Post by The Sandmen on Mar 10, 2014 11:17:32 GMT -5
Benson Henderson raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Conor McGregor looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Benson moves forward and tries a Superman punch!
Bang! That crushes Notorious's face and maybe his hopes of winning this fight too!
The two exchange wildly
Benson is connecting with a few punches
Benson feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
There is a small laceration on Conor McGregor's Chin
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
Benson Henderson's knows what to do here and blocks them
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor fakes a move and moves laterally.
A right hand from Conor McGregor
gets deflected.
Notorious misses a step and Benson Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Benson throws a hook
He fails to land it.
Benson is holding Conor McGregor's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Conor McGregor loses balance and goes to the ground.
Benson Henderson is in side mount over Conor McGregor
Benson Henderson looks to mount Conor McGregor...
Benson Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Benson Henderson is in full mount over Conor McGregor
Benson works on the ground with his fingers over Notorious's face
Notorious shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Benson Henderson is in full mount over Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Benson Henderson rolls Conor McGregor to his stomach and takes his back!
Benson is in rear mount over Notorious
Notorious has Benson controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Benson is unable to move under Notorious control.
Notorious clumsily fails here and it's time for Benson Henderson to fight back!
Benson Henderson moves to better his position on the ground...
Benson Henderson viciously slams hammer blows to Notorious's face!
Notorious has a small cut in his Forehead
Benson is in rear mount over Notorious
Notorious has Benson controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Benson is unable to move under Notorious control.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Benson is in rear mount over Notorious
Notorious measures the resilience of Benson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Benson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Benson is trying to counter now!
Benson Henderson moves to better his position on the ground...
Benson Henderson wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
Conor McGregor is in side mount over Benson Henderson
Conor McGregor looks to pass to mount...
Notorious slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Benson Henderson.
Conor McGregor is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Notorious launches a barrage of elbows over Benson's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Benson doesn't fight back!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Notorious is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Notorious fires a barrage of punches at Benson's head!
This is bad! Notorious is just pounding on Benson Henderson's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Benson's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Benson has a small cut in his Nose
That punishment by Conor McGregor has left Benson staggered! Conor McGregor should try push forward now and finish this!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor is in full mount over Benson Henderson
This match is even... This could go the distance.
Notorious knows his opponent is groggy and begins a relentless rain of punches!
Benson Henderson is having a nightmare! Dan Miragliotta watches for the moment he has to end this!
Dan Miragliotta is asking Benson to defend himself! Dan Miragliotta jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Benson.
Winner is Conor McGregor by TKO (GnP) at 2:46 Round 1
Statistics: Benson Henderson
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/6 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 96 s
Statistics: Conor McGregor
Punches 0/6 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 11/18 (61%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 96 s
So, I watched this happen, and I read through the whole fight about 12 times and still none of it makes a lick of sense to me.
1) Benson was DOMINATING this fight (so much so that I chuckled at this wolf-toss fight with my project fighter, and looked away from the screen)
2) To the best of my knowledge, Conor has strength, but not any sort of effective GnP or ground skills. Especially none that should match or surpass Benson
3) Upon re-reading the fight, there are many, many, many magic reversals and "WTF" moments, which vary from Benson having Conor's back to suddenly Conor being in full mount over Benson, or Conor being seconds away from finishing the fight and the announcer says the fight is even and could go the distance.
Other notes, this was not a flash KO, and in the end, Conor did do more damage...it just came out of no where in a fight he was getting dominated in, from positions that are not his strengths.
Conor McGregor looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Benson moves forward and tries a Superman punch!
Bang! That crushes Notorious's face and maybe his hopes of winning this fight too!
The two exchange wildly
Benson is connecting with a few punches
Benson feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
There is a small laceration on Conor McGregor's Chin
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
Benson Henderson's knows what to do here and blocks them
The clock says 0:55 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor fakes a move and moves laterally.
A right hand from Conor McGregor
gets deflected.
Notorious misses a step and Benson Henderson sees an opportunity to counter him!
Benson throws a hook
He fails to land it.
Benson is holding Conor McGregor's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Conor McGregor loses balance and goes to the ground.
Benson Henderson is in side mount over Conor McGregor
Benson Henderson looks to mount Conor McGregor...
Benson Henderson slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:25 in the 1 round
Benson Henderson is in full mount over Conor McGregor
Benson works on the ground with his fingers over Notorious's face
Notorious shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
Benson Henderson is in full mount over Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Benson Henderson rolls Conor McGregor to his stomach and takes his back!
Benson is in rear mount over Notorious
Notorious has Benson controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Benson is unable to move under Notorious control.
Notorious clumsily fails here and it's time for Benson Henderson to fight back!
Benson Henderson moves to better his position on the ground...
Benson Henderson viciously slams hammer blows to Notorious's face!
Notorious has a small cut in his Forehead
Benson is in rear mount over Notorious
Notorious has Benson controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Benson is unable to move under Notorious control.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Benson is in rear mount over Notorious
Notorious measures the resilience of Benson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Benson blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Benson is trying to counter now!
Benson Henderson moves to better his position on the ground...
Benson Henderson wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
Conor McGregor is in side mount over Benson Henderson
Conor McGregor looks to pass to mount...
Notorious slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Benson Henderson.
Conor McGregor is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Notorious launches a barrage of elbows over Benson's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Benson doesn't fight back!
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Notorious is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Notorious fires a barrage of punches at Benson's head!
This is bad! Notorious is just pounding on Benson Henderson's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Benson's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Benson has a small cut in his Nose
That punishment by Conor McGregor has left Benson staggered! Conor McGregor should try push forward now and finish this!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Conor McGregor is in full mount over Benson Henderson
This match is even... This could go the distance.
Notorious knows his opponent is groggy and begins a relentless rain of punches!
Benson Henderson is having a nightmare! Dan Miragliotta watches for the moment he has to end this!
Dan Miragliotta is asking Benson to defend himself! Dan Miragliotta jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Benson.
Winner is Conor McGregor by TKO (GnP) at 2:46 Round 1
Statistics: Benson Henderson
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/6 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 96 s
Statistics: Conor McGregor
Punches 0/6 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 11/18 (61%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 96 s
So, I watched this happen, and I read through the whole fight about 12 times and still none of it makes a lick of sense to me.
1) Benson was DOMINATING this fight (so much so that I chuckled at this wolf-toss fight with my project fighter, and looked away from the screen)
2) To the best of my knowledge, Conor has strength, but not any sort of effective GnP or ground skills. Especially none that should match or surpass Benson
3) Upon re-reading the fight, there are many, many, many magic reversals and "WTF" moments, which vary from Benson having Conor's back to suddenly Conor being in full mount over Benson, or Conor being seconds away from finishing the fight and the announcer says the fight is even and could go the distance.
Other notes, this was not a flash KO, and in the end, Conor did do more damage...it just came out of no where in a fight he was getting dominated in, from positions that are not his strengths.