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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between David Haller (ranked 8706 p4p, 547 weight class) and Harry Ness (ranked 22876 p4p, 616 weight class). David Haller had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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147 lbs
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150 lbs
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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Haller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Ness!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ness.
Ness loads up on a big right hand but Haller slips the punch.
Ness clinches up against the ropes.
Ness lands a body punch.
Haller blocks a body shot from Ness.
Haller working aggressively here.
Ness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
Ness goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Haller.
Ness tries to throw a body punch but Haller avoids it by throwing Ness back against the ropes.
Haller lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haller lands a shot to the body.
Haller lands a left hand.
Ness tries to throw a body punch but Haller avoids it by throwing Ness back against the ropes.
Haller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ness doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ness goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ness lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Haller misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haller working aggressively here.
Ness blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haller is looking to control Ness's arms but Ness gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haller has his back to the ropes.
A short right from Haller.
Ness tries to work over Haller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Haller as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Haller.
Haller misses with a body punch.
Haller can't find room to land a body shot as Ness controls the action.
Haller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ness working aggressively here.
Haller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haller pushes Ness back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Haller stalling in the clinch but Ness improves position.
Ness tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haller prevents a body shot from Ness.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haller.
Haller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haller misses with a punch on the inside.
Ness tries to work over Haller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haller blocking some punches.
Haller blocks a body shot from Ness.
Ness blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ness scores with a shoulder strike.
Haller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ness scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ness misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haller misses with the head strike.
Haller scores with a shot to the side of Ness's head.
Haller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haller blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ness can't find room to land a body shot as Haller controls the action.
Haller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haller wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Haller dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Haller connects with a solid leg kick.
Ness has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ness presses Haller against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Ness.
Ness scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Ness scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Haller.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ness.
Haller lands with a short shot to the head.
Ness scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ness working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ness throws a punch but it's blocked by Haller.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Haller misses with the head strike.
Haller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
A short left from Haller.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haller can't find room to land a body shot as Ness controls the action.
Haller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ness can do to turn this around?
Ness tries to work over Haller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ness throws a punch but it's blocked by Haller.
Haller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ness's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haller.
Ness can't find room to land a body shot as Haller controls the action.
Ness swings wildly with an uppercut but Haller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haller misses with the head strike.
Ness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
Haller misses with a body punch.
Ness lands a left hand.
Haller misses with the head strike.
Ness blocks a body shot from Haller.
Haller tries to throw a body punch but Ness avoids it by throwing Haller back against the ropes.
Haller lands a body punch.
Haller lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haller.
David Haller has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ness lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ness blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Haller's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ness tries to work over Haller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Haller.
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!
Ness lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ness breaks from the clinch.
Ness misses with a hook. Haller ducked under it nicely.
Ness looks to land a left hand but Haller moved out of range nicely.
Ness just misses with a punch to the body.
Haller connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ness's hands.
Haller gets tackled into the ropes by Ness. Ness maintains the clinch.
Ness misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ness blocks a body shot from Haller.
Ness scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haller blocks a body shot from Ness.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haller.
Haller working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Harry Ness will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ness lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Haller clinches up with Ness and pushes him back against the ropes.
Haller throws a punch but it's blocked by Ness.
Haller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ness lands a hook that snaps the head of Haller backwards.
Ness tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ness blocking some punches.
Haller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haller misses with a punch on the inside.
Ness blocks a body shot from Haller.
Haller prevents a body shot from Ness.
Haller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Haller prevents a body shot from Ness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haller lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Haller.
Ness takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haller.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ness swings wildly with an uppercut but Haller uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Haller.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haller throws a punch but it's blocked by Ness.
Haller scores with a shoulder strike.
Ness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haller's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Haller.
Haller misses with the head strike.
A short right from Haller on the inside.
Ness lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Haller working aggressively here.
Haller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ness or not.
Haller prevents a body shot from Ness.
Ness blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haller blocks a body shot from Ness.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haller.
Ness lands a body punch in the clinch.
Haller misses with a punch on the inside.
Haller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ness's elbow.
Ness tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Ness fails to land.
Ness can't find room to land a body shot as Haller controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
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!
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ness misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ness tries to throw a body punch but Haller avoids it by throwing Ness back against the ropes.
Haller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ness tries to work over Haller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haller prevents a body shot from Ness.
Ness working aggressively here.
Haller tries to throw a body punch but Ness avoids it by throwing Haller back against the ropes.
Ness throws a punch but it's blocked by Haller.
Ness swings wildly with an uppercut but Haller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ness struggles to land a body shot inside as Haller controls his hands.
Ness escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ness rushes Haller and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Haller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ness's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ness.
Ness tries to work over Haller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Haller showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Haller 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Haller!
David Haller got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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