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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Henderson (ranked 4974 p4p, 495 weight class) and Wanderlei Filho (ranked 7840 p4p, 613 weight class). Filho has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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158 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Henderson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wanderlei Filho!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Filho tenderised Henderson 's leg. Henderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Henderson dives in and scores a takedown into Filho's guard.
Henderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Filho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henderson working some strikes from top position.
Henderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Filho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Filho is retaining full guard.
Henderson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Henderson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filho wants to get back to his feet but Henderson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Henderson is looking to work some ground and pound but Filho has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Henderson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Henderson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Henderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Filho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Henderson is controlling him.
Henderson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Henderson is looking to take a break and control but Filho is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Henderson is really struggling to control Filho but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson throws a strike aimed at the side of Filho's head but Filho avoids it well.
Henderson 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 wants to control but Filho is keeping him busy.
Henderson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Filho, who protects the arm well.
Filho managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Henderson .
Filho is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Henderson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Henderson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Henderson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Filho is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Filho pushes Henderson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Henderson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
We've been informed that Filho has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Filho throws Henderson to one side and escapes!
Filho cracks Henderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Filho lands a leg kick that knocks Henderson off balance momentarily.
Henderson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Filho cracks Henderson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Henderson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Filho has managed to clinch.
Filho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Filho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Filho.
Henderson can't get the takedown.
Filho stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Filho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Filho misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Filho is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Henderson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Henderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Filho tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Filho wants to get back to his feet.
Henderson tightening his grip on Filho, looking for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mark Henderson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Filho. That's going to slow Henderson down.
Henderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Henderson moves away from the strike by Filho.
Henderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A little jabbing left from Filho on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Filho throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Filho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Henderson with a poor takedown
and Filho counters with a stiff right hand.
Filho moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Filho appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Henderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Filho throws a chopping leg kick but Henderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Filho scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice cross by Filho.
Henderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filho lands a lovely overhand right.
Henderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Henderson shoots and misses
and Filho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Henderson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Henderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Filho, which made it look bad.
Henderson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Filho quickly recovers to half guard.
Filho is staying active underneath Henderson , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Henderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henderson is looking to advance position but Filho won't allow it.
Henderson is looking for a kimura but Filho is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Henderson to get the leverage.
Nice strikes from Henderson there.
Filho tries to kick Henderson off but Henderson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filho is looking to get back to is feet but Henderson passes into side control.
Henderson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Filho is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Henderson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Filho is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Henderson yanks on the arm and Filho is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Henderson .
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mark Henderson !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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