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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Hennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Saint Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hennings might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Braveheart Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dustin Hennings!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Saint Louis!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Louis scores with a leg kick.
Dustin Hennings seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hennings closes the distance but Saint Louis moves to the side
and Saint Louis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hennings shoots for a double leg takedown but Saint Louis sprawls well. He's pushed Hennings's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Saint Louis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hennings momentarily.
Saint Louis is looking to slow Hennings down with leg kicks.
Saint Louis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hennings in his tracks.
Nice shot by Saint Louis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice takedown defense from Saint Louis. No joy for Hennings on that attempt.
Saint Louis clobbers Hennings with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hennings darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Hennings's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hennings sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Louis is doing well to control the position and prevent Hennings from advancing to side control.
Saint Louis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hennings pulls his head out easily.
Saint Louis won't allow Hennings to pass to mount.
Hennings is trying to control the action in half guard but Saint Louis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Dustin Hennings wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Hennings takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saint Louis throws a leg kick that misses.
Hennings walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Saint Louis connects with a looping right hand.
Saint Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Saint Louis. That's going to slow Hennings down.
Hennings moves out of range as Saint Louis throws a body kick.
Hennings takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy left from Saint Louis finds it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Hennings. Those never looked like landing.
Saint Louis with a nice cross.
Hennings tries to clinch but Saint Louis moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hennings takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Saint Louis dodges the punch combination from Hennings.
Saint Louis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hennings is rocked!
Hennings gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Saint Louis gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Saint Louis! Martin Saint Louis retains his bantamweight title!
Martin Saint Louis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Dustin Hennings was interviewed post fight and said 'I will come back better and stronger.'.
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hype
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pop
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