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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Lecouc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tane Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lecouc comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein - Feuer Frei. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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186 cm
23
196 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
22
197 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Lecouc! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tane Henderson! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lecouc wants to clinch. Lecouc swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Lecouc which made him look bad. Lecouc has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Lecouc trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Henderson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Lecouc landing with the ground and pound. Henderson wants to stand and escape but Lecouc is having none of it. Lecouc tries to free his leg and advance position but Henderson is retaining full guard. Henderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lecouc preventing the sweep. Lecouc is in close to Henderson's body, working some short punches and elbows. Lecouc throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Henderson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lecouc 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. Lecouc trying to control the position from guard on top but Henderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Henderson can do anything to dispel that myth.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Lecouc tries to close the distance and clinch but Henderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Lecouc misses with a takedown and Henderson counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Lecouc falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tane Henderson!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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