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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaston Tellurique (ranked 3473 p4p, 2339 weight class) and Zahir Harden (ranked 417 p4p, 307 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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180 cm 25 177 2 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm 25 180 4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Solid Muay Thai Big heart |
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Decent wrestler Counter fighter Solid chin |
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaston Tellurique ! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zahir Harden! The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Harden tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tellurique swivels and escapes. Tellurique clinches. Tellurique will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harden up against the cage. Harden fails to pull guard.
Tellurique is pushing Harden up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Harden wants a takedown.
Gaston Tellurique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zahir Harden. Harden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tellurique misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tellurique . Tellurique misses with a hook from the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Harden tries to break free but Tellurique pushes him back against the cage. Harden is working for takedown but Tellurique is calmly controlling the position for now. Tellurique pushes Harden back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Tellurique lands a nice uppercut. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tellurique . Tellurique lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Tellurique misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tellurique lands a body punch. Tellurique lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tellurique can't find room to land a body shot as Harden controls the action.
Tellurique throws a head punch that misses. Harden goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tellurique prevents it.
Harden looks winded! A short right hand to the side of the head by Tellurique . Tellurique throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Tellurique lands a hook that snaps the head of Harden backwards. Tellurique is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Tellurique swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tellurique works on Harden's body with a couple of short punches. Tellurique misses with a punch on the inside.
Tellurique leaning his opponent against the cage. Tellurique lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harden backwards. Still in the clinch, Tellurique scores with a nice short uppercut. Tellurique lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harden or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tellurique works on Harden's body with a couple of short punches. Harden blocks a body shot from Tellurique . Tellurique lands a right hand. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Tellurique is pressed up against the cage. Harden has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tellurique down to the mat. Tellurique avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Tellurique has Harden up against the cage in a clinch.
Tellurique lands with a short head shot on the inside. Tellurique goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tellurique lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Tellurique lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harden or not. Tellurique can't find room to land a body shot as Harden controls the action.
Nice body punch from Tellurique . Tellurique content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harden looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Tellurique working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Tellurique lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Tellurique lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harden backwards. A bit of stalling here from Tellurique .
A nice right hand lands inside from Tellurique . With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tellurique creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tellurique lands a nice uppercut. Tellurique lands a body punch. Tellurique scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tellurique creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Tellurique slowing the pace effectively. Tellurique lands a shot to the body. A shot in the inside from Tellurique . Tellurique throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Tellurique lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harden backwards. A quick uppercut on the inside from Tellurique . Tellurique is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tellurique gets underhooks to prevent Harden's takedown attempt.
Tellurique scores with a shot to the side of Harden's head. Harden is working for takedown but Tellurique is calmly controlling the position for now. Tellurique working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Tellurique manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Harden takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short right from Tellurique on the inside. Tellurique content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tellurique prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tellurique lands a nice shot to the body. Tellurique lands with a short head shot on the inside. Tellurique lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Tellurique pushes Harden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harden is rocked! Tellurique lands a hook to the side of the head. Harden is still on wobbly legs! Can Tellurique finish him? Tellurique lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Harden to his knees! Tellurique keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaston Tellurique !
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hype
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