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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry William French (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Indiana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). French comes to the cage accompanied by Blaze of Glory. Indiana comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jay Z - 99 problems kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Henry William French could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gary Indiana's chin.
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194 cm
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212 lbs
8 - 7 - 1 |
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189 cm
27
214 lbs
8 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Henry William French! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Indiana! The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! No joy there for French, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
French scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. French throws a jab when Indiana was well out of range. French swinging wildly here.
Indiana slips a jab from French. Indiana lands a head shot. French takes the fight into the clinch. French can't break the clinch.
French looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. French misses with a hook from the clinch. Indiana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
French swings wildly with an uppercut but Indiana uses good head movement to avoid it. French doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
French blocks an elbow strike from Indiana.
French pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. French tries to clinch up. French misses the jab. Indiana fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. French looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round. Indiana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
French needs to keep his hands up - Indiana had a free shot at his head there. Indiana fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. French looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. No joy there for French, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
French wants to clinch up but Indiana keeps it at a distance. French uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Indiana.
Indiana misses with an uppercut. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as French checks a leg kick. French swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. A looping hook to the body misses from Indiana. French does a little dance to reset his feet. Indiana scores with a jab. Indiana misses with a wild body shot. Indiana will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. French avoids the head kick by Indiana.
French throws out a token jab with nothing on it. French ducks under a wild hook from Indiana. French lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Indiana circles away quickly and effectively. French throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Indiana. Indiana shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Indiana was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Indiana is landing with some decent strikes but French is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Indiana has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of French's face.
Indiana throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Indiana with a couple of short strikes. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Indiana throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for French because Indiana loaded up on that one. Indiana can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as French is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round. French tries to hold on but Indiana pushes him away. Indiana scoring with strikes but French is staying in there. Indiana raining down shots from the mount! Indiana thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
A nice elbow there by Indiana. French blocking the ground and pound. Indiana thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. French tries to lock up and control but Indiana gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Indiana drops a big elbow. That's hurt French! More shots from Indiana and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Indiana!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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