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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andre Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomas Lindberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hendrix comes to the cage accompanied by Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk. Lindberg is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: At The Gates - The Book of Sand. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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150 cm
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158 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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169 cm
19
153 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Hendrix! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomas Lindberg! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lindberg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Hendrix takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hendrix shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lindberg as he avoids it easily. Hendrix showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lindberg.
Lindberg scores with a nice right hand.
Lindberg uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hendrix has time to react. Hendrix tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lindberg sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hendrix somewhat. The crowd cheers as Lindberg lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hendrix doesn't seem phased though. Lindberg cracks Hendrix with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Hendrix tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lindberg sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hendrix somewhat. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Hendrix. That's going to take a lot out of him. Nice takedown defense from Lindberg. No joy for Hendrix on that attempt. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Lindberg lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Andre Hendrix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lindberg lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hendrix is rocked! Jab from Lindberg. Oh Hendrix is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Lindberg has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far. Lindberg circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Hendrix tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Lindberg wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tomas Lindberg! Tomas Lindberg is the new featherweight champion! Tomas Lindberg seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. The defeated Andre Hendrix had this to say: 'Lucky punch... I'll be back!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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