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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baby Boy Harris (ranked 4354 p4p, 5267 weight class) and KarateO Masuta (ranked 496 p4p, 540 weight class). Masuta is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: We Can Dance . KarateO Masuta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 45 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baby Boy Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, KarateO Masuta !
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris drives through and clinches with Masuta against the cage.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Masuta blocking some punches.
We've been informed that Masuta 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.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Masuta wants to get back to striking at distance but Harris won't allow it.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Masuta breaks the clinch.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Masuta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Masuta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris takes a swing at Masuta 's ribcage but misses.
Harris lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masuta misses with a two punch combination.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Masuta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
A clash of legs there as Masuta blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masuta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Masuta throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Masuta ! But no joy.
Masuta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Masuta throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Masuta tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harris is looking to counter with a body kick.
Masuta lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Masuta scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And Masuta responds with a good body kick, but Harris manages to step out the way in time.
Harris misses with a double jab
and Masuta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harris's knee momentarily.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Masuta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masuta throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris looks to land a combination but Masuta avoids it well.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Masuta .
Masuta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris moves to clinch but Masuta breaks away
and Masuta counters with a one-two to the body.
Masuta loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
A left and a right from Harris both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
Masuta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Masuta unleashes a big counter combination but Harris bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Masuta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A lazy left from Harris finds it's target.
Masuta is rocked!
Crack! Harris connects with the perfect overhand right and Masuta falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Harris!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Baby Boy Harris!
A relieved looking Baby Boy Harris thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
KarateO Masuta spoke after the fight, saying 'Arigoto'.
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hype
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