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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Hazwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazwan has chosen Miseria Cantare as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Balls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Hazwan!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hazwan pinned against the cage. Hazwan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Balls.
Balls controlling the position from side mount.
Balls working away.
Balls looks up at the clock and then as Hazwan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Balls smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hazwan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hazwan works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Balls is pressing down on Hazwan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hazwan is holding on for now.
Balls thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hazwan's head.
Balls working over Hazwan with some ground and pound. Hazwan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hazwan is rocked!
Balls slips a nice elbow through Hazwan's hands, connecting with Hazwan's forehead.
Hazwan is still in real trouble! Can Balls finish him?
Balls scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balls slips a nice elbow through Hazwan's hands, connecting with Hazwan's forehead.
Ground and pound from Balls.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Balls lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls is nestled in close to Hazwan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Balls scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hazwan looks gassed!
Hazwan has hold of Balls's hands but Balls slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Balls lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Balls scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hazwan has hold of Balls's hands but Balls slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balls seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Balls scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balls lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Balls lands with a punch from half guard.
Balls looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hazwan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Balls lands strikes from half guard.
Balls looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hazwan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hazwan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hazwan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls lands strikes from half guard.
Balls looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Balls working the head and body with strikes.
Balls working Hazwan over with strikes.
Balls looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Balls connects with a nice short shot to Hazwan's temple.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Balls lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Balls has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Balls landing shots from mount.
Balls with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balls in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Balls lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balls connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Balls cracks Hazwan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Balls cracks Hazwan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Balls is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hazwan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hazwan tries to hold on but Balls postures up.
Balls is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hazwan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Balls is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hazwan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Balls looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balls landing shots from mount.
Balls putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Balls unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Balls dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balls shoots in but no luck this time.
Horrible takedown by Balls or perhaps it was just good defense by Hazwan which made him look bad.
Balls tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hazwan swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Balls. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balls closes the distance and clinches up with Hazwan, looking for a takedown. Balls pushes Hazwan against the cage but Hazwan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harry Balls is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balls shoots in and drives through. Hazwan sprawls well.
Balls fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balls shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balls closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hazwan circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hazwan as he avoids it easily.
Balls fails with the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Balls.
Hazwan stuffs the takedown attempt from Balls. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Balls or perhaps it was just good defense by Hazwan which made him look bad.
Balls fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hazwan stuffs the takedown attempt from Balls. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Balls shoots in but Hazwan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice sprawl there from Hazwan as Balls shoots in.
Balls misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Balls shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hazwan as he avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Hazwan. No joy for Balls on that attempt.
Balls shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balls closes the distance and clinches up with Hazwan, looking for a takedown. Balls pushes Hazwan against the cage but Hazwan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hazwan stuffs the takedown attempt from Balls. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Balls fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hazwan stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Balls shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Balls shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hazwan but Hazwan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hazwan stuffs the takedown attempt from Balls. Balls gets slowly back to his feet.
Balls tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hazwan swivels and escapes.
Phillip Hazwan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balls fails with the takedown.
Balls shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Hazwan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Balls misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balls gets a big slam - oh, Hazwan is out! Hazwan is out! That's a nasty KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Harry Balls!
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