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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frane Vinkovic (ranked 281 p4p, 383 weight class) and Michael Harrison (ranked 39 p4p, 51 weight class). Harrison has chosen All of the Above as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm 30 265 14 - 7 - 1 |
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194 cm 29 275 16 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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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 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frane Vinkovic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Harrison! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Harrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Vinkovic tries to clinch but Harrison is having none of it. Vinkovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrison circles away quickly and effectively. Harrison looks to throw the jab but Vinkovic is out of range. Vinkovic slips under a jab. Vinkovic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice defenses there by Vinkovic. Vinkovic is looking to counter punch. Harrison throws out a powerful jab. Vinkovic throws a body shot but no joy. Harrison lands a nice shot that snaps Vinkovic's head back.
Harrison walks into a jab. Harrison moves out of range as Vinkovic strikes. A looping hook to the body misses from Harrison. Vinkovic does a little dance to reset his feet. A big right from Harrison misses. Harrison lands with a nice body punch. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Vinkovic tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance. Vinkovic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Harrison looks to land a left hand but Vinkovic moved out of range nicely. Harrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vinkovic doesn't seem bothered though. Vinkovic swings widly with a right hand
and Harrison counters with a lovely shot to the body.
 That's one minute gone in the round. The crowd cheers as Harrison lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vinkovic doesn't seem phased though. Harrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vinkovic scores with a decent looking hook. Harrison lands a nice looking body shot.
Vinkovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. A hook to the body from Harrison.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harrison. Vinkovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Harrison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Vinkovic prevents a body shot from Harrison. Vinkovic wants to get back to striking at distance but Harrison won't allow it.
Harrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Vinkovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrison controls his hands.
Vinkovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison has Vinkovic pressed against the cage.
Vinkovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Vinkovic tries to throw a body punch but Harrison avoids it by throwing Vinkovic back against the cage. Vinkovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Harrison uses good head movement to avoid it. Vinkovic is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrison has double underhooks. Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinkovic working aggressively here.
Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Vinkovic thows a left - swing and a miss! Harrison moves out of range as Vinkovic strikes. Harrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Harrison lands a jab to Vinkovic's midsection. Vinkovic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Harrison throws a hook to the side of Vinkovic's head but Vinkovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. An attempted straight right counter from Vinkovic misses the target. Harrison lands a head shot. A big left from Vinkovic misses. Vinkovic jabbing away but nothing is landing. Harrison has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight. Harrison ducks under a wild hook from Vinkovic. Harrison throws out a counter right but Vinkovic avoids it with no problem. Vinkovic looks to throw the jab but Harrison is out of range.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Vinkovic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harrison counters with a three punch combo that has Vinkovic backing up. Vinkovic nods at Harrison to acknowledge the strikes. Vinkovic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Harrison lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Harrison lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harrison looks to land a left hand but Vinkovic moved out of range nicely. Harrison lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Vinkovic falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Michael Harrison! Michael Harrison bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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