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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Troy Anselmo (ranked 3302 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarryd Henderson (ranked 4688 p4p, 512 weight class). Troy Anselmo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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182 cm
27
188 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
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181 cm
26
187 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Troy Anselmo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jarryd Henderson! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Anselmo lands with a right hand. Some wild striking there from Anselmo.
Henderson tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Anselmo counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jarryd Henderson has been cut. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Henderson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Henderson tries to grapple but his opponent circles letting Anselmo counter with a right hand. Anselmo scores with a nice strike. Henderson tries to land a body kick and Anselmo counters with a crisp one two that drops Henderson! Anselmo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Henderson to his feet! Henderson is in big trouble!
Henderson is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Anselmo finds Henderson's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Henderson flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Anselmo lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Henderson will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Troy Anselmo! After the fight, Troy Anselmo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
94% |
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