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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sydney Bussel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murphy Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy Harris is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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135 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sydney Bussel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Murphy Harris!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bussel moves into the clinch successfully.
Bussel working Harris over with knees to the body.
Bussel is stalling here.
Bussel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris misses the jab.
Bussel really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harris gets tackled into the ropes by Bussel. Bussel maintains the clinch.
Bussel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bussel tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws a lazy head kick
and Bussel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bussel.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bussel avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris wants to clinch but Bussel slips to the side
and Bussel counters by clinching up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bussel stalling the fight.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bussel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bussel.
Bussel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the ropes.
Bussel lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel has Harris pressed against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bussel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bussel keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harris is looking to control Bussel's arms but Bussel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the ropes.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bussel is defending well for now.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris being controlled against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to stall.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bussel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris darts in trying to clinch
and Bussel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bussel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harris up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bussel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bussel leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Bussel lands a good knee to the midsection. Harris won't want to take too many of those.
Bussel landing knees to the body.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Bussel has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bussel scores a nice knee to the body.
Harris looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bussel scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Murphy Harris has been cut.
Bussel tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sydney Bussel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murphy Harris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bussel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bussel has Harris up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sydney Bussel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris is looking to control Bussel's arms but Bussel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the ropes.
Bussel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harris's efforts to push away.
Bussel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bussel effectively controlling the action here.
Knees to the body from Bussel.
Bussel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bussel blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Bussel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bussel landing knees to the body.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Bussel is controlling him.
Stalling in the clinch from Bussel.
Bussel tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.
Bussel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sydney Bussel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bussel pushes Harris up against the ropes in a clinch.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Bussel has double underhooks.
Bussel manages to break the clinch.
Bussel takes the fight into the clinch.
Bussel lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris tries to break free but Bussel pushes him back against the ropes.
Bussel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the ropes.
Bussel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bussel misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Bussel misses with a wild combination.
Bussel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bussel moves into range and clinches up with Harris.
Bussel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bussel avoids a kick to the body.
Bussel swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
No joy there for Harris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harris moves to clinch but Bussel breaks away
and Bussel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bussel.
A bit of stalling here from Bussel.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bussel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bussel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bussel has Harris pressed against the ropes, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bussel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bussel breaks from the clinch.
Bussel gets a clinch.
Bussel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sydney Bussel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Murphy Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bussel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bussel counters by clinching up.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bussel stalling.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Bussel is controlling him.
Bussel stalling against the ropes.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bussel for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harris can't break the clinch.
Bussel slows down the pace here.
Bussel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bussel pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Harris is trying to stall.
Bussel lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bussel tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.
Bussel breaks the clinch.
Bussel moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Bussel is controlling him.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bussel's brow.
Harris is looking to control Bussel's arms but Bussel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the ropes.
Bussel landing knees to the body.
Bussel landing knees to the head.
Bussel lands a knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Bussel gets an underhook and turns Harris into the ropes.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Come on Bussel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bussel.
Bussel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Bussel keeps him there for the moment.
The referee calls for Bussel to work.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bussel stalling against the ropes.
Murphy Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bussel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bussel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bussel. That one must have hurt.
Bussel looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
A head kick by Harris misses
and Bussel counters with a head kick that drops Harris to the mat! Harris scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Harris is rocked!
Bussel clinches with his opponent.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Bussel finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris tries to circle away but Bussel has him pinned against the ropes.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bussel has Harris pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Harris is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Bussel - that's hurt Harris badly! Oh, another knee lands and Harris is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Harris doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Sydney Bussel!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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