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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henderson Cormier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Blighton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson Cormier could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Buster Blighton's chin.
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223 lbs
13 - 15 - 0 |
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195 cm
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220 lbs
2 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Henderson Cormier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Buster Blighton!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cormier avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blighton misses with a combination
so Cormier counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cormier sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Blighton's guard.
Blighton is looking for a sweep. Cormier is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blighton wants to get back to his feet.
Cormier controlling the action here.
Cormier is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blighton.
As Blighton looks to move away, Cormier throws a big counter combo bu Blighton just gets out of the way.
Cormier shoots for a double leg takedown but Blighton sprawls well. He's pushed Cormier's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cormier shoots in and drives through. Blighton sprawls well.
Cormier scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cormier darts in and clinches Blighton up against the cage.
Blighton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cormier jumps into guard, dragging Blighton to the mat.
Cormier has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Blighton content to stall in guard here.
Blighton wants to stand but Cormier is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cormier keeping moving, preventing Blighton from controlling successfully.
Blighton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cormier wants to sweep but no luck.
Cormier is pulling down on Blighton's head to control his posture.
Blighton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cormier is pulling down on Blighton's head. It's preventing any offense from Blighton, at least for the moment.
Blighton wanted to stand there but Cormier had control of the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blighton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cormier swats away the attempt to clinch by Blighton.
Cormier manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Blighton on his heels. He'll look to pass Blighton's guard now, I'm sure.
Cormier looking to pass the guard.
Cormier stands and steps away. Blighton gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Blighton tries to clinch up.
Cormier darts in and clinches Blighton up against the cage.
Cormier breaks from the clinch.
Cormier clinches up with Blighton and pushes him back against the cage.
Cormier tightens his grip and picks Blighton up, before dumping him to the ground. Blighton manages to land in guard.
Blighton looking for a guillotine here but Cormier defends easily.
Blighton looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cormier keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blighton's head.
Blighton is working an open guard so Cormier takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Blighton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blighton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blighton is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Cormier, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And Blighton responds with a good body kick, but Cormier manages to step out the way in time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blighton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cormier stalling the fight.
Blighton gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henderson Cormier 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.
Blighton is looking to clinch but Cormier is avoiding it.
Blighton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cormier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blighton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cormier fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blighton, pushing him back against the cage.
Cormier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cormier closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Blighton's guard.
Cormier lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cormier looking to pass the guard.
Cormier might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Blighton keeping moving, preventing Cormier from controlling successfully.
Cormier seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blighton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cormier stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blighton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cormier with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cormier scoring with some ground and pound.
Blighton keeping moving, preventing Cormier from controlling successfully.
Blighton is pulling down on Cormier's head. It's preventing any offense from Cormier, at least for the moment.
Cormier controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A low kick from Blighton misses
and Cormier counters with a leg kick.
Cormier clinches.
Cormier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cormier tries to bum rush Blighton with a series of wild strikes but Blighton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blighton wants to counter with a clinch but Cormier pushes him away.
Cormier clinches.
Cormier jumps guard.
Cormier is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Blighton has gone for a leg lock! Cormier slips out almost immediately though and dives into Blighton's guard.
Cormier chips away with some ground and pound.
Cormier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blighton can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blighton is trying to keep Cormier in close.
Cormier wants to control from the top but Blighton keeps moving.
Cormier slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Blighton wants to sweep here but Cormier controlling him for the moment.
Cormier controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cormier pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blighton is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blighton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cormier is one step ahead there.
Cormier stands and steps away. Blighton gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Blighton tries to clinch up but Cormier circles away and keeps his distance.
Cormier went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cormier gets a takedown into half guard.
Cormier is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cormier throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henderson Cormier dominated that second round.
That's time! Cormier's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cormier throws a nice looking combination but Blighton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henderson Cormier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cormier feints and as Blighton raises his hands in defense, Cormier changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cormier looking to pass the guard.
Blighton working a defensive guard here.
Cormier missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cormier postures up.
Blighton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier tries to free his leg and advance position but Blighton is retaining full guard.
Cormier lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Blighton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cormier's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Blighton tries to clinch but Cormier moves away
and Cormier counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cormier shoots in and gets a takedown into Blighton's guard.
Cormier stands up from Blighton's guard - Cormier perhaps looking for a knockout.
Cormier gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Blighton to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Blighton wanted to stand there but Cormier had control of the position.
Cormier wriggles free and stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cormier fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Blighton sprawls well initially but Cormier persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blighton is trying to stand.
Cormier missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cormier takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cormier stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blighton. Cormier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blighton shoots in but no luck this time.
Blighton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cormier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cormier throws a big counter combination but Blighton scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cormier looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blighton is on top in guard.
Blighton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cormier looking for a sweep. Not yet Cormier, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier is working hard here to advance position.
Blighton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cormier has his hands on Blighton's head, controlling the position.
Cormier preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cormier keeping moving, preventing Blighton from controlling successfully.
Cormier is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blighton won't allow Cormier to sweep him here.
Blighton wants to stand but Cormier is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Blighton is looking to clinch but Cormier is avoiding it.
Cormier throws a right and a left that Blighton avoids nicely.
Blighton feints the counter takedown.
Cormier takes the fight into the clinch.
Cormier has Blighton pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Cormier pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Blighton tumbling to the mat - Cormier dives into Blighton's guard.
Cormier decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Blighton, up you get!
And that's the end of the fight!
Henderson Cormier showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cormier has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henderson Cormier!
Henderson Cormier took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, xXx Fight Gear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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