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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
223 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
206 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harris drops Love with a right and a left! Harris comes rushing in but Love regains his composure and manages to keep Harris in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harris trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Love looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harris is one step ahead there.
Love lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harris!
Harris tries to hold on but Love pushes him away.
Love controlling from the full mount.
Harris is desperately trying to improve his position but Love has a good base and remains in mount.
Harris has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Love controlling his opponent.
Love prevents Harris from getting the reversal.
Love controlling the pace for now.
Harris tries to reverse the position but Love maintains control.
Love controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to improve his position but Love isn't that keen on the idea.
Harris is working hard here to advance position.
Harris sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Still in half guard, Love seems content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Vagner Love was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harris rushes Love and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Love pulls his leg out and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Harris shoots in.
Love misses with a low kick.
Nice takedown defense from Love. No joy for Harris on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Love moved out of range nicely.
Harris lands a nice shot that snaps Love's head back.
Nice uppercut lands for Harris. That snapped Love's head back.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Paul Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vagner Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Harris keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harris connects with a crisp jab.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Love displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harris.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Love.
Love lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
Harris shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
Harris takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Harris dominated that round.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected.
Love throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Harris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Love.
Love fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a huge head kick that drops Harris! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vagner Love!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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