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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Harris (ranked 3946 p4p, 3722 weight class) and Abhidi Shaanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaanti has chosen Flute of Inner Peace as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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3 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
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155
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rolf Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Abhidi Shaanti!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws out a powerful jab.
Nice defenses there by Shaanti.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Shaanti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Harris tests Shaanti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shaanti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Shaanti instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for Shaanti to work.
Shaanti just leaning against Harris, taking a breather.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shaanti displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harris up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaanti holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Shaanti receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Shaanti leaning against his opponent.
Shaanti continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Shaanti tries to counter by closing the distance.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Shaanti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Shaanti manages to avoid it.
Shaanti clinches.
Come on Shaanti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Shaanti moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaanti stalling the fight.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Shaanti controls the action.
Shaanti pressing his opponent against the cage.
Shaanti takes a shot to the head.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shaanti leaning against his opponent.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Shaanti.
Shaanti prevents a body shot from Harris.
The referee calls for Shaanti to work.
Shaanti effectively controlling the action here.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Shaanti content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Shaanti counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaanti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the cage.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Shaanti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Shaanti instigates a clinch.
Harris gets through Shaanti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shaanti slows down the pace here.
Shaanti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the cage.
Shaanti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the cage.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Shaanti keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shaanti's elbow.
Harris being controlled against the cage.
Shaanti stalling against the cage.
Shaanti stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti clinches.
Shaanti has Harris pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A bit of stalling here from Shaanti.
Shaanti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shaanti slows down the pace here.
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 Rolf Harris will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Harris lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Shaanti.
Shaanti tries to counter with a clinch but Harris shakes him off and moves away.
Shaanti takes the fight into the clinch.
Shaanti's coach down at Arcalimon Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Shaanti's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Shaanti won't allow it.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shaanti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shaanti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaanti has Harris pressed against the cage.
Shaanti is stalling here.
Shaanti stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shaanti takes a shot to the head.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Shaanti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shaanti clinches up against the cage.
Shaanti taking a breather.
A bit of stalling here from Shaanti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Shaanti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shaanti takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shaanti slips under a jab.
Shaanti clinches with his opponent.
Shaanti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shaanti leaning his opponent against the cage.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shaanti.
Shaanti taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaanti stalling.
Shaanti stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shaanti stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris throws a body punch but Shaanti moves out of range.
Shaanti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Harris scores with a jab.
Shaanti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harris misses with a hook.
Shaanti steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Harris.
Harris is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaanti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Shaanti wants to counter with a clinch but Harris pushes him away.
Shaanti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shaanti fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shaanti effectively controlling the action here.
Shaanti stalls.
Shaanti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shaanti blocks a body shot from Harris.
Shaanti prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Abhidi Shaanti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolf Harris dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shaanti.
Shaanti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shaanti closes the distance and clinches.
Shaanti is stalling here.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shaanti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Shaanti holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Harris lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Shaanti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaanti stalls.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shaanti stalling.
The referee calls for Shaanti to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Shaanti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shaanti blocking some punches.
Harris gets through Shaanti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shaanti stalling.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shaanti blocks a body shot from Harris.
Harris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shaanti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Harris lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harris letting Shaanti take a breather here.
Shaanti slows down the pace here.
Shaanti is struggling to control the position.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shaanti can do to turn this around?
Shaanti just leaning against Harris, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti moves out of range as Harris strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shaanti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shaanti takes the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shaanti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Harris being controlled against the cage.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Shaanti content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The referee calls for Shaanti to work.
Rolf Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Come on Shaanti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abhidi Shaanti.
Shaanti defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shaanti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Shaanti wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Shaanti.
Harris sets himself, and Shaanti steps forward looking for the clinch! Harris avoids it this time.
Shaanti closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Shaanti ducks down to avoid it.
Shaanti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rolf 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rolf Harris!
In defeat, Abhidi Shaanti stepped up to the mic, saying '*Abhidi hugs his opponent while saying* "Thanks for this beating that you gave 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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FIGHT
RATING
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