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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Harakka (ranked 488 p4p, 363 weight class) and Natsu Dragneel (ranked 66 p4p, 48 weight class). Dragneel has chosen Come the Fire Dragon as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 26 - 13 - 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 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Natsu Dragneel!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Harakka.
Harakka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harakka digs a good body shot into Dragneel's ribs.
Harakka throws a jab but it's blocked by Dragneel.
Dragneel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harakka stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice jab there from Harakka.
Dragneel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dragneel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dragneel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dragneel swings for the body but Harakka moves out of range.
Harakka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big right from Harakka misses.
Harakka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harakka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harakka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harakka walks into a left hand.
Dragneel throws a jab when Harakka was well out of range.
Dragneel throws a body punch but Harakka moves out of range.
Harakka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dragneel.
Gustav Harakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Harakka.
Dragneel throws a hook but Harakka blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harakka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harakka is looking to land body kicks.
Dragneel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harakka throws out a leg kick but Dragneel moves out of range and Harakka only half commits.
Harakka has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Harakka throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dragneel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Harakka. That one must have hurt.
Dragneel takes one to the side of the head.
Dragneel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harakka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dragneel lands with a kick to the temple. Harakka shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dragneel connects with a solid leg kick.
Dragneel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harakka.
Harakka misses with a straight right.
Harakka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harakka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dragneel misses with a double jab.
Dragneel throws a jab when Harakka was well out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harakka throws a shot from downtown. Dragneel moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dragneel! But no joy.
Dragneel misses with a jab to the body
letting Harakka counter with a right hand.
Harakka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel lands a nice shot to the body.
Harakka misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dragneel tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harakka misses with a body kick.
Dragneel is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harakka, as that shot connected.
Harakka looks to land a left hand but Dragneel moved out of range nicely.
Harakka defending well as Dragneel loads up on a big left hand.
Harakka throws a wild body kick that Dragneel sees coming a mile off.
Dragneel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Harakka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice body kick from Harakka.
A left lands for Harakka.
Dragneel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harakka throws a shot to the body.
Dragneel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harakka misses the shot to the body.
Harakka avoids the head kick by Dragneel.
Dragneel throws the left hand but Harakka avoids the punch easily.
Dragneel misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harakka's head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harakka.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harakka.
Harakka slips a jab from Dragneel.
Harakka scores with a kick to the body.
Dragneel defending well as Harakka loads up on a big left hand.
Dragneel avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dragneel! But no joy.
Dragneel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Some bone on bone action there as Harakka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harakka scores with a spinning back kick!
Harakka connects with a crisp jab.
Dragneel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harakka's hands.
Harakka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragneel was well out of range. Poor timing from Harakka.
Dragneel is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Harakka.
Dragneel walks into a straight right hand from Harakka.
Harakka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dragneel's sensitive parts.
Harakka throws a looping overhand right but Dragneel ducks down to avoid it.
Dragneel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harakka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakka feints and then cracks Dragneel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dragneel down.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Dragneel.
A good leg kick by Harakka.
Harakka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harakka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dragneel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dragneel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harakka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dragneel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harakka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dragneel doesn't seem bothered though.
Dragneel moves out of range of the body kick.
Dragneel walks into a stiff left hand from Harakka.
Harakka lands a body shot.
Dragneel clinches up with Harakka and pushes him back against the cage.
Dragneel keeps control of Harakka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dragneel blocks a body shot from Harakka.
Dragneel scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harakka breaks from the clinch.
Harakka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dragneel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dragneel tries to move into range but Harakka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harakka throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dragneel looks for the body kick but Harakka saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Harakka dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dragneel, as that shot connected.
Harakka slips under a jab from Dragneel.
Harakka cracks Dragneel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harakka avoids the body shot from Dragneel.
Harakka throws an overhand right that lands on Dragneel's shoulder, as Dragneel tries to avoid the shot.
Dragneel appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A big right from Dragneel misses.
Dragneel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harakka.
Dragneel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harakka on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Harakka. That snapped Dragneel's head back.
Harakka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harakka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dragneel in his tracks.
Dragneel looks to throw the jab but Harakka is out of range.
Harakka was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dragneel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dragneel moves out of range of the body kick.
Dragneel doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dragneel throws a solid leg kick but Harakka takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dragneel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragneel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harakka's head.
Harakka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Dragneel.
Harakka is looking to chop away at Dragneel's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragneel throws a poor cross that misses
and Harakka counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Harakka tries to land a front kick but Dragneel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slow jab from Dragneel misses its intended target.
Harakka lands a jab to the nose.
Dragneel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dragneel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dragneel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dragneel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dragneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harakka moves away.
Harakka dips to his left and cracks Dragneel with an uppercut!
Harakka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harakka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dragneel.
Dragneel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel misses with a body kick.
Harakka scores with a leg kick.
Dragneel throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harakka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dragneel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harakka walks into a stiff left hand from Dragneel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel throws a lazy uppercut
and Harakka counters with a good, hard body kick but Dragneel shrugs it off.
Dragneel lands a slapping body shot.
Harakka lands with a hook. Dragneel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dragneel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragneel misses with a hook. Harakka ducked under it nicely.
Harakka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dragneel throws a fast counter high kick but Harakka manages to duck under it in time.
Dragneel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Harakka.
Dragneel drops his hands momentarily and Harakka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dragneel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dragneel checks a leg kick.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Dragneel.
Decent striking displayed by Harakka there.
Harakka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragneel.
Good work by Harakka as he checks the leg kick.
Harakka lands a jab to the head.
Dragneel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dragneel misses with a low kick as Harakka jumps back.
Dragneel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harakka cracks Dragneel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harakka takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragneel looks to land a right hand but Harakka moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Harakka misses the target.
Nice cross by Harakka.
Nice uppercut there from Harakka.
An inside leg kick lands from Harakka.
Harakka checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Harakka.
Harakka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dragneel checks it well.
Harakka moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDragneel.
Harakka moves out of range of the strikes.
Harakka throws out a powerful jab.
Harakka lands with an uppercut that bounces Dragneel off the cage and back into range.
Dragneel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harakka throws a lazy uppercut
letting Dragneel counter with a right hand.
Harakka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dragneel throws a right hand that misses
and Harakka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harakka scores with a nice right hand.
Harakka checks a leg kick nicely.
Harakka scores with a jab to the head.
Dragneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harakka moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakka tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harakka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harakka throws a leg kick
and Dragneel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dragneel moves out of range of the leg kick from Harakka.
Harakka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dragneel can do to turn this around?
Harakka looks to score with a jab to the body but Dragneel is just out of range.
Dragneel doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harakka throws the kick towards the body but Dragneel avoids it.
Dragneel scores with a jab to the body.
Harakka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harakka with the inside leg kick.
Harakka misses with an uppercut. Dragneel saw that one coming.
Dragneel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harakka missing with a left hand there. Dragneel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dragneel cracks Harakka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dragneel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dragneel scores with a decent looking hook.
Harakka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragneel. Harakka does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Harakka dominated that second round.
That's time! Harakka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Harakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dragneel moves away.
Harakka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheers as Dragneel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harakka doesn't seem phased though.
Dragneel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragneel wants to clinch
and Harakka counters with a straight right hand.
Harakka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harakka tests Dragneel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harakka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harakka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dragneel momentarily.
Dragneel lands a jab to the nose.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harakka.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragneel is looking to slow Harakka down with leg kicks.
Dragneel connects with a leg kick.
Dragneel throws a sloppy head kick and Harakka moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Harakka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harakka is looking to counter punch.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dragneel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harakka throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dragneel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harakka misses with a low kick.
Dragneel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harakka.
Harakka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dragneel.
Harakka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big left from Dragneel misses.
Dragneel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harakka finds it's way round the side to connect with Dragneel's head.
Gustav Harakka is winning the standup battle so far.
Harakka scores with a shot to the body.
Dragneel staying out of range there.
Dragneel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harakka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dragneel misses with a head kick.
Dragneel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dragneel thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Harakka wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dragneel blocks the body kick.
Harakka throws out a powerful jab.
Dragneel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragneel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragneel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harakka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dragneel tries to score with a low kick but Harakka moves his leg out of the way.
Dragneel walks into a straight right hand from Harakka.
Dragneel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harakka misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Harakka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harakka.
Harakka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dragneel doesn't seem bothered though.
Dragneel jabs at Harakka's body.
Harakka looks to land a body kick but Dragneel moved away.
Dragneel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harakka.
Harakka takes a swing at Dragneel's ribcage but misses.
Dragneel moves out of range as Harakka throws a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Dragneel.
Nice uppercut lands for Dragneel. That snapped Harakka's head back.
Dragneel misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Dragneel misses
and Harakka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harakka lands a leg kick that knocks Dragneel off balance momentarily.
Dragneel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dragneel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harakka.
Dragneel staying out of range there.
Dragneel checks a leg kick.
Harakka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dragneel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Natsu Dragneel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harakka connects with a jab.
A big left from Harakka misses.
Dragneel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dragneel lands a head kick. Harakka smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dragneel throws a lazy right hand but Harakka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harakka sizes up Dragneel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragneel lands with a good body shot.
Dragneel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harakka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dragneel misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Dragneel throws a body punch but Harakka moves out of range.
Dragneel misses with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harakka.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Dragneel.
Dragneel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dragneel throws a body punch but Harakka moves out of range.
A low kick lands for Dragneel.
Harakka moves away from the strike by Dragneel.
Harakka throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dragneel avoids it.
Harakka tries to land a leg kick but Dragneel saw it coming and moves away.
Dragneel appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dragneel jabs Harakka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harakka misses with a looping left.
Harakka slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dragneel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dragneel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harakka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harakka looks to land a body kick but Dragneel moved away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gustav Harakka.
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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Harakka!
A victorious Gustav Harakka thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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