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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kawainui Perry (ranked 91 p4p, 594 weight class) and Grant Harklie (ranked 16 p4p, 81 weight class). Harklie has chosen Holycrud as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kawainui Perry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Harklie!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Perry.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harklie. Perry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perry feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Harklie. That snapped Perry's head back.
Harklie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perry was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perry lands with a hook. Harklie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grant Harklie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perry takes one to the side of the head.
Harklie throws a looping overhand right but Perry ducks down to avoid it.
Harklie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harklie misses with some punches.
Harklie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harklie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harklie tries to throw a body punch but Perry avoids it by throwing Harklie back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perry.
Perry throws an elbow but it misses.
Perry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Grant Harklie has been cut.
Perry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harklie backwards.
Harklie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harklie misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Perry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry scores with a hook to the body.
Harklie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Perry.
Harklie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perry is leaning against Harklie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Perry - that landed with a thud.
Harklie working aggressively here.
Perry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harklie looks winded!
Harklie throws a punch but it's blocked by Perry.
Harklie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perry lands a damaging elbow.
Harklie takes an elbow to the temple.
Perry lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perry lands an elbow inside that Harklie shrugs off.
Perry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harklie swings wildly with an uppercut but Perry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perry lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perry.
A body shot lands from Perry.
Perry scores with a shot to the side of Harklie's head.
Perry lands a shot to the body.
Perry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harklie backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry cracks Harklie with a nice body shot.
Perry pushes Harklie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perry lands an elbow just above Harklie 's eye.
Harklie is rocked!
Perry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harklie has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Perry seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Harklie can turn it around.
Perry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harklie is still on wobbly legs! Can Perry finish him?
Perry lands an elbow inside.
Perry dips a shoulder and cracks Harklie with a mighty uppercut! Harklie falls back against the cage and Perry unloads with a barrage of strikes! Harklie is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Perry screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kawainui Perry!
Kawainui Perry retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Kawainui Perry thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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