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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zang Zhai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aidan Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhai comes to the cage accompanied by Sampans. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Zang Zhai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aidan Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison misses with a kick to the body.
Harrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhai takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harrison tries to clinch but Zhai moves out of range.
Harrison misses with a straight right.
Zhai misses with a looping right.
Harrison misses with a hook.
Zhai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it.
Harrison counters with a body kick.
Zhai misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhai clobbers Harrison with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zhai connects with a solid leg kick.
Aidan Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhai thumps Harrison with a low kick.
Harrison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harrison feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zhai's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a wild body shot.
Harrison misses with a hook
and Zhai counters with an inside leg kick.
Harrison looks to land a right hand but Zhai moved out of range.
Harrison connects with a solid leg kick.
Harrison throws a leg kick but Zhai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zhai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zhai wants to slow Harrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Zhai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrison.
Harrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zhai fires out a quick counter leg kick but Harrison just manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Harrison misses
and Zhai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Zhai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrison.
Zhai has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Harrison throws a solid leg kick but Zhai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harrison.
Zhai appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Zhai blocks the leg kick.
Harrison lands a nice looking body kick.
A head kick misses from Zhai.
Harrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Zhai counters with a straight right hand.
Harrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison throws a leg kick which misses Zhai's front leg but catches the back leg as Zhai tries to avoid it.
Harrison misses with an uppercut
and Zhai counters with an inside leg kick.
Zhai checks a low kick from Harrison.
Harrison scores with a jab.
Harrison misses with a looping left.
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhai was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Zhai moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harrison looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A low kick from Harrison misses
enabling Zhai to counter with a crisp jab.
Harrison throws the kick towards the body but Zhai avoids it.
Harrison digs a good hook to Zhai's body.
Nice defenses there by Zhai.
Harrison misses with a body shot.
Zhai moves out of range as Harrison throws a body kick.
Harrison lands a head kick. Zhai smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Harrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zhai doesn't seem bothered though.
Harrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harrison gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zhai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zhai checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Zhai moves out of range easily.
Good exchange - Zhai coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zhai throws a body shot but no joy.
Zhai connects with a crisp jab.
Harrison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zhai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Zhai throws a looping overhand right but Harrison ducks down to avoid it.
Harrison is looking to chop away at Zhai's legs.
Zhai misses with a low kick.
Harrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Zhai.
Zhai misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aidan Harrison will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A jab from Harrison misses.
Zhai misses the jab.
Harrison shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And Zhai counters with a quick kick to the body but Harrison blocks it.
Harrison throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zhai lands a front kick.
Aidan Harrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrison throws a leg kick that is checked
and Zhai counters with a series of strikes. Harrison will be more careful next time no doubt.
Harrison pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zhai lands a slapping body shot.
Harrison missing with a left hand there. Zhai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison misses with an uppercut.
Zhai throws a low kick but Harrison moves out of range easily.
Harrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zhai moves away from the strike by Harrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Zhai.
Harrison thows a leg kick but Zhai checks it
and Zhai counters with a straight right hand.
Harrison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zhai, right into the meat.
Zhai throws a body shot but no joy.
Zhai has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Harrison misses with a hook
and Zhai counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrison lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Harrison.
Harrison wants to slow Zhai down by chopping away at his legs.
Zhai is looking to counter punch.
Zhai moves out of range as Harrison throws a body kick.
Harrison lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Harrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zhai avoids the body shot from Harrison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison is looking to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Zhai misses the target.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Zhai moves out of range easily.
Zhai scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Harrison slips under a jab.
Harrison tried to score with a low kick but Zhai checks it.
Harrison scoring well with a low kick there.
Harrison misses with a leg kick.
Harrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zhai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harrison misses the shot to the body.
Harrison throws a low kick but Zhai moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison slips under a jab from Zhai.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zhai.
Zhai on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harrison takes the fight into the clinch.
Harrison blocking some punches.
Zhai misses with some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short left from Zhai.
Zhai lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harrison throws the kick towards the body but Zhai avoids it.
Harrison misses with the combination.
Zhai half committed to a counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison throws an overhand right that lands on Zhai's shoulder, as Zhai tries to avoid the shot.
Zhai missing with a left hand there. Harrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harrison is trying to counter with his kicks.
Zhai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harrison's calf.
Zhai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harrison's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zhai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zhai blocks a jab.
Zhai scores with a sloppy right hand. Harrison should have avoided that one.
Harrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zhai connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zhai.
Harrison throws a right hand that Zhai ducks under and follows up with a left that Zhai also avoids with ease.
Zhai checks a leg kick nicely.
As Harrison backs away, Zhai returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zang Zhai dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Zhai checks a leg kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Harrison.
Zhai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrison scores with a jab to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harrison.
Zhai connects with a leg kick. Harrison looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harrison moves into range and clinches up with Zhai.
Zhai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zhai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhai throws a low kick but Harrison moves out of range easily.
Zhai sets himself, and Harrison steps forward looking for the clinch! Zhai avoids it this time.
Harrison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrison tries to clinch but Zhai moves out of range.
Zhai circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a low kick.
Zhai throwing a counter right hand but Harrison manages to avoid it.
Harrison misses the body punch
and Zhai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zhai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Harrison misses with a leg kick
and Zhai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrison's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zhai comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Zhai keeps the fight on the outside.
Zhai throwing a counter right hand but Harrison manages to avoid it.
Zhai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harrison misses with a straight right.
Harrison attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harrison swings for the body but Zhai moves out of range.
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhai was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Harrison closes the distance but Zhai moves to the side
and Zhai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhai looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range.
Harrison takes one on the button.
Zhai scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhai moves away.
Zhai throws a quick counter head kick but Harrison was just out of range.
Zhai scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harrison doesn't seem bothered though.
Harrison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zhai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zhai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zhai misses with a leg kick
and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harrison.
Zhai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zhai.
Zhai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Zhai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zhai is trying to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling him.
Harrison throws a head punch that misses.
Zhai tries to throw a body punch but Harrison avoids it by throwing Zhai back against the cage.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zhai.
Harrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Harrison - that landed with a thud.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Zhai throws a head punch that misses.
Harrison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zhai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Zhai avoids the damage to the body.
Zhai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison leaning against his opponent.
A short right from Zhai.
Zhai misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison blocks a body shot from Zhai.
Zhai breaks the clinch.
Harrison shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zhai throws out the jab.
Despite the aggression on Harrison's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Zhai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. Zhai saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison misses with a jab to the body
and Zhai counters with a stiff right hand.
Zhai keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Zhai swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harrison counters with a right hand to the body.
Harrison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harrison misses with an uppercut
and Zhai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harrison throws the left hand but Zhai avoids the punch easily.
As Harrison backs away, Zhai returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zang Zhai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zhai has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zang Zhai!
Zang Zhai seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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