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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Bede (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Call On Me - Eric Pyrdz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Bede!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Bede.
Bede throws out a powerful jab.
A combination from Henderson does no damage.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Henderson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Henderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bede moves away.
Henderson is looking to score with low kicks.
Bede lands a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bede.
Bede has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short left from Bede.
Bede lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
It looks like Dan Henderson has been cut.
Bede is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henderson looks gassed!
Bede lands an elbow inside.
Henderson tries to break free but Bede pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bede.
Bede using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left hand lands to the body for Bede.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bede obliges.
Bede lands an uppercut.
A short right from Bede on the inside.
Bede lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bede is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bede is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Henderson can't fight it off and eventually Bede manages to take the fight to the floor. Henderson looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Henderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bede controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Henderson 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.
Bede would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bede not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Bede from controlling successfully.
Bede looking to pass the guard.
Henderson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bede doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bede manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two 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.
Henderson wants to control but Bede passes easily into half guard.
Bede with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bede is trying to control. Henderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Henderson is trying to get back to full guard.
Bede postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Henderson to stand up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bede.
Bede throws a nice outside leg kick.
Henderson checks a leg kick.
Henderson fails with the takedown.
Bede chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bede throws a leg kick which misses Henderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henderson tries to avoid it.
Bede is looking to slow Henderson down with leg kicks.
Henderson gets caught flat footed, as Bede shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bede throwing strikes but missing.
Bede stands up from Henderson's guard - Bede perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bede drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Bede lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Bede - that landed with a thud.
Bede unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bede cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bede obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bede.
Bede lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bede utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bede turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Bede manages to end up in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bede working away.
Henderson is being controlled here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson can't do much from the bottom here.
Henderson is trying to get back to half guard.
Henderson wants to control but Bede postures up.
Henderson is looking for a sweep.
Bede controlling from side mount.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bede.
An inside leg kick lands from Bede.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bede. That's going to slow Henderson down.
Bede buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Henderson misses with a takedown
and Bede counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bede dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bede dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Henderson. That did some damage!
Bede scores with a leg kick.
Bede shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bede was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bede breaks from Henderson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bede controlling the pace for now.
Bede is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Bede with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Henderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bede connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice straight punches there by Bede. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bede.
Henderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Bede lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henderson's sensitive parts.
Bede turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bede is looking to slow Henderson down with leg kicks.
Henderson misses with a leg kick
and Bede counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bede rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bede.
Henderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson misses with a body punch
and Bede counters with an outside leg kick.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bede was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Henderson throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Bede to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bede, right into the meat.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bede but Bede pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Henderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bede scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lucas Bede is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bede scoring well with a low kick there.
Henderson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bede rather than just go for the knockout.
Bede drives through and clinches with Henderson against the cage.
Bede lands with a left to the head.
Bede connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Bede putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bede lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bede is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bede has Henderson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bede pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Henderson tumbling to the mat - Bede dives into Henderson's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson keeping full guard, as Bede tries to pass.
Bede is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henderson can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson has a closed guard, preventing Bede from standing up.
Henderson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bede!
Bede keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Henderson looking to control but Bede is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Henderson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Bede regains half guard.
Henderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bede is trying to control but can't.
Henderson wants to pass the guard but Bede is defending well.
Bede moves into full guard.
Bede lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Henderson!
Bede is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Henderson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bede explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Henderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bede swivels and escapes.
Bede connects with a solid leg kick.
Henderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bede instigates a clinch.
Bede pushes Henderson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Bede.
Bede crunches a lovely knee into Henderson's ribcage.
Lucas Bede has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bede has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Henderson is trying to keep an underhook but Bede manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bede is trying to control. Henderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bede tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Henderson manages to get to full guard.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Bede from controlling successfully.
Bede working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson is working an open guard so Bede takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bede counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bede dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Henderson misses the shot to the body.
Bede uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henderson.
Henderson throws and low kick but Bede moves out of range easily.
Bede lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Henderson tries a low kick but Bede avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bede, as that shot connected.
Henderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bede swivels and escapes.
Bede will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bede throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bede throws a leg kick which misses Henderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Henderson tries to avoid it.
Henderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bede blocks a head kick by Henderson.
Bede is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bede closes the distance and clinches.
Bede lands a knee to the head.
Bede keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Bede lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Bede.
Bede lands an elbow just above Henderson 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Bede.
Bede lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Bede.
A short uppercut from Bede.
Bede with a knee to the head.
Bede lands with a light punch inside.
Bede scores a nice knee to the body.
Bede digs a right hand underneath Henderson's ribcage. Henderson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bede scores with a nice hook to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Henderson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Bede.
Bede is working Henderson over against the cage.
Bede lands a body shot.
Bede lands with a short shot to the head.
Bede cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
Henderson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bede avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bede softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bede lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson.
Bede lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bede lands a good knee to the midsection. Henderson won't want to take too many of those.
Henderson managing to block the knees to the body from Bede.
Henderson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lucas Bede has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Henderson.
Bede landing knees to the head.
Bede gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bede lands a knee to the body.
Bede lands with a left to the head.
Henderson can't break the clinch.
Bede lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bede works on Henderson's body with a couple of short punches.
Bede unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henderson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bede gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bede lands a right hand.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson is trying to break the clinch but Bede has him pressed against the cage.
Bede comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short body shot lands from Bede as the two fighters clinch.
Bede lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bede is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bede gets through Henderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Bede.
Bede with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bede utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bede keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by Bede.
A right hook to the body lands for Bede.
Henderson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Henderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Bede.
Henderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bede lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Bede - that landed with a thud.
Bede stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bede.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bede is working Henderson over against the cage.
Bede lands a right hand.
A short left from Bede.
Bede stops a takedown attempt from Henderson.
Bede looking for a takedown.
Bede using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bede tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henderson avoids it.
Henderson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bede fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bede lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bede keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bede lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henderson's sensitive parts.
A low kick from Henderson misses
and Bede holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bede with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bede lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bede.
Henderson has Bede pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bede manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Henderson is trying to force a seperation but Bede has the dominant position.
Bede lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bede.
Bede lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Bede.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Bede is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bede scores with a shot to the side of Henderson's head.
Bede keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Henderson's efforts to push away.
Henderson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bede unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bede lands with a right to the head.
Henderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bede working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Henderson working hard to break the clinch.
Good body shot from Bede.
Bede unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Henderson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bede putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Henderson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bede gets through Henderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bede.
Henderson tries to break the clinch but Bede is controlling the position.
Bede landing knees to the head.
Bede tries to land a knee to the head but Henderson blocks with his arms.
Bede throws a head punch that misses.
Bede comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bede just misses with a elbow thrown towards Henderson's brow.
A short right from Bede on the inside.
Bede tries to pull guard but Henderson won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bede.
Bede prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bede clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bede.
Bede throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Bede blocks the leg kick.
Bede looks to land a body kick but Henderson moved away.
Bede stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bede wants it to stay on the feet.
Henderson walks into a jab.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bede.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bede darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Henderson throws a leg kick
and Bede makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bede lands a slapping body shot.
Bede throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bede uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Henderson.
Bede scores with a sloppy right hand. Henderson should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bede connects with a jab.
Henderson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bede counters with a low kick, right behind Henderson 's knee.
Henderson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bede.
Henderson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bede lands a really nice looking cross but Henderson seems unphased.
Henderson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bede!
A nice inside leg kick there by Bede. That's going to slow Henderson down.
Bede scores a takedown into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Bede.
A nice elbow there by Bede.
Bede get's back to his feet.
Bede throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bede turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bede lands a nice leg kick that just misses Henderson's sensitive parts.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick
and Bede counters with an inside leg kick.
Bede looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bede controlling the action here.
Bede seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Henderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bede throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Bede is thwarting Henderson's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bede seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Henderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bede with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Henderson moves into full guard.
Bede preventing the sweep.
Bede stands up from Henderson's guard - Bede perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson shoots and misses
and Bede counters with a good low kick that Henderson was not able to check.
Lucas Bede has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Henderson.
Henderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Bede counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bede misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Henderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bede's waist but Bede gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henderson off to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bede feints and then cracks Henderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Henderson down.
Bede chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bede connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bede.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bede lands an elbow that stopped Henderson in his tracks for a moment.
Henderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bede connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henderson's face.
Bede lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bede throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bede lands a knee to the body.
Bede lands a hook that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Bede trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bede prevents it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bede obliges.
Bede working Henderson over with knees to the body.
Bede lands an elbow inside that Henderson shrugs off.
Henderson wants to break free but Bede has control.
Bede works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Henderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lucas Bede is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson keeping moving, preventing Bede from controlling successfully.
Henderson has a closed guard, preventing Bede from standing up.
Bede advances to half guard.
Henderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bede wants to stand but Henderson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Henderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bede is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Bede showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bede has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 40:35
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 40:35
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 40:35
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Bede!
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