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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bailey Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romanov has chosen Greatest song ever made as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bailey Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romanov instigates a clinch.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Sergei Romanov has been cut.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov slowing the pace effectively.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romanov avoids it.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Romanov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Bailey Harris has been cut.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Harris lands a body shot.
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.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Harris is breathing heavily.
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.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Romanov slows down the pace here.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris pushes Romanov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris lands with a left to the head.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.
Romanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
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 unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov trying to stall but Harris improves his position.
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Romanov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Romanov stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bailey Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romanov working Harris over with knees to the body.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romanov lands a damaging elbow.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Romanov.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Romanov managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Romanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romanov trying to land knees to the body.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris digs a right hand into Romanov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romanov's gas tank.
Romanov lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Romanov managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Romanov lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Romanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov has Harris pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Romanov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harris.
Romanov blocks a body shot from Harris.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Romanov dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Romanov rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris lands a body punch.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Harris working Romanov over with knees to the body.
Romanov managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris lands a good knee to the midsection. Romanov won't want to take too many of those.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Romanov's face.
Romanov blocking some punches.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
Romanov lands a damaging elbow.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov lands a good knee to the midsection. Harris won't want to take too many of those.
Romanov just leaning against Harris, taking a breather.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Romanov lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two 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.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Romanov blocks with his arms.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romanov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Romanov's face.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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 trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Romanov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Romanov.
Good body shot from Harris.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Romanov lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romanov avoids it.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Harris tries to score a body lock takedown but Romanov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Romanov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romanov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harris.
Harris lands a right hand.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris is trying to drag Romanov to the mat but Romanov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Romanov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
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.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romanov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Romanov lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Romanov is looking to control Harris's arms but Harris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Romanov has his back to the cage.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Romanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Harris is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Romanov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bailey Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Harris has clasped his hands together around Romanov's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Romanov is pushing Harris's head away, looking to escape. Harris manages to hold on to the position though.
Romanov is looking to reverse the position.
Harris tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harris has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Romanov is not content to let Harris control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bailey Harris dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but Romanov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
Romanov rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Romanov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Romanov's face.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bailey Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Harris is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Romanov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Harris scores a nice knee to the body.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Romanov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris tries a body shot but Romanov blocks it.
Romanov effectively controlling the action here.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Romanov tries to stall but Harris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Romanov misses with an elbow strike.
Harris tries for a takedown. No joy.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
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.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Romanov blocks it.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Romanov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bailey Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
The referee calls for Romanov to work.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Romanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Romanov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Romanov is blocking nicely.
Romanov taking a breather.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Romanov throws an elbow that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Romanov blocks it with crossed arms.
Romanov lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Romanov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Romanov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris is working for takedown but Romanov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Romanov managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romanov gets underhooks to prevent Harris's takedown attempt.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris is working Romanov over against the cage.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Romanov trying to control the position but instead, Harris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Romanov into the cage.
Harris lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Harris is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Romanov to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Romanov shrugs it off.
Harris throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Romanov because Harris loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanov wants to get back to his feet.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Harris misses with a head shot.
Harris wants to control the pace but Romanov is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bailey Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bailey Harris!
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