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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Harris (ranked 77 p4p, 9 weight class) and Min-Sik Song (ranked 188 p4p, 29 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Not again - You all ready dropped?. Song has chosen nkoha - Akatsuki 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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161 lbs
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159 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Min-Sik Song!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Song smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Song moved out of range.
Harris tried to score with a low kick but Song checks it.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Song swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris taking a breather.
Song lands a right hand.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Song.
Harris controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Song cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song manages to break the clinch.
Harris pushes Song up against the cage in a clinch.
Song tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Song lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Song blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Song working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Song tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Song can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Song misses with a hook from the clinch.
Song's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris blocking some punches.
Song wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harris blocks a body shot from Song.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Song uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Song controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Song.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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 blocking some punches.
Song breaks the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Song.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Song 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.
Harris rushes Song and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Song swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Song lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Song backwards.
Song's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Song tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Song softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Song misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Song blocking some punches.
Song can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris is leaning against Song and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Song breaks from the clinch.
Harris needs to keep his hands up - Song had a free shot at his head there.
Song swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a left to the body.
Song looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Song there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Song walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harris throws a front kick that sends Song stumbling back into the cage.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Song.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Song looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harris throws a jab when Song was well out of range.
A nice side step and Song releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Harris finds it's way through Song's defenses.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Song.
Song appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Song misses the shot to the body.
Song with a nice cross.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Song.
Harris throws a wild body kick that Song sees coming a mile off.
Song throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Song checks a leg kick.
Harris connects with a right hand. Song shakes it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Song.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Song was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
A cross from Song lands.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Song.
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 doesn't manage to clinch there - Song circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a decent looking hook.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Song. Song obviously looking to wear him down.
Harris lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harris throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Song.
Song lands a lovely overhand right.
Song throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Harris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
Song wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Song escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris blocks a head kick by Song.
A jab from Song misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Song tries to land a leg kick but Harris saw it coming and moves away.
Song throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song blocks a head kick by Harris.
Song feints a counter leg kick.
Harris avoids the head kick by Song.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Song misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Song.
Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris connects with a leg kick. Song looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Song misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harris moves out of range as Song strikes.
Harris tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Song manages to circle out of the way.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Song. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Song lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Song misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Song misses with a low kick.
Harris throws a lazy head kick
and Song counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song misses with a body shot.
Song throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Min-Sik Song seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Song.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Song was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Song ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Song scores with a crisp jab that stopped Harris in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Song throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Song scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A bone on bone clash there as Song blocks the leg kick.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Song misses with a looping left.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Song.
An inside leg kick from Harris misses.
A jab from Song misses.
Harris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Song throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Harris misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
Song lands with a shot to the body.
Harris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris throws a body punch but Song moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Song darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris moves out of range as Song strikes.
Harris seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harris lands with an uppercut that bounces Song off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Min-Sik Song has been cut.
Good leg kick by Song there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A thudding body kick lands there by Harris!
Song throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Harris takes a jab right on the kisser.
Song has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Song.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Harris tries to bum rush Song with a series of wild strikes but Song uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harris defending well as Song loads up on a big left hand.
Song throws a right hand that misses
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harris works the jab nicely.
Song walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Song uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris is looking to clinch but Song is avoiding it.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Song counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Song scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Song scores with a nice head shot.
Harris takes a swing at Song's ribcage but misses.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris connects with a crisp jab.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Song was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Song counters with a nice body shot.
A big right from Harris misses.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Song.
Song throws an off balance right hand
and Harris finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Song throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harris jabs Song to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Song thows a body kick. Harris tries to catch it but that hurt him.
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 will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Song throws a right hand that misses
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Song throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Harris does it's job there.
Song pushes Harris away with a front kick.
Song with a hook.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Song checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Song's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Song throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a low kick, right behind Song 's knee.
Song darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harris checks a low kick from Song.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Song thuds a left hand into Harris's body.
Song takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Song takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Min-Sik Song will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Min-Sik Song's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Song walks into a stiff left hand from Harris.
Song jabs at Harris's body.
Song looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Song scoring well with a low kick there.
Harris avoids the body shot from Song.
Min-Sik Song seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Song avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Song just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Harris misses the target.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Song moves out of range easily.
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Song doesn't seem bothered though.
Song with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Song comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Song slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Song swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris throws a low kick but Song avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Song throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Song just manages to avoid it.
Song wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Harris's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Song connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harris scrambles back to his feet.
Song misses with a body shot.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Song! But no joy.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Song.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Song.
Song connects with the punch.
Song listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Song tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Harris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Song scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Song avoids the head kick by Harris.
A looping hook to the body misses from Song. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Song's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Song on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Song jabs Harris right on the nose. Harris blinks but takes it well.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Song moves away.
Song throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Song.
A counter left hand to the body from Harris misses its target.
Harris cracks Song with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Song checks the leg kick.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Song can pounce on him.
Song fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Song throws out a powerful jab.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Song.
Harris rushes Song and presses him up against the cage.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Song working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Song blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Song softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Song blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Song lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Song backwards.
Song working aggressively here.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Song blocking some punches.
Song lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Harris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Song lands a right hand.
Derek Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Song blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris keeps control of Song as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Song scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Song.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Song.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Song avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Song lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Song throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Song.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Song misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Song lands a left hand.
Song lands a left hand.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Song blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Min-Sik Song really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Min-Sik Song's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Song dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
Harris moves forwards but Song connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Song scores with the left hand. Harris knows he should have avoided that one.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Song throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Song throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
As Song backs away, Harris returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Song. That snapped Harris's head back.
Song fakes the leg kick and cracks Harris in the body.
Harris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harris takes a swing at Song's ribcage but misses.
Song thows a left - swing and a miss!
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 on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Song throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Song takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Song tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
A cross from Song lands.
Harris lands a jab to the nose.
Harris swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Song counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That kick from Song tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Song looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Song lands a body shot.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Song fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
Harris lands with a straight right. Song didn't see that one coming.
Harris defending well as Song loads up on a big left hand.
Song throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Song throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Song takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Song.
Song throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
A lazy body kick from Song
and Harris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Song's knee momentarily.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Song misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
And Song responds with a good body kick, but Harris manages to step out the way in time.
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Song moves his leg out of the way.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Song can pounce on him.
Song bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Song lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Song scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Song swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Song can pounce on him.
Song tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Song throws a leg kick that misses.
Harris blocks a jab.
Song checks a leg kick.
Nice cross by Song.
Harris defending well as Song loads up on a big left hand.
Song finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Song throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Song scores with a crisp jab that stopped Harris in his tracks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Song darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Song needs to keep his hands up - Harris had a free shot at his head there.
Harris thumps Song with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Song throws a good cross that connects.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Song, right into the meat.
Harris lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Song motions for Harris to come forward. Song throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Song avoids a kick to the body.
Nice body kick there by Song.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Song takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Song throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Song.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Song throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Song misses the body punch
and Harris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Song goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Min-Sik Song dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Min-Sik Song's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Song throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris takes a swing at Song's ribcage but misses.
Song chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Song throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Song misses the shot to the body.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Song paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Song let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Harris's corner calls for a 1-2. Harris obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Song keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Song moves away from the strike by Harris.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song cracks Harris with a good jab.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Song throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Song pushes him off.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Song's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harris defending well as Song loads up on a big left hand.
Song lands with an overhand left.
Song throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Song blocks the body kick.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Song.
Song lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Song's front leg but catches the back leg as Song tries to avoid it.
Song staying out of range there.
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.
Song scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Song scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Song just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Song swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Song misses with a leg kick.
Song misses with a leg kick.
Harris tries to counter by clinching up but Song breaks away and moves out of range.
Song misses with a looping right.
Song looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Harris misses its target.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A leg kick checked by Song.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Song saw that one coming.
Harris throws a low kick but it's checked well by Song.
Harris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Song misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Song throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Song missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Song looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Song.
Song connects with a solid leg kick.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Song lands with a good body shot.
Derek Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Song throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Song scores with a leg kick.
Song checks a low kick from Harris.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris backing away here, and Song unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Song moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Song slips a jab and a cross from Harris.
Song tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Song.
Harris walks forward, straight into a front kick from Song.
Song scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Song misses with a straight right.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Song swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris walks into a jab.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Song stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris thows a leg kick but Song checks it
and Song counters with a nice body shot.
Song throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Song fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Song takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harris jabs at Song's body.
Harris wants to land a leg kick but Song is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harris.
Jab, jab by Song - just one landing.
Song throws a front kick that sends Harris stumbling back into the cage.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Song can pounce on him.
Harris throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Song counters with a straight right hand.
Song connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Song lands with a right hand.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Song.
And that's the end of the fight!
Min-Sik Song comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Song has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 46:49
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Min-Sik Song!
Min-Sik Song is the new lightweight champion!
Min-Sik Song decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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