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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Derek Harris (ranked 2627 p4p, 280 weight class) and Ravi Vamoosh (ranked 3855 p4p, 389 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Not again - You all ready dropped?. Vamoosh comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Roaring Tiger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ravi Vamoosh!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vamoosh is able to avoid easily.
Vamoosh throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vamoosh slips a jab from Harris.
Harris has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harris explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Vamoosh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vamoosh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris takes a swing at Vamoosh's ribcage but misses.
Harris lands an overhand right.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Vamoosh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vamoosh has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Vamoosh thuds his shin into the meat of Harris's side.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Vamoosh is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vamoosh defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Vamoosh gets a clinch.
Vamoosh working aggressively here.
Vamoosh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Vamoosh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vamooshs head.
Vamoosh lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Vamoosh takes a shot to the head.
Vamoosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
A short uppercut from Vamoosh.
Harris is trying to stall.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Vamoosh blocks with his arms.
Vamoosh struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vamoosh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
Vamoosh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vamoosh struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Vamoosh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vamoosh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris presses Vamoosh against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh pushes Harris back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Harris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vamoosh lands a nice uppercut.
Harris lands a left hand.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Harris presses Vamoosh against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Vamoosh.
Vamoosh struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Vamoosh lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh prevents a body shot from Harris.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Vamoosh backwards.
Harris lands a body shot.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris tries to stall but Vamoosh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vamoosh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Derek Harris will probably get the nod.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vamoosh lands with a nice body punch.
Harris blocks a head kick by Vamoosh.
Vamoosh staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Vamoosh misses.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vamoosh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Harris scores with a body shot.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Vamoosh throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vamoosh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vamoosh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vamoosh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vamoosh throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab, jab by Vamoosh - just one landing.
Ravi Vamoosh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Vamoosh.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vamoosh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh ducks right into an uppercut from Harris.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Vamoosh moves out of range easily.
Vamoosh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vamoosh throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Vamoosh throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris digs a good body shot into Vamoosh's ribs.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harris slips a straight right by Vamoosh.
Harris throws a hook but Vamoosh blocks it.
Vamoosh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Vamoosh is out of range.
Vamoosh scoring well with a low kick there.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Harris misses with a body punch
and Vamoosh counters with a good low kick that Harris was not able to check.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vamoosh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
And Vamoosh responds with a good body kick, but Harris manages to step out the way in time.
Vamoosh misses with a kick to the body.
Harris misses with a double jab
enabling Vamoosh to counter with a crisp jab.
Vamoosh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vamoosh scores with a jab to the body.
Vamoosh throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
Vamoosh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Vamoosh lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vamoosh throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Vamoosh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Vamoosh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vamoosh lunges at Harris with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harris's hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vamoosh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Vamoosh throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ravi Vamoosh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vamoosh.
Harris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vamoosh.
Vamoosh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vamoosh scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vamoosh on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
Vamoosh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vamoosh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harris has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harris and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harris.
Harris throws a leg kick
and Vamoosh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Vamoosh.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Vamoosh lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vamoosh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vamoosh tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vamoosh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vamoosh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vamoosh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vamoosh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vamoosh tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris blocks a body shot from Vamoosh.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Vamoosh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vamoosh misses with some punches.
Vamoosh has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Vamoosh scores with a shoulder strike.
Vamoosh can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Vamoosh is trying to maintain a safe position but Harris gets an underhook and turns Vamoosh into the ropes.
Harris prevents a body shot from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harris blocks a body shot from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vamoosh misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
Vamoosh tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Vamoosh misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vamoosh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vamoosh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vamoosh throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Vamoosh fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Harris feints and then cracks Vamoosh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vamoosh down.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vamoosh lands a slapping body shot.
Vamoosh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harris.
Vamoosh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris catches Vamoosh with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vamoosh throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ravi Vamoosh just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vamoosh.
Vamoosh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Harris. That snapped Vamoosh's head back.
Harris lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vamoosh walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
A jab from Harris finds it's way through Vamoosh's defenses.
Vamoosh misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Nice body punch from Vamoosh.
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vamoosh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris tried to counter with a leg kick but Vamoosh avoided it.
Vamoosh scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Harris tries a low kick but Vamoosh avoids it.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vamoosh.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
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!
Vamoosh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vamoosh throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Vamoosh throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Vamoosh lands with a good body shot.
Harris scores with a decent looking hook.
Vamoosh lands with a kick to the temple. Harris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vamoosh misses with a left hand
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vamoosh. That did some damage!
Harris moves out of range of the leg kick from Vamoosh.
Harris avoids the body shot from Vamoosh.
Harris throws a low kick but Vamoosh moves out of range easily.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vamoosh's head backwards.
Vamoosh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A clash of legs there as Vamoosh blocks the low kick.
Harris throws a solid leg kick but Vamoosh takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harris.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vamoosh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris scores with a nice right hand.
Vamoosh with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vamoosh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vamoosh sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Vamoosh backs away, Harris returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Vamoosh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vamoosh lands a jab to Harris's midsection.
Vamoosh walks into a straight right hand from Harris.
Harris cracks the inside of Vamoosh's front leg.
Vamoosh throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Vamoosh checks a leg kick.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vamoosh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vamoosh looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vamoosh staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Derek Harris will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Vamoosh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vamoosh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vamoosh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vamoosh lands a slapping body shot.
Vamoosh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Harris wants to slow Vamoosh down by chopping away at his legs.
Vamoosh takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Vamoosh lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harris will feel that in the morning.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Vamoosh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harris misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vamoosh looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Vamoosh throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vamoosh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vamoosh.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vamoosh.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Vamoosh replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Harris blocks it well.
Vamoosh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vamoosh connects with a jab.
Nice body kick there by Vamoosh.
Vamoosh connects with a crisp jab.
Vamoosh misses the jab.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Vamoosh is just out of range.
Harris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vamoosh finds it's way round the side to connect with Harris's head.
Vamoosh clinches with his opponent.
Vamoosh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vamoosh gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Vamoosh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short uppercut from Vamoosh.
Vamoosh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vamoosh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Vamoosh improves position.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vamoosh lands with a short shot to the head.
Vamoosh effectively controlling the action here.
Vamoosh blocks an uppercut.
Vamoosh lands a left hand.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vamoosh avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Vamoosh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ravi Vamoosh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vamoosh misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vamoosh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ravi Vamoosh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vamoosh 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 46:49
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 46:49
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ravi Vamoosh!
Ravi Vamoosh decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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