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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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195 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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193 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tito Henry!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Scott.
Scott rushes Henry and presses him up against the cage.
Scott holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Scott tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Henry is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Scott dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A body shot lands from Scott.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scott using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Henry has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scott with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scott is stalling here.
Henry fails to pull guard.
Scott dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Scott for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Christian Scott.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henry misses with a looping right.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Henry circles away.
Scott throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Henry was covering up waiting for the punch and Scott finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Scott preventing the sweep.
Scott tries to stand but Henry is controlling from the bottom.
Henry controls Scott momentarily but Scott frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Scott is controlling him.
Henry manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Henry lands with a right hand.
Henry drives through with a takedown into guard.
Scott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Scott blocks nicely.
Henry throws a strike but Scott rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Scott won't allow Henry to sweep him here.
Scott is looking to stand up but Henry won't let him.
Scott won't allow Henry to sweep him here.
Scott controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Scott stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Henry with a lazy takedown attempt
and Scott counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Christian Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Henry.
Henry looks gassed!
Henry fails with the takedown
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Scott counters by clinching up.
Henry tries to pull guard but Scott holds him up against the cage and eventually Henry drops back down to his feet.
Scott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scott tries to land knees in the clinch but Henry avoids the damage to the body.
Scott leaning against his opponent.
Scott with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Scott connects with a nasty looking knee right to Henry's face.
Scott landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henry lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Henry jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Scott walks away with a smile on his face. Henry gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Scott takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Scott dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Horrible takedown by Scott or perhaps it was just good defense by Henry which made him look bad.
Henry shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Henry showed some decent athleticism there.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Scott blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Scott is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Henry with the ground and pound but Scott uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Henry postures up in Scott's guard and throws a big left but Scott blocks it.
Scott avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scott utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Scott wants to get back to his feet but Henry is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Scott is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Henry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Scott blocks nicely.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Scott blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry chips away with some ground and pound.
Henry trying to control but Scott is working from the bottom.
Scott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scott utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Scott keeping moving, preventing Henry from controlling successfully.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four 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.
Scott has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henry tries to free his leg and advance position but Scott is retaining full guard.
Henry wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Scott is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Henry is controlling him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Scott wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Scott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scott moves into the clinch.
Henry tries for a takedown but Scott manages to get underhooks.
Scott missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Henry avoids it.
Scott throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Henry blocks it with crossed arms.
Henry decides to pull guard.
Henry pulls Scott in close to prevent any damage.
Henry kicks Scott off and gets to his feet.
Scott fails with a takedown attempt.
Tito Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scott tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry digs a good body shot into Scott's ribs.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Scott manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Henry throws a strike but Scott rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry has Scott pulled in close to control his posture.
Scott is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Scott from controlling successfully.
Scott stopping the sweep attempt from Henry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Scott off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Henry shoots for a takedown but Scott saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henry tries to clinch but Scott is having none of it.
Henry throws a body kick the misses
and Scott counters with an inside leg kick.
Henry tries to clinch there but Scott circles away.
Scott shoots and misses
and Henry counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Scott keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Henry connects with a nice short shot to Scott's temple.
Henry thows a huge punch but Scott dodges it nicely.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry thows a huge punch but Scott dodges it nicely.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry is just content to waste time from the top position. Scott takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
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.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Scott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henry accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
Henry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Henry landing some decent shots from guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tito Henry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Henry has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tito Henry!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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