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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Natas Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dangerous Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Natas Reaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dangerous Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reaper tries to keep at a distance but Hardy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reaper fails to pull guard.
Hardy lands an elbow inside that Reaper shrugs off.
It looks like Natas Reaper has been cut.
Reaper misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hardy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reaper has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Reaper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reaper throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy slowing the pace effectively.
Reaper can't get the takedown.
Reaper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reaper has a couple of punches blocked by Hardy.
Hardy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reaper dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hardy prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Natas Reaper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reaper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reaper takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reaper is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stalling in the clinch from Hardy.
Hardy receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Hardy scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardy obliges.
Hardy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy lands an elbow just above Reaper 's eye.
Hardy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reaper letting Hardy take a breather here.
Knees to the body from Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardy crunches a lovely knee into Reaper's ribcage.
Hardy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reaper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Natas Reaper's cut is getting worse.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hardy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy drops Reaper with a big knee straight up the middle! Reaper is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Reaper is rocked!
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Reaper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
Reaper seems to have got his legs back now.
Reaper thows a body shot but no joy.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Reaper keeps it at a distance.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Reaper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hardy.
Reaper throws a right hand that Hardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Hardy also avoids with ease.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Reaper is avoiding it.
Hardy closes the distance and pushes Reaper back into the cage.
Reaper pushes Hardy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reaper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Reaper on the inside.
Reaper being controlled against the cage.
Hardy tries to stall but Reaper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reaper tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Reaper.
Hardy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hardy with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Hardy has Reaper pushed against the cage.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardy lands a good knee to the midsection. Reaper won't want to take too many of those.
Hardy scores a nice knee to the body.
Reaper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reaper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardy with a knee to the head.
Hardy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reaper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reaper misses with the head strike.
Hardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reaper's defenses.
Hardy controlling the action here for a moment.
Reaper tries to stall but Hardy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hardy crunches a lovely knee into Reaper's ribcage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reaper dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hardy.
A bit of stalling here from Hardy.
Hardy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reaper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reaper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardy lands an elbow inside that Reaper shrugs off.
Hardy lands an elbow that stopped Reaper in his tracks for a moment.
Hardy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hardy lands a nice elbow.
Hardy connects with a knee to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hardy lands an elbow inside that Reaper shrugs off.
Hardy looking to stall.
Hardy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hardy lands an elbow that stopped Reaper in his tracks for a moment.
Hardy landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hardy.
A head punch on the inside from Reaper fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hardy obliges.
Hardy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reaper misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Hardy.
Reaper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Come on Hardy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hardy working Reaper over with knees to the body.
Reaper swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reaper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reaper is trying to stall.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Reaper.
A knee to the head by Hardy.
Hardy lands a damaging elbow.
Reaper throws a head punch that misses.
Hardy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Reaper.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Hardy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reaper's face.
Hardy lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dangerous Hardy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Natas Reaper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reaper throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hardy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
Reaper throws a hook but Hardy avoids it easily.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Reaper misses with a straight left.
Reaper misses with a two punch combination.
Hardy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Natas Reaper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reaper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy moves out of range of the strikes.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reaper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Reaper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reaper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reaper connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Reaper throws a lazy right hand but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dangerous Hardy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reaper manages to avoid it.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy ducks under a wild hook from Reaper.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reaper was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reaper misses with a straight right.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reaper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Reaper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Reaper pushes him off.
Reaper throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hardy on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reaper.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Reaper with a nice cross.
Reaper misses with a straight left.
Reaper gets the takedown into side control.
Reaper tries for a kimura but Hardy is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reaper is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hardy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hardy struggling a bit here.
Reaper working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Reaper tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reaper has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hardy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Hardy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Reaper is trying to get an arm triangle but Hardy is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Hardy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Reaper is trying to get an arm triangle but Hardy is defending well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hardy slips under a jab.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Reaper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reaper circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reaper shoots in for a double leg but Hardy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hardy throws a body punch but Reaper moves out of range.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Hardy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hardy has control of Reaper's left arm, preventing Reaper from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Natas Reaper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Natas Reaper's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Reaper tests Hardy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reaper throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reaper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hardy swings for the body but Reaper moves out of range.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reaper throws out a powerful jab.
Hardy clinches with his opponent.
Reaper is trying to break the clinch but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reaper's defenses.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardy stalls.
Hardy landing knees to the body.
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hardy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reaper throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reaper's defenses.
Hardy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hardy crunches a lovely knee into Reaper's ribcage.
Hardy lands a good knee to the midsection. Reaper won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reaper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Reaper swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reaper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reaper throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy is pushing Reaper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reaper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reaper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dangerous Hardy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a knee to the body.
Hardy tries to stall but Reaper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hardy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hardy lands a good knee to the midsection. Reaper won't want to take too many of those.
Hardy lands a good knee to the midsection. Reaper won't want to take too many of those.
Hardy has Reaper pressed against the cage.
Reaper wants a takedown.
Hardy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reaper's defenses.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy just leaning against Reaper, taking a breather.
Reaper throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Knees to the body from Hardy.
Hardy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hardy connects with a knee to the head.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reaper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardy is defending well for now.
Hardy lands a good knee to the midsection. Reaper won't want to take too many of those.
Hardy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reaper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hardy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Reaper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Reaper circles away.
Reaper throws a hook but Hardy blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reaper swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch but Reaper is having none of it.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Reaper circles away.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reaper.
Hardy tries to clinch but Reaper is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reaper fails to land with a series of punches.
Hardy moves into range and clinches up with Reaper.
Hardy working Reaper over with knees to the body.
Hardy effectively controlling the action here.
Hardy lands an elbow just above Reaper 's eye.
Hardy trying to land knees to the body.
Reaper misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from Hardy.
Reaper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Reaper working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands an elbow that stopped Reaper in his tracks for a moment.
Reaper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hardy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reaper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hardy looking to stall.
Hardy connects with a knee to the head.
Reaper tries a body shot but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy lands an elbow inside that Reaper shrugs off.
Come on Hardy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Reaper misses with the head strike.
Reaper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reaper has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hardy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Natas Reaper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy has Reaper pressed against the cage.
Reaper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reaper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Hardy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardy looking to throw knees to the head but Reaper is blocking nicely.
Reaper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardy dodges an elbow strike from Reaper.
Hardy effectively controlling the action here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dangerous Hardy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hardy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 26:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 26:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dangerous Hardy!
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hype
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