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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rory Lucas (ranked 3143 p4p, 3236 weight class) and William Ernest Henley (ranked 352 p4p, 360 weight class). Rory Lucas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rory Lucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Ernest Henley!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucas works the jab nicely.
Henley avoids the body shot from Lucas.
Lucas misses with the combination.
Lucas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Henley is looking to chop away at Lucas's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henley. Lucas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henley misses with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Lucas - just one landing.
Henley throws a leg kick but Lucas checks it.
A combination from Lucas does no damage.
Henley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Horrible takedown attempt by Henley or perhaps it was just good defense by Lucas, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rory Lucas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henley walks into a straight right hand from Lucas.
Lucas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucas. Henley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Henley tries to work over Lucas's front leg with a kick but Lucas checks it.
Lucas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Henley appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lucas seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lucas checks a leg kick nicely.
Henley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lucas.
Henley throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lucas lands with a right hand.
Rory Lucas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lucas throws a hook to the side of Henley's head but Henley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lucas.
Henley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henley defending well as Lucas loads up on a big left hand.
Lucas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Henley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lucas working a defensive guard here.
Henley slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lucas taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley working away.
Henley misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lucas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Henley tries to advance to mount but can't.
Lucas tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Henley easily slips into full mount!
Lucas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henley.
Henley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley throws a wild left hand from mount and Lucas manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Henley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henley with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Henley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henley is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henley is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Henley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lucas defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lucas wants to control but Henley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lucas's head.
Henley slips a nice elbow through Lucas's hands, connecting with Lucas's forehead.
Henley controlling the action here.
Henley trying to mount his opponent but Lucas defends it.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Henley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lucas to the mat! Lucas manages to get full guard.
Lucas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but William Ernest Henley will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Lucas throws a hook to the side of Henley's head but Henley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Henley catches Lucas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rory Lucas is winning the standup battle so far.
Lucas scores with a nice head shot.
Lucas with a nice cross.
Lucas scores with a nice strike.
Henley swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lucas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Henley slips a jab and a cross from Lucas.
Lucas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Henley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lucas.
Henley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Henley throws a jab but it's blocked by Lucas.
Henley throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lucas.
Henley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henley moves away from the strike by Lucas.
Lucas moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromHenley.
A jab from Henley misses.
Henley slips under a jab.
Lucas lands a jab to the nose.
Henley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Henley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Henley takes a swing at Lucas's ribcage but misses.
Henley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Henley looks to land a body kick but Lucas moved away.
Henley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lucas checks it well.
Lucas lands with a hook. Henley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Henley wants to slow Lucas down by chopping away at his legs.
Lucas jabs at Henley's body.
Henley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Henley walks into a jab.
Henley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Henley closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lucas's guard.
Lucas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lucas trying to control the position.
Henley works over Lucas with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lucas keeping moving, preventing Henley from controlling successfully.
Henley wants to pass the guard but Lucas is keeping the position.
Henley trying to control the position from guard on top but Lucas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley misses with a hook. Lucas ducked under it nicely.
Henley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lucas is looking to counter punch.
Lucas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Henley is looking to score with low kicks.
Danga de danga de dang - Lucas scores with a four punch combination!
Lucas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henley looks for the body kick but Lucas saw that one coming.
Henley misses with an uppercut
and Lucas counters with a right hand to the body.
Henley walks into a jab.
Henley is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Henley lands a lovely overhand right.
Henley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Henley slips a straight right by Lucas.
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!
Henley scores with a takedown into Lucas's guard.
Henley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas keeping moving, preventing Henley from controlling successfully.
Henley looking to pass the guard.
Lucas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henley on the ground.
Henley slips nicely into half guard.
Henley stalling.
Henley working over Lucas with some ground and pound. Lucas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rory Lucas dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A slow jab from Lucas misses its intended target.
Henley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lucas.
Lucas looks to throw the jab but Henley is out of range.
Lucas lands with a nice body punch.
Lucas checks a leg kick.
Lucas throwing a counter right hand but Henley manages to avoid it.
Lucas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Henley.
Lucas throws a nice looking combination but Henley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A shot to the liver by Henley. Beautiful body shot.
Henley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Henley slips a jab and a cross from Lucas.
A slow jab from Henley misses its intended target.
Lucas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Henley.
Lucas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Lucas.
Henley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Henley tries to move into range but Lucas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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!
Lucas takes a swing at Henley's ribcage but misses.
Lucas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lucas blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Henley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lucas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lucas just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Henley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lucas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lucas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A left lands for Henley.
Henley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lucas throws out a loose jab but Henley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lucas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lucas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henley throws out a counter right but Lucas avoids it with no problem.
Henley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Henley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Henley ducks under a wild hook from Lucas.
Lucas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lucas.
Henley misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas checks a leg kick nicely.
Henley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henley.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucas tries to bum rush Henley with a series of wild strikes but Henley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Henley unleashes a big counter combination but Lucas bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Henley wants to land a leg kick but Lucas is out of range.
It looked like Lucas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lucas throws a lazy right hand but Henley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lucas misses with a wild body shot.
Lucas throws the left hand but Henley avoids the punch easily.
Henley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lucas is able to avoid easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Lucas misses the target.
Henley throws a nice looking combination but Lucas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henley slips a jab from Lucas.
Lucas checks a low kick from Henley.
Henley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lucas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Henley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lucas misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley connects with a body shot.
Henley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lucas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Henley scrambles back to his feet.
Henley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lucas.
Henley throws a low kick but Lucas moves out of range easily.
Lucas throws a good cross that connects.
Lucas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lucas backing away here, and Henley unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lucas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henley misses with a hook.
Lucas tries to sprawl but Henley drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Henley lands with a punch from half guard.
Lucas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lucas keeps working.
Henley content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henley passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lucas!
Henley scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Henley can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lucas is looking to escape.
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 Rory Lucas.
I think Lucas 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rory Lucas!
An out of breath Rory Lucas 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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hype
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