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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Bowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rudy Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bowles's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hells Bells by ACDC. Rudy Harrington has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Brandon Bowles's chin.
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143 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brandon Bowles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rudy Harrington!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington looks to land a combination. Bowles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bowles takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harrington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harrington lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harrington catches Bowles with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bowles shoots in for a double leg but Harrington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bowles looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Harrington!
Bowles is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Harrington can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Harrington is trying to stand up.
Bowles working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Harrington wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bowles is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Harrington can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowles working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bowles is breathing heavily.
Harrington really wants to buck Bowles off and get back to his feet.
Bowles is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Harrington has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Bowles working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowles has control of Harrington's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Harrington regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Harrington squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bowles wants to finish this one by submission but Harrington is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bowles.
Harrington wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowles working for a submission but Harrington is keeping him at bay.
Harrington really wants to buck Bowles off and get back to his feet.
Bowles is working for a guillotine from mount but Harrington frees his head quite easily.
Bowles is working for a guillotine from mount but Harrington frees his head quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bowles looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bowles won't let Harrington get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bowles looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bowles working for a guillotine from mount but Harrington is in no mood to give up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Bowles dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harrington clobbers Bowles with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A right-left combo lands from Harrington.
A right-left combo lands from Harrington.
Harrington throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bowles shoots in and drives through. Harrington sprawls well.
Harrington moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bowles fails with a takedown attempt.
Harrington lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bowles backs up against the cage.
Harrington works over Bowles's head and body with a nice combination.
Harrington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrington scores with a jab. Bowles acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harrington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington lands a nice shot that snaps Bowles's head back.
Harrington is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bowles walks into a straight right hand from Harrington.
Harrington works Bowles's body with a nice hook.
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 lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bowles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harrington defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Bowles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington stalks Bowles and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bowles's face. Bowles staggers backwards, shaken.
Harrington lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A jab from Harrington finds it's way through Bowles's defenses.
Harrington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bowles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harrington sprawls well. Harrington wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bowles gets slowly back to his feet.
Harrington moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Harrington thuds a left hand into Bowles's body.
Harrington closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rudy Harrington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harrington!
Jab from Harrington.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Harrington scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Harrington lands with a cross.
Bowles darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bowles is trying to work for a kimura but Harrington is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowles is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bowles seems to be looking for submissions.
Bowles is looking for a kimura but Harrington is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bowles to get the leverage.
Bowles seems to be working for a kimura but Harrington defends the submission attempt.
Bowles is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington is trying to stand up here but Bowles is controlling him well.
Bowles is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bowles seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harrington scores with a nice head shot.
Harrington scores with a hook to the body. Bowles takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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 scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bowles doesn't seem bothered though.
Harrington has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harrington lands a jab-cross combination.
Harrington is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Harrington tests Bowles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bowles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harrington swivels and escapes.
Donk. Harrington catches Bowles right on the button with a cross.
Harrington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harrington throws a combination. Bowles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harrington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harrington works over Bowles's head and body with a nice combination.
Bowles tries to move into range but Harrington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bowles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harrington finds it's way round the side to connect with Bowles's head.
Bowles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harrington defends it nicely.
Bowles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudy Harrington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Harrington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bowles drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bowles is trying to get an arm triangle but Harrington is defending well.
Harrington is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bowles thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bowles working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington wants to get back to his feet but Bowles drags him back down.
Bowles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Harrington knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Harrington prevents Bowles from moving into mount.
That's two 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.
Bowles looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bowles is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Harrington knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Harrington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harrington with a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harrington.
Harrington connects with a crisp jab.
Harrington moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harrington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bowles takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bowles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bowles shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harrington as he jumps to the side.
Nice body punch from Harrington.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harrington is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bowles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harrington.
Harrington moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Harrington thuds a left hand into Bowles's body.
Harrington scores with a three punch combo!
A nice combination there by Harrington.
Harrington bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bowles's head backwards.
Harrington throws a combination. Bowles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harrington displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bowles.
Harrington moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bowles takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bowles shoots in for a takedown but Harrington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Bowles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington stuffs the takedown.
Harrington lands a with a good body shot.
Bowles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harrington circles away.
Harrington lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Harrington.
Harrington lands a slapping body shot.
Harrington throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harrington lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bowles momentarily.
Harrington scores with a punch to the head.
Harrington works over Bowles's head and body with a nice combination.
Bowles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Harrington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harrington looks to land a combination. Bowles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bowles fails with a takedown attempt.
Harrington throws a combination. Bowles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harrington slaps away a takedown attempt from Bowles, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harrington lands a nice looking body shot.
Harrington lands with a shot to the body.
Harrington gets caught flat footed, as Bowles shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bowles stands and throws Harrington's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bowles thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Bowles showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bowles has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Bowles!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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