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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Harvath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Bistro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bubba Bistro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
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215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dirk Harvath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bubba Bistro!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvath avoids the head kick by Bistro.
Bistro tries to clinch up.
Bistro wants to clinch.
Bistro slips under a jab.
Harvath chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bistro can pounce on him.
Bistro thumps Harvath with a low kick.
Bistro is looking to clinch but Harvath is avoiding it.
Bistro lands a really nice looking cross but Harvath seems unphased.
It looks like Dirk Harvath has been cut.
A leg kick checked by Harvath.
Bistro blocks the body kick.
Good leg kick by Bistro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bistro.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bistro darts in and clinches Harvath up against the cage.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bistro.
Harvath is breathing heavily.
Bistro lands a knee to the head.
Bistro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harvath blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harvath breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bistro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bubba Bistro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Bistro.
Harvath throws a lazy head kick
and Bistro counters with an inside leg kick.
Harvath chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bistro can pounce on him.
Bistro moves into the clinch successfully.
Bistro lands a good knee to the midsection. Harvath won't want to take too many of those.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bistro landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bistro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bistro is working Harvath over against the cage.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harvath blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harvath throws an elbow that misses.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvath has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harvath blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bistro throws an elbow but misses.
Bistro missing with knees to the body.
Bistro lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harvath fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harvath manages to break the clinch.
Harvath checks a leg kick nicely.
Harvath pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bistro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harvath keeps the fight on the outside.
Bistro rushes Harvath and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bistro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harvath blocks it with crossed arms.
Bistro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harvath jumps guard but Bistro stands there with Harvath around his waist. Harvath gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bistro working aggressively here.
Bistro scores a nice knee to the body.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bistro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harvath's brow.
Harvath jumps guard but Bistro stands there with Harvath around his waist. Harvath gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dirk Harvath. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvath wants to stall.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harvath lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harvath tries to break the clinch but Bistro is controlling the position.
A short right from Bistro.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvath has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harvath dodges an elbow strike from Bistro.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harvath avoids it.
Bistro working Harvath over with knees to the body.
Bistro lands an uppercut.
Bistro scores with a hook to the body.
Bistro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bistro.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvath has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Harvath is blocking nicely.
Bistro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harvath using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harvath is trying to break the clinch but Bistro is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bistro lands a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvath has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harvath is trying to stall.
Harvath takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the head but Harvath blocks with his arms.
Harvath wants to get back to striking at distance but Bistro won't allow it.
A right hook to the body lands for Bistro.
Bistro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harvath.
Bistro breaks from the clinch.
Harvath tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvath misses with a kick to the body
and Bistro moves into the clinch.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harvath fails to pull guard.
A short right from Bistro on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bubba Bistro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Harvath's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harvath takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bistro throws a leg kick but Harvath moved away.
Harvath throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bistro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harvath throws a leg kick
and Bistro moves into the clinch.
Bistro misses with a knee to the head.
Harvath blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bistro looking to throw knees to the head but Harvath is blocking nicely.
Bubba Bistro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harvath lands an elbow that stopped Bistro in his tracks for a moment.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvath has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bistro lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bistro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harvath's brow.
Still in the clinch, Bistro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Harvath blocks it.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harvath blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harvath drags the fight down to the ground.
Bistro trying to stand up but can't free himself from Harvath's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bistro postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harvath working for a triangle but Bistro defends it easily.
Bistro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harvath. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harvath throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harvath keeping moving, preventing Bistro from controlling successfully.
Harvath is looking for a triangle here but Bistro uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvath is trying to control Bistro's posture but Bistro avoids it.
Bistro wants to control but Harvath is keeping him busy.
Harvath gets back to half guard.
Harvath looking for submissions off his back.
Bistro escapes and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvath pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harvath throws a head kick that misses.
Jab by Bistro.
Bistro blocks the body kick.
Bistro throws a shot to the body.
Bistro throws a head kick but Harvath moves out of range.
Bistro throws a low kick, looking for Harvath's leg but Harvath calmly moves out of range.
Bistro rushes Harvath and presses him up against the cage.
Harvath is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bistro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvath has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harvath managing to block the knees to the body from Bistro.
Harvath is trying to break free.
Harvath blocks the elbow strike.
Bistro with a knee to the head.
Bistro lands a knee to the head.
Dirk Harvath's cut is getting worse.
Harvath blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bistro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A knee to the head by Bistro.
Harvath has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harvath manages to break the clinch.
Bistro throws out a leg kick but Harvath moves out of range and Bistro only half commits.
Harvath takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A head kick by Bistro misses
and Harvath counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harvath circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harvath counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bistro's knee momentarily.
Harvath throws a combination that misses
and Bistro counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harvath throws a wild body kick that Bistro sees coming a mile off.
Bistro lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bistro throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bistro moves into the clinch.
Harvath takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bubba Bistro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dirk Harvath's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bistro.
Bistro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harvath is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bistro has closed the distance and engaged Harvath in a clinch.
Bistro missing with knees to the body.
Bistro misses with an elbow over the top.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harvath's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harvath taking a breather.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but Harvath blocks it.
Bistro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bistro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harvath managing to block the knees to the body from Bistro.
Harvath manages to break the clinch.
Bistro scores with a punch to the head.
Bistro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bistro avoids the head kick by Harvath.
Harvath blocks a head kick by Bistro.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harvath avoids the head kick by Bistro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Harvath checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harvath throws a push kick but Bistro slaps the foot to one side.
Bistro tries to clinch but Harvath is having none of it.
Bistro throws a sloppy head kick and Harvath moves out of range easily.
Bistro lands with a shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Harvath.
Harvath throws a front kick that sends Bistro stumbling back into the cage.
Harvath throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bistro's head.
Harvath throws a head kick but Bistro moves out of range.
Bistro lands a high kick!
Bistro doesn't manage to clinch there - Harvath circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harvath.
Bistro tries to clinch but Harvath is having none of it.
Dirk Harvath is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harvath is looking to land body kicks.
Bistro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harvath. That did some damage!
Good shot there by Bistro.
Dirk Harvath has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bistro looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harvath throws a lazy head kick
and Bistro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bistro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bistro moves into range and clinches up with Harvath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvath blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harvath avoiding damage.
Bistro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harvath blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bistro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harvath lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bistro trying to land knees to the body.
Harvath pulls guard effortlessly.
Bistro stands and steps away. Harvath gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bistro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bistro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvath pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bistro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bistro throws a leg kick
and Harvath counters with a good low kick that Bistro was not able to check.
Bistro is looking to clinch.
A low kick from Bistro is predictable there
and Harvath makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bubba Bistro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bistro takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bistro thuds his right hand into Harvath's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bistro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bistro closes the distance and clinches.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harvath avoids it.
Bistro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bistro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bubba Bistro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harvath wants to stall.
Harvath tries to pull guard but Bistro won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvath tries to pull guard but Bistro holds him up against the cage and eventually Harvath drops back down to his feet.
Bistro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harvath blocks it with crossed arms.
Harvath is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harvath just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bistro's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bistro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harvath avoids it.
Bistro blocks an elbow strike from Harvath.
Bistro avoids a wild elbow strike from Harvath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harvath.
Harvath using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bistro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bubba Bistro.
I've got Bistro winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubba Bistro!
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