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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Hensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silas Monk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hensen comes to the ring accompanied by Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon. Monk has chosen Ave Maria as his entrance music. Sven Hensen had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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200 cm
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278 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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202 cm
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270 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sven Hensen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silas Monk! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A looping hook to the body misses from Monk. Hensen does a little dance to reset his feet. Monk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Hensen throws a solid leg kick but Monk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hensen. Monk scores with a nice right hand.
Monk lands a nice looking body shot.
Monk misses with a hook. Monk scores with a decent looking hook. Hensen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Monk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hensen. Hensen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Monk misses with a straight right. Monk just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Monk throws out a powerful jab. Hensen swings for the body but Monk moves out of range.
A left lands for Monk. Hensen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Monk throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hensen counters with a shoot takedown. Monk fights it but they end up in guard. Hensen wants to control from the top but Monk keeps moving. Monk managing to control the position. Hensen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Monk is keeping the position for now. Hensen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Monk's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hensen passes easily into side control. Nice work. Hensen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Monk tries to improve position but can't. Monk struggling a bit here. Monk might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hensen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. Hensen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Monk down.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Monk dodges the ground and pound from Hensen. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Hensen scores with a couple of short elbows.
It looks like Silas Monk has been cut. Hensen trying to control the action but Monk is working from the bottom. Hensen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Hensen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Hensen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Monk is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. You can see the frustration on Monk's face as Hensen controls the position. Hensen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Monk seems a little lost for a moment, as Hensen dominates the positioning. Monk defending against the ground and pound. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Monk taking a bit of punishment here - Hensen scoring with strikes. Hensen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Check out the look on Hensen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sven Hensen dominated that round. The cut man is working on Silas Monk's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Monk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hensen.
Nice body kick from Hensen. Silas Monk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Monk throws an off balance right hand
and Hensen counters with a slapping leg kick. Hensen moves out of range as Monk strikes. Hensen misses with a takedown and Monk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Hensen avoids the body shot from Monk.
Hensen just misses with a punch to the body.
Monk looks to throw the jab but Hensen is out of range. Hensen throws a quick counter head kick but Monk was just out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hensen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Monk. That did some damage! Monk throws a lazy right hand but Hensen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Hensen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hensen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hensen feinted with a counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round. Monk cracks a nice hook into Hensen's ribs. Monk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hensen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That has opened up Silas Monk's cut even more. Monk looks to land a left hand but Hensen moved out of range nicely. A swing and a miss from Monk. Hensen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Hensen lands a brutal head kick. Monk looks out on his feet and Hensen throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Sven Hensen! A relieved looking Sven Hensen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. In defeat, Silas Monk stepped up to the mic, saying 'Bellum se ipsum alet.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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