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SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
February - 2015
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wrong way in his fight against
Donald Cerrone, who took
the bout on just fifteen days
notice.
Now, lets make one thing
clear: this was in no way a
robbery, not by a long shot.
Cathal Pendred’s fight against
Sean Spencer was a robbery,
and Spencer might want to
consider pressing charges,
but given his luck with judg-
es so far, what would be the
point? Cerrone vs. Hender-
son, however, was simply a
close fight. Yes, many had it
leaning towards Henderson
at the end, but neither man
blew the other away, and
there was no blatantly outra-
geous flub in scoring on the
part of the judges: all three
scored the bout 29-28 for
Cowboy.
While Henderson seemed
do be doing more, an argu-
ment could be made that his
kicks and jabs to the legs of
Cerrone weren’t particularly
effective, and while judges
don’t score damage, there’s
something to be said for oc-
tagon control and aggression
as well (Cerrone did have just
a little more control time in
the fight). Not to mention
takedowns, even when not
the most effective.
In short, this wasn’t Pendred-
Spencer or Sanchez-Pearson,