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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thug Behram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shelton Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Behram comes to the cage accompanied by 25 Minutes to go. The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrell's choice of entrance music: J. Cole - Blow Up. 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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162 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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160 lbs
24 - 10 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thug Behram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Shelton Harrell!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Harrell misses with a leg kick.
Harrell misses with a straight right.
Behram throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harrell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Behram's calf.
Harrell throws a series of punches but Behram avoids them all with ease.
Behram will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Behram lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harrell at a distance.
Harrell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harrell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Behram connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Behram checks a leg kick.
Harrell checks a low kick from Behram.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Harrell.
Harrell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harrell scores with a jab. Behram acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Behram takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harrell blocks a head kick by Behram.
Harrell tried to score with a low kick but Behram checks it.
Harrell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Behram.
Behram catches Harrell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell just misses with a punch to the body.
Behram dives in and grabs Harrell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harrell pushes down on Behram's head and hops out.
Behram checks the leg kick.
Shelton Harrell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Behram connects with a body shot that sends Harrell's belly button to the back.
Harrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Behram is just out of range.
Behram attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Behram throws a series of punches but Harrell avoids them all with ease.
Behram fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harrell throws a hook but Behram avoids it easily.
Behram throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Behram throws a body kick that misses.
Behram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Behram uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrell.
Harrell misses with a wild body shot.
Shelton Harrell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrell misses with a right hand
and Behram counters with a low kick, right behind Harrell 's knee.
Harrell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Behram misses with a looping right.
Behram checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Behram throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrell scores with a hook.
Behram pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harrell is out of range and Behram settles back down.
Harrell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Behram throws a hook to the side of Harrell's head but Harrell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harrell throws a head kick that misses.
Harrell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Behram.
Harrell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Behram on the side of the head.
A big right from Behram misses.
Behram throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harrell throws a leg kick
and Behram counters with a body kick.
Harrell scoring well with a low kick there.
A cross from Harrell lands.
Behram is looking to score with low kicks.
Harrell throws a jab but it's blocked by Behram.
Harrell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behram throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Harrell was covering up waiting for the punch and Behram finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Behram throws an elbow that misses. Harrell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Behram's guard. Nice move by Harrell!
Harrell is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Let's hope that Harrell has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Harrell wanted to stand there but Behram had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell stopping the sweep attempt from Behram.
Harrell controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Shelton Harrell.
Harrell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A low kick from Harrell is predictable there
and Behram counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harrell looks to land a body kick but Behram moved away.
Behram lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shelton Harrell dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Harrell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Behram.
Harrell misses with a kick to the body.
Behram buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harrell looks to land a body kick but Behram moved away.
Harrell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Behram misses with a head kick.
Behram lands the left hand.
Harrell misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harrell throws a leg kick that is checked
and Behram counters with a straight right hand.
Shelton Harrell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A clash of legs there as Behram blocks the low kick.
Harrell throws out a loose jab but Behram uses good head movement to avoid it.
Behram connects with a leg kick. Harrell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Harrell misses.
Nice defenses there by Behram.
Harrell cracks a nice hook into Behram's ribs.
Harrell throws a leg kick
and Behram counters with a nice body kick.
Harrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good work by Behram as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Behram blocks a head kick by Harrell.
Harrell is breathing heavily.
Behram lands a nice hook to Harrell's body. Harrell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Behram keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrell.
Harrell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harrell misses with a wild body shot.
Harrell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Behram bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrell throws a jab but it's blocked by Behram.
Behram connects with a solid leg kick.
Behram thuds a left hand into Harrell's body.
Harrell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Behram.
Behram swinging wildly here.
Harrell swings widly with a right hand
letting Behram counter with a right hand.
Harrell takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrell stuffs the takedown attempt from Behram. Behram gets slowly back to his feet.
Behram moves out of range as Harrell throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Behram stalks Harrell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harrell's face. Harrell staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick from Harrell lands but Behram takes it in his stride.
Jab from Harrell.
Behram sizes up Harrell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Behram.
A head kick misses from Harrell.
Harrell misses with a leg kick
and Behram counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harrell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Behram is out of range and Harrell settles back down.
Nice uppercut lands for Behram. That snapped Harrell's head back.
Behram drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Behram looking to pass the guard.
Harrell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harrell looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Behram puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell wants to get back to full guard.
Behram trying to control from half guard but Harrell is working away.
Harrell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Behram sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harrell defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harrell is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Behram wants to control but Harrell is keeping him busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The ref stands the fighters back up because Thug Behram just wasn't active enough.
Harrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Behram throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thug Behram dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Harrell lands with an uppercut that bounces Behram off the cage and back into range.
Harrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Behram was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrell.
Behram throws a sloppy head kick and Harrell moves out of range easily.
Behram throws a front kick aimed at Harrell's knee but Harrell avoids it well.
Behram lands with a right hand.
Behram avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harrell lands with an uppercut that bounces Behram off the cage and back into range.
Harrell feints and then cracks Behram's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Behram down.
Harrell tries a low kick but Behram avoids it.
Harrell connects with an inside leg kick.
Harrell is looking to land body kicks.
Harrell misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrell connects with a jab.
Harrell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Behram.
Harrell throws a wild body kick that Behram sees coming a mile off.
Harrell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Behram is able to avoid easily.
Harrell throws a looping overhand right but Behram ducks down to avoid it.
Harrell throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Behram fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Harrell sprawls well initially but Behram persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Harrell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Behram seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Harrell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Behram winds up and cracks Harrell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Behram takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Harrell is not content to let Behram control the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Harrell wants to improve his position but Behram is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Behram trying to control the action but Harrell is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thug Behram.
Behram shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Behram not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell wants to improve his position but Behram is controlling well.
Harrell slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Behram postures up in Harrell's guard and throws a big left but Harrell blocks it.
Behram content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Behram postures up in Harrell's guard and throws a big left but Harrell blocks it.
Behram working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Behram slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Behram 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.
Harrell wants to control but Behram postures up.
Harrell is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Behram tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
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 Thug Behram.
I think Behram has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thug Behram!
A relieved looking Thug Behram thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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