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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yakuza Harakirihitsari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dropkick Murphys - Barroom Hero. Harakirihitsari is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nippon Kazauwa . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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150 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yakuza Harakirihitsari!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harakirihitsari cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Harakirihitsari lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Harakirihitsari throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Harakirihitsari throws a head kick that misses.
Harakirihitsari takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Harakirihitsari is looking to clinch.
Harakirihitsari moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith throws a head kick but Harakirihitsari moves out of range.
Harakirihitsari misses with a kick to the body.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harakirihitsari.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harakirihitsari.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Harakirihitsari. Smith shrugs it off though.
Harakirihitsari closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harakirihitsari. Harakirihitsari obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Harakirihitsari moves out of range easily.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harakirihitsari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Harakirihitsari counters with a solid body kick.
Harakirihitsari lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Harakirihitsari moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Harakirihitsari gets a clinch.
Harakirihitsari lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari misses with a body punch.
Harakirihitsari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Harakirihitsari.
Smith wants to break free but Harakirihitsari has control.
Harakirihitsari pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harakirihitsari missing with knees to the body.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harakirihitsari lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short body shot lands from Harakirihitsari as the two fighters clinch.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Harakirihitsari.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harakirihitsari obliges.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harakirihitsari trying to land knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Harakirihitsari.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harakirihitsari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harakirihitsari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari misses with a knee to the head.
Smith is trying to push Harakirihitsari away but Harakirihitsari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Harakirihitsari won't allow it.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Harakirihitsari is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four 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.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yakuza Harakirihitsari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harakirihitsari bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick
and Harakirihitsari makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harakirihitsari goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a slapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Harakirihitsari scores with a push kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harakirihitsari misses with a few strikes there.
Harakirihitsari scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yakuza Harakirihitsari dominated that round.
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.
Smith avoids the head kick by Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari throws a head kick that misses
and Smith counters with a head kick. That will keep Harakirihitsari thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith misses with a kick to the body.
A solid body kick from Harakirihitsari.
A head kick misses from Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Harakirihitsari wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harakirihitsari throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harakirihitsari scores with a leg kick.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Harakirihitsari moves out of range easily.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harakirihitsari throws out the jab.
Smith will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a lazy head kick
and Harakirihitsari counters with a big head kick but Smith shrugs it off.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harakirihitsari clinches.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a head kick.
Smith blocks the body kick.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick
and Harakirihitsari counters with a head kick. That will keep Smith thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Harakirihitsari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Harakirihitsari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Harakirihitsari lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harakirihitsari trying to land knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Harakirihitsari tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Harakirihitsari utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harakirihitsari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Harakirihitsari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harakirihitsari with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids the body shot from Harakirihitsari.
Yakuza Harakirihitsari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Harakirihitsari looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Nice body kick there by Harakirihitsari.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Harakirihitsari.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harakirihitsari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harakirihitsari avoids the head kick by Smith.
Harakirihitsari tries a head kick but it misses.
Harakirihitsari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harakirihitsari scores with a kick to the midsection.
Smith scores with a push kick.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari moves into the clinch.
Harakirihitsari swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Harakirihitsari won't allow it.
Harakirihitsari tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Harakirihitsari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Harakirihitsari works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harakirihitsari utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Harakirihitsari has double underhooks.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Harakirihitsari keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yakuza Harakirihitsari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harakirihitsari takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harakirihitsari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harakirihitsari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Harakirihitsari moves into the clinch.
Harakirihitsari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harakirihitsari tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Harakirihitsari tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Harakirihitsari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Harakirihitsari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari scores with a shoulder strike.
Harakirihitsari lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harakirihitsari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harakirihitsari lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harakirihitsari with a knee to the head.
Smith avoiding damage as Harakirihitsari throws knees to the body.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Harakirihitsari.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Harakirihitsari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harakirihitsari lands a head kick. Smith smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fakes the leg kick and cracks Harakirihitsari in the body.
Harakirihitsari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Harakirihitsari misses
and Smith counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harakirihitsari is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harakirihitsari lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
A head kick misses from Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harakirihitsari throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harakirihitsari is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smith rather than just go for the knockout.
Harakirihitsari misses with a body kick.
Harakirihitsari wants to clinch
and Smith counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harakirihitsari misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harakirihitsari is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Harakirihitsari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Harakirihitsari connects with a high kick.
Harakirihitsari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Harakirihitsari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick by Smith misses
and Harakirihitsari counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harakirihitsari.
Harakirihitsari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Joe Smith has been cut.
Smith is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakirihitsari tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harakirihitsari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harakirihitsari lands a nice knee to the body.
Harakirihitsari lands a nice shot to the body.
Harakirihitsari missing with knees to the body.
Joe Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith tries to circle away but Harakirihitsari has him pinned against the cage.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harakirihitsari landing knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari landing knees to the body.
Harakirihitsari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harakirihitsari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harakirihitsari is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Harakirihitsari fails to land.
Harakirihitsari lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harakirihitsari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Harakirihitsari lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harakirihitsari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harakirihitsari managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Harakirihitsari tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yakuza Harakirihitsari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harakirihitsari 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yakuza Harakirihitsari!
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hype
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