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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Haber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ocean rowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haber comes to the cage accompanied by You Don't Know. rowe has chosen tokyo drift as his entrance music. ocean rowe acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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265 lbs
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245 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Haber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, ocean rowe!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Haber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haber doesn't manage to clinch there - rowe circles away.
Haber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but rowe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haber fails with an attempt to clinch.
rowe closes the distance and clinches up with Haber, looking for a takedown. rowe pushes Haber against the cage but Haber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
rowe throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Haber's waist but Haber gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing rowe off to one side.
Haber tries to clinch up.
Nice takedown defense from Haber. No joy for rowe on that attempt.
Ralph Haber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ocean rowe.
rowe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haber as he avoids it easily.
Haber throws a quick inside leg kick.
rowe looks gassed!
rowe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
rowe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Haber tries to avoid it but rowe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Haber to the ground. Haber escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Haber tries to clinch but rowe moves out of range.
Haber dips to his left and cracks rowe with an uppercut!
It looks like ocean rowe has been cut.
Haber moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Haber.
rowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haber has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. rowe is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Haber lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Haber.
rowe takes an elbow to the forehead.
rowe takes a knee right on the jaw!
rowe letting Haber take a breather here.
Haber unloads a knee to the mid-section. rowe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber with a knee to the head.
rowe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Haber scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haber lands a nice knee to the body.
Haber stalling in the clinch.
rowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Haber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haber taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Haber scores with a knee to the head.
Haber lands a knee to the body.
Haber lands a knee to the head.
Haber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haber stuffs the takedown attempt from rowe. rowe gets slowly back to his feet.
Haber has managed to clinch.
rowe working aggressively here.
Haber blocking some punches.
rowe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Knees to the body from Haber.
rowe throws a head punch that misses.
rowe throws a head punch that misses.
rowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haber throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haber taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haber crunches a lovely knee into rowe's ribcage.
Haber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haber creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through rowe's defenses.
rowe has a couple of punches blocked by Haber.
rowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haber takes a shot to the head.
rowe working aggressively here.
rowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from rowe.
rowe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
rowe misses with the head strike.
rowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Haber lands a nice knee to the body.
rowe lands with a left to the head.
rowe misses with the head strike.
rowe misses with some punches.
rowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
rowe lands a shoulder strike.
rowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
rowe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
rowe misses with the head strike.
rowe misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haber landing knees to the body.
rowe gets through Haber's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
rowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haber lands a right hand that snaps the head of rowe backwards.
rowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haber blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from rowe.
Haber wants a takedown.
rowe throws a head punch that misses.
Haber stalling in the clinch but rowe improves position.
Haber takes a shot to the head.
Haber breaks from the clinch.
rowe scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
rowe tries for a kimura but Haber is defending well.
rowe looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
rowe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Haber has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
rowe tries for a kimura but Haber is defending well.
rowe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Haber has escaped the position, nice work there.
rowe working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
rowe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no rowe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Haber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on ocean rowe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
rowe shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Haber pinned against the cage. Haber gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice takedown defense from Haber. No joy for rowe on that attempt.
rowe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haber takes the fight into the clinch.
Haber landing knees to the head.
rowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haber blocks an uppercut.
rowe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haber lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
rowe has a couple of punches blocked by Haber.
Haber scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haber lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
rowe has a couple of punches blocked by Haber.
Haber lands an elbow just above rowe 's eye.
Haber landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
rowe has a couple of punches blocked by Haber.
Haber scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haber.
rowe throws a head punch that misses.
Haber blocking some punches.
rowe working aggressively here.
rowe misses with some punches.
rowe throws a head punch that misses.
Haber tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
rowe throws a head punch that misses.
rowe has a couple of punches blocked by Haber.
Haber lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Haber.
A quick uppercut on the inside from rowe.
rowe misses with some punches.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
rowe misses with a hook from the clinch.
rowe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
rowe lands a nice uppercut.
Haber is looking to break free of the clinch but rowe has double underhooks.
rowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Haber uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
rowe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Haber goes for a takedown in the clinch but rowe prevents it.
rowe misses with the head strike.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
rowe working aggressively here.
Haber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
rowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Haber has dropped down and is working for a takedown. rowe is trying to keep an underhook but Haber manages to get the takedown into half guard.
rowe tries to roll over but Haber keeps him under control.
rowe looking for submissions off his back.
rowe looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
rowe is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
rowe looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
rowe wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. rowe manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
rowe has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Haber can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
rowe closes the distance and clinches up with Haber, looking for a takedown. rowe pushes Haber against the cage but Haber circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ralph Haber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ocean rowe.
rowe tries for a takedown but Haber sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
rowe throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Haber's waist but Haber gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing rowe off to one side.
rowe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Haber stuffs the takedown attempt from rowe. rowe gets slowly back to his feet.
rowe fails with the takedown.
rowe fails with the takedown.
rowe shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haber but Haber pushes him off and we're back to square one.
rowe shoots in but Haber avoids the takedown attempt easily.
rowe shoots for a takedown but Haber saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
rowe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Haber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
rowe shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
rowe moves out of range of the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from rowe.
rowe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Haber dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on ocean rowe's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Haber stuffs the takedown attempt from rowe. rowe gets slowly back to his feet.
rowe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haber as he jumps to the side.
Haber tries to clinch there but rowe circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haber shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Haber was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
rowe looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Haber doesn't have the hooks in and rowe manages to turn into his guard.
rowe wants to pass the guard but Haber is keeping the position.
roweis looking to pass into half guard but Haber pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Haber is in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haber is stalling in the full guard.
Haber stands up from guard. Let's bang!
rowe shoots and misses
and Haber counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ralph Haber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ocean rowe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haber.
rowe letting Haber take a breather here.
Haber blocking some punches.
Haber connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from rowe fails to land.
Haber landing some nice looking knees to the body.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haber.
Haber tries to land knees in the clinch but rowe avoids the damage to the body.
Haber creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through rowe's defenses.
rowe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, rowe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
rowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
rowe working aggressively here.
rowe has a couple of punches blocked by Haber.
Haber drops to a knee looking for a takedown but rowe gets the underhooks and prevents it.
rowe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
rowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
Haber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
rowe tries for a takedown but Haber sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
rowe shoots and misses
and Haber counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from rowe fails to land.
Haber escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
rowe gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Haber moves into the clinch.
rowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
rowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from rowe.
rowe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haber trying to control the position but instead, rowe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haber into the cage.
rowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Haber.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haber tries for a takedown but rowe manages to get underhooks.
Haber breaks from the clinch.
rowe tries for a takedown but Haber circles away easily
and Haber counters with a takedown into side control.
rowe tries to improve position but can't.
rowe manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ralph Haber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
rowe is trying to get back to full guard.
rowe gets back to full guard.
rowe has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Haber can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
rowe is looking for a triangle but Haber pushes his legs off easily.
Haber might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
rowe has his foot on Haber's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Haber works his way back into a safe position though.
rowe is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
rowe had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Haber is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. rowe Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Haber's back instead.
rowe working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Haber has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Haber showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Haber has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Haber!
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energy
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hype
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