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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Henshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blast Knobpunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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198 cm
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258 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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200 cm
25
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hank Henshaw! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blast Knobpunch! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Knobpunch fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Henshaw, pushing him back against the cage. Knobpunch has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Henshaw regains guard immediately. Knobpunch distracts Henshaw with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Knobpunch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Knobpunch connects with a couple of short punches. Knobpunch really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Henshaw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Knobpunch lands a couple of digs. Knobpunch lands a couple of elbows. Knobpunch throwing strikes but missing. Knobpunch lands a couple of decent looking shots. Knobpunch landing some decent shots from guard. This has been an exciting period of action! Henshaw utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Knobpunch scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Knobpunch throws a big elbow that misses. Henshaw looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Henshaw had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Knobpunch defends it easily. Knobpunch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Henshaw definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Knobpunch throws a big right hand that misses. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Knobpunch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Knobpunch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henshaw works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Knobpunch sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Henshaw's guard. Knobpunch drops an elbow to the side of Henshaw's head. Knobpunch lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Knobpunch not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Henshaw wants to get back to full guard. Knobpunch lands with a punch from half guard. Henshaw on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Nice strikes from Knobpunch there. Knobpunch not landing any meaningful shots this time. Henshaw tries to get to full guard but Knobpunch has control of the leg. Henshaw is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Knobpunch scores with a couple of nice shots. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Knobpunch drops an elbow to the side of Henshaw's head. Nice strikes from Knobpunch there. Knobpunch blocks the strikes from Henshaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Henshaw has hold of Knobpunch's hands but Knobpunch slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Knobpunch lands with a punch from half guard. Knobpunch working over Henshaw with some ground and pound. Henshaw looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Knobpunch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Henshaw throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Knobpunch lands a nice short elbow. Henshaw on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Knobpunch seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Nice strikes from Knobpunch there.
Henshaw is rocked! Knobpunch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Oh Henshaw is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Knobpunch is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Knobpunch lands a big elbow - Henshaw is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Knobpunch!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blast Knobpunch! Blast Knobpunch thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
47% |
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