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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between gerard mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). gerard mousasi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to John Harper's chin.
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185 cm
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205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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176 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, gerard mousasi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Harper! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! mousasi fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Harper stuffs the takedown. mousasi slips a jab and a cross from Harper.
A jab from Harper misses. mousasi slips a straight right by Harper. Harper comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. mousasi has a takedown stuffed. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for gerard mousasi. That's going to take a lot out of him. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harper, as that shot connected.
mousasi moves out of range as Harper strikes. mousasi shoots in for a takedown but Harper shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. mousasi slips under a jab from Harper. mousasi tries to keep at a distance but Harper has taken the fight into the clinch. Harper has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. mousasi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Harper drops down looking for an ankle pick but mousasi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Harper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round. Harper tries to clinch there but mousasi circles away.
A punch combination from Harper misses. mousasi shoots in and drives through. Harper sprawls well. Harper scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Harper grinds an elbow into mousasi's temple. Harper landing a few strikes. Harper is looking to take a break and control but mousasi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Harper thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. mousasi is breathing heavily. Harper in side control lands a decent elbow. Harper cracks mousasi with a big elbow. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round. mousasi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
mousasi is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! mousasi tries to improve position but can't. Oh mousasi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Harper moves into full mount! mousasi seems to have got his legs back now. Harper dominating with strikes here. mousasi is looking to improve his position but Harper isn't that keen on the idea. mousasi is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Harper cracks mousasi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Harper controlling the pace for now. Harper loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have mousasi scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Harper land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Harper stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Harper!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
86% |
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