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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anselmo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kajetan Ogonowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anselmo Harris has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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184 lbs
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180 cm
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182 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anselmo Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kajetan Ogonowicz!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ogonowicz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Ogonowicz moves out of range easily.
Ogonowicz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Ogonowicz settles back down.
Ogonowicz has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Harris is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Ogonowicz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
It seemed like Ogonowicz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ogonowicz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ogonowicz throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harris is defended easily by Ogonowicz.
Ogonowicz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ogonowicz throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Anselmo Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ogonowicz throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogonowicz gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Harris jumps into guard, dragging Ogonowicz to the mat.
Ogonowicz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harris throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ogonowicz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ogonowicz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ogonowicz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ogonowicz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogonowicz is continuing to stall.
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ogonowicz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Harris will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Harris wants to sweep but no luck.
Harris is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ogonowicz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ogonowicz prevents Harris from getting back to his feet.
Ogonowicz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogonowicz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ogonowicz wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ogonowicz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Harris is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ogonowicz defends well.
Ogonowicz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ogonowicz trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ogonowicz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ogonowicz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Harris controls Ogonowicz momentarily but Ogonowicz frees himself.
Harris wants to sweep here but Ogonowicz controlling him for the moment.
Ogonowicz wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Ogonowicz wants to pass the guard but Harris is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris wants to sweep here but Ogonowicz controlling him for the moment.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Ogonowicz from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ogonowicz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kajetan Ogonowicz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ogonowicz.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Ogonowicz.
Ogonowicz lands a nice shot that snaps Harris's head back.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris tries to clinch but Ogonowicz moves out of range.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ogonowicz.
Ogonowicz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris wants to clinch
and Ogonowicz counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ogonowicz stuffs the takedown.
A little jabbing left from Ogonowicz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ogonowicz cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
Harris wants to clinch up but Ogonowicz keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Ogonowicz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Ogonowicz moves away and avoids it.
Ogonowicz throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ogonowicz tries to work over Harris's front leg with a kick but Harris checks it.
Harris clinches.
Harris gets control of Ogonowicz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Harris will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ogonowicz preventing the sweep.
Harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ogonowicz sitting in guard here, content to control.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Ogonowicz from controlling successfully.
Harris is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ogonowicz is aware though and is defending well.
Harris has his foot on Ogonowicz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ogonowicz works his way back into a safe position though.
Harris wants to sweep here but Ogonowicz controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogonowicz tries to free his leg and advance position but Harris is retaining full guard.
Ogonowicz stopping the sweep attempt from Harris.
Ogonowicz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ogonowicz landing with the ground and pound.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Ogonowicz from controlling successfully.
Ogonowicz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ogonowicz throws a big right hand that misses.
Harris manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ogonowicz manages to get himself to full guard.
Harris sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogonowicz managing to control the position.
Harris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ogonowicz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ogonowicz looking for a sweep. Not yet Ogonowicz, not yet.
Ogonowicz controls Harris momentarily but Harris frees himself.
Harris wants to pass the guard but Ogonowicz is keeping the position.
Ogonowicz seems keen to control Harris's posture.
Ogonowicz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ogonowicz looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ogonowicz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harris darts in and clinches Ogonowicz up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Ogonowicz.
Ogonowicz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ogonowicz misses with some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ogonowicz misses with an elbow strike.
Ogonowicz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ogonowicz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kajetan Ogonowicz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ogonowicz lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Ogonowicz missing with knees to the body.
Harris jumps guard but Ogonowicz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ogonowicz letting Harris take a breather here.
Harris lands a takedown into guard.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Ogonowicz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ogonowicz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harris scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ogonowicz controlling Harris's posture.
Ogonowicz trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Harris cracks Ogonowicz with a solid left hand.
Ogonowicz has his hands on Harris's head, controlling the position.
Let's hope that Ogonowicz 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.
Harris wants to control from the top but Ogonowicz keeps moving.
Harris cracks Ogonowicz with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Ogonowicz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris postures up.
Harris slips nicely into half guard.
Ogonowicz trying to hold on to Harris's head to control him but Harris postures up.
Harris stalling.
Ogonowicz is refusing to be controlled, as Harris sits in half guard.
Ogonowicz gets full guard.
Ogonowicz seems keen to control Harris's posture.
Harris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ogonowicz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogonowicz working a defensive guard but Harris passes into half guard.
Ogonowicz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harris is working away from the top position though.
Harris trying to pass the guard but Ogonowicz defending well.
Ogonowicz wants to get back to full guard.
Harris content to control rather than advance.
Ogonowicz is looking to control Harris's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ogonowicz avoid being mounted?
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ogonowicz throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Harris punishes Ogonowicz's body with a nice straight punch.
Ogonowicz tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ogonowicz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ogonowicz lands a good knee to the midsection. Harris won't want to take too many of those.
Harris is trying to pull guard but Ogonowicz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ogonowicz trying to land knees to the body.
Harris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anselmo Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Anselmo Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harris wants to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Harris tries to pull guard but Ogonowicz won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ogonowicz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Harris is trying to drag Ogonowicz to the mat but Ogonowicz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kajetan Ogonowicz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Ogonowicz controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anselmo Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ogonowicz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kajetan Ogonowicz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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