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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinyo Jintao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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177 cm
26
177 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
182 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shinyo Jintao! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Henderson! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Henderson staying out of range there. Henderson tries to work over Jintao's front leg with a kick but Jintao checks it. Henderson stuns Jintao with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Henderson moves out of range as Jintao strikes. Henderson tries to counter with a clinch but Jintao shakes him off and moves away. Henderson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jintao.
Jintao sets himself, and Henderson steps forward looking for the clinch! Jintao avoids it this time. Henderson thows a left - swing and a miss! An inside leg kick from Jintao misses. Jintao tries to land a front kick but Henderson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. A slow jab from Henderson misses its intended target. A little feinted left hand from Jintao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Henderson checks a low kick from Jintao. Jintao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jintao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Nice cross by Henderson. Henderson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Henderson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Henderson moves out of range as Jintao throws a body kick.
Nice shot lands for Henderson.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jintao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Henderson scores with a punch to the head. Jintao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henderson sees it coming and avoids it easily. Henderson lands a nice looking body kick. Jintao works Henderson's body with a nice hook. Jintao works Henderson's body with a nice hook. Jintao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jintao is looking to chop away at Henderson's legs. Henderson connects with a solid leg kick. Jintao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Jintao ducks under a wild hook from Henderson. Henderson lands with a kick to the temple. Jintao shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Jintao takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Jintao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henderson momentarily.
Jintao throws a hook to the side of Henderson's head but Henderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Jintao misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jintao cracks Henderson with an open hand slap. Jintao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jintao.
Henderson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jintao. Jintao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Henderson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Jintao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Pearson Spector Litt in the buildup to the fight. Henderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Henderson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jintao's sensitive parts. Henderson misses the shot to the body. Henderson checks a leg kick. Jintao misses with a straight right. Jintao sets himself, and Henderson steps forward looking for the clinch! Jintao avoids it this time. Henderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Jintao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henderson. Henderson cracks Jintao with an open hand slap. Henderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jintao. Henderson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Jintao lands with a slapping head kick. Henderson moves out of range of the body kick from Jintao.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Henderson throws a hook to the side of Jintao's head but Jintao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Jintao is looking to counter with a body kick. Henderson scores with a hook to the body. Jintao takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Jintao throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Jintao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. An inside leg kick lands from Henderson. Jintao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Henderson. Henderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Jintao takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. A solid leg kick lands there for Jintao.
Jintao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Jintao is looking to slow Henderson down with leg kicks. Jintao checks a leg kick nicely. Jintao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Henderson. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jintao throws a head kick but Henderson moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jintao scores with a leg kick.
Jintao misses with a head kick.
Henderson tries to counter with a clinch but Jintao shakes him off and moves away. Henderson works the jab nicely. Henderson lands a head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Henderson.
Jintao lands a slapping body shot.
Henderson misses with an uppercut
and Jintao counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Jintao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Henderson misses the shot to the body. Henderson closes the distance and clinches. Jintao tries to throw a body punch but Henderson avoids it by throwing Jintao back against the cage. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Henderson.
It looks like Shinyo Jintao has been cut. Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jintao avoiding damage as Henderson throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Julius Henderson will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Shinyo Jintao's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
Henderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jintao. Henderson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jintao counters with a stiff right hand. Henderson misses with a body shot.
Henderson wants to slow Jintao down by chopping away at his legs. Henderson walks into a straight right hand from Jintao. Jintao moves out of range as Henderson strikes. A head kick by Henderson misses and Jintao makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Henderson takes one to the chin there. Henderson moves into the clinch. Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Jintao blocks with his arms.
Jintao lands with a left to the head. Henderson can't find room to land a body shot as Jintao controls the action.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Jintao slowing the pace effectively. Jintao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jintao scores with an uppercut up the middle. Jintao cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jintao lands with a short shot to the head. Jintao can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
Jintao stalling.
Jintao misses with a body punch.
Jintao's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jintao.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. A nice right hand lands inside from Henderson. Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jintao avoids the damage to the body. Come on Jintao - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jintao stalling in the clinch.
Jintao seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression. Henderson prevents a body shot from Jintao. A knee to the head by Henderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jintao taking a breather. Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jintao blocks it with crossed arms. Henderson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Henderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jintao is defending well for now. Henderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson lands a knee to the body.
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! The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Henderson working aggressively here.
Henderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Henderson lands a knee to the head.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Jintao. Jintao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jintao misses with a short punch on the inside. Jintao takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jintao trying to control the position but instead, Henderson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jintao into the cage. Jintao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jintao takes a shot to the head. Julius Henderson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Jintao lands with a short shot to the head. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jintao. Jintao blocks a body shot from Henderson. Henderson letting Jintao take a breather here. Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Jintao is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. A head punch blocked on the inside by Jintao. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jintao. Jintao stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jintao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch. Jintao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Jintao lands a left hand.
Jintao pushes Henderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Jintao lands a nice shot to the body. Jintao just leaning against Henderson, taking a breather. Henderson tries a knee to the head but Jintao blocks it.
Henderson lands with a left to the head. Henderson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Henderson throws a head punch that misses. Henderson can't find room to land a body shot as Jintao controls the action.
Jintao avoiding damage.
Jintao misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Jintao on the inside. Henderson misses with a hook from the clinch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Shinyo Jintao will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Shinyo Jintao's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Jintao checks a leg kick. Henderson scores with a jab to the body. Jintao misses the shot to the body. Henderson scores with a jab to the jaw. Henderson blocks a leg kick. Jintao rushes Henderson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jintao lands with a left to the head. Henderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jintao.
Jintao misses with a body punch.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Jintao is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Both fighters working to control the clinch. A short left from Henderson. Jintao just leaning against Henderson, taking a breather. Jintao is trying to stall.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Jintao.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jintao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Jintao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage. Jintao misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Henderson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jintao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jintao. Jintao misses with a punch to the body.
Jintao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson misses with a knee to the head. Jintao has Henderson pushed against the cage. Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Jintao.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jintao prevents a body shot from Henderson. Henderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Jintao working some nice short punches in the clinch. Jintao lands on the inside with an uppercut. Jintao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Jintao misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson lands a knee to the body.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Henderson.
Jintao works on Henderson's body with a couple of short punches. Jintao blocks a body shot from Henderson. Jintao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jintao avoids the damage to the body. Jintao lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jintao lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Jintao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jintao. Henderson connects with a knee to the head.
Jintao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hendersons head. Jintao pressing his opponent against the cage. Henderson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Henderson landing knees to the head.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jintao blocks it with crossed arms. Jintao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henderson. Jintao lands on the inside with an uppercut. A head punch on the inside from Henderson fails to land. The referee is keeping an eye on Jintao - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jintao lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Henderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Jintao struggles to land a body shot inside as Henderson controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Jintao swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it. Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Jintao lands with a left to the head. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Henderson tries a knee to the head but Jintao blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jintao. Jintao displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henderson up against the cage. Henderson tries to land a knee to the head but Jintao blocks with his arms.
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 Shinyo Jintao. I think Jintao has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30 Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28 Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Shinyo Jintao! After winning the bout, Shinyo Jintao thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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