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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Del Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes into the arena with Gin and Juice by Snoop Dog blaring out of the sound system. Charles Harper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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202 lbs
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200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Del Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harper!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thompson will feel that in the morning.
Thompson tries to clinch but Harper is having none of it.
Thompson tries to clinch but Harper is having none of it.
Harper misses with a head kick.
Harper lands a leg kick that knocks Thompson off balance momentarily.
Del Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harper throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thompson tries to clinch
and Harper counters with a straight right hand.
Harper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harper connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thompson tries to clinch there but Harper circles away.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harper changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harper lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harper's corner calls for a 1-2. Harper obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Harper tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Nice shot by Harper.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper throws a jab when Thompson was well out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Thompson blocks the leg kick.
Harper looks to score with a jab to the body but Thompson is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harper counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Thompson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harper to score with a decent uppercut.
Harper moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harper tries to score with a low kick but Thompson moves his leg out of the way.
Harper keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson blocks a low kick nicely.
Harper scoring well with a low kick there.
Thompson moves to clinch but Harper breaks away
and Harper counters with a body kick that stops Thompson in his tracks momentarily.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper throws a leg kick but Thompson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Harper.
Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harper, pushing him back against the ropes.
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Harper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Harper.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Thompson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harper.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harper digs a right hand underneath Thompson's ribcage. Thompson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
Harper using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Harper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Thompson is rocked!
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Thompson's ribcage.
Oh Thompson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thompson's defenses.
Harper is leaning against Thompson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Harper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harper creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Thompson's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Thompson drops to his knees and Harper pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Harper!
Charles Harper is the new middleweight champion!
Charles Harper really struggled to get his t-shirt was on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 160! - Sale! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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