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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Harris (ranked 1553 p4p, 1914 weight class) and Eddie Young (ranked 143 p4p, 172 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benjamin Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Young!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a combination. Harris tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harris takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harris misses with the body kick
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benjamin Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young misses with a head kick.
Harris throws a counter high kick but Young was just alert enough to avoid it.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Young moved away.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Young swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Harris shoots in and bounces Young off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Young has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Harris has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Harris there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Young blocks a head kick by Harris.
A countering left hand to the body from Young misses.
Harris scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Young works Harris's body with a nice hook.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Young.
Harris shoots and misses
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Young fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid body kick from Harris.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Young.
A big left from Harris misses.
Young feints a counter leg kick.
Harris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harris lands a glancing blow to the side of Young's head.
Harris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Young moves away from the strike by Harris.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Young dodges the punch combination from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris jabs Young to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Young is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
Young looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Harris is looking for a counter combo.
Harris throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Young scores with a one two! Harris had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris avoids the body shot from Young.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Young counters with a nice leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Benjamin Harris will probably get the nod.
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.
Nice uppercut lands for Harris. That snapped Young's head back.
Young goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benjamin Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young thumps Harris with a low kick.
Young slips under a jab.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss
and Young counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Young defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a lazy head kick
and Young counters with a two punch combo.
Harris scores with a nice strike.
Harris throws a series of strikes that have Young backpedaling.
Harris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Young was covering up waiting for the punch and Harris finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Harris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Young swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris is looking to stand up but Young won't let him.
Harris has gone for a leg lock! Young slips out almost immediately though and dives into Harris's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a high kick!
Young misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Harris misses the target.
Harris checks a low kick from Young.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris throws a poor cross that misses
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harris throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Young appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Harris misses with a low kick.
A nice side step and Young releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Young throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Young is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Young throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Young connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harris shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Young counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Young was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Harris.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Harris throws a hook but Young blocks it.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris tries to counter with a takedown but Young is quick to defend against it.
Harris lands a really nice looking cross but Young seems unphased.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Harris.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Young wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Young shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harris eats them both and turns towards Young to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Young looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harris under the eye.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Young lands with a straight right. Harris didn't see that one coming.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Harris lands a slapping body shot.
Eddie Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Young swinging wildly here.
Harris closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harris lands in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Young dives on top into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris looking for a sweep. Not yet Harris, not yet.
Harris is adopting a defensive guard.
Harris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harris is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Young would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harris with a poor takedown
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Harris falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Young!
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RATING
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