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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shelton Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Red Forman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrell comes into the arena with J. Cole - Blow Up blaring out of the sound system. Forman has chosen Ultimate as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Shelton Harrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Red Forman!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrell walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Forman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shelton Harrell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrell tries to score with a low kick but Forman moves his leg out of the way.
Harrell scoring well with a low kick there.
Harrell wants to slow Forman down by chopping away at his legs.
Forman blocks a jab.
Harrell feints and then cracks Forman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Forman down.
A jab from Harrell misses.
Harrell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Forman scores with a hook to the body. Harrell takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Forman is looking to clinch but Harrell is avoiding it.
Harrell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrell connects with an inside leg kick.
Forman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harrell, right into the meat.
Harrell throws a leg kick which misses Forman's front leg but catches the back leg as Forman tries to avoid it.
Forman slips under a jab from Harrell.
Forman scores with a one two! Harrell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrell thows a body kick. Forman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Harrell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harrell cracks Forman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Forman misses the shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Forman. Harrell shrugs it off though.
Forman throws a leg kick
and Harrell counters with a good low kick that Forman was not able to check.
Harrell misses with an uppercut. Forman saw that one coming.
Harrell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
An inside leg kick from Harrell misses.
Harrell throws a low kick but it's checked well by Forman.
Harrell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Forman is out of range and Harrell settles back down.
Harrell feints and then cracks Forman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Forman down.
Forman tries to work over Harrell's front leg with a kick but Harrell checks it.
Harrell shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harrell takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harrell takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Forman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harrell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Forman scores with a kick to the body.
Forman misses with a straight left.
Harrell just misses with a punch to the body.
Forman throws a looping overhand right but Harrell ducks down to avoid it.
Forman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrell misses with an uppercut.
Harrell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Forman. That did some damage!
Harrell throws a hook but Forman blocks it.
Forman misses with a low kick.
Harrell connects with an inside leg kick.
Harrell throws out a leg kick but Forman moves out of range and Harrell only half commits.
Forman digs a good hook to Harrell's body.
Harrell scores with a jab to the body.
Forman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harrell on the side of the head.
Harrell tries a low kick but Forman avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forman throws a jab when Harrell was well out of range.
Harrell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Forman.
Forman misses with a hook. Harrell ducked under it nicely.
Harrell misses with a hook.
Forman lands with a nice body punch.
Harrell throws a body punch but Forman moves out of range.
Harrell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Forman.
Forman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrell was well out of range. Poor timing from Forman.
A shot to the liver by Harrell. Beautiful body shot.
Harrell's corner calls for a 1-2. Harrell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harrell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrell.
Forman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Forman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harrell misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harrell takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrell misses with a straight right.
Forman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harrell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Forman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Forman works Harrell's body with a nice hook.
Harrell throws a jab when Forman was well out of range.
Harrell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Forman. Forman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A left lands for Forman.
Harrell wants to land a leg kick but Forman is out of range.
Harrell tries to work over Forman's front leg with a kick but Forman checks it.
Forman misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Forman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Forman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harrell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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 Shelton Harrell will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harrell connects with an inside leg kick.
Harrell lands with a cross.
Harrell misses with a wild body shot.
Harrell misses the shot to the body.
Harrell wants to land a leg kick but Forman is out of range.
Harrell throws a body punch but Forman moves out of range.
Harrell avoids the body shot from Forman.
Harrell throws a leg kick but Forman checks it.
Harrell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Forman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Forman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harrell counters with an inside leg kick.
Forman looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrell is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Harrell.
Harrell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Forman lands a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Forman misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Forman rushes Harrell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Forman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harrell misses with a punch on the inside.
Harrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harrell moves away from the strike by Forman.
Harrell looks to land a body kick but Forman moved away.
Forman blocks a jab.
Forman ducks under a wild hook from Harrell.
Harrell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harrell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harrell blocks a jab.
Shelton Harrell is winning the standup battle so far.
Harrell misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Forman.
Forman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrell.
Harrell misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman moves out of range as Harrell strikes.
Harrell throws a head kick but Forman moves out of range.
Harrell scores with a spinning back kick!
Some bone on bone action there as Forman checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A clash of legs there as Forman blocks the low kick.
Forman fakes a head shot and lands one 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!
Forman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrell can pounce on him.
Forman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Forman.
Forman slips under a jab.
Harrell misses with an attempted mid kick.
Harrell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Forman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Forman was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrell.
Forman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harrell.
Forman throws a jab but it's blocked by Harrell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell looks to land a right hand but Forman moved out of range.
Harrell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harrell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Forman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Forman.
Harrell tried to score with a low kick but Forman checks it.
Harrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Forman was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrell.
Forman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Forman wants to clinch but Harrell slips to the side
and Harrell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Forman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Harrell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Forman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Forman scores with a nice head shot.
Harrell misses with a low kick.
Harrell connects with a nice looking jab.
Forman misses with a low kick as Harrell jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forman lands a nice shot to the body.
Harrell misses with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrell checks a leg kick nicely.
Harrell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Forman. That did some damage!
Forman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harrell.
Forman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrell manages to avoid it.
Forman blocks a low kick nicely.
Forman throws a body kick that misses.
Forman moves forwards but Harrell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Harrell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Forman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harrell tries a low kick but Forman avoids it.
Forman throws a chopping leg kick but Harrell manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Forman misses with a hook. Harrell ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harrell. That's going to slow Forman down.
Forman cracks Harrell with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shelton Harrell dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Forman misses with a hook. Harrell ducked under it nicely.
Forman throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Forman just misses with a punch to the body.
Forman jabs at Harrell's body.
Forman moves out of range as Harrell throws a body kick.
Forman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Forman avoids a kick to the body.
Forman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Forman lands a glancing blow to the side of Harrell's head.
Harrell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Forman throws a jab when Harrell was well out of range.
Harrell is looking to chop away at Forman's legs.
Forman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harrell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Forman is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Forman is looking to control Harrell's arms but Harrell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Forman has his back to the cage.
Forman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harrell stalling.
Forman tries to throw a body punch but Harrell avoids it by throwing Forman back against the cage.
Forman can't break the clinch.
Forman swings wildly with an uppercut but Harrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrell tries to break free but Forman pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Forman.
Forman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrells head.
Harrell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harrell working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Forman scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harrell.
Forman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Forman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Forman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrell's elbow.
Nice body punch from Harrell - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Forman gets through Harrell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Forman struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrell controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harrell.
Forman lands with a short shot to the head.
Harrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Forman.
Forman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Harrell fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Harrell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrell throws a leg kick that misses.
Forman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harrell.
Harrell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Forman.
Forman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Forman scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jab, jab by Forman - just one landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrell.
Harrell tries a low kick but Forman avoids it.
Forman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Forman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harrell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shelton Harrell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harrell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harrell loads up on a big right hand but Forman slips the punch.
Red Forman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell connects with a leg kick. Forman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harrell. Forman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harrell punishes Forman's body with a nice straight punch.
Harrell tries to land a leg kick but Forman saw it coming and moves away.
An inside leg kick from Harrell misses.
Forman misses with a wild body shot.
Forman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrell.
Forman connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Forman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrell can pounce on him.
Harrell misses with a body kick.
Harrell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrell throws a push kick but Forman slaps the foot to one side.
Forman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Forman lands a lovely overhand right.
Harrell connects with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Red Forman.
I think Harrell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shelton Harrell!
Shelton Harrell very nearly forgot to thank Firebird Designs amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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