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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bad Idea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes to the cage accompanied by Unashamed. Idea has chosen Boss of All Bosses as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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151 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
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146 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
44 - 29 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bad Idea!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Idea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Henry manages to avoid it.
Henry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Idea throws out the jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Idea.
Idea misses with a lunging right hand
and Henry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Idea throws a lazy head kick
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry has managed to clinch.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Idea tries to break the clinch but Henry is controlling the position.
Henry misses with a body punch.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Idea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Idea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henry lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry misses with a punch on the inside.
Idea blocking some punches.
Idea is trying to break the clinch but Henry has him pressed against the cage.
Idea lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henry swings wildly with an uppercut but Idea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Idea avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Henry lands with a short shot to the head.
Idea blocking some punches.
Idea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henry works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Idea.
Idea fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idea is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Henry misses with the head strike.
Idea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Idea breaks from the clinch.
Idea thuds a left hand into Henry's body.
Henry stuffs the takedown.
Idea swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Henry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry darts in and clinches Idea up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henry tries to throw a body punch but Idea avoids it by throwing Henry back against the cage.
Henry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Henry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Idea lands a shoulder strike.
Henry prevents a body shot from Idea.
Idea looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Henry - that landed with a thud.
Idea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Idea blocking some punches.
Henry lands a body punch.
Henry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Idea working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Idea lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Idea - that landed with a thud.
Idea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Idea trying to control the position but instead, Henry has worked for underhooks and has pushed Idea into the cage.
Idea tries to throw a body punch but Henry avoids it by throwing Idea back against the cage.
Henry throws a punch but it's blocked by Idea.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Henry.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Idea throws a head punch that misses.
Henry throws a head punch that misses.
Idea wants to get back to striking at distance but Henry won't allow it.
Henry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Henry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Henry throws a head kick that half lands.
Henry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Idea can do to turn this around?
Idea moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Idea is rocked!
Idea digs a good hook to Henry's body.
Idea showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henry.
Idea throws out a counter right but Henry avoids it with no problem.
Idea with a poor takedown
and Henry counters with a crisp one two that drops Idea! Henry thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Idea to his feet! Idea is in big trouble!
Idea is still on wobbly legs! Can Henry finish him?
Henry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Idea lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Idea seems to have recovered his senses.
Henry scoring well with a low kick there.
Idea shoots in and drives through. Henry sprawls well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Idea.
Henry swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Idea misses with an uppercut
and Henry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Idea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Henry.
Henry throwing a counter right hand but Idea manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Idea uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Henry has time to react.
Idea smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Idea avoids the head kick by Henry.
Idea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Idea.
Idea scores with a jab to the head.
Idea misses with a looping left.
John Henry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Idea is looking to land body kicks.
Idea throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy body kick from Idea
and Henry counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice shot by Henry.
Idea tries to score with a low kick but Henry moves his leg out of the way.
Henry slips a straight right by Idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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!
Idea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Idea delivers a nice body kick.
Idea walks into a jab.
Idea bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Idea throws a poor cross that misses
and Henry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Idea throws a leg kick but Henry checks it.
Henry throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Idea.
Henry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Idea manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Henry on his heels. He'll look to pass Henry's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Henry is controlling Idea's posture.
Idea throwing strikes from guard but Henry blocks nicely.
Henry is pulling down on Idea's head to control his posture.
Idea throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Henry holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Henry blocks a leg kick.
Henry throwing a counter right hand but Idea manages to avoid it.
Idea takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Idea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Henry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Idea misses with a takedown attempt
and Henry counters with a one-two to the body.
John Henry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bad Idea.
Henry lunges at Idea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Idea's hand.
Idea throws the kick towards the body but Henry avoids it.
Henry feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ideas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bad Idea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry lands a big head kick that sends Idea tumbling to the mat! Henry takes a step backwards and waves Idea back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Idea drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Henry swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Idea's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Henry!
A very excited looking John Henry made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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