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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darien Tapia (ranked 3194 p4p, 3498 weight class) and Arjun Harrington (ranked 315 p4p, 338 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darien Tapia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arjun Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Harrington.
Tapia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tapia thinking.
Harrington throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little feinted left hand from Tapia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tapia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tapia loads up on a big right hand but Harrington slips the punch.
Tapia misses with an uppercut.
Harrington is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A punch lands to the side of Tapia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Tapia.
Harrington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tapia.
We've been hearing reports that Tapia has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tapia clinches up against the cage.
Harrington blocks an elbow strike.
Harrington is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tapia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tapia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tapia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tapia ducks right into an uppercut from Harrington.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Harrington both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Darien Tapia has been cut.
Tapia throws a right and a left that Harrington avoids nicely.
Tapia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tapia lands the left hand.
Tapia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harrington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington avoids the body shot from Tapia.
Tapia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tapia misses with an uppercut. Harrington saw that one coming.
Tapia throws out a loose jab but Harrington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tapia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tapia is pressed up against the cage. Harrington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tapia down to the mat. Tapia avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harrington slips under a jab.
Harrington scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Darien Tapia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tapia clinches up against the cage.
Tapia successfully pulls guard.
Harrington trying to control the position from guard on top but Tapia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tapia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Harrington is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tapia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tapia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harrington gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tapia is keeping the position for now.
Tapia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harrington is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrington trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tapia throws his legs up looking for a submission but Harrington uses it to pass to side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harrington is looking to take a break and control but Tapia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tapia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harrington on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tapia tries to buck Harrington off but Harrington is having none of it.
Harrington is working Tapia over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tapia sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Tapia is not content to let Harrington control the position.
Tapia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Tapia looking for submissions off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Darien Tapia will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Darien Tapia's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tapia has Harrington up against the cage in a clinch.
Tapia gets control of Harrington's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tapia will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tapia working for a triangle but Harrington defends it easily.
Tapia keeping moving, preventing Harrington from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington slips nicely into half guard.
Tapia tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Harrington has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tapia is working hard here to advance position.
Harrington looking to control but Tapia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harrington controlling from mount.
That's two 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.
Harrington scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tapia's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Tapia keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tapia wants to get back to his feet.
Tapia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tapia taking shots to the head.
Harrington can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tapia is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tapia working to try and regain half guard.
Harrington moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Tapia has worked his arm free - good work by Tapia!
Tapia is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Harrington has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Harrington is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tapia has escaped the position, nice work there.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Harrington working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Tapia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harrington wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tapia regains half guard.
Tapia is staying active underneath Harrington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harrington looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Tapia works his way to full guard. Good work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tapia is looking for a triangle but Harrington pushes his legs off easily.
Tapia keeping moving, preventing Harrington from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arjun Harrington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Darien Tapia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Harrington lands a nice looking body shot.
Harrington shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tapia as he avoids it easily.
Tapia appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harrington digs a good hook to Tapia's body.
Tapia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tapia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tapia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tapia scores with a jab to the head.
Tapia connects with a body shot that sends Harrington's belly button to the back.
Tapia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrington.
Harrington goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harrington blocks a jab.
Tapia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tapia lands with a cross.
Harrington darts in looking for a takedown but Tapia gets double underhooks and turns Harrington into the cage.
Harrington shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tapia counters with a stiff right hand.
Darien Tapia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arjun Harrington.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrington blocks an elbow strike from Tapia.
Tapia tries to work over Harrington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harrington jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tapia walks away with a smile on his face. Harrington gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tapia throws a hook but Harrington blocks it.
Harrington wants to counter with a clinch but Tapia pushes him away.
Tapia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harrington goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harrington shoots in and drives through. Tapia sprawls well.
Harrington digs a good hook to Tapia's body.
Harrington is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tapia sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Harrington ducks under a wild hook from Tapia.
Harrington defending well as Tapia loads up on a big left hand.
Harrington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tapia throws out the jab.
Arjun Harrington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tapia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tapia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington fails to land the takedown.
Tapia throws out a loose jab but Harrington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tapia throws the left hand but Harrington avoids the punch easily.
Tapia scores with the left hand. Harrington knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrington cracks Tapia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tapia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good body shot from Tapia.
Tapia throws an elbow that misses.
A hook to the body from Harrington.
Tapia prevents the takedown attempt.
Harrington lands with a left to the head.
Harrington blocks the elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Harrington.
A body shot lands from Tapia.
Harrington gets control of Tapia's arms and successfully pulls guard. Harrington will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Tapia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tapia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harrington works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harrington is trying to keep Tapia in close.
Harrington working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tapia.
Tapia connects with a couple of short punches.
Tapia advances to half guard.
Harrington keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harrington has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tapia is working away from the top position though.
Tapia throws a strike but Harrington avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Tapia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harrington is keeping the position for now.
Harrington looking to control.
Tapia wants to stand and escape but instead Harrington has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Tapia looking for a guillotine here but Harrington defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington looking to sit in guard and control but Tapia gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tapia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tapia stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Harrington has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Tapia manages to get his head free but now Harrington has transitioned to an armbar! Tapia grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Harrington! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arjun Harrington!
A very excited looking Arjun Harrington made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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