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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Roach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Harrass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrass is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tomorrow. Bobby Roach has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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148 lbs
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148 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bobby Roach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Phil Harrass!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrass slips under a jab.
Roach shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Roach circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roach walks into a left hand.
Harrass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roach circles away quickly and effectively.
Roach drives through with a takedown into guard.
Harrass is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harrass wants to sweep here but Roach controlling him for the moment.
Roach 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.
Roach slips nicely into half guard.
Harrass tries to roll over but Roach keeps him under control.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach seems to be looking for submissions.
Harrass wants to get back to full guard.
Roach wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harrass keeps working.
Harrass trying to control but Roach postures up.
Harrass has hold of Roach's hands but Roach slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harrass trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roach is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Harrass is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Harrass tries to get to full guard but Roach has control of the leg.
Roach is looking for submissions but instead, Harrass has regained full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roach trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harrass working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roach content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roach sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Roach sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Harrass's guard.
Roach thows a huge punch but Harrass dodges it nicely.
Harrass gets full guard.
Roach trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harrass had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Roach defends it easily.
Roach preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roach passes Harrass's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Roach lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrass wants to improve his position but Roach is controlling well.
Harrass is still trying to improve position.
Roach trying to control from half guard but Harrass is working away.
Harrass tries to get to full guard but Roach has control of the leg.
Roach seems to be working for a kimura but Harrass defends the submission attempt.
Harrass is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Roach's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Roach's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrass avoiding Roach 's attempts to control his hands.
Roach tries to break free.
Harrass tries to keep control of the position but Roach is staying busy.
Harrass working for a choke but Roach reverses nicely into Harrass 's guard.
Roach passes Harrass's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Harrass gets full guard.
Roach landing with the ground and pound.
Roach keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harrass's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roach postures up in Harrass's guard and throws a big left but Harrass blocks it.
Roach got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harrass has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Roach has managed to get both his arms back between Harrass's legs - danger averted.
Roach not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Roach dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Harrass loads up on a big right hand but Roach slips the punch.
Harrass is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roach.
Harrass swings widly with a right hand
and Roach counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Harrass is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Roach trying to control but Harrass is working from the bottom.
Harrass escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roach gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Roach loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roach preventing the sweep.
Harrass is looking for a triangle but Roach pushes his legs off easily.
Roach content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roach won't allow Harrass to sweep him here.
Harrass working a defensive guard here.
Harrass working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Roach doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Roach manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Harrass is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Roach postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roach won't allow Harrass to sweep him here.
Roach stands up over Harrass, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roach preventing the sweep.
Roach controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Roach slips nicely into half guard.
Roach seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Roach is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Roach is working for a submission of some sort.
Roach with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Harrass is defending against the submission attempts here by Roach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roach seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Harrass does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harrass wants to get back to full guard.
Roach is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrass can do to turn this around?
Harrass makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Harrass.
Roach is pushing down on Harrass's leg trying to pass to half guard. Harrass is fighting to maintain full guard but Roach has managed to sneak the leg through.
Roach is thwarting Harrass's attempts to control the position.
Harrass is staying active underneath Roach, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harrass gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roach postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Roach passes Harrass's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Harrass taking some punishment here, with Roach in his half guard.
Roach not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roach is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Roach seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Harrass does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harrass manages to get to full guard.
Roach avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harrass is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Roach dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Harrass throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harrass moves in looking to clinch but Roach pushes him off.
Roach changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Harrass displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roach throws out the jab.
Roach drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harrass throws a hook to the side of Roach's head but Roach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roach moves out of range of the strikes.
Roach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrass.
Roach attempts a counter takedown but Harrass avoids it well and moves away.
Roach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrass.
Harrass misses with a wild body shot.
Roach takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrass.
Roach appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Harrass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roach moves away.
Harrass lands a slapping body shot.
Harrass misses with a hook. Roach ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrass lands the left hand.
Roach takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roach takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Roach shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Roach misses with a hook. Harrass ducked under it nicely.
Harrass tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Roach defends well and Harrass ends up having to push Roach into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Harrass.
Harrass lands with a good body shot.
Harrass scores with a jab. Roach acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harrass tries to clinch but Roach moves out of range.
Harrass misses with a body shot.
Roach half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Harrass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrass shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Roach as he avoids it easily.
Roach tries to counter with a takedown but Harrass is quick to defend against it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roach looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roach sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harrass defending well though.
Roach content to control rather than advance.
Harrass is refusing to be controlled, as Roach sits in half guard.
Harrass is trying to get back to full guard.
Roach lands with a punch from half guard.
Harrass is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harrass slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Roach postures up and lands a big shot to Harrass's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roach preventing the sweep.
Roach wants to control from the top but Harrass keeps moving.
Roach 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.
Harrass is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Roach is not content to let Harrass control the position.
Harrass tries to pass to full mount but Roach defends it.
Roach wants to improve his position but Harrass is controlling well.
Bobby Roach is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roach trying to hold on to Harrass's head to control him but Harrass postures up.
Harrass is looking to pass Roach's guard but actually Roach recovers to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrass trying to control the position from guard on top but Roach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harrass avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Roach looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Phil Harrass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harrass trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harrass throws an elbow that misses. Roach uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harrass's guard. Nice move by Roach!
Harrass trying to keep a closed guard but Roach is proving a slippery customer.
Harrass had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Roach defends it easily.
Roach trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Harrass comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Roach 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Roach!
After the big win, Bobby Roach made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Museum of Monsters & Madmen and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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