Post by The Sandmen on Apr 24, 2013 17:35:18 GMT -5
Dan Hardy is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Dan Henderson doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Henderson looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Dan Hardy's punches
Henderson measures the resilience of The Outlaw's chin with an uppercut while The Outlaw lands some great crosses.
Dan Hardy throws a punch
that gets deflected.
Crisp uppercut by Henderson followed by a hard jab
The Outlaw deflects the blows.
The Outlaw is trying to counter now!
Dan Hardy leans forwards and tries to grapple with Henderson
The Outlaw shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The fighters are clinching.
Dan Henderson pushes away The Outlaw trying to keep the fight at striking range
The Outlaw doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Dan Henderson
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson tries to take Dan Hardy to the ground from the clinch...
Nicely done! The Outlaw is with his back on the ground now.
The Outlaw's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
Henderson moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over The Outlaw
The Outlaw measures the resilience of Henderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Henderson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Dan Hardy gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Henderson drills Dan Hardy's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Dan Henderson is in half guard over The Outlaw
Dan Hardy tries to close the guard.
The Outlaw put Dan Henderson in closed guard.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Dan Henderson is looking to pass Dan Hardy's guard...
Dan Henderson gets his hips free and moves to half guard.
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over The Outlaw
The Outlaw tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Henderson tries to stand up!
The Outlaw doesn't allow him!
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Dan Hardy. 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.
Henderson leads with a punch
Dan Hardy avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Dan Hardy seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Low kick by Dan Hardy to maintain his distance.
Bad move. That was far from landing.
Dan Hardy fakes a move and moves laterally.
The Outlaw jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Henderson sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
The Outlaw fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Dan Henderson didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dan Hardy is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around The Outlaw
He succeeds!
Dan Hardy is in closed guard over Henderson
The Outlaw is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Dan Hardy uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Dan Hardy is in closed guard over Henderson
The Outlaw is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dan Hardy!
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy launches a few punches to Henderson's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Henderson tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
The Outlaw breaks the lock showing some skills...
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Henderson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Dan Henderson controls the situation despite Dan Hardy efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches The Outlaw.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
There is a small laceration on Dan Hardy's Left eye
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Dan Hardy gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
The Outlaw tries to close his guard around Henderson
He succeeds!
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Henderson is in closed guard... The Outlaw tries to roll on the ground!
Dan Henderson uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The Outlaw misses a step and Dan Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dan Henderson fakes some punches
The Outlaw ties him up.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Henderson is taking this opportunity to rest.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Deep breaths from Dan Hardy who tries a hammer punch to Henderson's ribs.
Henderson blocks those punches
The Outlaw clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Dan Henderson throws a flurry of punches at The Outlaw...
A lot of them are hitting The Outlaw's face
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Dan Henderson looks to posture up and open Dan Hardy's guard...
Dan Hardy has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Henderson is in closed guard... The Outlaw tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dan Henderson!
Dan Hardy is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Hardy tries to better his position on the ground...
The Outlaw is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 2
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Tremendous strikes from The Outlaw!
Henderson blocks with confidence
Dan Hardy gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
The Outlaw blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Dan Hardy's cheek! The Outlaw stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Dan Hardy. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
0:25 Round 2 and Henderson is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Henderson wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Outlaw launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Henderson struggles and protects himself.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Outlaw takes a break to breathe while holding Dan Henderson.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Tremendous strikes from The Outlaw!
Henderson blocks with confidence
The Outlaw misses a step and Dan Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dan Henderson has found an opening in the defense of The Outlaw, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break The Outlaw's ribs.
Henderson grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Dan Henderson
The Outlaw ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
Henderson fires a barrage of punches at The Outlaw's head!
This is bad! Henderson is just pounding on Dan Hardy's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
That punishment by Dan Henderson has left The Outlaw staggered! Dan Henderson should try push forward now and finish this!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
Henderson tries to jump to side mount.
Dan Hardy closed his guard around Dan Henderson.
That punishment by Dan Henderson has left The Outlaw staggered! Dan Henderson should try push forward now and finish this!
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Henderson drills Dan Hardy's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
There is a small laceration on Dan Hardy's Nose
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson looks to mount Dan Hardy...
Dan Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Henderson fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Dan Hardy's arm and tries an armbar!
The Outlaw struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in The Outlaw's eyes...
The Outlaw's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Henderson is locking that Armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in The Outlaw's eyes...
The Outlaw holds his own hand and with pure strength he breaks The Outlaw's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Dan Henderson.
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Dan Hardy is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson tries to show some ground skills
Dan Henderson put The Outlaw in half guard.
Dan Hardy is in half guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Hardy is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around The Outlaw
He succeeds!
Dan Hardy is in closed guard over Henderson
The Outlaw is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dan Hardy!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
The Outlaw tries to escape from the full mount...
Dan Henderson is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Dan Hardy
Henderson is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Dan Hardy, who is barely covering up!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! The Outlaw was not intelligently defending himself!
The Outlaw has a small cut in his Left eye
Winner is Dan Henderson by TKO (GnP) at 3:05 Round 2
Statistics: Dan Hardy
Punches 3/11 (27%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/4 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/6 (33%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 320 s
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 3/7 (43%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 18/23 (78%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 320 s
Not TOO bad of a first round, but Hendo took over in round 2 and wrapped things up. I think he wanted to go home. So he could tuck his wife in. And go see his mistress. Then tuck her in. And go see another mistress. And so on.
Dan Henderson doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Henderson looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Dan Hardy's punches
Henderson measures the resilience of The Outlaw's chin with an uppercut while The Outlaw lands some great crosses.
Dan Hardy throws a punch
that gets deflected.
Crisp uppercut by Henderson followed by a hard jab
The Outlaw deflects the blows.
The Outlaw is trying to counter now!
Dan Hardy leans forwards and tries to grapple with Henderson
The Outlaw shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
The fighters are clinching.
Dan Henderson pushes away The Outlaw trying to keep the fight at striking range
The Outlaw doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Dan Henderson
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson tries to take Dan Hardy to the ground from the clinch...
Nicely done! The Outlaw is with his back on the ground now.
The Outlaw's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
Henderson moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over The Outlaw
The Outlaw measures the resilience of Henderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Henderson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Dan Hardy gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Henderson drills Dan Hardy's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Dan Henderson is in half guard over The Outlaw
Dan Hardy tries to close the guard.
The Outlaw put Dan Henderson in closed guard.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Dan Henderson is looking to pass Dan Hardy's guard...
Dan Henderson gets his hips free and moves to half guard.
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over The Outlaw
The Outlaw tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Henderson tries to stand up!
The Outlaw doesn't allow him!
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Dan Hardy. 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.
Henderson leads with a punch
Dan Hardy avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Dan Hardy seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Low kick by Dan Hardy to maintain his distance.
Bad move. That was far from landing.
Dan Hardy fakes a move and moves laterally.
The Outlaw jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Henderson sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
The Outlaw fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Dan Henderson didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dan Hardy is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around The Outlaw
He succeeds!
Dan Hardy is in closed guard over Henderson
The Outlaw is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Dan Hardy uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Dan Hardy is in closed guard over Henderson
The Outlaw is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dan Hardy!
The clock says 3:10 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy launches a few punches to Henderson's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Henderson tries to cover his face,
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
The Outlaw breaks the lock showing some skills...
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Henderson tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Dan Henderson controls the situation despite Dan Hardy efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches The Outlaw.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
There is a small laceration on Dan Hardy's Left eye
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Dan Hardy gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
The Outlaw tries to close his guard around Henderson
He succeeds!
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Henderson is in closed guard... The Outlaw tries to roll on the ground!
Dan Henderson uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The Outlaw misses a step and Dan Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dan Henderson fakes some punches
The Outlaw ties him up.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Henderson is taking this opportunity to rest.
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Deep breaths from Dan Hardy who tries a hammer punch to Henderson's ribs.
Henderson blocks those punches
The Outlaw clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Dan Henderson throws a flurry of punches at The Outlaw...
A lot of them are hitting The Outlaw's face
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Dan Henderson looks to posture up and open Dan Hardy's guard...
Dan Hardy has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson is in closed guard over The Outlaw
Henderson is in closed guard... The Outlaw tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dan Henderson!
Dan Hardy is in full mount over Dan Henderson
Dan Hardy tries to better his position on the ground...
The Outlaw is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
=========================================
Round 2
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Tremendous strikes from The Outlaw!
Henderson blocks with confidence
Dan Hardy gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
The Outlaw blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Dan Hardy's cheek! The Outlaw stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Dan Hardy. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
0:25 Round 2 and Henderson is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Henderson wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Outlaw launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Henderson struggles and protects himself.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Outlaw takes a break to breathe while holding Dan Henderson.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Tremendous strikes from The Outlaw!
Henderson blocks with confidence
The Outlaw misses a step and Dan Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dan Henderson has found an opening in the defense of The Outlaw, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break The Outlaw's ribs.
Henderson grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Dan Henderson
The Outlaw ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
Henderson fires a barrage of punches at The Outlaw's head!
This is bad! Henderson is just pounding on Dan Hardy's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
That punishment by Dan Henderson has left The Outlaw staggered! Dan Henderson should try push forward now and finish this!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over The Outlaw
Henderson tries to jump to side mount.
Dan Hardy closed his guard around Dan Henderson.
That punishment by Dan Henderson has left The Outlaw staggered! Dan Henderson should try push forward now and finish this!
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Henderson drills Dan Hardy's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
There is a small laceration on Dan Hardy's Nose
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Dan Hardy
Dan Henderson looks to mount Dan Hardy...
Dan Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
Henderson fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Dan Hardy's arm and tries an armbar!
The Outlaw struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in The Outlaw's eyes...
The Outlaw's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That Armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Henderson is locking that Armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in The Outlaw's eyes...
The Outlaw holds his own hand and with pure strength he breaks The Outlaw's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Dan Henderson.
The clock says 2:20 in the 2 round
Dan Hardy is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Henderson tries to show some ground skills
Dan Henderson put The Outlaw in half guard.
Dan Hardy is in half guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Hardy is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around The Outlaw
He succeeds!
Dan Hardy is in closed guard over Henderson
The Outlaw is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dan Hardy!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Dan Hardy
The Outlaw tries to escape from the full mount...
Dan Henderson is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
The clock says 3:00 in the 2 round
Dan Henderson is in side mount over Dan Hardy
Henderson is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Dan Hardy, who is barely covering up!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! The Outlaw was not intelligently defending himself!
The Outlaw has a small cut in his Left eye
Winner is Dan Henderson by TKO (GnP) at 3:05 Round 2
Statistics: Dan Hardy
Punches 3/11 (27%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/4 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/6 (33%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 320 s
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 3/7 (43%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 18/23 (78%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 320 s
Not TOO bad of a first round, but Hendo took over in round 2 and wrapped things up. I think he wanted to go home. So he could tuck his wife in. And go see his mistress. Then tuck her in. And go see another mistress. And so on.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!