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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Derek Harris (ranked 1555 p4p, 160 weight class) and Ramon Dekkers (ranked 20184 p4p, 488 weight class). Harris's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Not again - You all ready dropped?. Dekkers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rae Sremmurd - No Type kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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159 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramon Dekkers!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dekkers tries to land a leg kick but Harris saw it coming and moves away.
Dekkers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.
Harris definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris blocks a body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Dekkers back against the ropes.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris lands a good knee to the midsection. Dekkers won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris scores a nice knee to the body.
Dekkers lands with a left to the head.
Dekkers misses with a body punch.
Dekkers tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dekkers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Dekkers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Dekkers's ribcage.
Dekkers looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekkers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Dekkers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dekkers avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Dekkers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dekkers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekkers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Dekkers.
Harris landing knees to the head.
It looks like Ramon Dekkers has been cut.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Dekkers.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Dekkers struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Dekkers works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
We've been informed that Dekkers has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Harris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dekkers up against the ropes.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dekkers tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Dekkers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Dekkers on the inside.
A short right from Harris.
Dekkers struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dekkers.
Dekkers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dekkers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris gets through Dekkers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris working Dekkers over with knees to the body.
Dekkers tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harris lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Dekkers backwards.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ramon Dekkers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dekkers misses with a jab to the body
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dekkers blocks a jab.
Harris throws a head kick but Dekkers moves out of range.
Harris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harris throws a leg kick but Dekkers checks it.
Harris lands with a shot to the body.
Dekkers stalks Harris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harris's face. Harris staggers backwards, shaken.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the body
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the liver by Dekkers. Beautiful body shot.
Dekkers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris takes a swing at Dekkers's ribcage but misses.
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!
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Dekkers off balance momentarily.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dekkers tries to land a leg kick but Harris saw it coming and moves away.
Dekkers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Ramon Dekkers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dekkers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Dekkers.
Harris tries to counter by clinching up but Dekkers breaks away and moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Dekkers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dekkers moves away.
Derek Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Dekkers defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Dekkers releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dekkers throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Dekkers throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Dekkers lands a body shot.
Harris throws a lazy body kick
and Dekkers counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harris thinking.
Dekkers misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Dekkers looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Dekkers throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Dekkers manages to avoid it.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dekkers counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dekkers will feel that in the morning.
Harris fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dekkers is out of range.
Dekkers digs a good hook to Harris's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris slips a jab from Dekkers.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dekkers can do to turn this around?
Harris connects with a leg kick. Dekkers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Dekkers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dekkers throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris works Dekkers's body with a nice hook.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dekkers throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dekkers avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dekkers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dekkers struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ramon Dekkers's cut.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dekkers feints a jab promting Harris to slip. Dekkers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harris slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dekkers stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dekkers misses with a body shot.
Harris looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dekkers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Dekkers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dekkers moves into range and clinches up with Harris.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Dekkers tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dekkers blocking some punches.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dekkers takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dekkers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dekkers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramon Dekkers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Dekkers's head.
Dekkers tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Dekkers back against the ropes.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Dekkers is blocking nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Dekkers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dekkers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dekkers tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Dekkers back against the ropes.
Derek Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Derek Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dekkers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris tries a body shot but Dekkers blocks it.
Harris prevents a body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers misses with a body punch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Dekkers misses with a punch on the inside.
Dekkers can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers misses with a punch to the body.
Harris prevents a body shot from Dekkers.
Dekkers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dekkers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dekkers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dekkers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dekkers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dekkers takes a shot to the head.
Harris lands a left hand.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Dekkers working aggressively here.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Dekkers's head.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dekkers avoids it.
Nice body punch from Dekkers - that landed with a thud.
Dekkers tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Dekkers back against the ropes.
Harris blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harris, 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Harris!
Our winner, Derek Harris, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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