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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Rivers (ranked 3991 p4p, 3388 weight class) and Terrance Harris (ranked 500 p4p, 440 weight class). Terrance Harris 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phil Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terrance Harris!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Rivers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Rivers misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris is looking to slow Rivers down with leg kicks.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Harris scores with a jab to the body.
Rivers throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Rivers just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harris scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rivers in his tracks.
Rivers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rivers.
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!
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivers moves away.
Rivers looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Rivers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rivers misses with a body shot
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Harris walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Harris appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Harris scores with the left hand. Rivers knows he should have avoided that one.
Harris throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rivers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Rivers just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rivers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
It looks like Terrance Harris has been cut.
Rivers looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Rivers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harris's hands.
Harris changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Harris wants to counter with a clinch but Rivers pushes him away.
Rivers misses with a body punch
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rivers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Rivers clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers blocks the elbow strike.
Rivers lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris misses with some punches.
Rivers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rivers stalling against the cage.
Rivers pulls guard effortlessly.
Rivers looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rivers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rivers has his foot on Harris's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harris works his way back into a safe position though.
Rivers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harris must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Harris wants to control from the top but Rivers keeps moving.
Harris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rivers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rivers seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris stays in close to Rivers's body and controls the position.
Harris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rivers is keeping the position for now.
Harris won't allow Rivers to sweep him here.
Rivers is working hard here to advance position.
Rivers being controlled here, momentarily.
Harris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rivers is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rivers is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking to control.
Harris can't keep his opponent in guard - Rivers advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Harris trying to control from the bottom.
Rivers is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Harris!
Harris is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rivers seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Harris is holding on tight.
Harris wants to control but Rivers is having none of it.
Rivers has control of Harris's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Harris regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Rivers seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Harris is holding on tight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
That's time! Rivers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rivers lands a nice uppercut.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivers.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Rivers has the dominant position.
A short body shot lands from Rivers as the two fighters clinch.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harris walks away with a smile on his face. Rivers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rivers misses with a wild body shot.
Rivers misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Rivers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harris slips a straight right by Rivers.
Harris throws a leg kick but Rivers moved away.
Rivers was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rivers slips under a jab.
Rivers throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rivers thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rivers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harris, pushing him back against the cage.
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
Rivers jumps guard but Harris turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A body shot lands from Rivers.
Still in the clinch, Rivers scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris wants to break free but Rivers has control.
Rivers misses with a body punch.
Rivers jumps guard but Harris turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Rivers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivers keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rivers.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Rivers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rivers clinches with his opponent.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands a shoulder strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rivers.
A nice left hand lands by Rivers.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Rivers.
Rivers lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivers.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Rivers misses its target.
Rivers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Rivers blocks the leg kick.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rivers momentarily.
Rivers throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Rivers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Harris has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Rivers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Rivers swings widly with a right hand
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rivers checks a leg kick.
Rivers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Phil Rivers is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Rivers.
Sloppy strikes from Rivers. Those never looked like landing.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Rivers lands a right hook to the body.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Rivers moved out of range nicely.
Rivers instigates a clinch.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris is looking to control Rivers's arms but Rivers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the cage.
Nice body punch from Rivers.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivers fails to pull guard.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivers.
Rivers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rivers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
Rivers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris is breathing heavily.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rivers works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
Harris blocks a body shot from Rivers.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivers manages to pull guard.
Rivers had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harris defends it easily.
Rivers keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Harris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Rivers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
That's time! Rivers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rivers's corner calls for a 1-2. Rivers obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab from Harris.
Rivers moves out of range of the body kick.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris throws out a counter right but Rivers avoids it with no problem.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
Rivers throws an off balance right hand
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Harris walks into a jab.
Harris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rivers digs a good hook to Harris's body.
Rivers throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris gets tackled into the cage by Rivers. Rivers maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivers prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rivers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Rivers as the two fighters clinch.
Rivers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
Rivers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rivers is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Harris to keep the fight standing.
Rivers tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Rivers has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Rivers.
Rivers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rivers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rivers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rivers cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Rivers.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers scores with a shoulder strike.
Rivers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rivers cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Rivers decides to pull guard.
Rivers has an active guard here but Harris has managed to pass into half guard.
Rivers tries to get to full guard but Harris has control of the leg.
Terrance Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris is trying to control the action in half guard but Rivers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Phil Rivers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rivers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Harris seems content to control.
Rivers gets back to full guard.
Harris is pushing down on Rivers's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rivers is fighting to maintain full guard but Harris has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rivers moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rivers has his foot on Harris's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harris works his way back into a safe position though.
Harris wants to control from the top but Rivers keeps moving.
Harris is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Rivers wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rivers is on top in guard.
Harris wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Rivers pushes down on Harris's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rivers is trying to work for a kimura but Harris is defending well.
Harris is trying to control but can't.
Rivers blocks the strikes from Harris.
Rivers is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Harris is just riding it out for now. Rivers eventually gives up the hold.
Rivers is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Harris is just riding it out for now. Rivers eventually gives up the hold.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Rivers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivers 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Rivers!
Phil Rivers thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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