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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miles kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tupac - Only God Can Judge Me. Tony Hendricks has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Darrell Miles's chin.
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Excellent boxer
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darrell Miles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tony Hendricks!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendricks connects with an inside leg kick.
Miles gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hendricks drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hendricks jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hendricks won't allow Miles to sweep him here.
Miles is pulling down on Hendricks's head. It's preventing any offense from Hendricks, at least for the moment.
Hendricks is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Miles trying to keep a closed guard but Hendricks is proving a slippery customer.
Hendricks passes Miles's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Miles won't allow Hendricks to pass to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Miles manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hendricks's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendricks stopping the sweep attempt from Miles.
Hendricks trying to control the position from guard on top but Miles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miles wants to sweep here but Hendricks controlling him for the moment.
Miles pulls Hendricks in close to his closed guard and prevents Hendricks from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hendricks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Miles looking for a sweep. Not yet Miles, not yet.
Hendricks advances position into side control!
Hendricks is trying to get an arm triangle but Miles is defending well.
Hendricks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Miles tries to buck Hendricks off but Hendricks is having none of it.
Miles is working hard here to advance position.
Hendricks lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Miles down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks tries to score with some ground and pound. Miles controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hendricks is putting a hurting on Miles here, landing some big shots from side control.
Miles wants to control but Hendricks postures up.
Hendricks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Miles keeps working.
Check out the look on Hendricks's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miles tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hendricks wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hendricks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hendricks scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hendricks landing strikes.
Miles tries to improve position but can't.
Hendricks creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Miles sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hendricks landing strikes.
Miles is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles is trying to get back to half guard.
Oh Miles is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hendricks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Miles is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hendricks is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Miles has escaped the position, nice work there.
Miles seems to have got his legs back now.
Hendricks landing strikes.
Hendricks tries for a kimura but Miles is defending well.
Hendricks landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on Miles's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hendricks is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Miles is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hendricks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Miles is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hendricks has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Miles looks a forlorn figure.
Hendricks trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Miles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Miles sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hendricks is working for a kimura but Miles is defending it quite comfortably.
Miles slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miles 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Hendricks dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Miles misses with a double jab.
Miles takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Miles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hendricks thumps Miles with a low kick.
Hendricks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Miles checks a low kick from Hendricks.
Miles swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendricks.
Miles fails to land with a series of punches.
Hendricks is looking to clinch.
Darrell Miles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miles misses with a body shot.
Tony Hendricks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miles misses the shot to the body.
Hendricks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hendricks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Miles looks to score with a jab to the body but Hendricks is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miles.
Hendricks ducks under a wild hook from Miles.
Hendricks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Miles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hendricks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hendricks tries to close the distance and clinch but Miles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miles moves out of range of the strikes.
Miles digs a good hook to Hendricks's body.
Miles just misses with a punch to the body.
Hendricks gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Miles takes an elbow to the temple.
Miles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miles.
Miles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Miles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendricks shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Miles pinned against the cage. Miles gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice shot by Miles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hendricks was well out of range. Poor timing from Miles.
Miles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendricks clinches up against the cage.
Hendricks has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Miles uses from the top position.
Miles is looking to work some ground and pound but Hendricks has wrist control.
Hendricks is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Miles postures up and lands a big shot to Hendricks's brow.
Hendricks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hendricks had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miles defends it easily.
Miles content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Miles with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Miles preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hendricks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hendricks trying to control the position.
Hendricks is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hendricks wants to sweep but no luck.
Miles works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Miles working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Miles prevents Hendricks from improving his position.
Miles working over Hendricks with some ground and pound. Hendricks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Miles trying to control from half guard but Hendricks is working away.
Hendricks tries to roll over but Miles keeps him under control.
Miles winds up and cracks Hendricks with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendricks tries to get to full guard but Miles has control of the leg.
Hendricks is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hendricks slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Miles wants to control from the top but Hendricks keeps moving.
Hendricks is looking for a triangle but Miles pushes his legs off easily.
Miles trying to control but Hendricks is working from the bottom.
Hendricks 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendricks has momentary wrist control but Miles slips an elbow through the middle.
Hendricks looking for a sweep. Not yet Hendricks, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Darrell Miles will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Miles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Miles gets tackled into the cage by Hendricks. Hendricks maintains the clinch.
Miles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendricks misses with a body kick.
Hendricks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hendricks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darrell Miles is winning the standup battle so far.
Hendricks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Miles misses with a body shot
and Hendricks counters with an outside leg kick.
Miles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hendricks moves into range and clinches up with Miles.
Hendricks prevents a body shot from Miles.
Miles pushes Hendricks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hendricks fails to pull the fight into his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Miles smiles and moves away.
Hendricks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Miles swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hendricks.
A good leg kick by Hendricks.
Miles misses with a hook. Hendricks ducked under it nicely.
Hendricks throws a hook but Miles avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Miles. Hendricks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Miles looks to throw the jab but Hendricks is out of range.
Hendricks thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Miles if he has to take too many more of those.
Hendricks takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hendricks slips a jab from Miles.
Hendricks wants to clinch.
Hendricks closes the distance and pushes Miles back into the cage.
Miles misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks looking for a takedown.
Darrell Miles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Hendricks.
Hendricks jumps guard but Miles turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Miles blocks an elbow strike from Hendricks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miles looking to slow down the pace here.
Miles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miles moves out of range of the strikes.
Hendricks takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Miles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Miles is looking to wear down Hendricks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Miles misses with a right hand
and Hendricks counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Miles throws a series of punches but Hendricks moves out of range.
Miles misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendricks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Miles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hendricks under the eye.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hendricks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles scores with a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Miles coming out on top.
Hendricks is looking to clinch.
Miles throws an off balance right hand
and Hendricks counters by moving into the clinch.
Miles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendricks closes the distance and clinches.
Miles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hendricks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Miles checks it well.
Hendricks dodges the punch combination from Miles.
Miles throws a jab but it's blocked by Hendricks.
Hendricks misses the jab.
Miles misses with a lunging right hand
letting Hendricks counter with a right hand.
Hendricks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hendricks tries to clinch there but Miles circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Miles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Miles takes a swing at Hendricks's ribcage but misses.
Hendricks connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Miles swats away the attempt to clinch by Hendricks.
Hendricks shoots in and bounces Miles off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hendricks throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hendricks stops Miles from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendricks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Miles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hendricks with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tony Hendricks.
I think Hendricks 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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