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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chara Zaad (ranked 1164 p4p, 172 weight class) and Braven Harris (ranked 1421 p4p, 223 weight class). Harris has chosen Karma Chameleon as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chara Zaad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Braven Harris!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Zaad counters with a three punch combo that has Harris backing up. Harris nods at Zaad to acknowledge the strikes.
Zaad loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Harris bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris throws a right hand that misses
and Zaad counters with a three punch combo that has Harris backing up. Harris nods at Zaad to acknowledge the strikes.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Zaad pushes him off.
Zaad bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Zaad went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Zaad moved out of range.
Zaad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Harris.
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Harris does it's job there.
Harris lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zaad has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zaad was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaad misses with a wild combination.
Harris is looking for the big counter here.
Harris throws a poor cross that misses
and Zaad counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Zaad connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris tries to clinch there but Zaad circles away.
Harris swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Zaad counter with a right hand.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zaad moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zaad counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Harris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zaad slips a straight right by Harris.
Zaad lands an overhand right.
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 has managed to clinch.
Zaad can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Zaad working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Zaad misses the shot to the body.
Zaad swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Zaad darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zaad is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Zaad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
A jab from Zaad finds it's way through Harris's defenses.
Zaad swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Zaad dodges the punch combination from Harris.
A counter left hand to the body from Zaad misses its target.
Harris misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaad.
Zaad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A cross from Zaad lands.
Zaad throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris is looking for the big counter here.
Harris throws a poor cross that misses
letting Zaad counter with a right hand.
Zaad fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris slips a straight right by Zaad.
Harris might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Harris defending well as Zaad loads up on a big left hand.
Harris is looking for the big counter here.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Zaad misses the target.
Zaad misses the shot to the body.
Harris misses with a hook.
Zaad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zaad throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Zaad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Zaad counters with a left to the body.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Zaad, as that shot connected.
Nice shot lands for Zaad.
Harris gets a clinch.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zaad scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zaad misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris misses with a hook
and Zaad counters with a left and a right that stings Harris.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Zaad counters with a nice body shot.
Zaad throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chara Zaad dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Zaad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zaad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Zaad swinging wildly here.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Zaad was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good standup being displayed there by Harris as he connects with a hook.
Harris misses with a double jab
and Zaad counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Zaad misses.
Zaad with a hook.
Harris tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Zaad.
Harris misses with a hook. Zaad ducked under it nicely.
Harris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zaad misses with a few strikes there.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zaad counters with a left to the body.
Nice defenses there by Zaad.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harris.
Zaad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zaad ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zaad circles away quickly and effectively.
Zaad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris scores with a jab.
Harris walks into a jab.
Harris has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harris misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Harris moves away from the strike by Zaad.
Zaad jabs at Harris's body.
Braven Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Zaad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaad moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris throws an off balance right hand
and Zaad counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chara Zaad is winning the standup battle so far.
Zaad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Zaad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zaad blocks a jab.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Zaad.
Zaad lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zaad wants to slow Harris down by chopping away at his legs.
Harris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harris misses with a hook. Zaad ducked under it nicely.
Zaad takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Zaad.
It seemed like Harris was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zaad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Zaad feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zaad takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Zaad looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Zaad cracks a nice hook into Harris's ribs.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zaad.
Zaad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris lands a glancing blow to the side of Zaad's head.
Zaad lands with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Harris.
Zaad lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good standup being displayed there by Zaad as he connects with a hook.
Harris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zaad misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
As Harris looks to move away, Zaad throws a big counter combo but Harris just gets out of the way.
Zaad takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Zaad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zaad slips a jab from Harris.
Harris slips under a jab from Zaad.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Harris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zaad cracks Harris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zaad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Harris misses with a lunging right hand
and Zaad makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaad misses with a wild body shot.
Harris lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Zaad ducks down to avoid it.
Zaad swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zaad misses with a few strikes there.
Harris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chara Zaad dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Zaad slips a jab from Harris.
Harris misses with the combination.
Zaad misses with a body shot.
Zaad slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Zaad. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zaad.
Zaad lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zaad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Zaad misses with a two punch combination.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Zaad tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Zaad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zaad throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Zaad displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaad gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harris.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Zaad tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zaad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Zaad feints a jab promting Harris to slip. Zaad then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harris slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Zaad dodges the punch combination from Harris.
A swing and a miss from Zaad.
Zaad uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zaad counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Zaad.
Zaad loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Zaad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Braven Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a poor cross that misses
and Zaad counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaad misses with the combination.
Zaad misses with a few strikes there.
Harris's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Harris duly obliges.
Harris scores with a body shot.
Zaad fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Zaad connects with a single shot there.
Some wild striking there from Zaad.
Harris tries to clinch but Zaad moves out of range.
Harris moves out of range as Zaad strikes.
Zaad throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws the left hand but Zaad avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Zaad on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zaad uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.
Zaad defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Zaad connects with the punch.
Zaad lands a nice looking body shot.
Zaad's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harris under the eye.
Zaad slips under a jab from Harris.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Zaad connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Zaad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zaad swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zaad throws a body shot but no joy.
Zaad missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris throws out a counter right but Zaad avoids it with no problem.
Harris slips a jab from Zaad.
Chara Zaad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to clinch.
Zaad seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Zaad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaad looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris throws the left hand but Zaad avoids the punch easily.
Harris throws a right hand that misses
letting Zaad counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaad swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zaad moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zaad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws a good cross that connects.
A left and a right from Zaad both land. Nice combination.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chara Zaad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zaad, 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... Chara Zaad!
Chara Zaad really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that IniTech Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
In defeat, Braven Harris stepped up to the mic, saying 'Get that fucking microphone out of my face!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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