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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Khalifman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Alexander Khalifman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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180 lbs
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182 lbs
5 - 0 - 1 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Khalifman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Khalifman is trying to improve his position.
Khalifman manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Khalifman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Khalifman is thwarting Henderson's attempts to control the position.
Khalifman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henderson is trying to control but can't.
Khalifman thows a huge punch but Henderson dodges it nicely.
Khalifman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Khalifman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henderson is trying to control but can't.
Khalifman thows a huge punch but Henderson dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Khalifman just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson moves out of range as Khalifman strikes.
Khalifman just misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson scores a takedown into full mount!
Henderson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Khalifman working to try and regain half guard.
Henderson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Khalifman wants to hold on but Henderson pushes him away.
Khalifman is looking to improve his position but Henderson isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman tries to hold on but Henderson postures up.
Khalifman is working to get back to half guard.
Khalifman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Henderson. What's that going to do exactly?
Henderson avoids the attempt from Khalifman to control.
Khalifman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Henderson. What's that going to do exactly?
Khalifman is trying desperately to improve position.
Henderson controlling his opponent.
Khalifman is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Henderson blocks Khalifman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Khalifman tries to lock up and control but Henderson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henderson content just to control the position here.
Henderson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Henderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Khalifman is looking to escape.
Henderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Henderson prevents Khalifman from getting the reversal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henderson content just to control the position here.
Henderson breaks from Khalifman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Henderson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Khalifman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Henderson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dan Henderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khalifman swings for the body but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Khalifman.
Khalifman connects with the punch.
Henderson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khalifman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Henderson looks for the body kick but Khalifman saw that one coming.
Henderson looks to land a combination but Khalifman avoids it well.
Henderson misses with a two punch combination.
Dan Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henderson is looking to chop away at Khalifman's legs.
Henderson misses with a combination
and Khalifman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalifman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khalifman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab from Khalifman finds it's way through Henderson's defenses.
Khalifman scores with a jab. Henderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khalifman misses with a looping left.
Henderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khalifman scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson misses with a jab to the body
and Khalifman counters with a series of strikes. Henderson will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson takes a swing at Khalifman's ribcage but misses.
Khalifman misses with a few strikes there.
Khalifman misses with a wild body shot.
Henderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khalifman.
Henderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khalifman counters with a two punch combo.
Henderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Khalifman's waist but Khalifman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henderson off to one side.
Khalifman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Henderson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Khalifman avoids them all with ease.
Khalifman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Khalifman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Dan Henderson has been cut.
Henderson shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Henderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalifman moves out of range of the body kick from Henderson.
Henderson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Khalifman.
Khalifman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khalifman throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Khalifman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khalifman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Henderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khalifman lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Henderson momentarily.
Khalifman throws the left hand but Henderson avoids the punch easily.
Henderson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Henderson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khalifman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Khalifman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khalifman jabs at Henderson's body.
A combination from Khalifman does no damage.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Khalifman misses with a two punch combination.
Khalifman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A punch combination from Khalifman misses.
Alexander Khalifman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khalifman connects with a crisp jab.
Khalifman connects with a crisp jab.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henderson looks for the body kick but Khalifman saw that one coming.
Henderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alexander Khalifman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khalifman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a front kick aimed at Khalifman's knee but Khalifman avoids it well.
Khalifman throws a series of punches but Henderson avoids them all with ease.
Henderson throws a right hand that Khalifman ducks under and follows up with a left that Khalifman also avoids with ease.
Henderson throws a combination that misses
and Khalifman counters with a nice uppercut.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Khalifman.
Khalifman scores with a nice right hand.
Khalifman lands with a nice body punch.
Henderson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Khalifman tries to get to full guard but Henderson has control of the leg.
Khalifman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Khalifman gets full guard.
Henderson wants to control from the top but Khalifman keeps moving.
Khalifman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Khalifman strikes from his own guard.
Khalifman tries to strike from the bottom.
Khalifman trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Khalifman keeping full guard, as Henderson tries to pass.
Henderson won't allow Khalifman to sweep him here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Henderson moves out of range as Khalifman strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henderson misses with a wild combination.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Henderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khalifman misses with a few strikes there.
Henderson throws the kick towards the body but Khalifman avoids it.
Henderson throws a big shot that misses.
Khalifman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khalifman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Henderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Henderson shoots in but no luck this time.
Khalifman works Henderson's body with a nice hook.
Henderson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khalifman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Henderson misses with an uppercut.
Henderson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Henderson controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khalifman misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson is thwarting Khalifman's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khalifman's head.
Khalifman punching from the bottom.
Khalifman is pressing down on Henderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Henderson won't allow Khalifman to sweep him here.
Henderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Khalifman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Khalifman but Khalifman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Henderson feints and as Khalifman raises his hands in defense, Henderson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Khalifman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman prevents Henderson from getting the reversal.
Khalifman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Henderson hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khalifman looking to ground and pound but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Khalifman cracks Henderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Khalifman working Henderson over with strikes here.
Khalifman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Khalifman cracks Henderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Khalifman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Khalifman misses with a head shot.
Khalifman with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries to hold on but Khalifman pushes him away.
Khalifman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henderson wants to hold on but Khalifman pushes him away.
Henderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Khalifman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Khalifman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Khalifman prevents Henderson from getting the reversal.
Khalifman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
Alexander Khalifman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Khalifman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Henderson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Khalifman isn't that keen on the idea.
Khalifman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Khalifman landing strikes from the mount.
Khalifman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Khalifman with the ground and pound from mount.
Henderson tries to hold on but Khalifman postures up.
Henderson is in a horrible position here. Khalifman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Khalifman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henderson wants to control but Khalifman is having none of it.
Khalifman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khalifman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Henderson slips a jab and a cross from Khalifman.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalifman lands a body shot.
Khalifman throws a right hand that Henderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Henderson also avoids with ease.
Henderson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khalifman is fending him off so far but Henderson persists. Nope, Khalifman circles away and we're back to standing.
Henderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Henderson throws a front kick aimed at Khalifman's knee but Khalifman avoids it well.
Henderson tries a low kick but Khalifman avoids it.
Henderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khalifman was well out of range. Poor timing from Henderson.
Khalifman throws a shot to the body.
Khalifman cracks a nice hook into Henderson's ribs.
Henderson throws a right hand that Khalifman ducks under and follows up with a left that Khalifman also avoids with ease.
Khalifman connects with the punch.
Khalifman scores with a jab to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Henderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khalifman to score with a decent uppercut.
Khalifman cracks Henderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Henderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khalifman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khalifman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khalifman scores with a shot to the body.
Khalifman jabs at Henderson's body.
Henderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henderson dodges the punch combination from Khalifman.
Khalifman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Khalifman.
Khalifman misses with an uppercut. Henderson saw that one coming.
Henderson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Henderson blocks the strikes from Khalifman.
Khalifman manages to get to full guard.
Khalifman working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Khalifman landing shots from mount.
Khalifman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henderson taking shots to the head.
Khalifman throwing strikes here but Henderson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Khalifman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henderson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Khalifman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Khalifman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henderson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Khalifman tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Henderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Khalifman misses with a head shot.
Henderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Henderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Henderson is looking to improve his position but Khalifman isn't that keen on the idea.
Henderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Khalifman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is in a horrible position here. Khalifman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Khalifman with a couple of short strikes.
Khalifman working the ground and pound effectively.
Khalifman scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Khalifman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henderson is in a horrible position here. Khalifman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Henderson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Khalifman.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalifman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Henderson?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Dan Henderson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Henderson swinging wilding here.
Henderson walks into a jab.
Henderson wants to land a leg kick but Khalifman is out of range.
Khalifman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henderson moves away.
Khalifman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Henderson has time to react.
Henderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khalifman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khalifman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Henderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khalifman circles away quickly and effectively.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Henderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Khalifman is trying desperately to improve position.
Henderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Khalifman is looking to escape.
Khalifman tries to reverse the position but Henderson maintains control.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman wants to control but Henderson is having none of it.
Khalifman gets back to half guard.
Henderson is trying to control. Khalifman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Henderson prevents Khalifman from standing back up.
Khalifman is not content to let Henderson control the position.
Khalifman wants to get back to full guard but Henderson has passed into side control.
That's two 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.
Khalifman is looking to get to half guard.
Khalifman is in a horrible position here. Henderson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Henderson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Khalifman is surviving well by controlling Henderson's body position as best he can.
Khalifman tries to reverse the position but Henderson maintains control.
Henderson controlling the pace for now.
Khalifman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alexander Khalifman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman wants to hold on but Henderson pushes him away.
Khalifman might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Henderson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
You get the feeling that Khalifman really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Henderson controlling the position easily from mount.
Henderson unloading with bombs!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Khalifman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Henderson controlling the pace for now.
Henderson avoids the attempt from Khalifman to control.
Henderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Khalifman tries to lock up and control but Henderson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khalifman is bucking up trying to escape but Henderson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dan Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henderson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khalifman 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 47:48
Judge George Francis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Khalifman!
Alexander Khalifman is the new welterweight champion!
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