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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins comes to the cage accompanied by Cypres Hill. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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245 lbs
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221 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wayne Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Badr Hari!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hari tries to avoid it but Collins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hari to the ground. Hari escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hari throws a head kick but Collins moves out of range.
Hari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hari wants to clinch up but Collins keeps it at a distance.
Hari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Collins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hari sprawls well. Hari wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Collins gets slowly back to his feet.
Hari lets loose with a powerful body kick. Collins will feel that in the morning.
Hari lands a big head kick that sends Collins tumbling to the mat! Hari takes a step backwards and waves Collins back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Wayne Collins has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hari misses with a head kick.
Hari scores with a nice body kick.
Collins is breathing heavily.
Collins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hari.
An inside leg kick lands from Hari.
Hari shoots for a double leg takedown but Collins sprawls well. He's pushed Hari's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hari connects with the punch.
Collins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A head kick from Hari lands but Collins takes it in his stride.
Hari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hari.
Collins tries to move into range but Hari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hari throws a nice looking combination but Collins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hari throws a sloppy head kick and Collins moves out of range easily.
Hari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hari blocks a head kick by Collins.
Collins clinches up against the cage.
Hari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hari misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hari changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Collins tries to avoid it but Hari manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Collins to the ground. Collins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hari looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hari lands with a kick to the ribs.
Collins throws a leg kick that misses.
Hari stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Collins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hari.
Collins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Collins keeps control of Hari as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Collins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hari's efforts to push away.
Collins keeps control of Hari as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hari working hard to break the clinch.
Collins has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hari is trying to keep an underhook but Collins manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Collins not doing much here.
Hari is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins misses with a head shot. Hari uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hari keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Collins works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hari's head.
Collins tries to pass to full mount but Hari defends it.
Collins seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hari does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Badr Hari dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wayne Collins's cut.
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.
Collins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Collins shoots in but no luck this time.
Collins dodges the punch combination from Hari.
A big right from Hari misses.
Hari fails with a takedown attempt.
Hari moves out of range of the body kick from Collins.
Hari tries to keep at a distance but Collins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Collins prevents Hari from breaking the clinch.
Hari wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hari tries to circle away but Collins has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari working hard to break the clinch.
Collins is trying to break the clinch but Hari has him pressed against the cage.
Hari is looking to break free of the clinch but Collins has double underhooks.
Collins successfully pulls guard.
Hari really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Collins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Collins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hari throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hari must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Collins controlling his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Collins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Collins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Collins stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Hari looks to clinch
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Collins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hari throws a head kick but Collins moves out of range.
Collins blocks a head kick by Hari.
Hari leaves Collins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Collins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A good leg kick by Hari.
Collins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hari throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hari stuffs the takedown attempt from Collins. Collins gets slowly back to his feet.
Hari throws a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Hari.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hari paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wayne Collins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Collins shoots for a double leg takedown but Hari sprawls well. He's pushed Collins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hari goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Collins clinches.
Hari looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hari looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hari tries to break the clinch but Collins is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari is trying to break free.
Hari is trying to break the clinch but Collins has him pressed against the cage.
Hari is trying to force a seperation but Collins has the dominant position.
Hari working hard to break the clinch.
Collins will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Collins tries to pull guard but Hari holds him up against the cage and eventually Collins drops back down to his feet.
Collins has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hari uses from the top position.
Collins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hari stops Collins from standing up.
Collins controls Hari momentarily but Hari frees himself.
Hari gets to his feet - Collins follows without any prompting.
Hari connects with a high kick.
Hari shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Collins as he avoids it easily.
Hari throws a sloppy head kick and Collins moves out of range easily.
Collins has Hari up against the cage in a clinch.
Hari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Collins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wayne Collins's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hari - that will leave a mark!
Collins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hari did well to prevent Collins getting side control.
Collins is trying to work for a kimura but Hari is defending well.
Hari is looking to escape.
Collins is trying to control the action in half guard but Hari is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins is just content to waste time from the top position. Hari takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Collins trying to control but Hari is working from the bottom.
Collins looking to sit in guard and control but Hari gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hari loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hari throws a series of punches but Collins avoids them all with ease.
Collins takes the fight into the clinch.
Collins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hari gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Collins pulls guard effortlessly.
Hari throws a big right hand that misses.
Collins working a defensive guard here.
Hari throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Collins looking for a sweep. Not yet Collins, not yet.
Hari would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hari with a flurry of punches that miss.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Collins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hari sprawls well. Hari wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Collins gets slowly back to his feet.
Collins fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wayne Collins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Collins blocks a head kick by Hari.
Collins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Collins fails to land the takedown.
Badr Hari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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.
Collins fails with a takedown attempt.
Hari cracks the inside of Collins's front leg.
Hari connects with a high kick.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hari swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hari tries to clinch up.
Collins tries to clinch but Hari moves out of range.
Hari throws a head kick that misses.
Hari throws a nice looking combination but Collins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hari tries to clinch there but Collins circles away.
Hari tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hari lands with a kick to the ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hari.
Hari circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Collins.
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 Wayne Collins.
I think Collins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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