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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 4 p4p, 32 weight class) and Edgars Al Dariush (ranked 2 p4p, 5 weight class). Harris's entrance music is The Assassin. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 32 - 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 24 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgars Al Dariush!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Al Dariush.
Al Dariush scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Al Dariush gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Al Dariush jumps guard.
Al Dariush keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Al Dariush has a closed guard, preventing Harris from standing up.
Al Dariush keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Al Dariush trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Dariush is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Dariush is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris throws a big right hand that misses.
Al Dariush is trying to control the position but Harris postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Al Dariush throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Al Dariush lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Al Dariush's corner calls for a 1-2. Al Dariush obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Al Dariush.
Al Dariush now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Al Dariush darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Al Dariush rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris misses with a low kick as Al Dariush jumps back.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
Harris misses with a hook.
Al Dariush lands the left hand.
Al Dariush closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Edgars Al Dariush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris avoids a kick to the body.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Al Dariush manages to avoid it.
Al Dariush misses with a body kick.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Al Dariush misses with a straight right.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al Dariush. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al Dariush throws a big shot that misses.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Al Dariush lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Al Dariush connects with a right hand. Harris shakes it off.
Harris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Al Dariush misses with a body punch
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Al Dariush clinches.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Al Dariush throws a shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Al Dariush.
Al Dariush dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Al Dariush moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Dariush jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris throws a quick counter kick to the body but Al Dariush avoids it.
Al Dariush thuds a left hand into Harris's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Al Dariush misses the body punch
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Edgars Al Dariush has been cut.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Al Dariush with a nice cross.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Al Dariush misses with a straight right.
Al Dariush misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a left to the body.
Al Dariush lands with a good body shot.
Al Dariush throws a good cross that connects.
Al Dariush works the jab nicely.
Al Dariush fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Al Dariush fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edgars Al Dariush dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edgars Al Dariush's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Al Dariush wants to clinch
and Harris counters with a body kick.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Harris was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Al Dariush.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Al Dariush.
Harris staying out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Al Dariush.
Harris defending well as Al Dariush loads up on a big left hand.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Al Dariush throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Al Dariush misses
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Al Dariush has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Al Dariush tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Al Dariush takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Al Dariush.
A good leg kick by Al Dariush.
Al Dariush scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Al Dariush tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Al Dariush comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Al Dariush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, jab by Al Dariush - just one landing.
Al Dariush's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harris under the eye.
Some bone on bone action there as Harris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An attempted straight right counter from Harris misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Edgars Al Dariush seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Harris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al Dariush tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Al Dariush.
Al Dariush dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Dariush lands a really nice looking cross but Harris seems unphased.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Al Dariush lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harris takes a step back to recover.
A slapping leg kick lands for Al Dariush.
Al Dariush pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Al Dariush struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Al Dariush misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush jumps guard but Harris stands there with Al Dariush around his waist. Al Dariush gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Al Dariush manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Al Dariush controls Harris momentarily but Harris frees himself.
Harris trying to control but Al Dariush is working from the bottom.
Al Dariush throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Al Dariush keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Al Dariush throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris stands and steps away. Al Dariush gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Al Dariush ducks down to avoid it.
Good shot there by Al Dariush.
Al Dariush wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Harris misses with an attempted mid kick.
Al Dariush moves out of range as Harris strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edgars Al Dariush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Edgars Al Dariush's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Al Dariush misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Al Dariush.
A quick step to the side and Harris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab by Al Dariush.
Al Dariush connects with a leg kick.
Al Dariush tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a nice kick to the body.
Al Dariush is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Nice shot lands for Al Dariush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Dariush gets a clinch.
Al Dariush can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Al Dariush.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Al Dariush scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Dariush with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Al Dariush tries to land a front kick but Harris steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A quick step to the side and Harris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al Dariush rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot lands for Al Dariush.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Al Dariush.
Harris thinks about countering with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Al Dariush misses
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Al Dariush jabs at Harris's body.
Harris walks into a jab.
Al Dariush tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Al Dariush slips under a jab from Harris.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
Al Dariush tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Al Dariush feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Al Dariush thows a leg kick but Harris checks it
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Dariush misses with an uppercut
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Al Dariush misses with a body shot
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Al Dariush is rocked!
Al Dariush lands with an overhand left.
Harris slips a jab from Al Dariush.
Harris throws a quick counter kick to the body but Al Dariush avoids it.
Al Dariush lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harris's sensitive parts.
Al Dariush looks for the body kick but Harris saw that one coming.
Al Dariush clinches up with Harris and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Al Dariush looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Al Dariush just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarris.
Al Dariush lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Al Dariush loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
A low kick from Al Dariush misses
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris blocks a head kick by Al Dariush.
Al Dariush avoids the body shot from Harris.
Al Dariush throws a leg kick that misses.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris gets tackled into the cage by Al Dariush. Al Dariush maintains the clinch.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Al Dariush keeps him there for the moment.
Al Dariush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Al Dariush throws a leg kick
and Harris counters with a nice right hand that sends Al Dariush toppling to the canvas! Al Dariush scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Harris finish him?!
Al Dariush is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
That has opened up Edgars Al Dariush's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Al Dariush.
Al Dariush missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Dariush tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Al Dariush takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Al Dariush throws a head kick that misses.
Al Dariush seems to have recovered his senses.
Al Dariush fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Al Dariush misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a big right hand! Oh Al Dariush is in trouble here! Harris follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raven Harris!
Raven Harris retains his light heavyweight title!
Raven Harris decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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