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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taka Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanaka has chosen Muse - Citizen Erased as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Badr Hari has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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196 cm
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205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Badr Hari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taka Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch but Tanaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hari closes the distance and clinches up with Tanaka, looking for a takedown. Hari pushes Tanaka against the cage but Tanaka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hari tries to clinch there but Tanaka circles away.
Hari misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tanaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tanaka avoids the head kick by Hari.
Hari throws a head kick that misses.
Hari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari throws a series of punches but Tanaka avoids them all with ease.
Tanaka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hari swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hari looks to clinch
and Tanaka counters by clinching up.
Tanaka has Hari pushed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari is trying to force a seperation but Tanaka has the dominant position.
Tanaka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hari misses with a combination
and Tanaka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hari misses with an uppercut. Tanaka saw that one coming.
Hari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tanaka counters by clinching up.
Tanaka stalling in the clinch.
Hari lands a body punch.
Hari is looking to break free of the clinch but Tanaka has double underhooks.
Hari misses with a knee strike.
Hari lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari gets underhooks to prevent Tanaka's takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Hari fails to land.
Hari gets underhooks to prevent Tanaka's takedown attempt.
Hari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hari is trying to force a seperation but Tanaka has the dominant position.
Tanaka blocking some punches.
Hari lands a shoulder strike.
Tanaka blocking some punches.
Hari is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tanaka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hari fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hari takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Hari.
Tanaka takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka has Hari pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hari manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Badr Hari has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taka Tanaka.
Hari is stalling here.
A short uppercut from Hari.
Tanaka effectively controlling the action here.
Hari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Hari does no damage.
Hari throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tanaka moves into the clinch.
Tanaka throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hari misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Hari's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four 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.
Hari breaks the clinch.
Tanaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hari misses with a combination
and Tanaka moves into the clinch.
Hari working hard to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hari - that landed with a thud.
Hari stalling the fight.
Hari letting Tanaka take a breather here.
Hari can't find room to land a body shot as Tanaka controls the action.
Tanaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hari looking for a takedown.
Tanaka has Hari pressed against the cage, preventing Hari from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hari is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Badr Hari will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Some wild striking there from Hari.
Hari tries to clinch up
and Tanaka counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tanaka.
Hari wants to get back to his feet but Tanaka is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tanaka is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hari manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tanaka manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari wants to pass the guard but Tanaka is keeping the position.
Tanaka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hari is looking to work some ground and pound but Tanaka has wrist control.
Hari wants to stand and escape but instead Tanaka has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Hari wants to stand and escape but Tanaka is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hari pushes Tanaka off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tanaka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hari is looking to stand up but Tanaka isn't so interested in that idea.
Hari is working an open guard so Tanaka takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Hari misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tanaka shoots in but Hari avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch but Tanaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Hari misses
and Tanaka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hari takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hari tries a body shot but Tanaka blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hari.
Hari is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling him.
Tanaka prevents Hari from breaking the clinch.
Tanaka breaks from the clinch.
Hari closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tanaka counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tanaka.
Tanaka gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tanaka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tanaka breaks the clinch.
Hari misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hari swinging wilding here.
Tanaka shoots in for a takedown but Hari shows good takedown defense.
Tanaka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hari.
Hari misses with a combination
and Tanaka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tanaka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taka Tanaka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hari falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tanaka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tanaka stops a takedown attempt from Hari.
Hari can't break the clinch.
Tanaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hari can't break the clinch.
Tanaka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tanaka moves in looking to clinch but Hari pushes him off.
A jab from Hari misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hari misses with a body shot.
Hari scores with a nice right hand.
Hari misses with a combination
and Tanaka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tanaka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hari lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tanaka missing with knees to the body.
Tanaka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hari has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tanaka leaning against his opponent.
Hari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Hari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hari is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage.
Hari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanaka tries to stall but Hari uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tanaka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Badr Hari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hari misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hari misses with a combination
and Tanaka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hari tries to break free but Tanaka pushes him back against the cage.
Tanaka misses with a knee to the head.
Tanaka is stalling here.
Tanaka breaks from the clinch.
Hari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tanaka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hari is trying to break the clinch but Tanaka is controlling him.
Hari effectively controlling the action here.
Tanaka stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hari is trying to force a seperation but Tanaka has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Hari.
Hari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hari tries to work over Tanaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tanaka keeps control of Hari as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tanaka manages to break the clinch.
Hari ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hari misses with a few strikes there.
Hari throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tanaka counters by moving into the clinch.
Hari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hari misses with a body punch.
Hari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tanaka stalling in the clinch but Hari improves position.
Tanaka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hari will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hari misses with a combination
and Tanaka counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tanaka dodges the punch combination from Hari.
Hari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tanaka.
Hari looks to clinch
and Tanaka counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hari is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hari looks to land a body kick but Tanaka moved away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Taka Tanaka.
I think Tanaka 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Taka Tanaka!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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