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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Doan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
7 - 4 - 1 |
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180 cm
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185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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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
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, James Doan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Henderson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Henderson circles away.
Henderson moves into the clinch successfully.
Doan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Doan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henderson.
Doan misses with a knee strike.
Henderson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Doan is trying to keep an underhook but Henderson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Henderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henderson thows a huge punch but Doan dodges it nicely.
Doan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henderson.
Henderson prevents Doan from improving his position.
Doan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Doan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Doan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Henderson lands a couple of elbows.
Henderson wanted to stand there but Doan had control of the position.
Doan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Doan wants to sweep here but Henderson controlling him for the moment.
Doan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Henderson tries to buck Doan off but he can't manage it.
Doan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Doan isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Doan dominating with strikes here.
Henderson blocking the ground and pound.
Henderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Doan is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Henderson to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Henderson shrugs it off.
Henderson wants to hold on but Doan pushes him away.
Doan lands a nice shot to the head.
Henderson wants to control but Doan is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Henderson is looking to escape.
Henderson tries to reverse the position but Doan maintains control.
Henderson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Doan.
Henderson working to try and regain half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Henderson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Doan dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henderson regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson is defending against the submission attempts here by Doan.
Doan is breathing heavily.
Doan trying to control the action but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Henderson is trying to stand up here but Doan is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Henderson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Henderson gets the takedown into side control.
Doan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Doan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henderson defending well though.
Henderson manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Henderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Doan is trying to control the position but Henderson postures up.
Doan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Doan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Henderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Doan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Henderson connects with a couple of short punches.
Henderson lands a couple of digs.
Henderson thows a big elbow that misses.
Doan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Henderson!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doan punching from mount but Henderson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Doan throwing strikes here but Henderson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Doan is working for a guillotine from mount but Henderson frees his head quite easily.
Henderson can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Henderson somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Doan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Henderson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Henderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henderson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Doan is trying to defend but Henderson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Henderson decides to return to a standing position.
Henderson pushes Doan up against the cage in a clinch.
Henderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Henderson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Henderson throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson wants to stand but Doan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Henderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Doan trying to keep a closed guard but Henderson is proving a slippery customer.
Henderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Doan has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doan throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Henderson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Doan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Henderson defends well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Henderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
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.
Doan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Henderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Doan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Henderson wants to control from the top but Doan keeps moving.
Doan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Doan looking for a sweep. Not yet Doan, not yet.
Henderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Doan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Henderson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Henderson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Henderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Doan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henderson or not.
Doan tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Doan back against the cage.
Henderson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Doans head.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doan missing with knees to the body.
Doan gets underhooks to prevent Henderson's takedown attempt.
Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henderson is working for takedown but Doan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Doan lands a nice uppercut.
Doan misses with a punch to the body.
Doan trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Henderson.
Doan tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Doan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Doan is pressed up against the cage. Henderson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Doan down to the mat. Doan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
James Doan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Henderson.
Henderson with a poor takedown
and Doan counters with a takedown into side control.
Henderson is pushing Doan's head away, looking to escape. Doan manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doan creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Henderson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Doan throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Doan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Henderson, who protects the arm well.
Doan tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Doan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Henderson is avoiding damage well.
Henderson is trying to control Doan's posture but Doan avoids it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Henderson checks a low kick from Doan.
Henderson wants to clinch
and Doan moves into the clinch.
Doan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henderson.
Henderson tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doan cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
Doan jumps into guard, dragging Henderson to the mat.
Henderson throws a big right hand that misses.
Henderson throwing strikes from guard but Doan blocks nicely.
Dan Henderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henderson throws and elbow that misses. Doan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henderson's guard. Nice move by Doan!
Doan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Henderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Henderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Henderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Doan tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Henderson lands an elbow inside.
Doan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Henderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Doan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henderson.
Henderson turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Henderson manages to end up in side control.
Doan dodges the ground and pound from Henderson.
Henderson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Doan is avoiding damage well.
Doan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Henderson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Doan is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Henderson is tapping! Great win for Doan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). James Doan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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