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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Henshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson has chosen Bombs Away by Whole Wheat Bread as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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258 lbs
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200 cm
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280 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hank Henshaw!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Duke Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Nelson finds it's way through Henshaw's defenses.
It looks like Hank Henshaw has been cut.
Nelson throws a body shot but no joy.
Nelson misses with a double jab
and Henshaw counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nelson won't be happy with that.
Henshaw looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Henshaw is trying to get an arm triangle but Nelson is defending well.
Henshaw is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nelson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nelson prevents Henshaw from improving position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henshaw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nelson keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henshaw is trying to ground and pound but Nelson uses the momentary lack of control by Henshaw to regain half guard.
Nelson is kicking away at Henshaw from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Henshaw grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Nelson trying to push Henshaw off... Nelson taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Hank Henshaw!
Hank Henshaw is the new heavyweight champion!
Hank Henshaw thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Duke Nelson spoke after the fight, saying 'Hank was a tougher son of a bitch than I gave him credit for. Looking forward to a rematch down the road.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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