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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Spears (ranked 3580 p4p, 3740 weight class) and Tony Harrington (ranked 465 p4p, 480 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Counter fighter
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Spears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spears avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spears fails with a takedown attempt.
Harrington takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spears lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harrington moves to clinch but Spears breaks away
and Spears counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spears throwing a counter right hand but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Spears lands the left hand.
Harrington throws out a loose jab but Spears uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spears stuns Harrington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spears forces Harrington back against the cage and clinches.
Spears is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrington has double underhooks.
Spears is trying to break the clinch but Harrington is controlling him.
Harrington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harrington can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears breaks from the clinch.
Spears thumps Harrington with a low kick.
Spears scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Spears tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Harrington.
Harrington has hold of Spears's hands but Spears slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Spears tries to stand and escape but Harrington is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrington works his way to full guard. Good work.
Spears wants to control from the top but Harrington keeps moving.
Spears wants to stand and escape but instead Harrington has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears keeping moving, preventing Harrington from controlling successfully.
Spears utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harrington won't allow Spears to get back to his feet.
Harrington trying to control the position from guard on top but Spears is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harrington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Spears is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Harrington sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears leaves Harrington with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harrington takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spears keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Spears lands an overhand right.
Spears lands a right hook to the body.
Spears listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harrington throws an overhand right that lands on Spears's shoulder, as Spears tries to avoid the shot.
Harrington misses with a looping left.
Harrington takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Spears closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harrington did well to prevent Spears getting side control.
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!
Spears seems to be looking for submissions.
Spears wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spears looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harrington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harrington is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harrington is refusing to be controlled, as Spears sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spears tries to stand but can't do so whilst Harrington controls his leg.
Spears is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Harrington is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Spears dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harrington shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spears scores with a nice right hand.
Harrington shoots for a double leg takedown but Spears sprawls well. He's pushed Harrington's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd cheers as Spears lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harrington doesn't seem phased though.
Spears works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spears is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrington can do to turn this around?
Harrington tries to clinch but Spears moves out of range.
Spears cracks Harrington with an open hand slap.
Aaron Spears is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice shot lands for Spears.
Harrington drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Spears connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harrington momentarily.
Spears is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
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!
Harrington ducks right into an uppercut from Spears.
Spears scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harrington fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Spears misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Spears connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington looks to land a combination but Spears avoids it well.
Spears scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harrington throws an overhand right that lands on Spears's shoulder, as Spears tries to avoid the shot.
Harrington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spears.
Spears decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Spears is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Spears not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Spears wants to stand but Harrington has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Spears clinches with his opponent.
Harrington drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Aaron Spears has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Harrington.
Harrington keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spears's efforts to push away.
Spears pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Spears coming out on top.
Spears lands a glancing blow to the side of Harrington's head.
Harrington has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Spears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Aaron Spears seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spears on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spears keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Spears cracks Harrington with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harrington misses with a wild body shot.
Spears moves into the clinch.
Spears breaks the clinch.
Spears clinches.
Harrington pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Spears breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Harrington as Spears shoots in.
Harrington throws a jab when Spears was well out of range.
Harrington takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spears fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Spears cracks Harrington with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spears bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Harrington wants to control but Spears postures up.
Harrington regains half guard.
Harrington is trying to control but can't.
Spears is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Harrington defends it well.
Spears trying to mount his opponent but Harrington defends it.
Still in half guard, Spears seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Spears 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!
Spears fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spears throws out a powerful jab.
Spears connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harrington's hands.
Harrington tries to clinch up.
A left lands for Spears.
Spears scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spears dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington swings for the body but Spears moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Spears.
Spears is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington walks into a jab.
Spears sizes up Harrington with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harrington misses with an uppercut. Spears saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington throws a lazy right hand but Spears sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington moves into range and clinches up with Spears.
Spears is trying to break the clinch but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Spears can't break the clinch.
Harrington throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Spears can't break the clinch.
Spears has had enough of the clinch but Harrington keeps him there for the moment.
Spears is trying to push Harrington away but Harrington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Spears wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Harrington pushes off an throws an elbow but Spears leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Spears breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Spears cracks Harrington with a good jab.
Spears lands a lovely overhand right.
Spears lands with an uppercut that bounces Harrington off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington has his takedown stuffed
and Spears counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Spears throws a combination. Harrington tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Spears keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrington.
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!
Spears lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harrington has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spears finds it's way round the side to connect with Harrington's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spears looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spears connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Spears keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Spears tries to close the distance and clinch but Harrington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spears closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harrington manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington has momentary wrist control but Spears slips an elbow through the middle.
Harrington keeping full guard, as Spears tries to pass.
Spears wants to stand but Harrington is controlling his posture from full guard.
Harrington looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harrington pulls Spears in close to his closed guard and prevents Spears from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Spears would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Spears lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Spears scores with a hook.
Harrington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spears throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harrington on the side of the head.
Spears 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.
Tony Harrington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aaron Spears is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Spears lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good shot there by Spears.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Spears showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spears has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Spears!
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hype
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