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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 422 p4p, 1205 weight class) and Sammy Beach (ranked 59 p4p, 160 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raven Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Beach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beach throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Beach tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Beach showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beach looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harris moves out of range as Beach strikes.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Beach is looking to clinch.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beach is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris misses with a hook. Beach ducked under it nicely.
Beach takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Beach tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beach. That did some damage!
Harris with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A clash of legs there as Beach blocks the low kick.
Harris lands a really nice looking cross but Beach seems unphased.
Beach tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beach slips a straight right by Harris.
We've been informed that Beach has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Beach takes one on the button.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beach wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Beach is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Harris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harris gets tackled into the cage by Beach. Beach maintains the clinch.
Beach lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris throws the left hand but Beach avoids the punch easily.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach moves out of range of the strikes.
Beach throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beach moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beach wants to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch position.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris tries to keep at a distance but Beach has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beach misses with a body punch.
Beach tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beach breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beach takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Beach dips to his left and cracks Harris with an uppercut!
It looks like Raven Harris has been cut.
Beach tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beach tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Beach bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Beach tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Beach takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beach tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Beach cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Beach drops his hands momentarily and Harris takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Beach tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beach is rocked!
Harris throws a hook to the side of Beach's head but Beach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Beach misses its intended target.
Beach blocks the body kick.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Beach walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beach. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Beach is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
A combination from Harris does no damage.
Harris scores with a jab to the head.
Beach is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Beach slips under a jab from Harris.
Beach seems to have recovered his senses.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris cracks Beach with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Beach looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Harris finish him?
Beach defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris drops Beach with a straight right hand, right on the button! Harris follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raven Harris!
Raven Harris is the new light heavyweight champion!
Raven Harris took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'HHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM................HHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMM'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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