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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faber has chosen m.o.v.e - around the world as his entrance music. Raymond Harris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jackson Faber's chin.
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163 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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169 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raymond Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Faber!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris staying out of range there.
Faber thows a body shot but no joy.
Faber keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Faber lands a nice shot that snaps Harris's head back.
It looks like Raymond Harris has been cut.
Faber misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Faber with a nice cross.
Faber thuds a left hand into Harris's body.
Faber throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Faber just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Faber throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Harris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Faber looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Nice shot lands for Faber.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faber throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a body kick that misses.
Harris slips a straight right by Faber.
Faber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Faber clinches up with Harris and pushes him back against the cage.
Faber misses with a punch on the inside.
Faber wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Faber.
Faber stalling in the clinch but Harris improves position.
Faber stalling.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Faber stalls.
Faber takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for Faber to work.
Faber lands with a left to the head.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Faber holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris displaying some good clinch control by pressing Faber up against the cage.
Faber misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
Faber cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faber.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Faber blocks with his arms.
A short right from Faber on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Faber.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Faber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Faber misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faber's brow.
Faber lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris is breathing heavily.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Faber blocks it.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Faber.
Faber swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Faber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Faber leaning against his opponent.
Faber breaks the clinch.
Faber misses with a body shot.
Harris throws a leg kick but Faber sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good work by Faber as he checks the leg kick.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris tries to clinch up
and Faber makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harris defending well as Faber loads up on a big left hand.
Faber lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris throws a chopping leg kick but Faber manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Faber scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Faber checks a leg kick.
Jackson Faber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Faber's front leg but catches the back leg as Faber tries to avoid it.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Faber misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Faber moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jackson Faber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Harris's cut.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Faber misses with a straight right.
Faber avoids the head kick by Harris.
Some bone on bone action there as Faber checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Faber circles away.
Harris motions for Faber to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris lands a big head kick that sends Faber tumbling to the mat! Harris takes a step backwards and waves Faber back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Faber is rocked!
It looks like Jackson Faber has been cut.
Faber looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Faber is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris scoring well with a low kick there.
Faber seems to have recovered his senses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faber. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Faber is breathing heavily.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Faber in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Faber counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Faber misses.
Faber throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Faber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faber throws a hook but Harris blocks it.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Faber ducks down to avoid it.
Faber throws a leg kick
and Harris holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Faber avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Faber wants to stall.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Faber.
Faber softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Faber blocks it.
Faber looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris stalling the fight.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
Faber lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harris blocking some punches.
Faber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Faber misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Faber blocks it.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Faber lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Faber taking a breather.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Faber has the dominant position.
Faber is looking to control Harris's arms but Harris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Faber has his back to the cage.
The referee calls for Faber to work.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Faber lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Faber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faber.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faber is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
Faber lands with a light punch inside.
Faber lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Faber wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Faber misses with some punches.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Faber stalling in the clinch.
Faber misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.
Faber working hard to break the clinch.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harris blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Faber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Faber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris prevents Faber from breaking the clinch.
Faber manages to break the clinch.
Harris rushes Faber and presses him up against the cage.
Faber is stalling here.
Faber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Harris takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Faber misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Harris lands a head kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faber avoids the head kick by Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymond Harris dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Faber misses with a low kick.
Faber throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faber takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Faber blocks a head kick by Harris.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Faber circles away.
Faber scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harris lands a big head kick that sends Faber tumbling to the mat! Harris takes a step backwards and waves Faber back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Faber thuds a left hand into Harris's body.
Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris lands a good knee to the midsection. Faber won't want to take too many of those.
Faber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Faber is blocking nicely.
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is struggling to control the position.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris blocks a body shot from Faber.
Faber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Faber is trying to maintain a safe position but Harris gets an underhook and turns Faber into the cage.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Faber stalling.
Harris taking a breather.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Faber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Faber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faber misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris wants to clinch
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Faber.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Faber misses with a body shot.
Harris misses with a leg kick.
Faber ducks right into an uppercut from Harris.
Faber avoids a punch combination nicely.
Faber throws a big shot that misses.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Faber looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raymond Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Faber throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris avoids the body shot from Faber.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Faber scores with a shot to the body.
Faber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faber counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Faber stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faber.
Harris throws a head kick that misses
and Faber counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harris's knee momentarily.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Faber gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Faber throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Faber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faber tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Faber.
Harris throws a head kick that half lands.
Faber thows a left - swing and a miss!
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
Faber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Faber swinging wildly here.
Faber takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a wild body kick that Faber sees coming a mile off.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Faber.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymond Harris clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick by Harris misses
and Faber counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Faber thows a body shot but no joy.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Harris! Faber is out on his feet! Harris rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Faber is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Faber is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raymond Harris!
Raymond Harris retains his lightweight title!
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