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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Bolleke (ranked 1706 p4p, 1016 weight class) and Harley King (ranked 221 p4p, 135 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 29 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Bolleke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harley King!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolleke digs a good hook to King's body.
Bolleke gets tackled into the cage by King. King maintains the clinch.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King blocking some punches.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Bolleke.
Bolleke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
King lands a body shot.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Bolleke controls his hands.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Bolleke.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bolleke is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bolleke lands a right hand.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolleke's elbow.
Bolleke 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bolleke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
Bolleke tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bolleke's efforts to push away.
Bolleke tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.
Bolleke throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Bolleke goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bolleke looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for King!
King is pushing Bolleke's head away, looking to escape. Bolleke manages to hold on to the position though.
Bolleke throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bolleke trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
King wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolleke working the body and head with strikes.
Bolleke is staying tight to King's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Bolleke wants to control for a moment but King uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Bolleke is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bolleke throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bolleke thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
King is looking to escape.
Bolleke takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bolleke.
Bolleke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bolleke won't allow King to get back to his feet.
Bolleke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bolleke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bolleke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bolleke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
King manages to escape and get back to his feet.
King lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bolleke at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Bolleke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bolleke moves away from the strike by King.
Bolleke looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
King shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bolleke throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King slips a jab from Bolleke.
Bolleke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King jabs Bolleke right on the nose. Bolleke blinks but takes it well.
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!
King takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bolleke slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Bolleke's shoulder, as Bolleke tries to avoid the shot.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King defending well as Bolleke loads up on a big left hand.
Bolleke misses with a looping right.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bolleke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donk. King catches Bolleke right on the button with a cross.
Bolleke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bolleke cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
Bolleke slips a straight right by King.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
King feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Bolleke sprawling to the canvas! Bolleke rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can King finish him?!
King fakes the body blow, causing Bolleke to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Bolleke goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harley King!
During a confident post fight interview, Harley King thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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RATING
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