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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Harris (ranked 762 p4p, 2306 weight class) and Swinzey Mckinney (ranked 71 p4p, 205 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 15 - 7 - 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 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Swinzey Mckinney!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris moves into the clinch.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Mckinney misses with a punch on the inside.
Mckinney lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris swings for the body but Mckinney moves out of range.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris tests Mckinney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Harris has closed the distance and engaged Mckinney in a clinch.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mckinney 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 lands a nice hook to Mckinney's body. Mckinney takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mckinney looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris feints a jab promting Mckinney to slip. Harris then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mckinney slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Mckinney has closed the distance and engaged Harris in a clinch.
Mckinney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Mckinney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris throws out a powerful jab.
Swinzey Mckinney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris gets a clinch.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
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!
Mckinney working aggressively here.
Harris lands a right hand.
Harris cracks Mckinney with a nice body shot.
Harris pulls Mckinney into guard.
Mckinney trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Harris is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Mckinney passes into side control.
Mckinney tries to advance to mount but Harris denies him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mckinney's best efforts.
Mckinney controlling the action here.
Harris is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Harris trying to hold on to Mckinney's head to control him but Mckinney postures up.
Harris controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Harris tries to roll over but Mckinney keeps him under control.
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.
Harris is working hard here to advance position.
Harris wants to control but Mckinney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mckinney takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Harris is not content to let Mckinney control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Benjamin Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Harris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Harris scores with a jab to the body.
Mckinney misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mckinney tries to move into range but Harris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harris rushes Mckinney and presses him up against the cage.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown attempt by Harris or perhaps it was just good defense by Mckinney, which made it look bad.
Mckinney jabs Harris to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mckinney takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mckinney misses with a combination
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mckinney can do to turn this around?
Harris gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckinney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mckinney prevents a body shot from Harris.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harris.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mckinney fails to land.
Mckinney misses with some punches.
Mckinney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.
Harris blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mckinney.
Mckinney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mckinney lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harris working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Mckinney lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Mckinney.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Mckinney.
Mckinney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mckinney.
Mckinney misses with a punch to the body.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Harris backs off Mckinney throws a huge counter combo but Harris manages to avoid it all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Mckinney is pushing Harris up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mckinney.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris is trying to pull guard but Mckinney has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mckinney.
Harris tries for a takedown but Mckinney sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mckinney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harris scoring well with a low kick there.
Mckinney throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris lands a jab-cross combination.
Mckinney slips a jab from Harris.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney misses the shot to the body.
Mckinney misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Mckinney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
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!
A low kick lands for Harris.
Nice uppercut lands for Harris. That snapped Mckinney's head back.
Harris has Mckinney up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mckinney.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mckinney throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mckinney fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Harris dominated that second round.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mckinney.
Mckinney tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mckinney looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Harris scores with a nice head shot.
Mckinney misses with a looping left.
Mckinney misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mckinney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Mckinney blocks the body kick.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Mckinney takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harris lands a head kick. Mckinney smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Some wild striking there from Mckinney.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mckinney's head.
Mckinney connects with a body shot that sends Harris's belly button to the back.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Mckinney.
Harris with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris darts in and clinches Mckinney up against the cage.
Mckinney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mckinney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Mckinney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mckinney.
Harris leaning against his opponent.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mckinney throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Mckinney steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Harris. That one must have hurt.
Swinzey Mckinney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckinney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mckinney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mckinney lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Mckinney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mckinney lands with a right to the head.
Mckinney throws a head punch that misses.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Mckinney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harris darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mckinney is fending him off so far but Harris persists. Nope, Mckinney circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Mckinney throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Benjamin Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benjamin Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mckinney doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harris lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mckinney misses the body punch
and Harris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mckinney gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harris thuds a left hand into Mckinney's body.
Mckinney looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Mckinney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harris, 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benjamin Harris!
A victorious Benjamin Harris thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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