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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Harrison (ranked 212 p4p, 1487 weight class) and Max All The Way (ranked 31 p4p, 173 weight class). Harrison comes to the cage accompanied by All of the Above. The key to victory for Michael Harrison has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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194 cm 30 275 17 - 7 - 0 |
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194 cm 24 240 5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler Decent boxing 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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Harrison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Max All The Way! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! All The Way keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrison. All The Way changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Harrison throws a hook but All The Way avoids it easily. Harrison misses with an uppercut. All The Way saw that one coming. Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws a right hand that All The Way ducks under and follows up with a left that All The Way also avoids with ease. All The Way has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Harrison is landing a low percentage of strikes. Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrison tries to counter by clinching up but All The Way breaks away and moves out of range. Harrison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from All The Way. Harrison tests All The Way's chin there with a solid looking shot. A big left from All The Way misses. Harrison throws a body shot but no joy. Harrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. All The Way misses with a hook. Michael Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. All The Way misses with a left hand
and Harrison moves into the clinch. Harrison lands a body shot. All The Way tries to pull guard but Harrison won't allow it.
Harrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Harrison lands a nice shot to the body.
 That's one minute gone in the round. All The Way shoots for a double leg takedown but Harrison sprawls well. He's pushed All The Way's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Michael Harrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max All The Way. Harrison looks to land a combination but All The Way avoids it well. Harrison lands with an uppercut that bounces All The Way off the cage and back into range. Harrison missing with a left hand there. All The Way was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Harrison misses with an uppercut. Harrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. All The Way moves away from the strike by Harrison.
All The Way manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Harrison on his heels. He'll look to pass Harrison's guard now, I'm sure. All The Way looking to sit in guard and control but Harrison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
All The Way tries to land a sweep but no joy. All The Way bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harrison's guard.
 The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Harrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Harrison looking to control but All The Way passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
All The Way is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
All The Way controlling the action here. Harrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. All The Way is working away from the top position though.
All The Way is looking for a kimura here.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Harrison trying to control here.
All The Way sitting and controlling from the half guard. All The Way trying to control from half guard but Harrison is working away. All The Way moves nicely into side control. All The Way creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Harrison sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. All The Way wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harrison keeps working.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
All The Way tries for a kimura but Harrison is defending well. All The Way tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. Harrison knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for All The Way on the ground.
All The Way is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Harrison is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. All The Way working away. All The Way passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Harrison!
All The Way has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Harrison is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Max All The Way!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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