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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romanov comes to the cage accompanied by Greatest song ever made. Harris has chosen Deep End as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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185 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randall Harris!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris rushes Romanov and presses him up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Randall Harris has been cut.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Romanov's elbow.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Romanov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harris takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Romanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Randall Harris's cut even more.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Romanov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Romanov.
Romanov scores a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The cut above Randall Harris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Romanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Randall Harris's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Romanov lands a good knee to the midsection. Harris won't want to take too many of those.
Romanov crunches a lovely knee into Harris's ribcage.
Harris looks gassed!
Romanov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Romanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Romanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris goes for a takedown attempt but Romanov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Romanov wants to clinch but Harris slips to the side
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but Romanov shrugs it off.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Romanov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Romanov darts in trying to clinch
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a big head kick but Romanov shrugs it off.
Romanov darts in trying to clinch
and Harris counters with an inside leg kick.
Harris throws the kick towards the body but Romanov avoids it.
Harris pushes Romanov away with a front kick.
Romanov wants to clinch
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but Romanov shrugs it off.
Romanov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris scores with a kick to the body.
Romanov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harris is looking to slow Romanov down with leg kicks.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Romanov tries to clinch
and Harris counters by clinching up.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris is trying to stall.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris can't break the clinch.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Romanov looking to slow down the pace here.
Romanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Romanov stalling against the cage.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Romanov looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Romanov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Romanov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Romanov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harris counters with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randall Harris'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.
Romanov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris pushes Romanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romanov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Romanov trying to stall but Harris improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
A bit of stalling here from Harris.
Romanov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Romanov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris stalling the fight.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris wants to stall.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
Romanov pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romanov managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Romanov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Harris in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Harris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Romanov backwards.
Romanov stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris being controlled against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Romanov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Harris avoiding damage as Romanov throws knees to the body.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
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.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romanov is defending well for now.
Romanov lands a knee to the body.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romanov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romanov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Romanov improves position.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Romanov is trying to maintain a safe position but Harris gets an underhook and turns Romanov into the cage.
Romanov stalls.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romanov is stalling here.
Harris putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romanov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romanov is defending well for now.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harris as Romanov tries to tie him up.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris stalls.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris tries to break free but Romanov pushes him back against the cage.
Harris putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Romanov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Romanov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harris.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Romanov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body kick from Harris.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Harris lands with a kick to the temple. Romanov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Romanov tries to clinch but Harris moves away
and Harris makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Romanov really felt that one!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Randall Harris's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Romanov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Romanov clinches but Harris breaks the clinch
and Harris counters with a body kick that stops Romanov in his tracks momentarily.
Romanov wants to clinch but Harris slips to the side
and Harris counters by clinching up.
Romanov will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Romanov avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Romanov stalling in the clinch but Harris improves position.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Romanov prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Harris's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romanov controlling the action here for a moment.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romanov avoids it.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Romanov pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Romanov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Romanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Romanov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romanov avoids it.
Harris working aggressively here.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Romanov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
Romanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sergei Romanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Romanov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris looking to stall.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris just leaning against Romanov, taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Romanov leaning against his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Harris.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Romanov tries to clinch
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Harris!
Romanov clinches but Harris breaks the clinch
and Harris counters with a thumping low kick.
Randall Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Romanov tries to clinch
and Harris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Romanov wants to clinch
and Harris finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A head kick from Harris lands but Romanov takes it in his stride.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Romanov darts in trying to clinch
and Harris counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Harris stuns Romanov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Romanov tries to clinch
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Romanov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harris - the referee stops the clock and Romanov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harris. Romanov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Romanov tries to clinch but Harris moves away
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Romanov thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov tries to clinch but Harris moves away
and Harris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harris feints and then cracks Romanov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Romanov down.
Romanov clinches but Harris breaks the clinch
and Harris counters with a big head kick but Romanov shrugs it off.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Romanov. That did some damage!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harris - that will leave a mark!
Harris misses with a head kick.
Romanov looks to throw a body kick
and Harris finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Harris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Harris!
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hype
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RATING
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