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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey OLeary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Harke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mickey OLeary has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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194 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Intelligent |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mickey OLeary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Harke!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harke lands a glancing blow to the side of OLeary's head.
Harke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling OLeary to score with a decent uppercut.
Mickey OLeary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. OLeary manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harke looks to score with a jab to the body but OLeary is just out of range.
No joy there for OLeary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
OLeary keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
OLeary swinging wildly here.
OLeary throws a nice looking combination but Harke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
OLeary misses with a series of wild punches.
Harke slips under a jab from OLeary.
OLeary thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harke misses with a double jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harke connects with a nice looking jab.
Harke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Harke does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from OLeary misses.
OLeary misses with a jab, cross combination.
OLeary smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A cross from OLeary lands.
Harke misses with a hook. OLeary ducked under it nicely.
OLeary misses with the combination.
Harke scores with a decent looking hook.
OLeary drops his hands momentarily and Harke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harke dodges the punch combination from OLeary.
Sloppy strikes from OLeary. Those never looked like landing.
OLeary is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Harke. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OLeary throws a body punch but Harke moves out of range.
Harke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OLeary throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
OLeary misses with a double jab.
Harke jabs OLeary right on the nose. OLeary blinks but takes it well.
Harke slips a jab and a cross from OLeary.
OLeary stalks Harke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harke's face. Harke staggers backwards, shaken.
Harke misses with a series of wild punches.
OLeary misses with a jab, cross combination.
OLeary misses with a series of wild punches.
OLeary throws a lazy right hand but Harke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sloppy strikes from OLeary. Those never looked like landing.
Nice straight punches there by Harke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harke.
Harke fails to land with a series of punches.
OLeary fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harke throws a series of punches but OLeary moves out of range.
Jab, jab by OLeary - just one landing.
A combination from OLeary does no damage.
OLeary looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harke staying out of range there.
Harke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but OLeary circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from OLeary does no damage.
Harke slips under a jab from OLeary.
Harke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
OLeary looks to land a combination. Harke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harke throws a series of punches but OLeary moves out of range.
OLeary lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
OLeary misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from OLeary does no damage.
Harke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
OLeary throws a hook but Harke avoids it easily.
OLeary throws a right hand that Harke ducks under and follows up with a left that Harke also avoids with ease.
OLeary ducks under a wild hook from Harke.
OLeary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
OLeary is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
OLeary fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harke misses with a few strikes there.
A left lands for OLeary.
OLeary swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harke cracks OLeary with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
OLeary throws a combination. Harke tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Harke misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey OLeary dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
OLeary throws a right and a left that both miss.
OLeary throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harke dodges the punch combination from OLeary.
Mickey OLeary is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
OLeary lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harke circles away quickly and effectively.
OLeary is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harke.
Harke lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
OLeary walks into a stiff left hand from Harke.
A nice combination there by Harke.
Harke gets a clinch.
Harke swings wildly with an uppercut but OLeary uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harke tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harke lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harke swings wildly with an uppercut but OLeary uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harke leaning against his opponent.
Harke throws a punch but it's blocked by OLeary.
Harke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
OLeary tries to break the clinch but Harke is controlling the position.
OLeary pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harke lands with a nice combination. OLeary backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OLeary waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harke.
OLeary throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harke needs to keep his hands up - OLeary had a free shot at his head there.
OLeary scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting OLeary here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
OLeary misses with a wild combination.
Nice uppercut lands for OLeary. That snapped Harke's head back.
OLeary connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
OLeary scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
OLeary misses with a double jab.
Harke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch lands to the side of Harke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
OLeary listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
OLeary throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OLeary lands a two punch combo.
Harke tries to clinch but OLeary is having none of it.
A nice combination there by OLeary.
Harke defending well as OLeary loads up on a big left hand.
No joy there for OLeary, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
OLeary throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
OLeary swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from OLeary.
Harke cracks OLeary with a right hand to the side of the head.
OLeary throws a nice looking combination but Harke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harke throws a series of punches but OLeary avoids them all with ease.
OLeary scores with a decent looking hook.
OLeary moves away from the strike by Harke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OLeary throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from OLeary.
OLeary misses with a jab, cross combination.
OLeary on the wrong end of a nice jab.
OLeary takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
OLeary's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and OLeary duly obliges.
Harke throws a right and a left that OLeary avoids nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by OLeary!
Harke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
OLeary throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
OLeary looks to land a combination but Harke avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harke doesn't manage to clinch there - OLeary circles away.
OLeary takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey OLeary dominated that second round.
That's time! OLeary's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
OLeary looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
OLeary throws a combination that misses
and Harke counters with a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Harke misses.
OLeary throws a right and a left that Harke avoids nicely.
Harke throws a nice looking combination but OLeary bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harke closes the distance and clinches.
Harke leaning against his opponent.
Harke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harke pushes OLeary back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
OLeary is trying to push Harke away but Harke has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harke misses with a punch on the inside.
Harke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but OLeary has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OLeary breaks the clinch.
Harke swinging wildly here.
OLeary throws a right hand that Harke ducks under and follows up with a left that Harke also avoids with ease.
OLeary swinging wildly here.
Harke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and OLeary cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
OLeary misses with a wild combination.
Harke scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
OLeary rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
OLeary will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harke misses with the combination.
A cross from OLeary lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Harke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
OLeary swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
OLeary looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
OLeary shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harke eats them both and turns towards OLeary to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
OLeary scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
OLeary blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
OLeary pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
OLeary swinging wildly here.
Harke lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as OLeary backs up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OLeary misses with a two punch combination.
OLeary lands a two punch combo.
OLeary scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some wild striking there from Harke.
A nice combination there by OLeary.
OLeary throws a nice looking combination but Harke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mickey OLeary is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from OLeary misses.
Harke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harke throws a lazy right hand but OLeary sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch combination from OLeary misses.
Harke misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from OLeary misses.
Mickey OLeary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from OLeary.
OLeary misses with the combination.
A punch combination from OLeary misses.
OLeary throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harke counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Harke takes one on the button.
Harke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from OLeary.
Harke throws a looping overhand right but OLeary ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
OLeary punishes Harke's body with a nice straight punch.
OLeary throws a right hand that Harke ducks under and follows up with a left that Harke also avoids with ease.
Jack Harke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mickey OLeary.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for OLeary, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey OLeary!
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