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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Capone kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is SomeNights. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Harper!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Capone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harper with a nice cross.
Capone scores with a takedown into Harper's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Capone won't allow Harper to get back to his feet.
Harper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harper wants to stand but Capone is controlling the position.
Harper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Capone.
Harper wants to sweep here but Capone controlling him for the moment.
Capone throws a big elbow that misses.
Capone is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Capone with a nice head shot there.
Capone scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Capone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Capone throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Capone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Capone lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone stands and throws Harper's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Harper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Capone is putting a hurting on Harper here, landing some big shots from side control.
Capone is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Capone in side control lands a decent elbow.
Harper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Capone connects with a decent elbow.
Capone lands an elbow.
Harper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Capone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Capone controlling the position from side mount.
Capone lands a few punches from side control.
Capone in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Capone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harper some visible discomfort.
Capone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harper some visible discomfort.
Harper takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Capone working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Capone is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Harper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Capone connects with a decent elbow.
Capone is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Capone looks up at the clock and then as Harper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Capone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Capone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harper some visible discomfort.
Capone cracks Harper with a big elbow.
Capone in side control lands a decent elbow.
Capone looks up at the clock and then as Harper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Capone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Capone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Capone working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Capone is staying tight to Harper's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Capone is working Harper over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone working the head and body with strikes.
Capone is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Capone working the ground and pound.
Capone trying to control the position but Harper is working away.
Capone is really struggling to control Harper but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Capone happy to just control the position for now.
Capone cracks Harper with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Capone works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Capone controlling the position from side mount.
Capone is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone looks up at the clock and then as Harper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Capone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Harper is looking to reverse the position.
Capone is working Harper over with some ground and pound from side control.
Capone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harper some visible discomfort.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Capone scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Harper to see if he's OK.
Harper is not content to let Capone control the position.
Capone takes a little break here. Harper wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Capone working the head with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Harper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Harper wants to get back to his feet but Capone drags him back down.
Harper looks gassed!
Capone taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Capone dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Capone shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harper pinned against the cage. Harper gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harper moves in looking to clinch but Capone pushes him off.
Capone swats away the attempt to clinch by Harper.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Capone is defended easily by Harper.
Capone takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Capone darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harper wants to get back to his feet.
Capone sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Harper pushes Capone off looking to stand but Capone dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone lands strikes from half guard.
Harper has hold of Capone's hands but Capone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Capone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Capone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Capone lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Harper has hold of Capone's hands but Capone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harper has hold of Capone's hands but Capone slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Capone working Harper over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Capone lands a nice short elbow.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Capone wants to take a breather but Harper is having none of it.
Capone is controlling the pace.
Capone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
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!
Capone sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Capone lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Capone lands a nice short elbow.
Harper taking some punishment here, with Capone in his half guard.
Capone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Capone lands a nice short elbow.
Capone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harper can do to turn this around?
Capone working Harper over with strikes.
Capone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Capone looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Capone moves nicely into side control.
Capone landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone working the head with strikes.
Capone lands a few punches from side control.
Capone looks up at the clock and then as Harper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Capone smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Capone lands an elbow.
Capone creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
A lull in the action here.
Harper on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Capone scores with a couple of short elbows.
Capone wants to control but Harper is keeping him busy.
Capone creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Capone scores with a couple of short elbows.
Harper taking a bit of punishment here - Capone scoring with strikes.
Capone scoring with punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone scores with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Capone is working Harper over with some ground and pound from side control.
Harper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Capone scoring with punches and elbows.
Capone in side control lands a decent elbow.
Capone creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Harper being controlled for a moment.
Capone connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harper some visible discomfort.
Capone is working Harper over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Capone lands some shots froms side control.
Capone working the head with strikes.
Capone trying to control the action but Harper is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Capone dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Capone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harper defends it nicely.
Harper tries to clinch up but Capone circles away and keeps his distance.
Capone scores with a takedown into Harper's guard.
Capone won't allow Harper to get back to his feet.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Capone from controlling successfully.
Capone connects with a couple of short punches.
Capone sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Capone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Al Capone overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Capone trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
Capone controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone landing some decent shots from guard.
Capone trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Capone controls from within his opponent's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Capone trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Al Capone.
Harper cracks Capone with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Capone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harper as he jumps to the side.
A nice combination there by Harper.
Harper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harper lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Randy Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Capone closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Randy Harper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Capone.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper is trying to stand back up but Capone is controlling him
Capone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Capone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harper with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Capone is nestled in close to Harper, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Capone works his foot free and advances to mount.
Capone dominating with strikes here.
Capone landing strikes from the mount and Harper is in trouble!
Capone cracks Harper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Capone lands a heavy elbow.
Capone looking to finish Harper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harper!
Capone controlling from mount.
Capone in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone lands a big shot there that rocks Harper but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Capone trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Capone landing strikes from the mount and Harper is in trouble!
Capone pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Harper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Capone cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Capone is landing with some decent strikes but Harper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Capone breaks from Harper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Capone sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Capone with shots to the head and body - Harper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Capone controlling his opponent.
Capone scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harper?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Capone unloading with bombs!
Capone landing strikes from the mount.
Capone lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Capone prevents Harper from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Capone.
Capone breaks from Harper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Harper is bucking up trying to escape but Capone cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Capone scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Capone with a couple of short strikes.
Capone postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harper looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone landing strikes, looking to finish!
Capone scoring with strikes but Harper is staying in there.
Capone tries to control but Harper wriggling away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Al Capone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Capone, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Al Capone!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Al Capone!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Al Capone!
Al Capone wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Al Capone thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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