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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Correa Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clayton Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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235 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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230 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Correa Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clayton Harding!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harding forces Santiago back against the cage and clinches.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Santiago tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Santiago manages to pull guard.
Santiago working for a triangle but Harding defends it easily.
Harding really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santiago. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harding avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santiago is breathing heavily.
Harding pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santiago is keeping the position for now.
Harding is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago controls Harding momentarily but Harding frees himself.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Harding from controlling successfully.
Harding controls from within his opponent's guard.
Santiago looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Harding has picked Santiago up and slammed him! Santiago can't keep hold of the triangle and Harding manages to pass to side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Harding wants to control but Santiago is keeping him busy.
Santiago gets back to half guard.
Harding controlling the pace.
Santiago actively working from the bottom here.
Harding slows the pace down in half guard.
Harding moves into full mount! Santiago won't be happy about that!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harding trying to control but Santiago is having none of it.
Harding tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Despite being in the dominant position, Clayton Harding just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harding tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santiago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harding tries to clinch but Santiago moves out of range.
Harding has taken the fight to the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harding pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but Santiago blocks with his arms.
Santiago takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harding taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harding has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Santiago's ribcage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harding - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Harding lands an elbow just above Santiago 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harding throws an elbow but misses.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Santiago's ribcage.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santiago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santiago tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harding smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Harding dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Harding darts in and clinches Santiago up against the cage.
Santiago fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Harding.
Santiago takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harding breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harding tries to clinch but Santiago is having none of it.
Harding doesn't manage to clinch there - Santiago circles away.
Harding darts in and clinches Santiago up against the cage.
Santiago tries to pull guard but Harding holds him up against the cage and eventually Santiago drops back down to his feet.
Santiago takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harding creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding trying to land knees to the body.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santiago.
Harding working Santiago over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harding walks away with a smile on his face. Santiago gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Correa Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harding moves into the clinch.
Harding tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santiago avoids it.
Harding breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harding wants to clinch.
Harding wants to clinch.
Harding clinches up with Santiago and pushes him back against the cage.
Santiago avoids a wild elbow strike from Harding.
Harding stalls.
Harding lands an elbow inside that Santiago shrugs off.
Harding lands an elbow inside.
Harding landing knees to the head.
Harding is stalling here.
Harding throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Santiago takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harding pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santiago jumps guard but Harding stands there with Santiago around his waist. Santiago gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Clayton Harding seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harding misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santiago.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santiago lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harding is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but Santiago blocks with his arms.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santiago avoids a wild elbow strike from Harding.
Harding misses with an elbow strike.
Harding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santiago blocks it with crossed arms.
Santiago being controlled against the cage.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Santiago is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Santiago takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santiago in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harding escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harding gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harding landing knees to the body.
Harding slows down the pace here.
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santiago blocks it with crossed arms.
Harding slows down the pace here.
Harding continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Santiago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harding gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harding manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harding lands an elbow that stopped Santiago in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Harding - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A knee to the head by Harding.
Harding throws an elbow but it misses.
Harding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santiago avoids it.
Harding misses with an elbow over the top.
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santiago blocks it with crossed arms.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Santiago tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harding smiles and moves away.
Santiago takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santiago keeps the fight on the outside.
Harding tries to clinch up but Santiago circles away and keeps his distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Harding moves into the clinch.
Harding breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Harding showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Harding instigates a clinch.
Santiago tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harding stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harding throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santiago tries to pull guard but Harding holds him up against the cage and eventually Santiago drops back down to his feet.
Harding lands a good knee to the midsection. Santiago won't want to take too many of those.
Harding slowing the pace effectively.
Harding throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Santiago blocks it.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santiago has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santiago's face.
Harding is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harding tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santiago avoids it.
Santiago fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Correa Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but Santiago blocks with his arms.
Harding lands an elbow just above Santiago 's eye.
Harding has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harding obliges.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Santiago is blocking nicely.
Harding throws an elbow that misses.
Harding lands an elbow inside.
A bit of stalling here from Harding.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Santiago tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harding just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harding pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harding gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harding creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santiago's defenses.
Santiago jumps guard but Harding stands there with Santiago around his waist. Santiago gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harding controlling the action here for a moment.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Santiago jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harding walks away with a smile on his face. Santiago gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Harding drives through and clinches with Santiago against the cage.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago blocks the elbow strike.
Santiago blocks an elbow strike.
Santiago avoids the elbow strike from Harding, against the cage.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Santiago blocks it.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Santiago is blocking nicely.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Santiago blocks it.
Harding breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harding moves into the clinch.
Harding is pushing Santiago up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Santiago is blocking nicely.
Santiago jumps guard but Harding stands there with Santiago around his waist. Santiago gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harding stalling the fight.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Santiago tries to pull guard but Harding won't allow it.
Harding pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding missing with knees to the body.
Come on Harding - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harding lands an elbow inside that Santiago shrugs off.
Santiago tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Santiago tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harding just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santiago jumps guard but Harding stands there with Santiago around his waist. Santiago gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harding throws an elbow but misses.
Harding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santiago tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harding just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Santiago is blocking nicely.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Santiago blocks it.
Harding tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santiago avoids it.
Stalling in the clinch from Harding.
Harding lands an elbow that stopped Santiago in his tracks for a moment.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Correa Santiago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four 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.
Santiago jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harding walks away with a smile on his face. Santiago gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Harding moves into the clinch successfully.
Santiago ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Santiago no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Santiago is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Harding is aware though and is defending well.
Santiago working for a triangle but Harding defends it easily.
Santiago is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harding stopping the sweep attempt from Santiago.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clayton Harding comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Harding winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 26:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clayton Harding!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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