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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 19 p4p, 13 weight class) and Edgars Al Dariush (ranked 4 p4p, 3 weight class). Harris's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Assassin. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raven Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgars Al Dariush!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Dariush misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Edgars Al Dariush has been cut.
Al Dariush fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al Dariush. Al Dariush obviously looking to wear him down.
Al Dariush thows a leg kick but Harris checks it
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Dariush pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris working aggressively here.
Al Dariush tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Al Dariush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Al Dariush tries to clinch but Harris moves away
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Dariush takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Dariush was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Al Dariush ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al Dariush! But no joy.
Al Dariush slips under a jab from Harris.
Al Dariush misses with a wild body shot.
Al Dariush moves out of range of the body kick from Harris.
A countering left hand to the body from Al Dariush misses.
Al Dariush fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Al Dariush breaks from the clinch.
Harris throws a hook but Al Dariush avoids it easily.
Al Dariush connects with an inside leg kick.
Al Dariush fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Dariush.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Al Dariush is out of range.
Al Dariush counters with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a wild body kick that Al Dariush sees coming a mile off.
No joy there for Harris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Al Dariush flicks out a counter leg kick but Harris steps away.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Al Dariush's shoulder, as Al Dariush tries to avoid the shot.
Al Dariush takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al Dariush. Al Dariush obviously looking to wear him down.
Al Dariush takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harris takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Raven Harris has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Edgars Al Dariush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Al Dariush.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Al Dariush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Al Dariush misses
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Dariush was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Al Dariush is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harris with a body shot.
Harris with a hook.
Al Dariush dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Al Dariush throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Al Dariush follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Al Dariush scores with a leg kick.
Al Dariush misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris thinks about countering with a body kick.
Harris misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris throws a shot to the body.
Al Dariush throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Al Dariush misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
A low kick lands for Harris.
A clash of legs there as Al Dariush blocks the low kick.
Al Dariush throws out a counter right but Harris avoids it with no problem.
Al Dariush misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush looks to throw a body kick
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Al Dariush uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Al Dariush takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That has opened up Edgars Al Dariush's cut even more.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Al Dariush. That did some damage!
Al Dariush ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Dariush ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Al Dariush throws a nice inside leg kick.
Al Dariush is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Dariush moves away.
Al Dariush missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Al Dariush tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Al Dariush throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al Dariush.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Al Dariush is looking to clinch.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Al Dariush throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Dariush is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harris with a body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A low kick from Al Dariush misses
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Harris looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raven Harris dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Al Dariush lands a slapping body shot.
Al Dariush throws a lazy body kick
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Al Dariush wants to clinch.
Harris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Dariush misses with a body kick.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Harris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Al Dariush fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Harris tries to land a body kick
and Al Dariush counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al Dariush. Al Dariush obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Al Dariush misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with a low kick, right behind Al Dariush 's knee.
Raven Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Al Dariush scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Al Dariush. That's going to slow Harris down.
Al Dariush takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Dariush misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Al Dariush moves away and avoids it.
Al Dariush was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Al Dariush tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Harris misses the target.
Harris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Al Dariush on the side of the head.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Al Dariush lands with a straight right. Harris didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush misses with a body shot
and Harris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Al Dariush connects with a single shot there.
Al Dariush throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Al Dariush moves out of range of the leg kick from Harris.
Al Dariush looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Al Dariush throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Al Dariush looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Al Dariush gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harris.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Raven Harris did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A nice leg kick from Al Dariush, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Al Dariush scores with a body shot.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Dariush moves away.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Al Dariush moved away.
Al Dariush is trying to counter with his kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Dariush scores with a decent looking hook.
Harris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Raven Harris's cut is getting worse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Dariush uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Al Dariush fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Al Dariush throws a half hearted mid kick.
Al Dariush walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harris checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harris lands with a good body shot.
Al Dariush lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Al Dariush moves into range and clinches up with Harris.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris feints and then cracks Al Dariush's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Al Dariush down.
Al Dariush defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Al Dariush lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harris throws a leg kick
enabling Al Dariush to counter with a crisp jab.
Raven Harris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Al Dariush is trying to counter with his kicks.
Al Dariush defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Al Dariush misses.
Al Dariush scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Al Dariush lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harris doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harris.
Harris connects with a right hand. Al Dariush shakes it off.
Al Dariush lands a nice shot that snaps Harris's head back.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Al Dariush counters with a stiff right hand.
Jeez, Raven Harris's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Crunch! Harris slams his shin into Al Dariush's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris looks to land a right hand but Al Dariush moved out of range.
Al Dariush is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edgars Al Dariush dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A thudding body kick lands there by Harris!
Al Dariush tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Al Dariush can pounce on him.
Harris takes a swing at Al Dariush's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Al Dariush tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris avoids a kick to the body.
Harris's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Dariush misses with a low kick.
Harris misses the body punch
and Al Dariush makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Al Dariush punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.
Harris keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Al Dariush lands with a nice body punch.
Jab from Al Dariush.
Edgars Al Dariush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Harris lunges at Al Dariush with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Al Dariush's hand.
Al Dariush is looking to land body kicks.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris lands a big head kick that sends Al Dariush tumbling to the mat! Harris takes a step backwards and waves Al Dariush back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Al Dariush is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Dariush misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a huge left! Al Dariush is in big trouble! He's backing up but Harris isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Al Dariush from any more damage. A dominating finish by Harris!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raven Harris!
Raven Harris retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Raven Harris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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