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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marky Early (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
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235 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Harris! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marky Early! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Early tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harris swivels and escapes. Early moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off. Early misses with a body kick. Harris looks for a takedown but Early sprawls well. Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Harris rushes Early and presses him up against the cage. Early has Harris pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harris manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Early wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harris lands with a light punch inside. Early leaning his opponent against the cage. Harris tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him. Harris misses with a knee strike.
Early wants to get back to striking at distance but Harris won't allow it.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Early tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Early gets a takedown into half guard. Harris wants to control but Early is keeping busy and won't allow it. Early stands up from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Early takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses. Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Early as he avoids it easily. Early misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a slapping leg kick. Early is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Early looks gassed! Early tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Harris shoots in looking for a takedown. Early tries to sprawl out of it but Harris keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Early manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Early fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Harris clinches up with Early and pushes him back against the cage. Early is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Early breaks from the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Harris scores with a four punch combination! Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Harris stalks Early and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Early's face. Early staggers backwards, shaken. Early misses with a combination
and Harris counters with a solid body kick. Early takes a kick to the side of the head. Harris lands a slapping body shot.
Early takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Early takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. No luck for Harris with that takedown attempt. Harris shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Harris showed some decent athleticism there. Early is looking to escape. Early keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. Early gets full guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Early is on top in guard.
Early trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Harris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Harris tries to get out of the position. Early is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Early trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Early is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control. Harris looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Early slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Early would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. Early wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. Harris lands a high kick!
That's four 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. Early looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harris is fending him off so far but Early persists. Nope, Harris circles away and we're back to standing. Harris lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Early backs up against the cage.
Harris lands with a kick to the temple. Early shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris has managed to clinch.
Harris keeps control of Early as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Early stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
Early has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harris is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Harris keeps control of Early as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Harris keeps control of Early as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Harris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Early pulls his leg out and moves away.
Harris throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Early. Harris gets a clinch. Harris lands a knee to the body.
Early tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position. Harris is working Early over against the cage. Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris scores with a jab to the body. Harris keeps the fight on the outside. Harris throws a nice outside leg kick. Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Early as he avoids it easily. Harris moves into range and clinches up with Early. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Harris 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.
Early takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Harris clinches. Early looking for a takedown. Early has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Harris avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Early wants a takedown.
George Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marky Early. Harris tries to score a body lock takedown but Early shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Harris pulls Early into guard.
Early trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Early decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harris, up you get! Early moves out of range of the body kick. Early throws an overhand right that has Harris reeling! Early follows up with a more punches and Harris is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Marky Early!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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