over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Henry .
A hook to the body from Henry .
Henry lands with a light punch inside.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oliver takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hook to the body lands for Henry .
Henry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Oliver in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Henry .
Henry is leaning against Oliver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Henry .
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henry .
Henry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Henry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Henry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Olivers head.
Oliver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
Henry lands a body shot.
Henry scores with a hook to the body.
Henry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A hook to the body from Henry .
Henry lands an elbow inside that Oliver shrugs off.
Henry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oliver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henry obliges.
Oliver takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice left hand lands by Henry .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver looking to stall.
Henry scores with a knee to the head.
Oliver takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oliver manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knees to the body from Henry .
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Oliver takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oliver drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Henry gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Henry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Oliver won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Henry .
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right handed body shot lands from Henry .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver tries to score a body lock takedown but Henry shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Henry .
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
Henry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Henry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oliver backwards.
Oliver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Henry gets through Oliver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliver backwards.
Henry lands a knee to the body.
Henry landing knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Henry .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oliver takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oliver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oliver prevents a body shot from Henry .
Oliver is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Henry pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonthan Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oliver drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oliver throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henry .
Oliver drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oliver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jonthan Henry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Oliver's ribcage.
Henry scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry lands a left hand.
Henry lands a damaging elbow.
Henry is working Oliver over against the cage.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver is trying to break free.
Henry lands a shot to the body.
Henry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henry .
Henry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Henry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oliver is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henry works on Oliver's body with a couple of short punches.
Oliver looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Oliver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henry lands a hook that snaps the head of Oliver backwards.
Oliver tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Henry just stands there and leans against the cage.
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Henry works on Oliver's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliver drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Henry lands an elbow that stopped Oliver in his tracks for a moment.
Henry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oliver backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliver missing with knees to the body.
Oliver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henry is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Henry .
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oliver in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry lands a right hand.
Henry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Henry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Henry prevents the takedown attempt.
A right hand to the body from Henry .
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henry obliges.
Henry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oliver backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good body shot from Oliver.
Henry gets through Oliver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henry .
Henry is pressed up against the cage. Oliver has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Henry down to the mat. Henry avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jonthan Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry scores with a leg kick.
Henry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jonthan Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oliver darts in looking for a takedown but Henry gets double underhooks and turns Oliver into the cage.
Henry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oliver, pushing him back against the cage.
Henry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oliver in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oliver is trying to drag Henry to the mat but Henry just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Henry lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oliver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henry lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliver fails to pull guard.
Oliver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Henry lands a right hand.
A short right from Henry on the inside.
Henry lands a nice uppercut.
Henry gets through Oliver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oliver goes for a takedown attempt but Henry pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Henry takes the fight into the clinch.
Oliver takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oliver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Henry gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oliver is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Henry to keep the fight standing.
Henry prevents a body shot from Oliver.
Alex Oliver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A left hand lands to the body for Henry .
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonthan Henry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Henry has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 24:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonthan Henry !
Jonthan Henry bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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