Post by The Sandmen on May 2, 2016 9:32:26 GMT -5
Dan Henderson is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Rich Franklin glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Rich Franklin is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if he loses today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson leans forwards and tries to grapple with Franklin
Franklin wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Rich Franklin tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Henderson is trying to counter now!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Dan Henderson!
Franklin is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Rich Franklin leans forwards and tries to grapple with Henderson
Henderson wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Henderson follows Rich Franklin
only to get counter punched in a big way! Henderson needs to stop playing Rich Franklin's game or he'll get knocked out!
Franklin fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Henderson sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Franklin launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
Rich Franklin paws at Henderson.
Henderson answers with solid punches!
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Henderson looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Rich Franklin's punches
Henderson is on the receiving end of a great combo by Franklin.
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.
Henderson pushes Rich Franklin againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Franklin cannot escape Dan Henderson's clinch! Dan Henderson is just brutalizing Franklin with punches time and time again!
Franklin fell like he got shot! This is over!
Winner is Dan Henderson by KO (Punches) at 1:57 Round 1
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/4 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Rich Franklin
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Shaping up to be a good fight, but the flash KO brought about the finish. Then again, Dan is flashy.
Rich Franklin glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Rich Franklin is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if he loses today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Dan Henderson leans forwards and tries to grapple with Franklin
Franklin wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Rich Franklin tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Henderson is trying to counter now!
Bone shattering straight left hand from Dan Henderson!
Franklin is going to have a big headache after that blow!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Rich Franklin leans forwards and tries to grapple with Henderson
Henderson wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Henderson follows Rich Franklin
only to get counter punched in a big way! Henderson needs to stop playing Rich Franklin's game or he'll get knocked out!
Franklin fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Henderson sprawls and remains on his feet.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Franklin launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
Rich Franklin paws at Henderson.
Henderson answers with solid punches!
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
Henderson looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Rich Franklin's punches
Henderson is on the receiving end of a great combo by Franklin.
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.
Henderson pushes Rich Franklin againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Franklin cannot escape Dan Henderson's clinch! Dan Henderson is just brutalizing Franklin with punches time and time again!
Franklin fell like he got shot! This is over!
Winner is Dan Henderson by KO (Punches) at 1:57 Round 1
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/4 (100%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Rich Franklin
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Shaping up to be a good fight, but the flash KO brought about the finish. Then again, Dan is flashy.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!