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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between CJ Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Lesnari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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215 lbs
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286 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, CJ Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rock Lesnari!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson misses with a few strikes there.
Lesnari shoots for a takedown but Henderson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lesnari fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lesnari shoots in but no luck this time.
CJ Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rock Lesnari.
Henderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnari misses with a takedown attempt - Henderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rock Lesnari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lesnari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lesnari feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnari working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lesnari trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Lesnari drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lesnari jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lesnari trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henderson trying to control the position.
Henderson is pulling down on Lesnari's head. It's preventing any offense from Lesnari, at least for the moment.
Henderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnari fails with the takedown.
Lesnari throws a low kick, looking for Henderson's leg but Henderson calmly moves out of range.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lesnari fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lesnari shoots in and bounces Henderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lesnari throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Henderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that CJ Henderson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Lesnari.
Lesnari cracks Henderson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
It looks like CJ Henderson has been cut.
Lesnari is putting a hurting on Henderson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lesnari is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Henderson's shoulder. That is not cool.
Lesnari in side control, throwing shots but Henderson defends.
Lesnari wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Henderson, who protects the arm well.
Henderson tries to bench press Lesnari off him but Lesnari keeps the position.
Lesnari tries to score with some ground and pound. Henderson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Henderson struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Henderson checks a leg kick nicely.
Henderson throws a right and a left that Lesnari avoids nicely.
Lesnari drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lesnari looks up at the clock and then as Henderson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lesnari smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
CJ Henderson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at CJ Henderson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rock Lesnari!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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