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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Aurelio (ranked 2093 p4p, 305 weight class) and Julius Henderson (ranked 1407 p4p, 206 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcelo Aurelio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson blocks a jab.
Henderson moves out of range of the body kick from Aurelio.
Aurelio throws a jab but it's blocked by Henderson.
Henderson cracks the inside of Aurelio's front leg.
Aurelio throws a push kick but Henderson slaps the foot to one side.
Henderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Aurelio throws out a loose jab but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aurelio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Henderson.
Henderson closes the distance and pushes Aurelio back into the cage.
Aurelio tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Henderson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aurelio avoids it.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aurelio jumps guard and drags Henderson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We've been hearing good reports from Aurelio's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aurelio keeping moving, preventing Henderson from controlling successfully.
Aurelio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Henderson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Aurelio, up you get!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Henderson is fending him off so far but Aurelio persists. Nope, Henderson circles away and we're back to standing.
Aurelio gets tackled into the cage by Henderson. Henderson maintains the clinch.
Henderson crunches a lovely knee into Aurelio's ribcage.
Aurelio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Aurelio tries to pull guard but Henderson holds him up against the cage and eventually Aurelio drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Aurelio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aurelio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson pushes Aurelio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aurelio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aurelio scores with a shoulder strike.
Aurelio tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Henderson smiles and moves away.
Henderson connects with a right hand. Aurelio shakes it off.
Henderson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Aurelio.
Henderson cracks Aurelio with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson lands a nice shot that snaps Aurelio's head back.
Marcelo Aurelio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Henderson lands.
Aurelio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Henderson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aurelio.
Aurelio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Henderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Henderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aurelio.
Aurelio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Henderson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Aurelio if he has to take too many more of those.
Aurelio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Henderson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Aurelio throws a body punch but Henderson moves out of range.
Henderson cracks Aurelio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Aurelio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Henderson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson scores with a punch to the head.
Aurelio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Julius Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aurelio tried to score with a low kick but Henderson checks it.
Henderson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aurelio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Henderson avoids the body shot from Aurelio.
A jab from Aurelio misses.
Aurelio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aurelio throws a chopping leg kick but Henderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Henderson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Aurelio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Henderson thuds a left hand into Aurelio's body.
Aurelio looks to land a right hand but Henderson moved out of range.
Henderson slips a jab from Aurelio.
Aurelio takes the fight into the clinch.
Aurelio is leaning against Henderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aurelio blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Henderson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aurelio is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Henderson to keep the fight standing.
Aurelio gets control of Henderson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Aurelio will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Henderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Aurelio working a defensive guard but Henderson manages to pass into side control anyway.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aurelio is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aurelio manages to work his way to half guard, despite Henderson's best efforts.
Henderson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Aurelio moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julius Henderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Aurelio just misses with a punch to the body.
Aurelio lands with a nice body punch.
Henderson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Aurelio in his tracks.
Henderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aurelio.
Henderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Aurelio.
Aurelio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Henderson cracks Aurelio with a good jab.
Henderson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Henderson lands a front kick.
Henderson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Henderson lands with a nice body punch.
Aurelio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aurelio shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henderson as he avoids it easily.
Aurelio lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Aurelio.
Henderson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Aurelio.
Henderson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Aurelio is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Aurelio throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
Aurelio keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Henderson is refusing to be controlled, as Aurelio sits in half guard.
Henderson has his hands clasped together around Aurelio's back. He's all about the action.
Aurelio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henderson trying to control but Aurelio postures up.
Henderson wants to improve his position but Aurelio is controlling well.
Aurelio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Henderson is defending against the submission attempts here by Aurelio.
Aurelio wants to work for an arm triangle but Henderson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Aurelio is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio throws a strike but Henderson avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Henderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Henderson holds on and takes a little breather.
Aurelio passes Henderson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Aurelio content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Aurelio stalling away here and it's allowed Henderson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Aurelio controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henderson is pulling down on Aurelio's head to control his posture.
Henderson is continuing to stall.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice shot lands for Henderson.
Julius Henderson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Henderson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Henderson wants to clinch.
Aurelio misses with a body shot.
Aurelio changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Henderson tries to avoid it but Aurelio manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Henderson to the ground. Henderson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Aurelio throws an overhand right that lands on Henderson's shoulder, as Henderson tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head kick from Henderson lands but Aurelio takes it in his stride.
Aurelio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Henderson's waist but Henderson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Aurelio off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Aurelio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aurelio looks to land a left hand but Henderson moved out of range nicely.
Henderson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Julius Henderson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Henderson connects with a right hand. Aurelio shakes it off.
Aurelio takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Henderson's corner calls for a 1-2. Henderson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Aurelio tries for a takedown but Henderson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Henderson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Henderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Aurelio. Aurelio gets slowly back to his feet.
Henderson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Aurelio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Henderson in his tracks.
Aurelio avoids the head kick by Henderson.
Henderson ducks right into an uppercut from Aurelio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aurelio is defended easily by Henderson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Aurelio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aurelio shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Henderson as he avoids it easily.
Aurelio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aurelio fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Henderson checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelio takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Aurelio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Henderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aurelio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Henderson but Henderson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Henderson wants to counter the offense by Aurelio and move into the clinch position.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aurelio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Aurelio in his tracks.
Aurelio throws a jab but it's blocked by Henderson.
Henderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aurelio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aurelio connects with a jab.
Henderson lands the left hand.
Aurelio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Henderson at a distance.
Henderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Aurelio swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Julius Henderson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Marcelo Aurelio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Henderson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aurelio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aurelio working away.
Aurelio lands a few punches from side control.
Aurelio trying to control the action but Henderson is working from the bottom.
Henderson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Aurelio working the ground and pound from side control.
Henderson is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio wants to control but Henderson is keeping him busy.
Aurelio is really struggling to control Henderson but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Henderson is trying to improve his position.
Aurelio is working Henderson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Aurelio wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Henderson, who protects the arm well.
Henderson struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Aurelio with the ground and pound but Henderson regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Aurelio is trying to control. Henderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Henderson trying to hold on to Aurelio's head to control him but Aurelio postures up.
Aurelio working over Henderson with some ground and pound. Henderson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Aurelio is looking to take a break and control but Henderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henderson controlling the position well.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marcelo Aurelio.
I think Henderson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Henderson!
Julius Henderson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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