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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rohith Sharma (ranked 1382 p4p, 1554 weight class) and Donnie Larkin (ranked 206 p4p, 235 weight class). Rohith Sharma has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
World class 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 35 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rohith Sharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Donnie Larkin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharma throws a body shot but no joy.
Larkin moves into the clinch.
Larkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sharma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Larkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sharma.
Larkin misses with some punches.
Sharma takes a shot to the head.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
Sharma scores with a shot to the side of Larkin's head.
Sharma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Larkin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch combination from Larkin misses.
Sharma scores with a nice strike.
Donnie Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larkin shoots in and gets a takedown into Sharma's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larkin throws a big right hand that misses.
Larkin throwing strikes from guard but Sharma blocks nicely.
Larkin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Larkin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sharma pulls Larkin in close to prevent any damage.
Larkin is looking to advance position but Sharma has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Larkin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Larkin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sharma. What's that going to do exactly?
Sharma tries to control but Larkin wriggling away.
Sharma wants to finish this one by submission but Larkin is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sharma.
Sharma get's back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharma.
Larkin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sharma as he jumps to the side.
Larkin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sharma manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Larkin keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larkin throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Sharma.
Sharma lands a hook that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Larkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Larkin throws a head punch that misses.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sharma.
Sharma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sharma is trying to maintain a safe position but Larkin gets an underhook and turns Sharma into the cage.
Sharma misses with a punch on the inside.
Larkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sharma.
Larkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sharma lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Larkin blocks an uppercut.
Sharma lands a shoulder strike.
Sharma working aggressively here.
Sharma is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Larkin prevents a body shot from Sharma.
Larkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sharma stalling in the clinch but Larkin improves position.
Sharma trying to stall but Larkin improves his position.
Maybe Sharma would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Larkin gets through Sharma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Sharma.
Larkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sharma tries to stall but Larkin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rohith Sharma.
Larkin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sharma works the jab nicely.
Larkin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Larkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sharma lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larkin misses with some punches.
Larkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Larkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sharma.
Sharma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sharma blocking some punches.
Sharma misses with a punch to the body.
Larkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sharma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sharma is struggling to control the position.
Larkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sharma stalling in the clinch but Larkin improves position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rohith Sharma dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Larkin shoots in looking for a takedown. Sharma tries to sprawl out of it but Larkin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sharma manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Larkin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sharma sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Larkin misses with a body kick.
Sharma was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sharma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Larkin, pushing him back against the cage.
Sharma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Larkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Sharma on the inside.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sharma.
Larkin working aggressively here.
Larkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sharma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like Donnie Larkin has been cut.
Larkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sharma tries to work over Larkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sharma lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Sharma.
Larkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Larkin working aggressively here.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
Larkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sharma.
Good body shot from Sharma.
Sharma misses with a body punch.
Sharma is leaning against Larkin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sharma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Larkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Larkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Sharma.
Sharma gets through Larkin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Larkin has a couple of punches blocked by Sharma.
Larkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sharma avoiding damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larkin.
Sharma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Larkins head.
Larkin working aggressively here.
Sharma misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Sharma.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Sharma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Larkin is breathing heavily.
Sharma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sharma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Larkin misses with some punches.
Sharma lands a right hand that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Larkin lands a hook that snaps the head of Sharma backwards.
Sharma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma lands a nice shot to the body.
Sharma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sharma can't find room to land a body shot as Larkin controls the action.
Larkin throws a head punch that misses.
Sharma misses with the head strike.
Larkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sharma.
Sharma can't find room to land a body shot as Larkin controls the action.
Sharma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Larkin can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Sharma fails to land.
Sharma lands with a right to the head.
Sharma tries a body shot but Larkin blocks it.
Sharma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharma misses with the head strike.
Sharma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Larkin is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Sharma.
Larkin is still on wobbly legs! Can Sharma finish him?
Sharma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Larkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Larkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sharma stalling the fight.
Sharma pushes Larkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sharma lands a big right hand that drops Larkin! The killer instinct kicks in and Sharma finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sharma!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rohith Sharma!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rohith Sharma waved his t-shirt featuring Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
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hype
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