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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wu Tang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wu Tang!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson wants to clinch up but Tang keeps it at a distance.
Henderson tries to clinch but Tang moves out of range.
Henderson scores with a takedown into Tang's guard.
Henderson working some strikes from top position.
Tang striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Tang throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Henderson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Henderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Henderson wants to pass the guard but Tang is keeping the position.
Tang looking for a guillotine here but Henderson defends easily.
Henderson stopping the sweep attempt from Tang.
Henderson cracks Tang with a solid left hand.
Henderson won't allow Tang to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is working Tang over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henderson cracks Tang with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tang trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tang had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Henderson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tang Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Henderson's back instead.
Tang throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Henderson is trying to break free.
Henderson trying to control the hands but Tang breaks the grip.
Tang doesn't have the hooks in and Henderson manages to turn into his guard.
Henderson distracts Tang with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Henderson drops back looking for a leg! Tang is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tang manages to kick Henderson off! Henderson jumps back into Tang's guard.
Henderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tang looks gassed!
Henderson looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Henderson is one step ahead there.
Tang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tang throws his legs up looking for a submission but Henderson uses it to pass to side control.
Henderson tries to move to mount but Tang blocks the move with his legs.
Henderson is putting a hurting on Tang here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henderson wants to control but Tang is keeping him busy.
Tang is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Henderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tang actively working from the bottom here.
Henderson prevents Tang from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tang is pressing down on Henderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tang had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Henderson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tang Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Henderson's back instead.
Tang scores with punches and elbows.
Tang scores with punches to the body.
Tang has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Henderson has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tang controlling well, preventing Henderson from escaping the position.
Tang is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Henderson has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Can Henderson hold on?! Tang is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Henderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tang on the ground.
Henderson tries to escape the position.
Tang is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Henderson has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson just trying to survive but Tang is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Tang working for a choke but Henderson is defending well.
Henderson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Tang slips a nice elbow through Henderson's hands, connecting with Henderson's forehead.
Tang winds up and cracks Henderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tang thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henderson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tang trying to pass the guard but Henderson defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tang is trying to work for a kimura but Henderson is defending well.
Henderson gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wu Tang dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Henderson swinging wilding here.
Tang shoots in and bounces Henderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Henderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tang is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Tang distracts Henderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tang in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henderson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Tang is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Henderson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Tang's back instead.
Henderson loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Tang hold on?
Henderson is working the ground and pound. Can Tang escape?
I really don't envy Tang right now.
Tang is breathing heavily.
Tang tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Tang really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tang flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Henderson prevents Tang from getting the reversal.
Wu Tang has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henderson cracks Tang with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tang's face.
Henderson scoring with strikes but Tang is staying in there.
Henderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tang?
Henderson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tang looks a forlorn figure.
Tang regains half guard.
Tang is pressing down on Henderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tang manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Henderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Henderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tang is one step ahead there.
Tang postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tang lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tang stands and throws Henderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Henderson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tang connects with a decent elbow.
Henderson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Tang seems to be looking for submissions.
Henderson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tang's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tang's back!
Tang is keeping busy.
Henderson gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Tang is trapped and Henderson is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Henderson lands shots from the back.
Tang wants to escape the position.
Henderson lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Henderson.
Tang is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A helpless look comes across Tang 's face. He knows he's trapped as Henderson lands a series of unanswered strikes. The ref steps in to stop the fight and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Henderson!
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hype
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