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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Troy Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ward Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Troy Nadir has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
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207 lbs
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Excellent MT
Good chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Troy Nadir!
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, Ward Henry!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry has managed to clinch.
Nadir has had enough of the clinch but Henry keeps him there for the moment.
Nadir working hard to break the clinch.
Nadir is trying to break the clinch but Henry is controlling him.
Nadir takes a knee to the side of the body.
Henry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Henry tries to land a front kick but Nadir steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Henry tries to score with a low kick but Nadir moves his leg out of the way.
Henry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nadir moves out of range as Henry throws a body kick.
Nadir takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nadir scores with a head kick. Henry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nadir throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henry tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry throws a sloppy head kick and Nadir moves out of range easily.
Nadir closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nadir blocks an uppercut.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Henry lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nadir is breathing heavily.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Nadir is blocking nicely.
Nadir avoiding damage as Henry throws knees to the body.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nadir is trying to force a seperation but Henry has the dominant position.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nadir avoids it.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nadir avoids it.
Henry misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henry.
Nadir looking to throw knees to the head but Henry is blocking nicely.
Nadir definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Nadir tries to stall but Henry uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry prevents Nadir from breaking the clinch.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Nadir is blocking nicely.
Nadir tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
Nadir wants to stall.
Henry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henry lands a knee to the head.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Nadir is blocking nicely.
Nadir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henry landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A knee to the head by Henry.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry looking to throw knees to the head but Nadir is blocking nicely.
Henry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Henry.
Nadir tries to circle away but Henry has him pinned against the cage.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Nadir won't want to take too many of those.
Henry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Henry.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nadir avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nadir can't break the clinch.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Nadir working hard to break the clinch.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nadir.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nadir blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ward Henry dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Henry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nadir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry thinks about the counter body kick.
Troy Nadir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nadir tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
Henry follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Nadir lands a head kick!
Henry turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Nadir.
Nadir moves in looking to clinch but Henry pushes him off.
Nice shot by Nadir.
Nadir blocks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry ducks under a wild hook from Nadir.
Henry wants to counter the offense by Nadir and move into the clinch position.
Henry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An attempted straight right counter from Nadir misses the target.
Nadir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nadir lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nadir wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Henry.
Ward Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Henry avoids the head kick by Nadir.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Henry.
Nadir gets tackled into the cage by Henry. Henry maintains the clinch.
Henry has Nadir pressed against the cage, preventing Nadir from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nadir tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
Henry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nadir lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nadir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Henry has a couple of punches blocked by Nadir.
Henry with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry prevents Nadir from breaking the clinch.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Nadir blocks it.
Nadir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry throws an overhand right that lands on Nadir's shoulder, as Nadir tries to avoid the shot.
Nadir is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Henry.
Some bone on bone action there as Nadir checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Henry thows a leg kick but Nadir checks it
and Nadir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nadir is looking to clinch but Henry is avoiding it.
Henry misses with a head kick.
Henry takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nadir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry tries a head kick but it misses.
Nadir is looking for a counter combo.
Henry throws a leg kick but Nadir sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ward Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Nadir blocks the low kick.
Henry misses with a head kick.
Henry connects with an inside leg kick.
Henry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nadir avoids a kick to the body.
Nadir looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Ward Henry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henry misses with a body shot.
Henry throws a half hearted mid kick.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Henry misses with a body kick.
Henry misses with a head kick.
It appears Nadir was looking to counter with a kick there.
Henry has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir looking to slow down the pace here.
Nadir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henry misses with a knee to the head.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nadir blocks it with crossed arms.
Henry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Henry lands a left hand.
Henry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry working aggressively here.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Nadir won't want to take too many of those.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ward Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nadir avoids the head kick by Henry.
Nadir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
Nadir moves out of range of the body kick.
Henry wants to clinch.
Nadir blocks the body kick.
Nadir seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Henry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Henry swats away the attempt to clinch by Nadir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henry takes the fight into the clinch.
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
Henry prevents a body shot from Nadir.
Nadir wants to get back to striking at distance but Henry won't allow it.
Henry is stalling here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Henry as Nadir tries to tie him up.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Nadir blocks it.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Henry misses with a knee strike.
Nadir tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
Nadir stalling in the clinch but Henry improves position.
Nadir tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henry keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nadir's efforts to push away.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Nadir blocks it.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nadir blocks it with crossed arms.
Henry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Nadir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Henry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nadir avoids it.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Nadir blocks it.
Henry with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Henry has a couple of punches blocked by Nadir.
Nadir misses with the head strike.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Henry fails to land.
Henry trying to land knees to the body.
Nadir working hard to break the clinch.
Henry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nadir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Henry paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Henry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nadir scoring well with a low kick there.
Ward Henry is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry clinches with his opponent.
Henry tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Henry obliges.
Nadir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Nadir misses with a knee to the head.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
Nadir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nadir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nadir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Henry.
Nadir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Troy Nadir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henry with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ward Henry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Henry has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ward Henry!
Ward Henry seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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