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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos De Souza Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Harris has chosen The Clash - Rock the Casbah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jerome Harris acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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183 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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182 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Jerome Harris!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to clinch
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
Harris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dos Santos De Souza Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Harris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris dips to his left and cracks Dos Santos De Souza Silva with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Harris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Harris tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is retaining full guard.
Harris slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to stand but Harris is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jerome Harris was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dos Santos De Souza Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos De Souza Silva shows good takedown defense.
Harris connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to avoid it but Harris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dos Santos De Souza Silva to the ground. Dos Santos De Souza Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Harris shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos De Souza Silva defends it nicely.
Harris shoots in and bounces Dos Santos De Souza Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harris defends it easily.
Harris controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris stands and throws Dos Santos De Souza Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Harris asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to bench press Harris off him but Harris keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris tries to score with some ground and pound. Dos Santos De Souza Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Harris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is pushing Harris's head away, looking to escape. Harris manages to hold on to the position though.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva bucks up and tries to throw Harris off but instead Harris has got his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Harris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Harris misses with the combination.
Harris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harris moves nicely into side control.
Harris lands an elbow.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva pushes Harris away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harris gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Harris wants to control but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is keeping him busy.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is pushing Harris's head away, looking to escape. Harris manages to hold on to the position though.
Harris grinds an elbow into Dos Santos De Souza Silva's temple.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Harris trying to control the position but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is working away.
Harris advances to full mount.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Harris looking to control but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Harris is working Dos Santos De Souza Silva over with some ground and pound from side control.
Harris scores with punches from side control.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva struggling a bit here.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harris is controlling him well.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Harris slows the pace down.
Jerome Harris has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harris gets to mount! Dos Santos De Souza Silva was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris controlling from mount.
Harris is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dos Santos De Souza Silva has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva won't allow Harris to sweep him here.
Harris pulls Dos Santos De Souza Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Harris controlling Dos Santos De Souza Silva's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harris is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos De Souza Silva from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Harris shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dos Santos De Souza Silva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Harris asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Harris taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harris.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harris shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva slips a jab from Harris.
Harris bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Harris throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking for a sweep.
Harris lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dos Santos De Souza Silva down.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to get back to his feet but Harris is dominant here and he's now got Dos Santos De Souza Silva's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva breaks Harris's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Harris is trying to keep Dos Santos De Souza Silva in close.
Harris tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harris wants to control but Dos Santos De Souza Silva postures up.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva swings around for an armbar but Harris sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dos Santos De Souza Silva's guard.
Harris won't allow Dos Santos De Souza Silva to get back to his feet.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is in close to Dos Santos De Souza Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harris slips nicely into half guard.
Harris drops an elbow to the side of Dos Santos De Souza Silva's head.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Harris seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Harris frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to control but Harris is having none of it.
Jerome Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Harris is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is surviving well by controlling Harris's body position as best he can.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerome 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Jerome Harris!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Jerome Harris!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Jerome Harris!
Jerome Harris wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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