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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Stark (ranked 267 p4p, 274 weight class) and Raven Harris (ranked 36 p4p, 38 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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36 - 27 - 0 |
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22 - 6 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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 36 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raven Harris!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Stark or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris, which made it look bad.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris lands a big uppercut and Stark crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Stark looks OK. Harris waves Stark back to his feet!
It looks like Tony Stark has been cut.
No luck for Stark with that takedown attempt.
Stark shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Stark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stark tries for a takedown but Harris circles away easily
and Harris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark with a poor takedown
and Harris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
No luck for Stark with that takedown attempt.
Stark goes for a double leg but Harris avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Harris continues to drive forward.
As Stark backs off Harris throws a huge counter combo but Stark manages to avoid it all.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Stark tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harris counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stark.
Stark pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.
Harris pulls Stark in close to his closed guard and prevents Stark from doing any damage or advancing position.
Stark 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.
Harris keeping full guard, as Stark tries to pass.
Harris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stark's guard.
Stark escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harris gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Harris slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Stark throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Stark looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Harris has picked Stark up and slammed him! Stark can't keep hold of the triangle and Harris manages to pass to side control!
Stark seems a little lost for a moment, as Harris dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Stark wants to get back to full guard but Harris has passed into side control.
Stark is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark is working hard here to advance position.
Harris happy to just control the position for now.
Stark is trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Stark's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stark dives in for a single leg takedown but Harris sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
It seemed like Harris was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stark has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harris after a bit of a struggle.
Harris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Stark's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Stark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Stark controls the action.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
No luck for Stark with that takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by Stark.
Stark drops down looking for a counter takedown but Harris sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark scores with a takedown into Harris's guard.
Stark preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris controlling the position.
Stark wants to pass the guard but Harris is keeping the position.
Tony Stark overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harris looking for a sweep. Not yet Harris, not yet.
Stark is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Harris is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Harris has escaped and now he's on top!
Harris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Stark looking for subs off his back but Harris has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark with the active half guard here but Harris passes nicely into side control.
Stark tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Stark is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Stark is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Harris is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Stark flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark is looking to get to half guard.
Harris controlling the pace for now.
Stark tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tony Stark's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Stark closes the distance and clinches up with Harris, looking for a takedown. Stark pushes Harris against the cage but Harris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Stark shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harris but Harris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stark closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harris swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Stark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stark throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harris's waist but Harris gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stark off to one side.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Stark ducks down to avoid it.
Stark wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stark fails with the takedown
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harris appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Stark shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harris as he jumps to the side.
Harris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stark fails to land the takedown.
Stark fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stark or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stark stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stark blocks the body kick.
Raven Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stark shoots in looking for a takedown but Harris manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stark's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Stark takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harris connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stark momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stark. That did some damage!
Harris scores with a nice body kick.
A jab from Harris misses.
Raven Harris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Stark slips the punch.
Stark tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harris defends well and Stark ends up having to push Harris into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris stuffs the takedown attempt from Stark. Stark gets slowly back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raven Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raven Harris!
Post fight, Raven Harris stared into the camera and said 'HHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMM................HHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMM'.
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energy
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RATING
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