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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Harding (ranked 2847 p4p, 402 weight class) and Calabi Yau (ranked 1897 p4p, 291 weight class). Harding kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bitch School. This should be fireworks!
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172 lbs
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calabi Yau!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yau takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Harding scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harding trying to land knees to the body.
Yau keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harding's efforts to push away.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding digs a right hand into Yau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yau's gas tank.
Harding definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Yau blocks it.
Harding blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harding misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yau.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Yau fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Yau.
Harding blocking some punches.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yau's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Yau.
Harding is looking to break free of the clinch but Yau has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Yau - that landed with a thud.
Harding misses with a punch on the inside.
Harding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harding bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harding takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yau throws a good cross that connects.
Yau tries to clinch up
and Harding counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yau takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Harding breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Yau.
Yau throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yau lands the left hand.
Yau lunges at Harding with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harding's hand.
Yau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harding manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yau misses with a looping right.
Yau defending well as Harding loads up on a big left hand.
Yau works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yau misses with an uppercut. Harding saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harding. Yau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harding goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yau tries to counter with a clinch but Harding shakes him off and moves away.
Yau thuds a left hand into Harding's body.
A nice combination there by Yau.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau blocks the body kick.
Yau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yau fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harding throws a hook to the side of Yau's head but Yau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yau is looking to clinch.
Yau tries to clinch up.
Yau misses with a straight left.
Harding misses the shot to the body.
Yau misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Harding misses
and Yau makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yau falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harding counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau swings widly with a right hand
and Harding counters with a straight right hand.
Harding misses with a straight left.
Yau drives through and clinches with Harding against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Harding.
Yau prevents a body shot from Harding.
Harding lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yau backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harding blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yau lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yau.
Harding breaks from the clinch.
Yau tests Harding's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yau. Harding does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harding throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yau throws out a loose jab but Harding uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Calabi Yau will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big right from Harding misses.
Harding throws a hook to the side of Yau's head but Yau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yau fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Calabi Yau seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yau swings for the body but Harding moves out of range.
Yau swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Harding to counter with a crisp jab.
Yau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harding.
Yau throws an off balance right hand
letting Harding counter with a right hand.
Yau throws a lazy uppercut
and Harding counters with an inside leg kick.
Harding scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yau misses with a hook
and Harding counters with a nice uppercut.
Yau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harding swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yau just misses with a punch to the body.
Harding tried to counter with a leg kick but Yau avoided it.
Yau misses with a left hand
and Harding counters with a good low kick that Yau was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yau.
Yau misses with a hook.
Harding throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Yau throws a shot from downtown. Harding moves away and avoids it.
Harding scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harding sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harding tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yau was well out of range. Poor timing from Harding.
Harding throws out a leg kick but Yau moves out of range and Harding only half commits.
Harding loads up on a big right hand but Yau slips the punch.
Yau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harding smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Harding misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harding can pounce on him.
Yau takes a swing at Harding's ribcage but misses.
Harding takes one to the chin there.
Harding ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yau moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Harding 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harding connects with an inside leg kick.
Yau looks to throw the jab but Harding is out of range.
Yau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yau takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Harding.
Harding half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harding moves away from the strike by Yau.
Yau throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding slips under a jab.
Yau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harding manages to avoid it.
Harding cracks Yau with an open hand slap.
Yau wants to clinch but Harding slips to the side
and Harding counters with a leg kick.
Harding keeps the fight on the outside.
Yau checks a low kick from Harding.
Yau steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Harding.
Yau lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harding scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yau doesn't seem bothered though.
Harding looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yau forces Harding back against the cage and clinches.
Yau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harding blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harding blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Yau.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yau landing knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yau throws a punch but it's blocked by Harding.
Harding blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harding lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yau misses with a punch on the inside.
Yau tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harding gets tackled into the cage by Yau. Yau maintains the clinch.
Yau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harding backwards.
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 Jonathan Harding 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. This is the final round!
Yau tries to clinch up but Harding circles away and keeps his distance.
Yau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harding at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harding. That's going to slow Yau down.
Yau tries to clinch but Harding moves out of range.
Harding throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yau connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harding is looking to land body kicks.
Harding thows a leg kick but Yau checks it
and Yau moves into the clinch.
Calabi Yau seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harding misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yau avoids it.
Yau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harding's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yau rushes Harding and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yau's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yau tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harding avoids it.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Harding missing with knees to the body.
Harding manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yau.
A jab from Yau misses.
Harding throwing a counter right hand but Yau manages to avoid it.
Yau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yau tries to close the distance and clinch but Harding swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harding loads up on a big right hand but Yau slips the punch.
Harding is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Yau misses the target.
Harding feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Yau changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yau darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yau scores with a shot to the body.
Harding misses with a low kick.
Yau gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harding.
Yau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harding misses with a wild body shot.
Calabi Yau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harding tries a low kick but Yau avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Harding 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harding swats away the attempt to clinch by Yau.
Yau darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau misses with a body shot
and Harding counters with a nice leg kick.
Harding keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yau.
Harding misses with a shot to the body
letting Yau counter with a right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Yau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yau.
Harding fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yau is out of range.
Harding clobbers Yau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yau lands with a straight right. Harding didn't see that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Yau misses the target.
Yau misses with an uppercut
letting Harding counter with a right hand.
Harding throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harding lands with an overhand left.
Harding moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yau throws an overhand right that lands on Harding's shoulder, as Harding tries to avoid the shot.
Harding lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Yau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yau moves away from the strike by Harding.
Despite the aggression on Yau's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harding avoids the body shot from Yau.
A slow jab from Yau misses its intended target.
Yau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harding was well out of range. Poor timing from Yau.
Yau misses with a lunging right hand
and Harding counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yau thinking.
Harding doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harding misses with a jab to the body
enabling Yau to counter with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calabi Yau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yau has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calabi Yau!
A very excited looking Calabi Yau 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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hype
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RATING
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