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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silver's choice of entrance music: Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube. 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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197 lbs
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203 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, King Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison tries to land a front kick but Silver steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harrison feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silver's calf.
Silver throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silver moves out of range as Harrison throws a body kick.
Silver feints a counter leg kick.
Harrison punishes Silver's body with a nice straight punch.
Harrison fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silver has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harrison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
King Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrison misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison lands a nice hook to Silver's body. Silver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A lazy body kick from Harrison
and Silver counters with an outside leg kick.
Silver takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrison misses the target.
Silver scores with a nice body kick.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Harrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Harrison tried to counter with a leg kick but Silver avoided it.
Harrison scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silver checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silver misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harrison counters with a nice body shot.
Harrison connects with a leg kick. Silver looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harrison definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harrison scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison throws out a leg kick but Silver moves out of range and Harrison only half commits.
Silver scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harrison throws a lazy head kick
and Silver counters with a left to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver defending well as Harrison loads up on a big left hand.
Harrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harrison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silver fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harrison with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silver looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harrison misses with a wild body shot.
Silver wants to counter the offense by Harrison and move into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silver takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
Harrison swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harrison lands a jab to Silver's midsection.
Harrison throws a good cross that connects.
Harrison is looking to wear down Silver with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silver slips under a jab.
Harrison thuds his right hand into Silver's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Harrison lands a nice shot that snaps Silver's head back.
Silver wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Harrison misses with a body kick.
Harrison sets himself, and Silver steps forward looking for the clinch! Harrison avoids it this time.
Silver moves out of range as Harrison throws a body kick.
Silver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silver is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harrison with a body shot.
Harrison misses with a body shot.
Harrison throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver.
Harrison throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Harrison dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrison misses with a head kick.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harrison takes one to the side of the head.
Silver throws a body kick that misses.
Silver wants to clinch up but Harrison keeps it at a distance.
Harrison throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice uppercut there from Harrison.
Silver misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harrison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silver at a distance.
Harrison throws a hook but Silver avoids it easily.
Silver tries to counter with a clinch but Harrison shakes him off and moves away.
Harrison misses with a hook.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Harrison seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Harrison with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver walks into a left hand.
Harrison misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silver counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harrison thinking.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silver appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Harrison throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silver's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrison throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
Silver now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harrison scores with a shot to the body.
Harrison scores with a jab to the body.
Silver scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver works Harrison's body with a nice hook.
Harrison misses with a head kick.
Harrison has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silver finds it's way round the side to connect with Harrison's head.
Harrison misses the shot to the body.
Harrison throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silver throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison misses with a head kick.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.
Silver with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Harrison slams his shin into Silver's torso.
Silver moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silver throws the left hand but Harrison avoids the punch easily.
Harrison is looking to counter with a body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Harrison.
Silver throws a low kick but Harrison moves out of range easily.
Silver throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Harrison to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrison throws out a leg kick but Silver moves out of range and Harrison only half commits.
Harrison takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harrison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Harrison dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Harrison misses with a head kick.
Harrison misses with a body shot.
Harrison slips a straight right by Silver.
Harrison lands a nice looking body kick.
Harrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silver.
Silver wants to clinch.
Harrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver checks a low kick from Harrison.
Nice body punch from Harrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silver might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Harrison has got the better of the exchanges.
Harrison throws a sloppy body shot
and Silver holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrison.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrison's defenses.
Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver avoiding damage as Harrison throws knees to the body.
Silver stalling in the clinch but Harrison improves position.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Harrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harrison as Silver tries to tie him up.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harrison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silver trying to control the position but instead, Harrison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silver into the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Harrison in his tracks for a moment.
Silver is looking to control Harrison's arms but Harrison gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silver has his back to the ropes.
Harrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrison has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Harrison.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silver - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Harrison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrison looking to throw knees to the head but Silver is blocking nicely.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is looking to control Harrison's arms but Harrison gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silver has his back to the ropes.
Harrison misses with the head strike.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harrison.
Harrison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrison blocks an elbow strike.
Harrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King Harrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Silver taking a breather.
Harrison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silver is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrison's defenses.
Silver lands a body punch.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver prevents a body shot from Harrison.
Silver avoiding damage as Harrison throws knees to the body.
Silver lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Harrison has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
King Harrison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Benny Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrison avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
King Harrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harrison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Harrison!
After winning the bout, King Harrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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RATING
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