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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Sydney Bussel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrison's choice of entrance music: Dizzy Rascal - Sirens. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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135 lbs
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148 lbs
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Sydney Bussel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Liam Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bussel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. Bussel saw that one coming.
Harrison delivers a nice body kick.
Bussel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harrison fakes the leg kick and cracks Bussel in the body.
Harrison checks a low kick from Bussel.
Harrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Bussel.
Harrison bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bussel's head.
Bussel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harrison works Bussel's body with a nice hook.
Harrison thuds his right hand into Bussel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Harrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrison throws a looping overhand right but Bussel ducks down to avoid it.
Bussel motions for Harrison to come forward. Bussel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bussel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bussel there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bussel misses with a low kick.
Harrison throws a big shot that misses.
Bussel drives through and clinches with Harrison against the ropes.
Bussel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrison is defending well for now.
Harrison is trying to push Bussel away but Bussel has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Harrison lands a hook that snaps the head of Bussel backwards.
Harrison tries a body shot but Bussel blocks it.
Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bussel looks to land a body kick but Harrison moved away.
Bussel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrison lands a slapping body shot.
Harrison tries a head kick but it misses.
Harrison avoids the head kick by Bussel.
Bussel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bussel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harrison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Harrison coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bussel. Bussel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harrison lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A lazy body kick from Bussel
and Harrison makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bussel really felt that one!
Harrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bussel.
A head kick misses from Bussel.
Harrison 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.
Harrison looks to throw the jab but Bussel is out of range.
Bussel tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Harrison misses with a two punch combination.
Bussel has Harrison up against the ropes in a clinch.
Harrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bussel doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrison circles away.
Harrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bussel counters by moving into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bussel as Harrison tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Harrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Bussel tries to clinch up.
Bussel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bussel misses with a knee to the head.
Bussel tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
Bussel just leaning against Harrison, taking a breather.
Bussel breaks the clinch.
Sydney Bussel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bussel needs to keep his hands up - Harrison had a free shot at his head there.
Harrison misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harrison is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Bussel is just out of range.
A jab from Harrison finds it's way through Bussel's defenses.
Bussel lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison throws a big shot that misses.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harrison cracks Bussel with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel throws a leg kick
and Harrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bussel walks into a stiff left hand from Harrison.
Harrison digs a good hook to Bussel's body.
Bussel throws a leg kick
and Harrison finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bussel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harrison stuns Bussel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harrison misses with an uppercut.
Bussel avoids the head kick by Harrison.
Bussel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bussel. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bussel tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Harrison throws an off balance right hand
and Bussel counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harrison is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bussel was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Harrison lands a nice shot that snaps Bussel's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel ducks under a wild hook from Harrison.
Bussel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bussel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bussel throws the kick towards the body but Harrison avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harrison checks a leg kick.
Bussel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harrison is out of range.
Harrison lands a jab to the nose.
Harrison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Liam Harrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Bussel.
Harrison works over Bussel's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrison connects with the punch.
Harrison checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bussel.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bussel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Harrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harrison with a nice cross.
Harrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bussel throws a head kick that misses.
Bussel throws a hook but Harrison avoids it easily.
Bussel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrison.
Harrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Bussel is just out of range.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. Bussel saw that one coming.
Harrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Harrison misses with a left hand
and Bussel counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harrison is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harrison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bussel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bussel misses with a head kick.
Bussel staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison connects with a body shot that sends Bussel's belly button to the back.
Harrison throws a shot from downtown. Bussel moves away and avoids it.
A head kick from Bussel lands but Harrison takes it in his stride.
Harrison takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bussel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harrison keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Harrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Bussel.
Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bussel takes one to the chin there.
Bussel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bussel tries to clinch there but Harrison circles away.
Bussel throws a nice looking combination but Harrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harrison lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bussel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harrison.
Bussel connects with a solid leg kick.
Harrison lands a nice hook to Bussel's body. Bussel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bussel tries to clinch but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison misses with a straight right.
Harrison lands a body shot.
Bussel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harrison throws a right hand that misses
and Bussel counters with an inside leg kick.
Bussel tries a head kick but it misses.
Bussel takes one to the side of the head.
Harrison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bussel is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Bussel is just out of range.
Oh Bussel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrison lands a slapping body shot.
Bussel scoring well with a low kick there.
Bussel seems to have got his legs back now.
Bussel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Harrison really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bussel tries to clinch but Harrison moves away
and Harrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrison throws a lazy right hand but Bussel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harrison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bussel throws a series of punches but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison throws a lazy right hand but Bussel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bussel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harrison throws an overhand right that lands on Bussel's shoulder, as Bussel tries to avoid the shot.
Harrison avoids the head kick by Bussel.
Bussel misses with a low kick.
Harrison works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harrison changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bussel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bussel slips a straight right by Harrison.
Bussel throws a head kick but Harrison moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Harrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison throws a looping overhand right but Bussel ducks down to avoid it.
Harrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bussel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Bussel trying to land knees to the body.
Bussel missing with knees to the body.
Harrison avoiding damage as Bussel throws knees to the body.
Bussel missing with knees to the body.
Harrison stalling in the clinch but Bussel improves position.
Bussel keeps control of Harrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bussel trying to control the position but instead, Harrison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bussel into the ropes.
Harrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Bussel won't allow it.
Harrison can't find room to land a body shot as Bussel controls the action.
Bussel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrison blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bussel staying out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Harrison blocks the low kick.
Harrison throws a push kick but Bussel slaps the foot to one side.
Harrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bussel counters with an outside leg kick.
Bussel really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. Bussel saw that one coming.
Harrison lands a nice hook to Bussel's body. Bussel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from Bussel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harrison scores with a decent looking hook.
Bussel tries to close the distance and clinch but Harrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bussel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harrison blocks a head kick by Bussel.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bussel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Harrison dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bussel slips under a jab.
Bussel wants to clinch but Harrison slips to the side
and Harrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harrison lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A punch combination from Harrison misses.
Bussel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harrison keeps the fight on the outside.
Bussel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harrison looks for the body kick but Bussel saw that one coming.
Harrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bussel tries to clinch there but Harrison circles away.
Harrison throws a hook but Bussel blocks it.
Bussel is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bussel doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrison circles away.
Harrison misses with a looping right.
Bussel clinches with his opponent.
Harrison pushes Bussel back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Harrison tries to work over Bussel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bussel backwards.
Harrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bussel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harrison.
Harrison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bussel throws a sloppy head kick and Harrison moves out of range easily.
Harrison connects with the punch.
Bussel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bussel lands a head kick. Harrison smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bussel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel defending well as Harrison loads up on a big left hand.
Bussel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harrison.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrison misses the target.
Bussel avoids the head kick by Harrison.
Bussel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrison throws out the jab.
Harrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bussel was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Bussel tries to clinch up
and Harrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrison connects with a jab.
Bussel tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Sydney Bussel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liam Harrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harrison misses with a hook. Bussel ducked under it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Harrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Harrison 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Harrison!
Liam Harrison took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Blithering Idiot, you want to do this again. In Dynasty. In Japan. At 155? What you saying boy?'.
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RATING
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