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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Homether (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harvey Pekar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pekar has chosen Dead Joe, by The Birthday Party as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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179 lbs
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181 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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 Los Angeles, Alex Homether!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harvey Pekar!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pekar lands a with a good body shot.
Pekar tries to clinch there but Homether circles away.
Pekar scores with a hook to the body. Homether takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Homether closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pekar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Homether at a distance.
Pekar throws a right hand that Homether ducks under and follows up with a left that Homether also avoids with ease.
Pekar tests Homether's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Homether missing with a left hand there. Pekar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Homether misses with a hook.
Pekar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Homether throws a right and a left that Pekar avoids nicely.
Pekar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Homether was well out of range. Poor timing from Pekar.
Pekar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Homether just misses with a punch to the body.
Homether scores with a one two! Pekar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Harvey Pekar has been cut.
Pekar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pekar has closed the distance and engaged Homether in a clinch.
Pekar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Homether manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pekar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pekar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Homether is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Pekar defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekar wants to pass the guard but Homether is keeping the position.
Pekar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pekar landing some decent shots from guard.
Homether throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Homether looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pekar is one step ahead there.
Pekar postures up in Homether's guard and throws a big left but Homether blocks it.
Pekar works over Homether with some ground and pound from guard.
Pekar trying to control the position from guard on top but Homether is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Homether is working an open guard so Pekar takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homether misses with a straight right.
Pekar closes the distance and clinches.
Homether tries to break the clinch but Pekar is controlling the position.
Pekar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Pekar.
Homether is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Homether's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Homether takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Alex Homether has been cut.
Pekar lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pekar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pekar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pekar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pekar lands a shot to the body.
Pekar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pekar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Homether backwards.
Pekar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Homether.
Pekar manages to break the clinch.
Pekar wants to clinch.
Pekar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Homether is rocked!
Homether tries to keep at a distance but Pekar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pekar lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Homether backwards.
Oh Homether is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Pekar on the inside.
Pekar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pekar wants the takedown. Homether is fighting it off but Pekar persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Homether's guard against the cage.
Homether keeping moving, preventing Pekar from controlling successfully.
Pekar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Homether seems to have got his legs back now.
Pekar throws a big right hand that misses.
Homether looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pekar is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Homether pulls Pekar in close to prevent any damage.
Pekar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pekar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pekar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Homether works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pekar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pekar misses with a double jab
and Homether counters with a right hand to the body.
Pekar connects with a crisp jab.
Donk. Pekar catches Homether right on the button with a cross.
Pekar scores with a hook to the body. Homether takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pekar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Homether scores with a one two! Pekar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Homether misses with a two punch combination.
Pekar works Homether's body with a nice hook.
Homether keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pekar misses with a double jab.
Homether throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Homether throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Homether gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Homether walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pekar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pekar lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Pekar dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Homether will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pekar slips under a jab from Homether.
Alex Homether is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pekar instigates a clinch.
Pekar misses with some punches.
Homether wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Pekar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pekar has a couple of punches blocked by Homether.
Pekar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pekar misses with the head strike.
Homether tries to break the clinch but Pekar is controlling the position.
Pekar lands with a right to the head.
Pekar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pekar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pekar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pekar is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Homether rather than just go for the knockout.
Pekar lands with a big left! Homether is wobbled badly! Pekar comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Homether to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Harvey Pekar!
Harvey Pekar is the new welterweight champion!
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hype
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