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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sergio Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiery Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiery Henry has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sergio Perez's chin.
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Solid boxing
Good chin
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Brawler
Solid chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiery Henry!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez throws a body kick that misses.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry fails to land with a series of punches.
Perez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Despite the aggression on Henry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Henry has closed the distance and engaged Perez in a clinch.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Henry letting Perez take a breather here.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Perez is blocking nicely.
Henry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry breaks from the clinch.
Henry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henry moves out of range of the body kick.
Henry feints a counter leg kick.
Perez moves into the clinch.
Henry avoiding damage as Perez throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry is looking to control Perez's arms but Perez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Henry has his back to the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perez.
Perez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Henry!
Henry looks to land a combination but Perez avoids it well.
Henry pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Perez back to the ropes. Henry follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Perez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Perez closes the distance but Henry moves to the side
letting Henry counter with a right hand.
Perez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Henry was well out of range. Poor timing from Perez.
Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Henry tries to break free but Perez pushes him back against the ropes.
Henry being controlled against the ropes.
Henry can't break the clinch.
Henry taking a breather.
Perez can't break the clinch.
Henry has Perez pressed against the ropes.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Perez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Henry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Perez's efforts to push away.
Perez has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry manages to break the clinch.
Perez tries a head kick but it misses.
A left and a right from Perez both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Thiery Henry has been cut.
Henry closes the distance and clinches.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Henry taking a breather.
Henry throws an elbow that misses.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perez clinches up with Henry and pushes him back against the ropes.
Perez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henry trying to stall but Perez improves his position.
Perez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Perez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Perez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Henry looks winded!
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!
Perez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Thiery Henry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thiery Henry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A punch lands to the side of Henry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Perez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Henry finds it's way round the side to connect with Perez's head.
Perez has Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry prevents Perez from breaking the clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Perez has Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sergio Perez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry is looking to clinch.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Perez checks the leg kick.
Henry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Perez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Perez is trying to break free.
Perez has Henry pressed against the ropes, preventing Henry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez digs a good body shot into Henry's ribs.
Henry drives through and clinches with Perez against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Perez - that landed with a thud.
Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Henry throws a leg kick but Perez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Henry moves in looking to clinch but Perez pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perez jabs at Henry's body.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Henry blocks a head kick by Perez.
Perez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Henry tries to break the clinch but Perez is controlling the position.
Henry is looking to break free of the clinch but Perez has double underhooks.
Henry has had enough of the clinch but Perez keeps him there for the moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Perez as Henry tries to tie him up.
Perez avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perez darts in and clinches Henry up against the ropes.
Perez leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Henry prevents Perez from breaking the clinch.
Perez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Henry.
Perez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henry has him pressed against the ropes.
Henry wants to break the clinch but can't.
Perez is trying to push Henry away but Henry has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Perez tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Perez is keeping busy.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henry misses with a head kick.
Henry tries to clinch up
and Perez counters with a two punch combo.
Sergio Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perez closes the distance and clinches.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.
Perez tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Perez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thiery Henry's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Henry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henry can do to turn this around?
Henry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henry is trying to break the clinch but Perez is controlling him.
Perez stalling in the clinch but Henry improves position.
Perez has had enough of the clinch but Henry keeps him there for the moment.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Perez rushes Henry and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez tries to clinch but Henry moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Henry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Henry throws an off balance right hand
and Perez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Perez.
Perez looking to stall.
Perez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Henry up against the ropes.
Henry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perez tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the ropes.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Perez tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Henry tries to land a body kick
and Perez counters with a two punch combo.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Perez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry checks a low kick from Perez.
Perez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Henry looks to score with a jab to the body but Perez is just out of range.
Henry tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Henry.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perez closes the distance and pushes Henry back into the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Henry has Perez pushed against the ropes.
Henry continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Henry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Henry is keeping busy.
Henry letting Perez take a breather here.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Henry wants to land a leg kick but Perez is out of range.
Henry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch but Perez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Perez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Henry breaks the clinch.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry throws a leg kick but Perez moved away.
Henry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Perez.
Perez pushes Henry up against the ropes in a clinch.
Perez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Perez scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Perez 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Perez!
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