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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Harakka (ranked 797 p4p, 246 weight class) and Natsu Dragneel (ranked 111 p4p, 37 weight class). Dragneel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Come the Fire Dragon. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustav Harakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Natsu Dragneel!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragneel avoids a kick to the body.
Dragneel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dragneel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dragneel misses with a looping right.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut. Harakka saw that one coming.
Dragneel misses with a right hand
and Harakka counters with a thumping low kick.
Dragneel misses with a hook.
Harakka was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Donk. Harakka catches Dragneel right on the button with a cross.
Harakka slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harakka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from Dragneel misses.
Harakka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harakka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harakka lands a jab.
A cross from Harakka lands.
Harakka has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ALL STARZ in the buildup to the fight.
Harakka blocks a jab.
Harakka slips under a jab from Dragneel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harakka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harakka lands a nice looking body shot.
Harakka tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel throws an overhand right that lands on Harakka's shoulder, as Harakka tries to avoid the shot.
Harakka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harakka misses with a hook
and Dragneel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragneel. Harakka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Harakka on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dragneel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harakka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dragneel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harakka throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dragneel dips to his left and cracks Harakka with an uppercut!
Dragneel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Dragneel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Dragneel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragneel rushes Harakka and presses him up against the cage.
Dragneel looking to slow down the pace here.
Dragneel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dragneel misses with a left hand
and Harakka counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harakka thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dragneel if he has to take too many more of those.
Gustav Harakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harakka.
Dragneel throws a head kick but Harakka moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harakka staying out of range there.
Harakka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harakka checks a low kick from Dragneel.
Dragneel throws a front kick aimed at Harakka's knee but Harakka avoids it well.
A jab from Dragneel finds it's way through Harakka's defenses.
Dragneel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harakka connects with a solid leg kick.
Dragneel looks to throw the jab but Harakka is out of range.
It looked like Harakka was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Dragneel.
Nice straight punches there by Dragneel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dragneel.
Harakka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harakka connects with a jab.
Harakka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harakka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harakka thows a leg kick but Dragneel checks it
and Dragneel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harakka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Harakka scores with a leg kick.
Dragneel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harakka.
Dragneel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harakka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big left from Harakka misses.
Harakka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka misses with a straight right.
Dragneel tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Dragneel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harakka misses with an uppercut
and Dragneel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harakka thuds his shin into the meat of Dragneel's side.
Jab by Harakka.
Harakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Harakka connects with a crisp jab.
Dragneel walks into a stiff left hand from Harakka.
Dragneel lands a head kick!
Dragneel is looking to slow Harakka down with leg kicks.
Dragneel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harakka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Harakka.
A low kick lands for Dragneel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harakka. Dragneel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harakka scores with a jab. Dragneel acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dragneel throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Harakka. That snapped Dragneel's head back.
Harakka throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dragneel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragneel wants to slow Harakka down by chopping away at his legs.
Harakka darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dragneel looks to land a left hand but Harakka moved out of range nicely.
Dragneel throws a jab when Harakka was well out of range.
Harakka throws a front kick aimed at Dragneel's knee but Dragneel avoids it well.
Harakka throws a poor cross that misses
and Dragneel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut.
Dragneel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harakka manages to break the clinch.
Harakka is looking to score with low kicks.
Harakka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harakka misses with a looping left.
Harakka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dragneel.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dragneel looks to score with a jab to the body but Harakka is just out of range.
Harakka throws a hook to the side of Dragneel's head but Dragneel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harakka throws a leg kick which misses Dragneel's front leg but catches the back leg as Dragneel tries to avoid it.
Harakka lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dragneel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Harakka dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Harakka.
Harakka throws a right hand that misses
letting Dragneel counter with a right hand.
Harakka stuns Dragneel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Harakka
enabling Dragneel to counter with a crisp jab.
Dragneel throws a looping overhand right but Harakka ducks down to avoid it.
Dragneel slips a jab from Harakka.
Harakka throws a nice outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Dragneel.
An attempted straight right counter from Harakka misses the target.
Harakka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Harakka.
Dragneel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harakka blocks a jab.
Harakka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dragneel at a distance.
Harakka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragneel.
A leg kick checked by Harakka.
Dragneel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gustav Harakka is winning the standup battle so far.
Dragneel swings for the body but Harakka moves out of range.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut. Harakka saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragneel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A shot to the body from Harakka misses
letting Dragneel counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Dragneel.
Harakka works the jab nicely.
Dragneel with a jab.
Harakka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harakka connects with a jab.
Harakka throws out a leg kick but Dragneel moves out of range and Harakka only half commits.
That kick from Harakka tenderised Dragneel's leg. Dragneel is trying to keep his angry face on.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragneel. Harakka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dragneel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harakka tried to score with a low kick but Dragneel checks it.
Harakka misses with a hook
and Dragneel counters with a stiff right hand.
Harakka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dragneel.
Harakka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harakka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harakka avoids the body shot from Dragneel.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragneel is looking to slow Harakka down with leg kicks.
Harakka throws a push kick but Dragneel slaps the foot to one side.
Harakka misses with a low kick.
Harakka misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harakka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harakka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harakka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harakka swings for the body but Dragneel moves out of range.
Dragneel scoring well with a low kick there.
Dragneel checks a leg kick nicely.
Harakka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dragneel.
Harakka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harakka scores with a leg kick.
Dragneel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harakka. Harakka obviously looking to wear him down.
Dragneel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dragneel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dragneel throws a hook but Harakka blocks it.
Harakka misses with a straight right.
Harakka throws out a leg kick but Dragneel moves out of range and Harakka only half commits.
Harakka avoids the body shot from Dragneel.
Harakka lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Harakka.
Dragneel throws a sloppy body shot
and Harakka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dragneel moves out of range of the leg kick from Harakka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dragneel. That's going to slow Harakka down.
Dragneel lands with an overhand left.
Harakka moves out of range of the body kick from Dragneel.
Dragneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dragneel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel walks into a left hand.
Harakka misses with a body shot
and Dragneel counters with a head kick.
Harakka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dragneel throws a one two combo.
A bone on bone clash there as Dragneel blocks the leg kick.
Dragneel wants to clinch.
Dragneel moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragneel looks to land a left hand but Harakka moved out of range nicely.
Harakka with the inside leg kick.
Dragneel fails to land with a series of punches.
Harakka tried to counter with a leg kick but Dragneel avoided it.
Harakka swings for the body but Dragneel moves out of range.
A big left from Dragneel misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel stuns Harakka with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harakka throws a jab when Dragneel was well out of range.
Dragneel misses with a body punch
and Harakka counters with a stiff right hand.
Harakka scores with a hook to the body. Dragneel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Harakka misses its intended target.
Dragneel misses with a hook. Harakka ducked under it nicely.
Harakka tried to score with a low kick but Dragneel checks it.
Harakka tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harakka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dragneel is out of range and Harakka settles back down.
Dragneel lands with a shot to the body.
Dragneel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dragneel throws a lazy uppercut
and Harakka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harakka slips a straight right by Dragneel.
Dragneel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harakka.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harakka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harakka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dragneel throws a leg kick but Harakka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harakka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gustav Harakka will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Harakka connects with the punch.
Dragneel blocks a jab.
Harakka walks into a jab.
Jab, jab by Harakka - just one landing.
Harakka misses with a wild body shot.
Dragneel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dragneel loads up on a big right hand but Harakka slips the punch.
Dragneel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harakka. Harakka obviously looking to wear him down.
Dragneel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harakka lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dragneel takes a step back to recover.
Harakka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragneel was well out of range. Poor timing from Harakka.
Dragneel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dragneel misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harakka tries to work over Dragneel's front leg with a kick but Dragneel checks it.
Dragneel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harakka throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harakka lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harakka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harakka tries a low kick but Dragneel avoids it.
Dragneel throws a fast counter high kick but Harakka manages to duck under it in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel misses with a hook.
Harakka cracks a nice hook into Dragneel's ribs.
Dragneel defending well as Harakka loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Dragneel misses.
Harakka lands a really nice looking cross but Dragneel seems unphased.
A lazy left from Dragneel finds it's target.
Harakka tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice leg kick from Dragneel, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragneel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dragneel misses with a body shot.
Dragneel throws a leg kick
and Harakka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harakka swings for the body but Dragneel moves out of range.
Dragneel misses with a lunging right hand
and Harakka counters with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Harakka misses
enabling Dragneel to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dragneel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harakka.
Dragneel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dragneel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harakka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragneel.
Harakka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dragneel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel misses with a straight left.
Dragneel lands a body shot.
The fighters circling - Dragneel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dragneel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragneel misses with a straight right.
Harakka fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dragneel on the side of the head.
Harakka scores with a jab to the head.
Harakka digs a good hook to Dragneel's body.
Harakka throws an overhand right that lands on Dragneel's shoulder, as Dragneel tries to avoid the shot.
Harakka throws an off balance right hand
and Dragneel counters with a right hand to the body.
Harakka scores with a shot to the body.
Harakka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragneel.
Harakka fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dragneel just manages to avoid it.
Harakka looks to land a right hand but Dragneel moved out of range.
Harakka scores with a jab to the body.
Harakka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dragneel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harakka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harakka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragneel was well out of range. Poor timing from Harakka.
Dragneel looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Dragneel looks for the body kick but Harakka saw that one coming.
Harakka appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka thows a leg kick but Dragneel checks it
and Dragneel counters with a nice uppercut.
Dragneel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harakka can pounce on him.
Harakka digs a good body shot into Dragneel's ribs.
Harakka cracks a nice hook into Dragneel's ribs.
Harakka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dragneel's sensitive parts.
Harakka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harakka. That's going to slow Dragneel down.
Harakka scores with a decent looking hook.
Dragneel avoids the body shot from Harakka.
Dragneel throws a fast counter high kick but Harakka manages to duck under it in time.
Natsu Dragneel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harakka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dragneel.
Harakka throws an off balance right hand
and Dragneel counters with a three punch combo that has Harakka backing up. Harakka nods at Dragneel to acknowledge the strikes.
Harakka connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragneel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragneel looks to land a left hand but Harakka moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Harakka wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harakka moves out of range of the leg kick from Dragneel.
Dragneel throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Dragneel misses.
Harakka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dragneel is out of range and Harakka settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakka misses with a looping left.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut
and Harakka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dragneel misses with a kick to the body.
Harakka tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harakka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harakka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dragneel throws a lazy right hand but Harakka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dragneel feints and then cracks Harakka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harakka down.
Dragneel moves out of range of the body kick from Harakka.
Dragneel follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Dragneel.
Harakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dragneel moves away.
Dragneel throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Harakka to counter with a crisp jab.
Dragneel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harakka connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dragneel scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Harakka finds it's way through Dragneel's defenses.
Harakka sizes up Dragneel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dragneel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harakka uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dragneel punishes Harakka's body with a nice straight punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gustav Harakka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harakka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Harakka!
An out of breath Gustav Harakka thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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