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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damon Henrick (ranked 24224 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel King (ranked 24286 p4p, 0 weight class). Samuel King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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190 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damon Henrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 9 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Samuel King!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrick throws a series of strikes that have King backpedaling.
King changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Henrick looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
King trying to control the action but Henrick is working from the bottom.
King misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
King taking a break here but Henrick is having none of it and regains half guard.
King is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Henrick has managed to free his arm - good work.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Henrick still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Henrick has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Henrick landing strikes.
Henrick working the head and body with strikes.
Henrick lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henrick lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear King down.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Henrick lands a decent elbow from side control.
Henrick landing strikes.
Henrick controls the position.
King tries to improve position but can't.
Henrick creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Henrick happy to just control the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henrick is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henrick landing a few strikes.
King tries to buck Henrick off but Henrick is having none of it.
Henrick lands a nice forearm strike.
Henrick working the ground and pound.
Henrick scores with a couple of short elbows.
Henrick is working King over with some ground and pound from side control.
Henrick wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
Henrick 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.
King takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Henrick wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King can't do much from the bottom here.
Check out the look on Henrick's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Henrick landing a few strikes.
Henrick cracks King with a big elbow.
Henrick scores with a couple of short elbows.
King on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
King takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henrick scoring with punches from side control.
Henrick grinds an elbow into King's temple.
Check out the look on Henrick's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
King is trying to escape the position but Henrick is controlling the position.
Henrick scores with a couple of short elbows.
Henrick working the body and head with strikes.
Henrick working the body and head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King taking punishment in the form of punches.
King is not content to let Henrick control the position.
Check out the look on Henrick's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Henrick cracks King with a big elbow.
Henrick scores with punches from side control.
Henrick working the head with strikes.
Henrick works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
King takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
King tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Henrick wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Henrick lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Henrick lands an elbow.
Henrick takes a little break here. King wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
King is working to avoid the ground and pound but Henrick connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damon Henrick dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Henrick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Henrick stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henrick wants it to stay on the feet.
Henrick's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Henrick duly obliges.
It looks like Samuel King has been cut.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Henrick circles away.
King dodges the punch combination from Henrick.
Henrick throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck King on the side of the head.
Henrick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Henrick swinging wildly here.
Nice uppercut there from Henrick.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Henrick moves out of range easily.
Henrick swinging wildly here.
Henrick displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Damon Henrick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henrick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
King wants to counter with a clinch but Henrick pushes him away.
Henrick scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henrick tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henrick backwards.
Henrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
King lands a nice knee to the body.
Henrick is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Henrick.
Henrick is trying to break free.
Good body shot from King.
King jumps guard but Henrick stands there with King around his waist. King gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Henrick working hard to break the clinch.
King decides to pull guard.
King has his hands on Henrick's head, controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henrick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Henrick stands up and waves to King to follow him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henrick misses with a jab, cross combination.
Henrick throws a combination. King tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Henrick misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Henrick misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King slips a jab and a cross from Henrick.
Henrick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Henrick. Those never looked like landing.
Henrick throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
Damon Henrick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King is looking to clinch but Henrick is avoiding it.
Henrick is looking for a counter combo.
King forces Henrick back against the cage and clinches.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Henrick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
King prevents Henrick from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King decides to pull guard.
King throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
King is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Henrick is aware though and is defending well.
Henrick postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Henrick looking to sit in guard and control but King gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Henrick wants to stand up but King is controlling him.
King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King throws a strike but Henrick rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Henrick is in close to King's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Henrick wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henrick scoring with punches to the head and body.
King wants to sweep but no luck.
Henrick showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Henrick stands up from guard. Let's bang!
King scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Henrick sneaks out the side door and pushes King away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King tries for a takedown but Henrick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damon Henrick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Samuel King's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A combination from Henrick does no damage.
Henrick throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King avoids a punch combination nicely.
Henrick backing away here, and King unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Henrick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Henrick lands a two punch combo.
Henrick gets caught flat footed, as King shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Henrick keeping moving, preventing King from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrick thuds his right hand into King's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
King tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Henrick defends well and King ends up having to push Henrick into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Henrick is looking for a counter combo.
Henrick misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Henrick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henrick tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King tries to score a power double leg takedown but Henrick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten King somewhat.
King looks for a takedown but Henrick sprawls well.
Damon Henrick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Samuel King.
Henrick scores with a three punch combo!
A left and a right from Henrick both land. Nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henrick lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King misses with a few strikes there.
Henrick lands a jab.
King looks for the body kick but Henrick saw that one coming.
Henrick moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Damon Henrick is winning the standup battle so far.
King misses with a body shot.
Henrick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Henrick fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches King on the side of the head.
Henrick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henrick throws a series of strikes that have King backpedaling.
Henrick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
King steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Henrick.
King pushes Henrick up against the cage in a clinch.
King is trying to drag Henrick to the mat but Henrick just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrick is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
Henrick misses with a punch on the inside.
Henrick breaks the clinch.
Henrick throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
King showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henrick.
Henrick tries to keep at a distance but King has taken the fight into the clinch.
Henrick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Henrick has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Henrick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Samuel King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henrick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King fails to pull guard.
Henrick wants to break free but King has control.
Henrick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Henrick is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.
King is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Henrick gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
King stalling.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
Henrick lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Henrick lands a nice elbow.
Henrick tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the cage.
King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henrick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Damon Henrick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King takes one on the button.
King dodges the punch combination from Henrick.
King throws a counter combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damon Henrick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Henrick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damon Henrick!
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RATING
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