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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashley Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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257 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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240 lbs
27 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashley Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Tavares!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavares throws a hook but Harrington blocks it.
Tavares misses with a kick to the body.
Harrington slips under a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harrington - that will leave a mark!
The fighters circling - Tavares throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrington wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harrington scores with a hook.
It looks like Thiago Tavares has been cut.
We've been informed that Tavares has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Harrington takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harrington takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harrington takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tavares misses with a hook.
Harrington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tavares. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Tavares.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Harrington. That snapped Tavares's head back.
Harrington works the jab nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tavares.
Harrington swats away the attempt to clinch by Tavares.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavares scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Ashley Harrington has been cut.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Tavares got wobbled bad by a big combination! Harrington presses forward with punches and knees until Tavares stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Tavares closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ashley Harrington!
A very excited looking Ashley Harrington made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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