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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Harmonic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Harmonic has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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206 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Phil Harmonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John McNamara!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from McNamara misses.
Harmonic moves in looking to clinch but McNamara pushes him off.
Harmonic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McNamara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McNamara swinging wildly here.
Harmonic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McNamara to score with a decent uppercut.
A jab lands there for Harmonic.
McNamara misses with a wild body shot.
Harmonic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McNamara.
McNamara connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harmonic. Harmonic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harmonic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McNamara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara lands with a shot to the body.
Harmonic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
John McNamara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McNamara throws a right hand that Harmonic ducks under and follows up with a left that Harmonic also avoids with ease.
Harmonic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harmonic tries to clinch up.
McNamara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harmonic.
Harmonic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McNamara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McNamara swings for the body but Harmonic moves out of range.
McNamara checks a leg kick nicely.
McNamara misses with a shot to the body
and Harmonic counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McNamara uses from the top position.
Harmonic wants to hit a switch here but McNamara passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Harmonic there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harmonic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
McNamara controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic is working to get back to half guard.
Harmonic sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Harmonic is looking for a sweep. McNamara is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McNamara stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John McNamara was stalling too much, according to the referee.
McNamara lands with a good body shot.
Harmonic is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McNamara tries to bum rush Harmonic with a series of wild strikes but Harmonic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harmonic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harmonic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Phil Harmonic will probably get the nod.
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.
McNamara lands a glancing blow to the side of Harmonic's head.
McNamara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harmonic is looking to clinch but McNamara is avoiding it.
A jab from McNamara does it's job there.
McNamara throws a jab but it's blocked by Harmonic.
Harmonic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harmonic fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
McNamara looks to score with a jab to the body but Harmonic is just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harmonic.
McNamara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara throws a right and a left that Harmonic avoids nicely.
Harmonic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
John McNamara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harmonic misses with an attempted mid kick.
McNamara checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
McNamara takes a swing at Harmonic's ribcage but misses.
McNamara's corner calls for a 1-2. McNamara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harmonic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McNamara doesn't seem bothered though.
McNamara scores with a jab to the body.
McNamara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harmonic circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNamara checks a leg kick.
Harmonic wants to clinch.
Harmonic clinches with his opponent.
McNamara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harmonic moves out of range as McNamara strikes.
A punch combination from McNamara misses.
John McNamara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McNamara lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harmonic doesn't manage to clinch there - McNamara circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McNamara checks a leg kick nicely.
McNamara scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harmonic. That's going to slow McNamara down.
McNamara lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McNamara darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harmonic throws a leg kick which misses McNamara's front leg but catches the back leg as McNamara tries to avoid it.
Harmonic misses with a low kick.
Harmonic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harmonic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McNamara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McNamara throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harmonic on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McNamara rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harmonic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A swing and a miss from McNamara.
McNamara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harmonic.
Harmonic thows a body shot but no joy.
Harmonic tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNamara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McNamara takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McNamara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McNamara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harmonic doesn't manage to clinch there - McNamara circles away.
Harmonic shoots for a takedown but McNamara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John McNamara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Harmonic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McNamara pinned against the cage. McNamara gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harmonic stuns McNamara with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McNamara thuds his right hand into Harmonic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harmonic.
McNamara takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
McNamara lands a jab-cross combination.
McNamara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McNamara keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McNamara is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harmonic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McNamara has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McNamara and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harmonic tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNamara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McNamara lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Phil Harmonic has been cut.
McNamara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harmonic manages to avoid it.
McNamara ducks under a wild hook from Harmonic.
John McNamara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harmonic tries to close the distance and clinch up but McNamara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McNamara takes a swing at Harmonic's ribcage but misses.
McNamara misses with a two punch combination.
Harmonic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McNamara.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McNamara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harmonic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harmonic misses with a low kick.
Harmonic fails with a takedown attempt.
Harmonic tries to clinch up but McNamara circles away and keeps his distance.
A good leg kick by Harmonic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McNamara thows a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by McNamara there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McNamara, as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic tries to clinch up but McNamara circles away and keeps his distance.
McNamara connects with a looping right hand.
Harmonic moves out of range as McNamara strikes.
McNamara thuds a left hand into Harmonic's body.
No joy there for McNamara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McNamara loads up on a big right hand but Harmonic slips the punch.
McNamara's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harmonic wants to clinch
and McNamara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donk. McNamara catches Harmonic right on the button with a cross.
McNamara throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Harmonic.
McNamara scores with a three punch combo!
McNamara throws a series of punches but Harmonic moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McNamara stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harmonic.
McNamara misses with a looping left.
Harmonic ducks right into an uppercut from McNamara.
A jab from McNamara misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harmonic throws a leg kick but McNamara checks it.
McNamara misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
John McNamara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McNamara has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John McNamara!
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