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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Barnard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Luke Barnard enters the cage!
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, William Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Barnard!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Barnard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harrison pulls Barnard in close to his closed guard and prevents Barnard from doing any damage or advancing position.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Barnard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harrison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harrison is looking for a triangle but Barnard pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Barnard is aware though and is defending well.
Barnard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barnard manages to get himself to full guard.
Barnard trying to keep a closed guard but Harrison is proving a slippery customer.
Harrison thows a big elbow that misses.
Barnard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harrison's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnard connects with a couple of short punches.
Barnard throwing strikes from guard but Harrison blocks nicely.
Barnard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harrison is keeping the position for now.
Barnard wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Barnard must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Harrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Barnard defends it easily.
Harrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Barnard throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnard wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Harrison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Harrison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barnard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Harrison is breathing heavily.
Harrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Barnard's guard.
Barnard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harrison is controlling him.
Harrison trying to control but Barnard is working from the bottom.
Harrison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Barnard is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison trying to control but Barnard is working from the bottom.
Barnard working a defensive guard here.
Barnard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Barnard looking to control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Harrison has his takedown stuffed
and Barnard counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Barnard.
Harrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barnard wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Barnard trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
Harrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barnard manages to get himself to full guard.
Harrison trying to control but Barnard is working from the bottom.
Barnard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barnard wants to get back to his feet but Harrison is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Harrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Harrison misses with a takedown attempt
and Barnard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Harrison gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Barnard counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Barnard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Barnard from controlling successfully.
Harrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Barnard is one step ahead there.
Barnard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barnard defends well.
Harrison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barnard scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnard is looking to work some ground and pound but Harrison has wrist control.
Harrison throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Barnard forces his way into half guard.
Barnard is trying to control. Harrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Barnard seems to be looking for submissions.
Harrison scores with a few weak punches.
Barnard is trying to control the action in half guard but Harrison is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harrison trying to control but Barnard postures up.
Harrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Barnard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Barnard's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two 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.
Harrison has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Barnard.
Barnard staying busy and making it hard for Harrison to control.
Harrison is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Barnard has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Harrison not allowing Barnard to control his hands.
Barnard holding both Harrison 's hands and preventing any damage.
Harrison lands punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison trying to control momentarily.
Barnard is really stuck here.
Harrison scores with punches to the body.
Harrison lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Harrison.
Harrison scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Barnard is looking for a way out.
Harrison trying to control.
Barnard is taking damage to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison working for the choke.
Harrison lands punches and elbows.
Harrison lands punches and elbows.
Harrison is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrison throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Barnard!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnard is trapped and Harrison is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Harrison keeps control of the position as Barnard tries to break free.
William Harrison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harrison throwing wild punches that miss their target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Harrison dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Harrison misses with a takedown attempt
and Barnard counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harrison's guard now.
Barnard trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barnard postures up.
Harrison thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Harrison looking for a guillotine here but Barnard defends easily.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Barnard trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
Harrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barnard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barnard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison working a defensive guard here.
Harrison doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Barnard wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Harrison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Barnard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnard shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Harrison trying to hold on to Barnard's head to control him but Barnard postures up.
Harrison punching from the bottom.
Barnard is looking to take a break and control but Harrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnard is looking to advance position but Harrison won't allow it.
Harrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Harrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barnard is working away from the top position though.
Barnard trying to mount his opponent but Harrison defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrison manages to get to full guard.
Harrison scores with a nice shot.
Harrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison being controlled here, momentarily.
Barnard throwing strikes from guard but Harrison blocks nicely.
Barnard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Barnard wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Barnard thows a big elbow that misses.
Harrison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barnard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barnard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Harrison is looking for a triangle but Barnard pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Barnard trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Barnard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barnard is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Harrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barnard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Harrison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barnard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
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 William Harrison.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harrison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Harrison!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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