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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Del Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Toro comes to the cage accompanied by Bliss. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ben Henley was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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145 lbs
43 - 18 - 2 |
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156 lbs
23 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
43 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ernesto Del Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Toro lands an overhand right.
Henley misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Henley as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Ernesto Del Toro has been cut.
Del Toro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Henley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Del Toro gets a takedown into half guard.
Henley trying to hold on to Del Toro's head to control him but Del Toro postures up.
Henley might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Del Toro haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Henley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Henley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Toro looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Toro not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Del Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Del Toro advances position into side control!
Del Toro tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Henley avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Del Toro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Henley is not content to let Del Toro control the position.
Henley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Henley has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Toro is putting a hurting on Henley here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henley is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Del Toro's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Henley is controlling Del Toro's trapped leg to prevent Del Toro from advancing to side control.
Henley manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Henley is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Del Toro is aware though and is defending well.
Del Toro has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Henley has his hands on Del Toro's head, controlling the position.
Del Toro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henley is keeping the position for now.
Henley controlling Del Toro's posture.
Del Toro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Del Toro wants to control from the top but Henley keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henley wants to sweep here but Del Toro controlling him for the moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Henley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Del Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Henley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Del Toro gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Del Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Henley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Del Toro cracks Henley with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Del Toro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Del Toro's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Del Toro. Henley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Del Toro there.
Henley scores with a nice strike.
Henley throws out a loose jab but Del Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Toro half committed to a counter leg kick.
Del Toro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Henley working for a triangle but Del Toro defends it easily.
Henley working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Toro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley pulls Del Toro in close to his closed guard and prevents Del Toro from doing any damage or advancing position.
Del Toro postures up in Henley's guard and throws a big left but Henley blocks it.
Henley isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Del Toro stacks Henley on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Del Toro!
Henley wants to control but Del Toro postures up.
Del Toro working the head and body with strikes.
Del Toro connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Henley some visible discomfort.
Henley regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley trying to control but Del Toro postures up.
Del Toro prevents Henley from improving his position.
Del Toro lands strikes from half guard.
Henley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Henley moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Henley working for a triangle but Del Toro defends it easily.
Henley wants to improve his position but instead Del Toro has moved into half guard.
Del Toro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Henley can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro with the ground and pound but Henley uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Del Toro looking to pass the guard.
Del Toro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Henley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Del Toro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Del Toro scoring with punches to the head and body.
Del Toro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Henley has an active guard here but Del Toro has managed to pass into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley is trying to control but can't.
Del Toro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Del Toro is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Henley tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Henley wants to control but Del Toro is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henley is looking to improve his position.
Henley is trying to control but Del Toro manages to pass to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Del Toro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Del Toro's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Del Toro ducks under a wild hook from Henley.
Del Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Henley.
Henley swings for the body but Del Toro moves out of range.
Del Toro seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Del Toro moves away from the strike by Henley.
Del Toro moves away from the strike by Henley.
Henley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henley takes one on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Toro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Del Toro connects with a looping right hand.
Henley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Del Toro throwing a counter right hand but Henley manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Toro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Henley.
Henley moves out of range of the strikes.
Henley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Del Toro is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Henley.
Del Toro looking to score a takedown here. Henley is defending well but Del Toro drives through and ends up in Henley's guard.
Del Toro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Henley's head.
Del Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Henley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Del Toro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Del Toro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Del Toro gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Del Toro lands a couple of digs.
Henley looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Del Toro distracts Henley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Del Toro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Del Toro passes Henley's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Henley is not content to let Del Toro control the position.
Del Toro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Del Toro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Henley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Henley has his hands clasped together around Del Toro's back. He's all about the action.
Henley trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Del Toro stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Del Toro scores with a head kick. Henley tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Del Toro misses with a body shot.
Del Toro takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Del Toro avoids the body shot from Henley.
Ben Henley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Del Toro scores with a leg kick.
Henley with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Del Toro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Del Toro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Del Toro!
During a confident post fight interview, Ernesto Del Toro thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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