Post by The Sandman on Dec 19, 2022 18:41:41 GMT -5
Dustin Poirier is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Khabib Nurmagomedov raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Dustin Henderson is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Mark Smith.
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Round 1
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Dustin Poirier and Khabib Nurmagomedov touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Khabibagomedov is holding Dustin Poirier's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dustin Poirier loses balance and goes to the ground.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabib Nurmagomedov isolates Dustin Poirier's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Dustin Poirier is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Henderson launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting Khabibagomedov's ribs.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Henderson tries to show some ground skills
Khabibagomedov uses his strength to keep Khabibagomedov at a disadvantage
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabibagomedov throws a few hammer fists to the face of Dustin Poirier
Solid shots!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Henderson tries to show some ground skills
Dustin Poirier put Khabibagomedov in half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier sits up and gets an arm around Khabibagomedov's neck!
Khabibagomedov pushes Dustin Poirier back to the ground.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Khabibagomedov blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Khabibagomedov is trying to counter now!
Khabibagomedov leans back...
He clobbers Dustin Poirier's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Khabib Nurmagomedov breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Mark Smith halts the fight to stand up Dustin Poirier. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Bell Centre (Montreal, Quebec) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Dustin Poirier is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Khabibagomedov into his guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Dustin Henderson's ribs.
Dustin Henderson blocks Khabib Nurmagomedov's moves and tries to reverse the situation.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Khabibagomedov is in closed guard... Dustin Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Khabib Nurmagomedov uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Khabib Nurmagomedov looks to counter!
Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to better his position on the ground...
Khabibagomedov breaks the closed guard of Dustin Poirier and moves to half guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier attempts to trap Khabib Nurmagomedov in his guard.
Dustin Poirier manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Bell Centre (Montreal, Quebec) is cheering him!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Terrible one sided match... Dustin Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Khabib Nurmagomedov caliber.
Khabibagomedov works on the ground with his fingers over Dustin Henderson's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mark Smith didn't see the foul!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabib Nurmagomedov goes for an americana!
Dustin Henderson breaks free.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier launches a few punches to Khabibagomedov's cheek from the guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier attempts to trap Khabib Nurmagomedov in his guard.
Dustin Poirier manages to switch to half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov tries to get a side mount...
Dustin Henderson wraps his leg around Khabib Nurmagomedov leg and prevents him from moving.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Dustin Henderson's being punished here!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov tries to get a side mount...
Dustin Henderson wraps his leg around Khabib Nurmagomedov leg and prevents him from moving.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier attempts to move to full guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov throws a few hammer fists to the face of Dustin Poirier
Blocked by Dustin Henderson.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Khabibagomedov blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Khabibagomedov tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Khabibagomedov fires a barrage of punches at Dustin Henderson's head!
This is bad! Khabibagomedov is just pounding on Dustin Poirier's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier attempts to move to full guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier attempts to move to full guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mark Smith separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is maybe for Khabib Nurmagomedov, but it's close.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Dustin Henderson is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Khabibagomedov's jaw!
Terrible one sided match... Dustin Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Khabib Nurmagomedov caliber.
Dustin Henderson and Khabibagomedov circle around the center of the cage.
A right hand from Dustin Poirier
surprises Khabibagomedov!
Khabibagomedov has a small cut in his Left cheek
Khabibagomedov studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to bring the fight to the ground
Dustin Henderson goes down.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabib Nurmagomedov hovers above Dustin Henderson
Good punches to Dustin Henderson's body.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov doesn't like the idea of just stalling on the ground
Dustin Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight back!
Khabib Nurmagomedov throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Dustin Henderson's face with those brutal elbows! Dustin Henderson needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Dustin Henderson's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dustin Henderson has a small cut in his Left eye
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabib Nurmagomedov moves to better his position on the ground...
Khabib Nurmagomedov viciously slams hammer blows to Dustin Henderson's face!
There is a small laceration on Dustin Poirier's Forehead
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabib Nurmagomedov was tooling Dustin Poirier for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Dustin Poirier lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Khabibagomedov launches a barrage of elbows over Dustin Henderson's face!
Dustin Poirier blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov fires a barrage of punches at Dustin Henderson's head!
This is bad! Khabibagomedov is just pounding on Dustin Poirier's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov tries to jump to side mount.
Dustin Poirier closed his guard around Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabibagomedov is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Dustin Poirier, who is barely covering up!
Mark Smith is asking Dustin Henderson to defend himself! Mark Smith jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Dustin Henderson.
There is a small laceration on Dustin Poirier's Left eye
Winner is Khabib Nurmagomedov by TKO (GnP) at 2:30 Round 2
Statistics: Dustin Poirier
Punches 2/2 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/6 (33%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 343 s
Statistics: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 31/45 (69%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 343 s
The Battle of the Battlesnakes. Or Dance of the Dunces. Or Riot at Rattlesnake Ranch. By any name, this was mostly Khabib after some feeling out. I guess sharing a gym wasn't enough.
Khabib Nurmagomedov raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Dustin Henderson is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Mark Smith.
=========================================
Round 1
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Dustin Poirier and Khabib Nurmagomedov touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.
Khabibagomedov is holding Dustin Poirier's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dustin Poirier loses balance and goes to the ground.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabib Nurmagomedov isolates Dustin Poirier's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Dustin Poirier is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Henderson launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting Khabibagomedov's ribs.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Henderson tries to show some ground skills
Khabibagomedov uses his strength to keep Khabibagomedov at a disadvantage
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabibagomedov throws a few hammer fists to the face of Dustin Poirier
Solid shots!
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Henderson tries to show some ground skills
Dustin Poirier put Khabibagomedov in half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier sits up and gets an arm around Khabibagomedov's neck!
Khabibagomedov pushes Dustin Poirier back to the ground.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Khabibagomedov blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Khabibagomedov is trying to counter now!
Khabibagomedov leans back...
He clobbers Dustin Poirier's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Khabib Nurmagomedov breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Mark Smith halts the fight to stand up Dustin Poirier. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Bell Centre (Montreal, Quebec) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Dustin Poirier is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Khabibagomedov into his guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Dustin Henderson's ribs.
Dustin Henderson blocks Khabib Nurmagomedov's moves and tries to reverse the situation.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson sure knows how to turn you into a pretzel. He can finish the fight anytime while on the ground.
Khabibagomedov is in closed guard... Dustin Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Khabib Nurmagomedov uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Poorly executed technique. Khabib Nurmagomedov looks to counter!
Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to better his position on the ground...
Khabibagomedov breaks the closed guard of Dustin Poirier and moves to half guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier attempts to trap Khabib Nurmagomedov in his guard.
Dustin Poirier manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in closed guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Bell Centre (Montreal, Quebec) is cheering him!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Terrible one sided match... Dustin Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Khabib Nurmagomedov caliber.
Khabibagomedov works on the ground with his fingers over Dustin Henderson's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mark Smith didn't see the foul!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabib Nurmagomedov goes for an americana!
Dustin Henderson breaks free.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier launches a few punches to Khabibagomedov's cheek from the guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier attempts to trap Khabib Nurmagomedov in his guard.
Dustin Poirier manages to switch to half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov tries to get a side mount...
Dustin Henderson wraps his leg around Khabib Nurmagomedov leg and prevents him from moving.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Dustin Henderson's being punished here!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov tries to get a side mount...
Dustin Henderson wraps his leg around Khabib Nurmagomedov leg and prevents him from moving.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier attempts to move to full guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov throws a few hammer fists to the face of Dustin Poirier
Blocked by Dustin Henderson.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Khabibagomedov blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Khabibagomedov tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Khabibagomedov fires a barrage of punches at Dustin Henderson's head!
This is bad! Khabibagomedov is just pounding on Dustin Poirier's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier attempts to move to full guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in half guard over Dustin Henderson
Dustin Poirier attempts to move to full guard
Khabib Nurmagomedov keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mark Smith separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is maybe for Khabib Nurmagomedov, but it's close.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Dustin Henderson is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Khabibagomedov's jaw!
Terrible one sided match... Dustin Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Khabib Nurmagomedov caliber.
Dustin Henderson and Khabibagomedov circle around the center of the cage.
A right hand from Dustin Poirier
surprises Khabibagomedov!
Khabibagomedov has a small cut in his Left cheek
Khabibagomedov studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Khabib Nurmagomedov tries to bring the fight to the ground
Dustin Henderson goes down.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabib Nurmagomedov hovers above Dustin Henderson
Good punches to Dustin Henderson's body.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov doesn't like the idea of just stalling on the ground
Dustin Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight back!
Khabib Nurmagomedov throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Dustin Henderson's face with those brutal elbows! Dustin Henderson needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Dustin Henderson's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dustin Henderson has a small cut in his Left eye
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabib Nurmagomedov moves to better his position on the ground...
Khabib Nurmagomedov viciously slams hammer blows to Dustin Henderson's face!
There is a small laceration on Dustin Poirier's Forehead
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabib Nurmagomedov was tooling Dustin Poirier for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Dustin Poirier lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Khabibagomedov launches a barrage of elbows over Dustin Henderson's face!
Dustin Poirier blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov fires a barrage of punches at Dustin Henderson's head!
This is bad! Khabibagomedov is just pounding on Dustin Poirier's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in open guard over Dustin Henderson
Khabibagomedov tries to jump to side mount.
Dustin Poirier closed his guard around Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is in side mount over Dustin Poirier
Khabibagomedov is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Dustin Poirier, who is barely covering up!
Mark Smith is asking Dustin Henderson to defend himself! Mark Smith jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Dustin Henderson.
There is a small laceration on Dustin Poirier's Left eye
Winner is Khabib Nurmagomedov by TKO (GnP) at 2:30 Round 2
Statistics: Dustin Poirier
Punches 2/2 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/6 (33%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 343 s
Statistics: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 31/45 (69%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 343 s
The Battle of the Battlesnakes. Or Dance of the Dunces. Or Riot at Rattlesnake Ranch. By any name, this was mostly Khabib after some feeling out. I guess sharing a gym wasn't enough.
