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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison has chosen Shwayze - High Together as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison moves into range and clinches up with Bean.
Bean looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Bean jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harrison walks away with a smile on his face. Bean gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Harrison feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bean's calf.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bean napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Harrison tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harrison has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bean takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Harrison decides to stand up, so the ref orders Bean to his feet.
Harrison feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Harrison with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bean will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bean keeping moving, preventing Harrison from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison controlling from the top position.
Harrison won't allow Bean to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrison landing some decent shots from guard.
Harrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harrison passes into half guard.
Harrison keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bean is defending against the submission attempts here by Harrison.
Harrison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Harrison working the head and body with strikes.
Bean wants to control but Harrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Harrison working over Bean with some ground and pound. Bean looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Harrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Harrison winds up and cracks Bean with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bean wants to control but Harrison is keeping busy.
Harrison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bean sees it coming and defends easily.
Bean taking some punishment here, with Harrison in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison works his way into full mount!
Bean tries to reverse the position but Harrison maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrison lands a heavy elbow.
Harrison with a couple of short strikes.
Harrison lands a big elbow.
Bean is in a horrible position here. Harrison smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Harrison lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bean tries to lock up and control but Harrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harrison lands a big elbow.
Harrison working the ground and pound effectively.
Bean wants to hold on but Harrison pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison with shots to the head and body - Bean looks very uncomfortable down there.
Harrison with the ground and pound from mount.
Bean tries to lock up and control but Harrison gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harrison prevents Bean from getting the reversal.
Harrison with shots to the head and body - Bean looks very uncomfortable down there.
Harrison has control of Bean's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bean regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bean wants to hold on but Harrison pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrison connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Harrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Harrison's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Harrison duly obliges.
Bean takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Harrison.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bean tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrison breaks from the clinch.
Harrison clinches up against the cage.
Harrison gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harrison scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Bean is retaining full guard.
Harrison with a nice head shot there.
Harrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison with a nice head shot there.
Harrison is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jon Harrison has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bean working a defensive guard here.
Harrison controls from within his opponent's guard.
Harrison wants to pass the guard but Bean is keeping the position.
Harrison trying to control but Bean is working from the bottom.
Harrison sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bean's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harrison connects with a nice short shot to Bean's temple.
Harrison is trying to control. Bean wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Harrison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harrison in particular looking to stall.
Harrison wants to pass the guard but Bean is defending well.
Bean wants to control but Harrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bean is looking to improve his position.
Harrison is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bean wants to control but Harrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Harrison shoots for a takedown but Bean saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harrison scores with a takedown into Bean's guard.
Harrison landing with the ground and pound.
Bean not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harrison trying to control but Bean is working from the bottom.
Harrison scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison stands up and waves to Bean to follow him.
Bean tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harrison counters by clinching up.
Harrison breaks from the clinch.
Harrison closes the distance and clinches.
Harrison has Bean pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Harrison pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bean tumbling to the mat - Harrison dives into Bean's guard.
Bean keeping full guard, as Harrison tries to pass.
Harrison preventing the sweep.
Harrison throws a big right hand that misses.
Bean utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Harrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Harrison throws a leg kick which misses Bean's front leg but catches the back leg as Bean tries to avoid it.
Bean takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harrison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harrison manages to break the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Harrison.
Harrison closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Harrison feints and then cracks Bean's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bean down.
Harrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harrison feints and as Bean raises his hands in defense, Harrison changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Harrison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Harrison gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bean doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bean's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bean gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harrison.
Harrison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrison forces Bean back against the cage and clinches.
Harrison stalling in the clinch.
Bean throws an elbow but it misses.
Harrison lands a nice knee to the body.
Harrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Bean moves out of range easily.
Bean tries to clinch
and Harrison counters with a three punch combo that has Bean backing up. Bean nods at Harrison to acknowledge the strikes.
Bean takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harrison clinches.
Harrison changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bean fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Harrison.
Harrison remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Bean is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bean is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Bean is trying to get back to half guard.
Harrison lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Harrison working the head with strikes.
Harrison works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bean tries to improve position but can't.
Harrison lands some shots froms side control.
Harrison is working Bean over with some ground and pound from side control.
Harrison scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harrison trying to control the action but Bean is working from the bottom.
Harrison laying and praying for a moment but Bean takes advantage and regains half guard.
Bean is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joe Bean has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harrison trying to pass the guard but Bean defending well.
Bean tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Harrison has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Harrison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Harrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Harrison!
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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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