Post by The Sandmen on Jun 15, 2020 14:01:36 GMT -5
Dan Henderson raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Yoel Romero doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The Disappointment and Romero move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Yoel Romero leans forwards and tries to grapple with The Disappointment
Romero shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Yoel Romero tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Romero circles out and slips free of Dan Henderson's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Romero grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
The Disappointment struggles... Yoel Romero is unable to take him down
Romero misses a step and Dan Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Nice punch by Dan Henderson
that nearly tags Romero.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
A right hand from Dan Henderson
surprises Romero!
Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Disappointment goes down.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
The Disappointment measures the resilience of Romero's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Romero's side.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Dan Henderson can end the fight with his ground and pound.
The Disappointment tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Romero's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Romero tries to cover his face,
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero fires a barrage of punches at The Disappointment's head!
This is bad! Romero is just pounding on Dan Henderson's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero storms over The Disappointment with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Romero doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again The Disappointment's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Dan Henderson's Forehead
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero tries to jump to side mount.
Dan Henderson jumps and show some wrestling skills as he positions himself for continuing the fight in side control.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Romero
The Disappointment is in closed guard... Romero tries to roll on the ground!
Dan Henderson uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson throws a flurry of punches at Romero...
Romero is defending himself well. None of them connect.
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Dan Henderson uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
The Disappointment tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Dan Henderson fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Romero
Yoel Romero attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero works on the ground with his fingers over The Disappointment's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Josh Rosenthal didn't see that!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero measures the resilience of The Disappointment's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in The Disappointment's side.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero measures the resilience of The Disappointment's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in The Disappointment's side.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Romero
Romero holds Dan Henderson's arms and blocks the punches!
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
The Disappointment's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
The Disappointment tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Yoel Romero doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Solid shot from Yoel Romero to the body.
The Disappointment blocks in time.
Yoel Romero tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Dan Henderson jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Romero is holding Dan Henderson's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dan Henderson loses balance and goes to the ground.
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 2
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Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Disappointment goes down.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero tries to pass Dan Henderson's guard...
Yoel Romero passes momentarily but Dan Henderson regains half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero tries to pass Dan Henderson's guard...
Dan Henderson's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero tries to free his leg
Yoel Romero uses some of his skill by jumping out of The Disappointment's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
The clock says 1:00 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero aggressively and repeatedly punches The Disappointment.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Yoel Romero slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Not a desiderable position that The Disappointment is in now. Yoel Romero is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Yoel Romero hovers above The Disappointment
Dan Henderson stops him from throwing strikes.
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Yoel Romero is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard The Disappointment's ribs
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero aggressively and repeatedly punches The Disappointment.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson tries to roll to his side and trap Yoel Romero in his guard...
Dan Henderson gets his hips out and gets to full guard.
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero looks to posture up and open Dan Henderson's guard...
Yoel Romero forces Dan Henderson to open his guard.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
The Disappointment's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Josh Rosenthal saw it!
Josh Rosenthal takes away one point from Yoel Romero for headbutt.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to give The Disappointment time to recover. Dan Henderson seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Yoel Romero is setting up a throw
He nearly drops The Disappointment on his head!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
The Disappointment measures the resilience of Romero's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Romero blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Romero fires a barrage of punches at The Disappointment's head!
This is bad! Romero is just pounding on Dan Henderson's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero moves on the ground
Yoel Romero moves to side mount
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Romero's cheek from the guard.
Yoel Romero uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Yoel Romero slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
The Disappointment cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Romero can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Yoel Romero storms over The Disappointment with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Romero doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again The Disappointment's face with his elbows!
That brutal impact left The Disappointment laid out on the mat! Yoel Romero's corner come in to congratulate him!
The Disappointment's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The Disappointment has a small cut in his Mouth
Winner is Yoel Romero by KO (Elbows) at 3:06 Round 2
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 1/2 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/19 (21%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 363 s
Statistics: Yoel Romero
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 41/62 (66%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 363 s
The Disappointment rides again.
Yoel Romero doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The Disappointment and Romero move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Yoel Romero leans forwards and tries to grapple with The Disappointment
Romero shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Yoel Romero tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Romero circles out and slips free of Dan Henderson's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Romero grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
The Disappointment struggles... Yoel Romero is unable to take him down
Romero misses a step and Dan Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Nice punch by Dan Henderson
that nearly tags Romero.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
A right hand from Dan Henderson
surprises Romero!
Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Disappointment goes down.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
The Disappointment measures the resilience of Romero's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Romero's side.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Dan Henderson can end the fight with his ground and pound.
The Disappointment tries to close his guard around Romero
He is not able to do it
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Romero's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Romero tries to cover his face,
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero fires a barrage of punches at The Disappointment's head!
This is bad! Romero is just pounding on Dan Henderson's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero storms over The Disappointment with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Romero doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again The Disappointment's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Dan Henderson's Forehead
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero tries to jump to side mount.
Dan Henderson jumps and show some wrestling skills as he positions himself for continuing the fight in side control.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Romero
The Disappointment is in closed guard... Romero tries to roll on the ground!
Dan Henderson uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson throws a flurry of punches at Romero...
Romero is defending himself well. None of them connect.
The clock says 2:25 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Dan Henderson uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Yoel Romero gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
The Disappointment tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Dan Henderson fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Romero
Yoel Romero attempts to move to full guard
Yoel Romero manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero works on the ground with his fingers over The Disappointment's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Josh Rosenthal didn't see that!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero measures the resilience of The Disappointment's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in The Disappointment's side.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero measures the resilience of The Disappointment's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in The Disappointment's side.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Romero
Romero holds Dan Henderson's arms and blocks the punches!
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Romero tries to close his guard around The Disappointment
He is not able to do it
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because The Disappointment tries to cover his face,
The Disappointment's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Romero
The Disappointment tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Yoel Romero doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Solid shot from Yoel Romero to the body.
The Disappointment blocks in time.
Yoel Romero tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Dan Henderson jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Romero is holding Dan Henderson's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dan Henderson loses balance and goes to the ground.
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.
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Round 2
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Yoel Romero tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Disappointment goes down.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero tries to pass Dan Henderson's guard...
Yoel Romero passes momentarily but Dan Henderson regains half guard.
Yoel Romero is in half guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero tries to pass Dan Henderson's guard...
Dan Henderson's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in half guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero tries to free his leg
Yoel Romero uses some of his skill by jumping out of The Disappointment's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!
The clock says 1:00 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero aggressively and repeatedly punches The Disappointment.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Yoel Romero slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Not a desiderable position that The Disappointment is in now. Yoel Romero is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Yoel Romero hovers above The Disappointment
Dan Henderson stops him from throwing strikes.
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Yoel Romero is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard The Disappointment's ribs
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero launches a few punches to The Disappointment
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero aggressively and repeatedly punches The Disappointment.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson tries to roll to his side and trap Yoel Romero in his guard...
Dan Henderson gets his hips out and gets to full guard.
Yoel Romero is in closed guard over The Disappointment
Yoel Romero looks to posture up and open Dan Henderson's guard...
Yoel Romero forces Dan Henderson to open his guard.
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
The Disappointment's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Josh Rosenthal saw it!
Josh Rosenthal takes away one point from Yoel Romero for headbutt.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to give The Disappointment time to recover. Dan Henderson seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Yoel Romero is setting up a throw
He nearly drops The Disappointment on his head!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
The Disappointment measures the resilience of Romero's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Romero blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Yoel Romero looks to counter!
Romero fires a barrage of punches at The Disappointment's head!
This is bad! Romero is just pounding on Dan Henderson's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Yoel Romero is in open guard over The Disappointment
Romero moves on the ground
Yoel Romero moves to side mount
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Romero's cheek from the guard.
Yoel Romero uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Yoel Romero is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Yoel Romero looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Yoel Romero slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Yoel Romero is in full mount over Dan Henderson
The Disappointment cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Romero can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Yoel Romero storms over The Disappointment with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Romero doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again The Disappointment's face with his elbows!
That brutal impact left The Disappointment laid out on the mat! Yoel Romero's corner come in to congratulate him!
The Disappointment's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The Disappointment has a small cut in his Mouth
Winner is Yoel Romero by KO (Elbows) at 3:06 Round 2
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 1/2 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 4/19 (21%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 363 s
Statistics: Yoel Romero
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 41/62 (66%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 363 s
The Disappointment rides again.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!