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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tijani Babangida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dunch Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babangida comes to the cage accompanied by ini - the life i live. Tijani Babangida has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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176 lbs
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175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tijani Babangida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dunch Henry!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry tries for a takedown but Babangida sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Babangida lands a head shot.
Henry dodges the punch combination from Babangida.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Babangida as he jumps to the side.
Babangida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henry misses with a looping right.
Henry closes the distance and clinches up with Babangida, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes Babangida against the cage but Babangida circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tijani Babangida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dunch Henry.
Henry closes the distance and clinches up with Babangida, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes Babangida against the cage but Babangida circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry closes the distance and clinches up with Babangida, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes Babangida against the cage but Babangida circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Babangida throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Babangida throws a right and a left that both miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Babangida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babangida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Babangida gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Henry to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Babangida wants to stand but Henry is controlling the position.
Babangida has momentary wrist control but Henry slips an elbow through the middle.
Henry trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Henry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babangida utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Babangida knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henry on the ground.
Babangida working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
Babangida will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Babangida preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babangida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Babangida is keeping the position for now.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babangida is breathing heavily.
Henry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Henry trying to control the position from guard on top but Babangida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry cracks Babangida with a solid left hand.
Henry is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Babangida swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Babangida wants to get back to his feet but Henry is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Henry connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry passes Babangida's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Henry works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Babangida is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Babangida?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Babangida is rocked!
Babangida is squirming around, avoiding Henry's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dunch Henry dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Henry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Henry scores a takedown into full mount!
Henry dominating with strikes here.
Oh Babangida is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Henry loads up with a big shot that hurts Babangida! He's pulled Henry in close but Henry has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Babangida survive? More strikes from Henry and Babangida is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dunch Henry!
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