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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Harrington (ranked 4026 p4p, 6292 weight class) and Grand Admiral Thrawn (ranked 496 p4p, 623 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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5 - 7 - 0 |
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195 cm
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215
2 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grand Admiral Thrawn!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thrawn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thrawn connects with a jab.
Harrington throws an off balance right hand
and Thrawn counters with a straight right hand.
Thrawn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harrington on the side of the head.
Thrawn tries to close the distance and clinch but Harrington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from Thrawn.
Harrington instigates a clinch.
Thrawn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thrawn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrington backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thrawn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harrington has Thrawn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thrawn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Harrington 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.
Harrington has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Thrawn is trying to keep an underhook but Harrington manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Harrington throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Thrawn to regain full guard.
Harrington won't allow Thrawn to get back to his feet.
Thrawn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harrington.
Harrington prevents Thrawn from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrawn wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Thrawn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Thrawn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harrington is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Thrawn cracks Harrington with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harrington gets a clinch.
Harrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Thrawn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thrawn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thrawn.
Thrawn gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harrington.
Harrington wants to take the fight to the mat but Thrawn manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Harrington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thrawn stops a takedown attempt from Harrington.
Harrington misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thrawn.
Thrawn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thrawn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harrington wants a takedown but no success here.
Harrington working aggressively here.
Thrawn lands a nice uppercut.
Thrawn digs a right hand into Harrington's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harrington's gas tank.
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!
Thrawn prevents the takedown attempt.
Harrington looking for a takedown.
Thrawn lands with a left to the head.
Thrawn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thrawn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Harrington seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Thrawn can turn it around.
Harrington is breathing heavily.
Harrington pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Thrawn.
Thrawn lands a hook that snaps the head of Harrington backwards.
Harrington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thrawn backwards.
Harrington has Thrawn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thrawn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrington controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Thrawn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thrawn lands a shoulder strike.
Thrawn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Thrawn as the two fighters clinch.
Thrawn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thrawn works on Harrington's body with a couple of short punches.
Thrawn presses Harrington against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thrawn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thrawn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thrawn tries to throw a body punch but Harrington avoids it by throwing Thrawn back against the cage.
Harrington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thrawn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thrawn cracks Harrington with a nice body shot.
Thrawn lands a shoulder strike.
Thrawn cracks Harrington with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Thrawn.
Thrawn lands with a left to the head.
Thrawn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harringtons head.
Thrawn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thrawn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harrington takes a shot to the head.
Harrington throws a head punch that misses.
Thrawn lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Thrawn.
Harrington takes a shot to the head.
Harrington is rocked!
Thrawn is working Harrington over against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thrawn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Harrington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Thrawn.
Thrawn digs a right hand underneath Harrington's ribcage. Harrington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thrawn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thrawn creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Harrington's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Harrington drops to his knees and Thrawn pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grand Admiral Thrawn!
Grand Admiral Thrawn opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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