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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Dray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dray is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Champion. Ricky Dray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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196 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Dray!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendo moves in looking to clinch but Dray pushes him off.
Dray gets caught napping as Hendo dives in and scores a takedown. Dray manages to retain guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hendo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hendo postures up in Dray's guard and throws a big left but Dray blocks it.
Hendo scoring with some ground and pound.
Dray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hendo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hendo stops Dray from standing up.
Dray keeping moving, preventing Hendo from controlling successfully.
Hendo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dray's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hendo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dray scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hendo throws a series of punches but Dray avoids them all with ease.
Dray slips a jab and a cross from Hendo.
Hendo cracks Dray with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dray throws a lazy right hand but Hendo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hendo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hendo moves into the clinch.
Hendo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dray can't get the takedown.
Hendo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hendo misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from Hendo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hendo.
Hendo lands an elbow that stopped Dray in his tracks for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendo gets underhooks to prevent Dray's takedown attempt.
Hendo lands an elbow inside that Dray shrugs off.
Hendo lands a knee to the head.
Hendo misses with a body punch.
Hendo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hendo.
Hendo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dray wants a takedown but no success here.
Danny Hendo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Dray.
Hendo landing knees to the head.
Hendo is pressed up against the cage. Dray has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hendo down to the mat. Hendo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dray throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dray looks winded!
Dray on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hendo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hendo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dray shoots in looking for a takedown but Hendo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dray's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hendo throws a series of punches but Dray avoids them all with ease.
Hendo misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dray closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dray lands in his opponent's guard.
Hendo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dray is controlling him.
Dray throwing strikes from guard but Hendo blocks nicely.
Dray throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hendo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dray is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hendo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dray is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hendo is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hendo has escaped and now he's on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo throws an elbow that misses. Dray uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hendo's guard. Nice move by Dray!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hendo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hendo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dray.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dray stops Hendo from standing up.
Hendo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dray wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Hendo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hendo throws a jab when Dray was well out of range.
Dray gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hendo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hendo crunches a lovely knee into Dray's ribcage.
Hendo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hendo lands a two punch combo.
Hendo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dray swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hendo sizes up Dray with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hendo digs a good hook to Dray's body.
Hendo leaves Dray with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hendo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Hendo. Beautiful body shot.
Dray takes a jab right on the kisser.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dray.
Danny Hendo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Dray.
Hendo digs a good body shot into Dray's ribs.
Dray is breathing heavily.
Dray circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hendo throws a nice looking combination but Dray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hendo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dray was covering up waiting for the punch and Hendo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hendo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dray on the ground.
Hendo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dray's head.
Hendo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hendo is looking to pass into half guard but Dray pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Dray is in guard.
Dray is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hendo is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hendo has escaped and now he's on top!
Hendo throws an elbow that misses. Dray uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hendo's guard. Nice move by Dray!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dray is looking to work some ground and pound but Hendo has wrist control.
Hendo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Danny Hendo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendo trying to keep a closed guard but Dray is proving a slippery customer.
Dray throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dray stops Hendo from standing up.
Dray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dray throwing strikes from guard but Hendo blocks nicely.
Dray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hendo has momentary wrist control but Dray slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dray stops Hendo from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dray won't allow Hendo to sweep him here.
Dray looking to pass the guard.
Hendo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dray throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hendo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hendo wants to stand but Dray is controlling the position.
Dray stopping the sweep attempt from Hendo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hendo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dray.
Dray trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dray trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dray postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hendo's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dray trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dray working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Hendo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dray shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hendo sprawls well. Hendo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dray gets slowly back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dray sizes up Hendo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jab, jab by Hendo - just one landing.
Danny Hendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendo lands a nice looking body shot.
Hendo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hendo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dray misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hendo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dray is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Danny Hendo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Dray.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dray backwards.
Hendo has Dray pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dray manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hendo turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hendo tries to move into full mount but can't pass Dray's legs.
Dray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hendo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo is trying to ground and pound but Dray uses the momentary lack of control by Hendo to regain half guard.
Hendo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dray knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dray is trying to stand back up but Hendo is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo throwing shots but Dray is blocking nicely.
Dray is staying active underneath Hendo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dray wants to get back to his feet.
Hendo is working for a submission of some sort.
Dray makes his way to full guard, as Hendo worked for a kimura.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo trying to control but Dray is working from the bottom.
Hendo is looking to advance position but Dray has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hendo is desperately trying to improve his position but Dray has a good base and remains in mount.
Dray throws some wild stikes that Hendo manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo is desperately trying to improve his position but Dray has a good base and remains in mount.
Dray pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Dray connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dray throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hendo because Dray loaded up on that one.
Dray throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dray working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dray lands a nice shot to the head.
Dray scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hendo?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dray looking to ground and pound but Hendo is blocking nicely.
BOOM! Dray connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hendo is rocked!
Dray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Dray really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dray misses the shot to the body.
Dray fails with the takedown
and Hendo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dray is trying to drag Hendo to the mat but Hendo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dray takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dray has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hendo after a bit of a struggle.
Danny Hendo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Dray.
Dray goes for a takedown attempt but Hendo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hendo manages to avoid it.
Dray throws a lazy right hand but Hendo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hendo dips to his left and cracks Dray with an uppercut!
Hendo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dray is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Hendo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dray.
Hendo throws a head kick but Dray moves out of range.
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!
Dray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hendo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dray misses with a takedown attempt - Hendo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hendo stuffs the takedown attempt from Dray. Dray gets slowly back to his feet.
Dray is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hendo.
Hendo lands a body shot.
Dray shoots for a double leg takedown but Hendo sprawls well. He's pushed Dray's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hendo has Dray up against the cage in a clinch.
Hendo with a knee to the head.
Hendo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dray looks to land a left hand but Hendo moved out of range nicely.
Dray ducks right into an uppercut from Hendo.
Dray dodges the punch combination from Hendo.
Hendo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dray drives through with a takedown into Hendo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
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!
Dray working some strikes from top position.
Hendo wants to get back to his feet but Dray is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dray is working Hendo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dray scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dray is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hendo is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hendo has escaped and now he's on top!
Dray wants to stand and escape but Hendo is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo wants to stand and escape but instead Dray has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Dray drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hendo dives on top into guard.
Hendo won't allow Dray to get back to his feet.
Hendo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo throwing strikes but missing.
Hendo looking to sit in guard and control but Dray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hendo looking to control.
Hendo is really struggling to control Dray but he's trying to hold on to the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hendo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dray is looking to work some ground and pound but Hendo has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Hendo had his way with Ricky Dray in that round.
That's time! Hendo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Dray closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dray is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Hendo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Dray!
Ricky Dray is the new middleweight champion!
Ricky Dray very nearly forgot to thank New World Order Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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