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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dermot Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dermot Gray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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282 lbs
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285 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high 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
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dermot Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Badr Hari!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray scores with a jab. Hari acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Badr Hari has been cut.
Gray avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hari tries to work over Gray's front leg with a kick but Gray checks it.
Gray sizes up Hari with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hari keeps Gray at a distance using the push kick.
Gray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gray.
Gray checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hari avoids the body shot from Gray.
Hari cracks the inside of Gray's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hari throws a leg kick which misses Gray's front leg but catches the back leg as Gray tries to avoid it.
Hari keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gray takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hari attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hari.
Gray is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hari misses with a double jab
and Gray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hari fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gray checks it well.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hari moves away.
Hari plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gray just misses with a punch to the body.
Hari lands a front kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Hari finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gray takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hari stuns Gray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
Hari displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hari tries to land a front kick but Gray steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gray misses with a looping right.
Gray has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hari.
Hari lands with a good body shot.
Hari moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hari throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hari thows a body kick. Gray tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hari scores with a spinning back kick!
Hari tries a head kick but it misses.
Hari cracks Gray with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hari lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gray backs up against the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Hari. Those never looked like landing.
Gray checks the leg kick.
Hari motions for Gray to come forward. Hari throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gray.
Hari connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gray's sensitive parts.
Hari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gray avoids the head kick by Hari.
Gray avoids a kick to the body.
Hari throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gray misses with a low kick as Hari jumps back.
Hari avoids the body shot from Gray.
Gray lands a jab to Hari's midsection.
Gray will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hari slips a jab from Gray.
Hari moves forwards but Gray connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hari misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Hari.
Gray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hari.
Hari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
Gray misses with an uppercut.
Gray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hari throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gray.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hari ducks right into an uppercut from Gray.
Hari looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hari's calf.
Gray slips a straight right by Hari.
Gray thows a body shot but no joy.
Gray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badr Hari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Badr Hari's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gray. That's going to slow Hari down.
Gray ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hari throws a low kick, looking for Gray's leg but Gray calmly moves out of range.
Hari throws a nice looking combination but Gray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hari manages to avoid it.
Gray misses with a body kick.
Gray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gray walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gray throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gray.
Good exchange - Gray coming out on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hari is breathing heavily.
Gray takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hari lands a right hook to the body.
Badr Hari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hari wants to land a leg kick but Gray is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Gray misses the target.
Gray throws a looping overhand right but Hari ducks down to avoid it.
Hari moves out of range of the strikes.
Gray swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hari.
Hari avoids the body shot from Gray.
Gray throws a hook to the side of Hari's head but Hari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gray throws a wild body kick that Hari sees coming a mile off.
Hari scores with a head kick. Gray tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gray 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.
Gray misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gray moves out of range of the leg kick from Hari.
Hari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gray.
Gray swings for the body but Hari moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hari throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gray misses with a straight right.
Hari uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gray.
Hari scores with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Hari misses the target.
Hari lands with a slapping head kick.
Gray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hari - that will leave a mark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws out a loose jab but Gray uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gray scores with a jab. Hari acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gray takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gray on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gray blocks the body kick.
Gray takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hari.
Gray avoids the head kick by Hari.
Hari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gray.
Hari scores with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gray. Hari does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gray thows a body shot but no joy.
Hari connects with a leg kick. Gray looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gray is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari avoids the body shot from Gray.
Gray misses the jab.
Gray takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gray lands a jab to Hari's midsection.
Hari slips under a jab from Gray.
Hari is looking to chop away at Gray's legs.
Hari keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Hari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hari thuds his shin into the meat of Gray's side.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hari, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hari is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice body punch from Gray.
Gray takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gray blocks a head kick by Hari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badr Hari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Badr Hari's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Gray takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hari connects with a nice looking jab.
Gray jabs at Hari's body.
Hari has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gray throws a shot from downtown. Hari moves away and avoids it.
Gray misses the shot to the body.
Gray swings for the body but Hari moves out of range.
Gray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hari was well out of range. Poor timing from Gray.
Hari throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Hari is just out of range.
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Hari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A telegraphed right hand from Hari misses the target.
Gray throws a hook but Hari avoids it easily.
Gray throws a hook but Hari blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray lunges at Hari with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hari's hand.
Hari moves away from the strike by Gray.
Hari looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gray misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hari tried to score with a low kick but Gray checks it.
Gray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gray throws a lazy uppercut
and Hari makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gray really felt that one!
Hari looks to land a combination. Gray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hari throws a leg kick but Gray sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gray swings for the body but Hari moves out of range.
Hari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gray scores with a sloppy right hand. Hari should have avoided that one.
Badr Hari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hari moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray misses with an uppercut.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Hari is just out of range.
Gray misses with an uppercut.
Gray wants to slow Hari down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hari misses with a double jab.
Gray throws a body punch but Hari moves out of range.
Gray misses with an uppercut.
Hari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hari throws a head kick but Gray moves out of range.
Gray closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hari stuns Gray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Hari 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gray, as that shot connected.
Hari connects with a nice looking jab.
Gray cracks Hari with a good jab.
Hari misses with the combination.
Gray throws a body punch but Hari moves out of range.
Dermot Gray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gray takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hari walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gray checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gray manages to avoid it.
Gray throws a looping overhand right but Hari ducks down to avoid it.
Gray tries to bum rush Hari with a series of wild strikes but Hari uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gray looks to score with a jab to the body but Hari is just out of range.
Gray misses with a shot to the body
and Hari makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gray really felt that one!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
Hari misses with a body shot.
Gray throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hari counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gray misses with a looping right.
Gray lands with a right hand.
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!
Hari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hari throws a leg kick but Gray sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A punch combination from Gray misses.
Gray 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.
Hari throws a wild body kick that Gray sees coming a mile off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gray throws the left hand but Hari avoids the punch easily.
Hari keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hari throws a leg kick but Gray sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dermot Gray.
Well Hari 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Badr Hari!
A less than humble Badr Hari misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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