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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Burgundy (ranked 1319 p4p, 189 weight class) and Kordell Harris (ranked 2536 p4p, 321 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ron Burgundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kordell Harris!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgundy takes one on the button.
Harris digs a good body shot into Burgundy's ribs.
Harris digs a good hook to Burgundy's body.
Harris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burgundy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris scores with a nice strike.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burgundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgundy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgundy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Burgundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Burgundy lands a right hand.
Harris looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris tries to circle away but Burgundy has him pinned against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Burgundy as the two fighters clinch.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burgundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris blocking some punches.
Burgundy working aggressively here.
Burgundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris blocks a body shot from Burgundy.
Burgundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy misses with some punches.
I was talking to Burgundy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burgundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgundy pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgundy.
Burgundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Burgundy misses with a punch to the body.
Burgundy digs a right hand into Harris's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harris's gas tank.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burgundy misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgundy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgundy.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Burgundy keeps him there for the moment.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Burgundy fails to land.
Burgundy gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burgundy.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Burgundy won't allow it.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burgundy lands with a left to the head.
Burgundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Burgundy.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Burgundy scores with a hook to the body.
Burgundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Burgundy has him pressed against the cage.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgundy tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Burgundy back against the cage.
Burgundy has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Burgundy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burgundy.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burgundy moves into the clinch.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris tries to circle away but Burgundy has him pinned against the cage.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Burgundy fails to land.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Burgundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Harris blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgundy misses with a body punch.
Burgundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Ron Burgundy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burgundy lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Burgundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harris can't break the clinch.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burgundy pushes Harris back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Burgundy.
Burgundy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Burgundy won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Burgundy.
Burgundy keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burgundy lands a shot to the body.
Burgundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burgundy lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burgundy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burgundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris is trying to break free.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Burgundy won't allow it.
A nice left hand lands by Burgundy.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Burgundy keeps him there for the moment.
Harris tries to break the clinch but Burgundy is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burgundy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Burgundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Burgundy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burgundy.
Burgundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Burgundy lands with a left to the head.
Burgundy misses with the head strike.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris is trying to break free.
Burgundy working aggressively here.
Burgundy prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Burgundy misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a body shot from Burgundy.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burgundy misses with a punch to the body.
Burgundy tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Burgundy back against the cage.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burgundy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Burgundy pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burgundy lands a nice uppercut.
Burgundy has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Burgundy lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Burgundy dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Burgundy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Burgundy pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Burgundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Burgundy fails to land.
Burgundy misses with a body punch.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burgundy tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Burgundy.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris tries to circle away but Burgundy has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Burgundy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burgundy is leaning against Harris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burgundy misses with some punches.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Burgundy is leaning against Harris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burgundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Burgundy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris prevents a body shot from Burgundy.
Burgundy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Burgundy has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burgundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris blocks a body shot from Burgundy.
Burgundy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris tries to break the clinch but Burgundy is controlling the position.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris is trying to break free.
Burgundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Burgundy lands a body punch.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Burgundy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Burgundy has him pressed against the cage.
Burgundy misses with a body punch.
Burgundy working aggressively here.
Burgundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris is trying to break free.
Burgundy scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Burgundy pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burgundy lands a right hand.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Burgundy has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ron Burgundy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burgundy working aggressively here.
Burgundy working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris wants to break free but Burgundy has control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Burgundy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Burgundy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Burgundy!
During a confident post fight interview, Ron Burgundy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Kordell Harris stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm young but not as balanced at this game as I'd like to be. I can't keep from getting cut and injured and that's my cue to find something else I'm passionate about and persue it. I'm quitting the sport. '.
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RATING
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