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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Argat Khan (ranked 827 p4p, 1228 weight class) and Scot Harwath (ranked 119 p4p, 178 weight class). Scot Harwath has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Argat Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scot Harwath!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Harwath on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khan tries to clinch
and Harwath counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khan thinking.
Nice jab there from Khan.
Harwath ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Khan has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Harwath throws a head punch that misses.
Harwath misses with a body punch.
Harwath throws a head punch that misses.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harwath.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Harwath.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Harwath tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Harwath back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Harwath as the two fighters clinch.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Harwath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harwath swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
Khan clinches up with Harwath and pushes him back against the cage.
Harwath is trying to push Khan away but Khan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harwath blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harwath tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan breaks from the clinch.
Harwath avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harwath takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khan connects with a body shot.
Khan avoids the body shot from Harwath.
Khan lands with an uppercut that bounces Harwath off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan looks to land a body kick but Harwath moved away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Khan 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 Harwath has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harwath and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab from Harwath misses.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Harwath ducks down to avoid it.
Khan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harwath swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harwath needs to keep his hands up - Khan had a free shot at his head there.
Argat Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Khan.
Khan moves into the clinch successfully.
Khan lands with a short shot to the head.
Harwath has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Harwath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harwath working aggressively here.
Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Khan duly obliges.
Harwath is rocked!
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
A nice side step and Harwath releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Khan tries to clinch up but Harwath circles away and keeps his distance.
Harwath throws out a counter right but Khan avoids it with no problem.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan clinches.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harwath throws a head punch that misses.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan slowing the pace effectively.
Khan breaks from the clinch.
Khan swings widly with a right hand
and Harwath counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harwath uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
A nice side step and Harwath releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Khan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Harwath appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Khan throws a series of punches but Harwath moves out of range.
Harwath is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harwath.
Khan throws out a powerful jab.
Khan scores with a kick to the body.
Harwath walks into a straight right hand from Khan.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Harwath doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harwath connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harwath ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harwath dodges the punch combination from Khan.
It seemed like Harwath was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Argat Khan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Khan tries to clinch but Harwath moves out of range.
Harwath is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khan with a body shot.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harwath keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Khan finds it's way through Harwath's defenses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harwath. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harwath throws the left hand but Khan avoids the punch easily.
Harwath throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
A slow jab from Harwath misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan lands with a nice body kick.
A punch combination from Khan misses.
Khan throws the left hand but Harwath avoids the punch easily.
Argat Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan digs a good hook to Harwath's body.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Harwath moves out of range easily.
Harwath throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan with a hook.
Harwath takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Khan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harwath is still on wobbly legs! Can Khan finish him?
Harwath drops his hands momentarily and Khan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
Khan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Harwath if he has to take too many more of those.
Harwath seems to have recovered his senses.
Harwath throws an off balance right hand
and Khan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Khan is looking to clinch but Harwath is avoiding it.
It seemed like Harwath was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harwath fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harwath can do to turn this around?
Harwath throws a body shot but no joy.
Khan tries to clinch up but Harwath circles away and keeps his distance.
Harwath appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Khan scores with a jab to the body.
Harwath avoids the head kick by Khan.
Good standup being displayed there by Khan as he connects with a hook.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harwath.
Khan connects with an inside leg kick.
Harwath lands a left and a right that send Khan crashing to the mat, dazed. Harwath thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Argat Khan has been cut.
Harwath tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harwath takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harwath swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan misses with a body kick.
Harwath swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harwath.
Harwath lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan tries to clinch but Harwath is having none of it.
Harwath appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Khan misses with a hook. Harwath ducked under it nicely.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan lands a head kick. Harwath smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Harwath misses.
Harwath looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Harwath moves out of range as Khan strikes.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khan is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harwath.
Khan throws a lazy head kick
and Harwath counters with a nice body shot.
Harwath checks a low kick from Khan.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harwath sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harwath swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
A right-left combo lands from Khan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Argat Khan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Argat Khan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Khan lands a left and a right that send Harwath crashing to the mat, dazed. Khan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Khan looks to land a combination but Harwath avoids it well.
Harwath looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khan throws a series of punches but Harwath moves out of range.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Harwath.
Khan misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Harwath on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harwath manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harwath has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khan avoids the body shot from Harwath.
Harwath thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut there from Khan.
A big right from Harwath misses.
A big left from Harwath misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harwath.
Harwath lands a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khan.
Harwath throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harwath misses with a left hand
and Khan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Harwath throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Khan misses with a double jab.
Khan moves out of range as Harwath strikes.
Khan throwing a counter right hand but Harwath manages to avoid it.
Khan connects with a leg kick.
Khan throws a lazy head kick
and Harwath counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khan with a nice cross.
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!
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harwath.
Harwath's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan throws a body punch but Harwath moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Harwath 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harwath checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khan throws a head kick that misses
and Harwath counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan scores with a jab. Harwath acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harwath looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan scores with a decent looking hook.
Argat Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves to clinch but Harwath breaks away
and Harwath counters with a crisp right hand that drops Khan! Harwath lets Khan back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan tried to score with a low kick but Harwath checks it.
Harwath throws a big shot that misses.
Khan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Harwath dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
Harwath has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harwath throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Harwath misses with a straight right.
Khan seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harwath lands with a light punch inside.
Harwath scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harwath drops Khan with a big left hand! Khan is injured, injured bad! Harwath jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scot Harwath!
Scot Harwath is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath Scot Harwath thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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