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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Julio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Hendricks has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Don Julio's chin.
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175 lbs
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171 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Julio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tony Hendricks!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendricks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Julio lands a head kick. Hendricks smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Julio lands a lovely overhand right.
Hendricks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Julio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Julio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hendricks's head.
Julio misses with a hook.
Hendricks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hendricks stuns Julio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hendricks throws a head kick but Julio moves out of range.
Hendricks is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hendricks's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Julio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hendricks scrambles back to his feet.
Hendricks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Julio's calf.
Julio throws a body kick that misses.
Hendricks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hendricks tries to close the distance and clinch but Julio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A low kick from Hendricks is predictable there
letting Julio counter with a right hand.
Hendricks is looking to clinch but Julio is avoiding it.
Hendricks looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hendricks postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Julio is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hendricks, into his guard.
Hendricks is looking for a triangle but Julio pushes his legs off easily.
Julio wanted to stand there but Hendricks had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Julio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hendricks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Our spies down at at Demon's Elite Gym (13 Elite) inform us that Hendricks has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendricks is trying to hold Julio in close to prevent damage but Julio has managed to pass into half guard.
Julio wants to stand but Hendricks has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hendricks actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks actively working from the bottom here.
Julio wants to get back to his feet.
Hendricks is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Julio pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hendricks looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Julio stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Julio jabs Hendricks right on the nose. Hendricks blinks but takes it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Hendricks or perhaps it was just good defense by Julio which made him look bad.
Hendricks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hendricks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Julio.
Don Julio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Julio does it's job there.
Hendricks avoids the body shot from Julio.
Julio gets tackled into the cage by Hendricks. Hendricks maintains the clinch.
Hendricks tries to land knees in the clinch but Julio avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Julio breaks from the clinch.
Hendricks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Julio circles away from the clinch attempt
and Julio counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Julio 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.
Hendricks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Julio.
Hendricks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Julio.
Hendricks swings for the body but Julio moves out of range.
Julio scores with a decent looking hook.
Julio swinging wildly here.
Hendricks throws a jab but it's blocked by Julio.
Hendricks shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Julio sprawls well. Julio wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hendricks gets slowly back to his feet.
Julio thows a body kick. Hendricks tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hendricks looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Julio misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks closes the distance but Julio moves to the side
and Julio counters with a right hand to the body.
Hendricks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Julio with a hook.
Julio throws a series of strikes that have Hendricks backpedaling.
The fighters circling - Julio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Julio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hendricks ducks under a wild hook from Julio.
Julio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Julio misses with a head kick.
Julio throws a jab when Hendricks was well out of range.
Hendricks throws a leg kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julio throws a hook but Hendricks blocks it.
Hendricks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Julio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Julio throws the left hand but Hendricks avoids the punch easily.
Julio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Julio checks a leg kick.
Hendricks goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hendricks tries to clinch there but Julio circles away.
Hendricks takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendricks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hendricks fails with a takedown attempt.
Julio avoids the body shot from Hendricks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks doesn't manage to clinch there - Julio circles away.
Hendricks ducks under a wild hook from Julio.
Julio just misses with a punch to the body.
Julio scores with a sloppy right hand. Hendricks should have avoided that one.
Julio misses with a kick to the body.
Hendricks wants to clinch up but Julio keeps it at a distance.
Julio throws a sloppy head kick and Hendricks moves out of range easily.
Julio misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Julio misses.
Julio misses with a head kick.
Hendricks just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks blocks a jab.
Julio looks to land a right hand but Hendricks moved out of range.
Hendricks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hendricks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Julio moves away.
Julio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Julio lands with a kick to the temple. Hendricks shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Don Julio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Julio tries a head kick but it misses.
Hendricks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Julio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Julio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hendricks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Julio moves away.
Hendricks takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Julio throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Julio dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hendricks crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Julio - the referee stops the clock and Hendricks gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Julio. Hendricks manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Julio misses with a straight right.
Don Julio is winning the standup battle so far.
Julio misses the shot to the body.
Hendricks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hendricks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Julio connects with a jab.
Hendricks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Julio.
Julio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hendricks takes one to the chin there.
Julio misses with the body kick
and Hendricks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hendricks tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Julio swivels and escapes.
Hendricks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendricks tries to clinch there but Julio circles away.
Julio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hendricks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Julio connects with a single shot there.
Hendricks walks into a jab.
Jab, jab by Julio - just one landing.
Hendricks attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hendricks with a jab.
Hendricks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Julio gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hendricks counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hendricks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Julio rather than just go for the knockout.
Good shot there by Julio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julio keeps Hendricks at a distance using the push kick.
Hendricks is looking to clinch but Julio is avoiding it.
Julio scores with a jab.
Hendricks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Julio circles away quickly and effectively.
Julio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Julio cracks Hendricks with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hendricks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hendricks doesn't manage to clinch there - Julio circles away.
Hendricks misses with a low kick.
Julio cracks Hendricks with a good jab.
Tony Hendricks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Julio does no damage.
Hendricks forces Julio back against the cage and clinches.
Julio is trying to force a seperation but Hendricks has the dominant position.
Hendricks has clasped his hands together around Julio's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Hendricks wants to take a breather but Julio manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Hendricks.
Hendricks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hendricks looking to sit in guard and control but Julio gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Julio wants to get up but he can't break Hendricks's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Julio is looking to stand up but Hendricks won't let him.
Hendricks has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Julio has passed into side control.
Julio wants to stand but Hendricks is controlling his arm.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hendricks is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hendricks throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Don Julio.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Julio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Julio!
An out of breath and clearly excited Don Julio thanked Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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