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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ada Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Harbor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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195 lbs
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203 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
41 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ada Reyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 33 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Harbor!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harbor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reyes. That's going to slow Harbor down.
Reyes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harbor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
Harbor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Reyes looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Reyes throws Harbor to one side and escapes!
Harbor dives in for a single leg takedown but Reyes sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harbor thuds his right hand into Reyes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reyes darts in and clinches Harbor up against the cage.
Harbor is trying to pull guard but Reyes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Reyes lands with a right to the head.
Harbor is trying to pull guard but Reyes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ada Reyes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Harbor.
Harbor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harbor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
Reyes works on Harbor's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Harbor.
Harbor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harbor misses with a punch on the inside.
Reyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reyes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harbor's elbow.
Reyes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reyes cracks Harbor with a nice body shot.
Reyes is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harbor stalls.
Harbor is trying to stall.
Harbor'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.
Harbor stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harbor.
Harbor jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reyes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Reyes wants to stand but Harbor is controlling his posture from full guard.
Harbor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Reyes would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harbor controls Reyes momentarily but Reyes frees himself.
Harbor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Reyes wants to stand and escape but instead Harbor has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Harbor won't allow Reyes to sweep him here.
Harbor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harbor won't allow Reyes to sweep him here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harbor keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reyes's head.
Harbor distracts Reyes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes looking for a sweep. Not yet Reyes, not yet.
Harbor is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Reyes wants to get back to his feet but Harbor passes into half guard.
Reyes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Reyes wants to stand but Harbor is controlling the position.
Harbor pushes down on Reyes's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Harbor is taking a breather. Reyes says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Reyes wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ada Reyes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Reyes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harbor lands with an overhand left.
Harbor blocks a head kick by Reyes.
Reyes throws a sloppy head kick and Harbor moves out of range easily.
Reyes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harbor.
Harbor takes a swing at Reyes's ribcage but misses.
Harbor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harbor slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Reyes.
And Harbor tries to counter it with a takedown but Reyes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Reyes fails with an attempt to clinch.
James Harbor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbor avoids the head kick by Reyes.
Reyes misses the jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Reyes enables Harbor to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Reyes manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Reyes working a defensive guard here.
Harbor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harbor landing with the ground and pound.
Harbor is pushing down on Reyes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Reyes is fighting to maintain full guard but Harbor has managed to sneak the leg through.
Reyes is trying to get back to full guard.
Harbor looks to land a strike but Reyes avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Reyes is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harbor is in close to Reyes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reyes looking to control but Harbor passes into half guard.
Harbor controlling the action here.
Reyes wants to improve his position but Harbor is controlling well.
Harbor controlling the action here.
Harbor's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is trying to stand.
Reyes has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Harbor is on him like a limpet, forcing Reyes back against the cage.
Harbor managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Reyes misses with a punch to the body.
Harbor tries to stall but Reyes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ada Reyes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Reyes is working Harbor over against the cage.
Harbor is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harbor managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Harbor misses with some punches.
Harbor prevents a body shot from Reyes.
A bit of stalling here from Harbor.
Reyes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harbor.
A short right from Harbor on the inside.
Harbor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harbor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harbor is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Harbor blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes misses with a body punch.
Harbor managing to block the knees to the body from Reyes.
Harbor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reyes lands a left hand.
Reyes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harbor taking a breather.
Harbor stalling in the clinch but Reyes improves position.
Harbor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot lands for Harbor.
Harbor connects with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Reyes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from Reyes misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ada Reyes will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Harbor takes a swing at Reyes's ribcage but misses.
Harbor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reyes.
It seemed like Harbor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harbor stuns Reyes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab from Reyes.
Harbor misses with a straight left.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes looks to land a right hand but Harbor moved out of range.
Reyes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reyes thinks about countering with a body kick.
Reyes misses the body punch
and Harbor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reyes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Reyes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Reyes throws a head kick but Harbor moves out of range.
Harbor catches Reyes with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harbor shoots in for a takedown but Reyes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Reyes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Reyes throws a solid leg kick but Harbor takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Reyes.
Harbor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harbor blocks the body kick.
Reyes ducks under a wild hook from Harbor.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Harbor.
Ada Reyes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harbor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harbor swings widly with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harbor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reyes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harbor moves away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reyes misses with a looping left.
Reyes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harbor moves forwards but Reyes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reyes misses the shot to the body.
Reyes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reyes is looking to wear down Harbor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harbor ducks under a wild hook from Reyes.
A jab from Harbor finds it's way through Reyes's defenses.
Harbor misses with a wild body shot.
Reyes throws a quick counter head kick but Harbor was just out of range.
Reyes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harbor tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Harbor goes for a double leg but Reyes avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Reyes continues to drive forward.
Reyes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harbor manages to avoid it.
Reyes thuds his right hand into Harbor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Reyes throws a lazy right hand but Harbor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harbor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Harbor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ada Reyes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Harbor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws the kick towards the body but Harbor avoids it.
Harbor throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Reyes tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Harbor is in Reyes's guard.
Reyes has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Harbor is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harbor takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like James Harbor has been cut.
Harbor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harbor wants a takedown.
Reyes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harbor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes lands an uppercut.
Harbor scores with a hook to the body.
Reyes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harbor can do to turn this around?
Harbor lands a shoulder strike.
Reyes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
James Harbor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harbor working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ada Reyes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reyes, 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ada Reyes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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