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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Math Prush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harris's choice of entrance music: The Clash - Rock the Casbah. The key to victory for Math Prush has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Math Prush!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Harris!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Prush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Prush tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Prush avoids it really well and circles away.
Prush tries to clinch up.
Prush really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Prush manages to avoid it.
Harris closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Prush did well to prevent Harris getting side control.
Prush is not content to let Harris control the position.
Prush trying to control from the bottom.
Harris with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Harris content to control rather than advance.
Harris lands with a punch from half guard.
Harris is thwarting Prush's attempts to control the position.
Prush is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Harris stalling away here and it's allowed Prush to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Harris working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Prush avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Prush doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harris, as that shot connected.
Prush fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Prush bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Prush tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Prush tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harris passes into half guard.
Harris prevents Prush from improving his position.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prush keeps working.
Prush tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
Harris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prush keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harris trying to pass the guard but Prush defending well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Prush keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Prush rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
Prush has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Prush avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Prush landing knees to the body.
Prush landing knees to the head.
Prush scores with a knee to the head.
Prush scores a nice knee to the body.
Harris looks gassed!
Prush stalls.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Harris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Prush pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Prush misses with a knee to the head.
Prush tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Prush - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Harris presses Prush against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Prush lands a nice knee to the body.
Prush tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Prush blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prush blocks a body shot from Harris.
Prush tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Harris changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Prush fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prush defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Prush keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Prush uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prush keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Math Prush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Prush is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Prush wants to clinch.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Prush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prush darts in and clinches Harris up against the cage.
Prush is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Prush lands a body punch in the clinch.
Prush prevents the takedown attempt.
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.
Prush trying to stall but Harris improves his position.
Prush looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Harris tries to circle away but Prush has him pinned against the cage.
Prush is struggling to control the position.
Harris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Prush missing with knees to the body.
Prush tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Prush tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Prush throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Prush avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Prush misses with some punches.
Harris takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right from Harris.
Prush misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Prush.
Prush lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Prush - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prush scores with a knee to the head.
Prush tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Prush is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Prush lands a nice knee to the body.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Prush with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Prush throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris working aggressively here.
Prush looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Prush has double underhooks.
Harris stalling in the clinch.
Prush is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Prush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prush.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prush prevents a takedown attempt there.
Harris tries to break free but Prush pushes him back against the cage.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Prush scores a nice knee to the body.
Harris tries for a takedown. No joy.
A left hand lands to the body for Prush.
Harris lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harris is trying to drag Prush to the mat but Prush just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Prush tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Prush is struggling to control the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Prush obliges.
Harris takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Math Prush dominated that second round.
That's time! Prush's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Prush tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Math Prush is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Prush makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Prush.
Harris trying to control but Prush is working from the bottom.
Harris advances to half guard.
Harris seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prush is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Prush to regain full guard.
Prush keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Prush has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Harris has passed into side control.
Harris is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Prush's shoulder. That is not cool.
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.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prush keeps working.
Harris tries to advance to mount but Prush instead regains half guard.
Harris content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Harris trying to control the action but Prush is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prush is holding on to half guard well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris prevents Prush from improving his position.
Harris trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris is nestled in close to Prush, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Prush is looking for a sweep. Harris is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harris is keen to just control but Prush is a slippery customer.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jerome Harris just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Prush slips under a jab.
Harris connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Prush momentarily.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Prush has a takedown stuffed.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Prush wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Prush's head.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Harris.
Harris trying to control the position but Prush is working away.
Prush can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Harris really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Prush.
Harris shoots in but no luck this time.
Prush wants to clinch.
Prush slips a straight right by Harris.
Prush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prush moves into the clinch.
Harris pushes Prush back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prush creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Prush lands a knee to the head.
Prush stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
Prush tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Prush holding his opponent close, against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prush with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Prush keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harris's efforts to push away.
Prush looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Prush.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Prush misses with a punch to the body.
Prush with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Prush using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harris.
Prush throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
Prush landing knees to the head.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Prush has the dominant position.
Prush lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Prush pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris is working for takedown but Prush is calmly controlling the position for now.
Math Prush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris throws a body punch but Prush moves out of range.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Prush counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.
Prush is leaning against Harris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Prush with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Prush connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Prush trying to land knees to the body.
Prush connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.
Harris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prush trying to land knees to the body.
Harris changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Prush fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Harris drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Harris working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Prush looking for a sweep but Harris has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Harris working the ground and pound effectively.
Harris lands a big shot there that rocks Prush but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Prush tries to lock up and control but Harris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Prush working to try and regain half guard.
Harris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Prush is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Jerome Harris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Prush tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Prush wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harris is defended easily by Prush.
Prush is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prush tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Prush moves away from the strike by Harris.
Prush fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Math Prush has been cut.
Harris is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Prush tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris misses with a takedown
and Prush holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Prush lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Prush using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Prush improves position.
Prush lands a good knee to the midsection. Harris won't want to take too many of those.
Prush tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Prush lands a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Prush just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Prush throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Prush tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Math Prush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prush trying to land knees to the body.
Prush throws an elbow but it misses.
Prush taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harris takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A knee to the head by Prush.
Prush missing with knees to the body.
Harris just leaning against Prush, taking a breather.
Prush with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris can't get the takedown.
Math Prush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Harris tries to score a body lock takedown but Prush shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Prush.
Prush scores a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Prush.
Harris digs a right hand underneath Prush's ribcage. Prush let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Prush is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Prush keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Prush tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.
Harris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Prush misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Prush lands an elbow inside.
Harris is pushing Prush up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harris is working for takedown but Prush is calmly controlling the position for now.
Harris managing to block the knees to the body from Prush.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris tries to circle away but Prush has him pinned against the cage.
Prush doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Prush uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Harris looking for a takedown.
Prush lands a body shot.
Prush putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jerome Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Prush tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris tries for a takedown. No joy.
Prush throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Prush looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Prush is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Prush misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Harris just leaning against Prush, taking a breather.
Prush throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Math Prush.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 47:48
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 47:48
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerome Harris!
Jerome Harris is the new welterweight champion!
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