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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antiq Roadshow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kanye West - Jesus Walks. Roadshow comes into a darkened arena with his song building. roadshow theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Antiq Roadshow will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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193 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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185 cm
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199 lbs
11 - 8 - 1 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Antiq Roadshow!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Roadshow moves away and avoids it.
Roadshow moves into the clinch.
Roadshow stalling the fight.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roadshow has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roadshow crunches a lovely knee into Harris's ribcage.
Roadshow blocking some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roadshow.
Roadshow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Roadshow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roadshow stalling.
Roadshow scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Harris can't get the takedown.
Roadshow looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Roadshow gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harris.
A hook to the body from Harris.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roadshow.
Nice elbow from Roadshow.
Harris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roadshow or not.
Roadshow scores with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
Roadshow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roadshow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Roadshow lands a knee to the head.
Roadshow lands a nice elbow.
Harris takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Roadshow stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roadshow obliges.
Harris working aggressively here.
Roadshow lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Roadshow.
Harris letting Roadshow take a breather here.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Roadshow controls his hands.
Knees to the body from Roadshow.
Harris takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roadshow wants to stall.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roadshow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris is trying to drag Roadshow to the mat but Roadshow just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Roadshow managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Roadshow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the cage.
Roadshow landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roadshow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roadshow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Roadshow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Roadshow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roadshow gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roadshow looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Roadshow gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roadshow lands an elbow inside.
Roadshow blocks an elbow strike.
Roadshow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Roadshow throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Roadshow 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 misses with the head strike.
Roadshow lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roadshow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roadshow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Roadshow misses with a knee strike.
Harris tries to work over Roadshow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roadshow looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roadshow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roadshow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roadshow doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Roadshow slips the punch.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roadshow tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Roadshow circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roadshow wants to clinch
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Roadshow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roadshow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Roadshow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris drives through and clinches with Roadshow against the cage.
Harris manages to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roadshow is one step ahead there.
Harris controlling Roadshow's posture.
Harris keeping full guard, as Roadshow tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roadshow trying to stand up but can't free himself from Harris's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antiq Roadshow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roadshow moves away.
Roadshow tries to clinch up
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roadshow.
Roadshow defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roadshow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roadshow tries to clinch but Harris moves away
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Roadshow closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roadshow.
Roadshow clinches up against the cage.
Harris turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Harris manages to end up in side control.
Roadshow wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris working the ground and pound but Roadshow is defending the strikes.
Harris wants to control but Roadshow is keeping him busy.
Roadshow is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Harris has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Roadshow is breathing heavily.
Harris wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Roadshow, who protects the arm well.
Harris fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Harris lands a nice forearm strike.
Roadshow wants to get back to his feet.
Harris throws a strike aimed at the side of Roadshow's head but Roadshow avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harris looks up at the clock and then as Roadshow takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Harris smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The strikes coming from Harris are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Roadshow is looking to get back to his feet here but Harris is keeping cool and he's managed to take Roadshow's back.
Roadshow is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Harris tries to keep control of the position but Roadshow is staying busy.
Harris missing with punches from the back.
Harris is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Roadshow looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Roadshow knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Roadshow for a finish.
Harris scores with strikes from the back.
Harris throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Harris has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Roadshow.
Harris thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Harris is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Roadshow has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Harris cracks Roadshow with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Roadshow from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands punches and elbows.
Roadshow is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Harris off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Harris lands a shot to the head.
Roadshow manages to escape to his feet.
Roadshow tries to clinch up
and Harris counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Paul Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris thows a big elbow that misses.
Roadshow wants to stand and escape but Harris is having none of it.
Harris looking to sit in guard and control but Roadshow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Roadshow throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Harris misses with a wild combination.
A lazy left from Roadshow finds it's target.
Roadshow wants to clinch
and Harris counters with a single leg into guard. Roadshow didn't expect that.
Roadshow can't keep his opponent in guard - Harris advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roadshow is trying to stand back up but Harris is controlling him
Harris is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Roadshow wants to get back to his feet.
Roadshow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roadshow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roadshow knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Harris misses with a head shot. Roadshow uses the momentum to regain guard.
Roadshow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harris passes Roadshow's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Harris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harris is looking for a kimura but Roadshow is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Harris to get the leverage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harris prevents Roadshow from standing back up.
Harris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Harris not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roadshow tries to kick Harris off but Harris keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Roadshow is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Roadshow taking some punishment here, with Harris in his half guard.
Harris landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roadshow wants to get back to his feet.
Roadshow is not content to let Harris control the position.
Roadshow tries to kick Harris off but Harris keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Roadshow is not content to let Harris control the position.
Roadshow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roadshow is trying to stand back up but Harris is controlling him
Harris is looking for a kimura here.
Roadshow wants to get back to his feet.
Harris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Roadshow does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harris looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Harris throwing shots but Roadshow is blocking nicely.
That's four 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.
Roadshow wants to get back to his feet.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roadshow keeps working.
Harris stops Roadshow from getting back to his feet.
Harris is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Roadshow is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Paul Harris!
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energy
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hype
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