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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Austyn Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Harrikari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrikari is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tool - Forty Six & 2 . Jari Harrikari is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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158 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Austyn Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jari Harrikari!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrikari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tanaka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A clash of legs there as Tanaka blocks the low kick.
Harrikari slips a jab and a cross from Tanaka.
Tanaka looks to land a combination but Harrikari avoids it well.
Harrikari works Tanaka's body with a nice hook.
A slow jab from Tanaka misses its intended target.
Tanaka fails to land with a series of punches.
Harrikari delivers a nice body kick.
Harrikari tests Tanaka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harrikari is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harrikari scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tanaka fails to land with a series of punches.
Harrikari misses with a two punch combination.
Harrikari throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tanaka.
It looks like Austyn Tanaka has been cut.
Tanaka lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrikari lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big right from Tanaka misses.
Harrikari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tanaka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tanaka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harrikari.
Tanaka rushes Harrikari and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrikari breaks the clinch.
Tanaka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harrikari counters with a leg kick.
Tanaka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harrikari misses with a wild combination.
Tanaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrikari circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harrikari.
Tanaka is breathing heavily.
Harrikari scores with a push kick.
Harrikari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harrikari lands a front kick.
Harrikari cracks Tanaka with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanaka takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Harrikari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A punch combination from Harrikari misses.
Tanaka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harrikari has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tanaka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harrikari moves into the clinch successfully.
Harrikari blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrikari breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tanaka misses with a body shot
and Harrikari cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Austyn Tanaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrikari works over Tanaka's head and body with a nice combination.
Harrikari is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A punch lands to the side of Tanaka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka walks into a left hand.
Harrikari plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harrikari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrikari looks to land a combination. Tanaka sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tanaka is rocked!
Tanaka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harrikari throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harrikari throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Harrikari throws a one two combo.
Austyn Tanaka's cut is getting worse.
Harrikari thumps Tanaka with a low kick.
Tanaka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harrikari counters with a three punch combo that has Tanaka backing up. Tanaka nods at Harrikari to acknowledge the strikes.
Oh Tanaka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrikari scoring well with a low kick there.
Tanaka seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harrikari.
Tanaka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harrikari lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tanaka's sensitive parts.
Harrikari lands a nice looking body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harrikari.
Good shot there by Harrikari.
Tanaka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harrikari smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harrikari scores with a three punch combo!
Tanaka throws a combination that misses
and Harrikari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harrikari scores with a nice strike.
Tanaka ducks right into an uppercut from Harrikari.
Tanaka misses with a double jab
and Harrikari counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harrikari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrikari cracks Tanaka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harrikari throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nice shot lands for Harrikari.
Harrikari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tanaka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harrikari.
Tanaka throws a big shot that misses.
Harrikari lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tanaka takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tanaka misses with a shot to the body
and Harrikari counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tanaka is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Harrikari's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Harrikari fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tanaka.
Tanaka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrikari can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harrikari. That's going to slow Tanaka down.
Harrikari is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tanaka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Harrikari lands a nice hook to Tanaka's body. Tanaka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harrikari connects with a high kick.
Austyn Tanaka's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harrikari - that will leave a mark!
Tanaka misses the body punch
and Tanaka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrikari throws a nice head kick!
Harrikari is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tanaka takes one to the side of the head.
Tanaka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harrikari lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harrikari scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harrikari bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tanaka's head.
Tanaka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tanaka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tanaka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harrikari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Tanaka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrikari scores with a nice head shot.
Tanaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tanaka swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harrikari counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Harrikari fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harrikari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Harrikari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Austyn Tanaka's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Harrikari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tanaka.
Tanaka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harrikari counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tanaka tries to clinch but Harrikari is having none of it.
Harrikari lands a jab-cross combination.
Tanaka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tanaka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrikari lands a head kick!
Tanaka takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Harrikari slips under a jab.
Harrikari moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tanaka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harrikari counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tanaka swings for the body but Harrikari moves out of range.
Tanaka takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tanaka tries to clinch up.
Tanaka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tanaka will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Harrikari throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrikari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A good leg kick by Harrikari.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Harrikari.
Jeez, Austyn Tanaka's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Harrikari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harrikari lands an overhand right.
Harrikari scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harrikari has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tanaka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harrikari counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrikari tries to clinch there but Tanaka circles away.
Harrikari lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Harrikari connects with a looping right hand.
Harrikari cracks Tanaka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tanaka is looking to clinch but Harrikari is avoiding it.
Harrikari lands a right hook to the body.
Tanaka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harrikari scores with a body shot.
Tanaka throws a jab when Harrikari was well out of range.
Tanaka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harrikari counters with a nice body kick.
Tanaka throws a looping overhand right but Harrikari ducks down to avoid it.
Harrikari plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Austyn Tanaka's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jari Harrikari!
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energy
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hype
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