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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roose Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Improved boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roose Bolton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Harris!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Bolton shrugs off.
Bolton is looking to break free of the clinch but Harris has double underhooks.
Bolton tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bolton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bolton.
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.
Bolton tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Bolton tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris wants a takedown.
Harris has Bolton pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Harris pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bolton tumbling to the mat - Harris dives into Bolton's guard.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bolton looking for a sweep. Not yet Bolton, not yet.
Harris postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Bolton is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Harris, into his guard.
Harris working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bolton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bolton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bolton passes into half guard.
Harris looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Harris does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bolton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bolton is keen to just control but Harris is a slippery customer.
Harris punching from the bottom.
Bolton decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Good exchange - Bolton coming out on top.
Bolton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bolton thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Bolton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bolton throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Bolton misses with an uppercut.
Bolton throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Bolton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bolton swinging wilding here.
Bolton's corner calls for a 1-2. Bolton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bolton tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton misses with a wild combination.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolton.
Bolton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bolton works over Harris's head and body with a nice combination.
Bolton misses with a series of wild punches.
Bolton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Bolton misses.
Harris tries to clinch but Bolton is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bolton slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Bolton throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris rushes Bolton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bolton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Roose Bolton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Harris.
No joy there for Bolton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bolton with a hook.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bolton.
Bolton misses with a two punch combination.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bolton.
Bolton misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roose Bolton 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.
Bolton lands with a nice body punch.
Bolton throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Roose Bolton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Bolton misses.
Bolton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harris dodges the punch combination from Bolton.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bolton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bolton throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Bolton throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bolton throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Bolton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bolton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bolton scores with the left hand. Harris knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Bolton misses with a head kick.
Roose Bolton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bolton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harris dodges the punch combination from Bolton.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bolton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bolton misses with a series of wild punches.
Bolton looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris moves away from the strike by Bolton.
Bolton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bolton misses with a wild combination.
Harris moves out of range as Bolton strikes.
Bolton swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Roose Bolton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris tries to clinch there but Bolton circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Bolton.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
Bolton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Bolton circles away.
Bolton throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bolton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bolton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
A choreographed right hand from Bolton misses the target.
Bolton misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bolton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harris lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harris wants to control from the top but Bolton keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris forces his way into half guard.
Harris works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Roose Bolton will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bolton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bolton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Bolton misses.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Bolton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Bolton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris staying out of range there.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolton.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Bolton misses.
Bolton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bolton.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris is looking to clinch but Bolton is avoiding it.
Bolton tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bolton misses with a double jab.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Harris scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Harris is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bolton is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Harris tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harris has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bolton wants to control but Harris postures up.
Bolton manages to get back to half guard.
Harris tries to pass to full mount but Bolton defends it.
Bolton wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton is defending against the submission attempts here by Harris.
Bolton tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
Bolton trying to control but Harris postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bolton scores with a punch to the head.
Some wild striking there from Bolton.
Bolton misses with a series of wild punches.
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.
Bolton fails to land with a series of punches.
Bolton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Bolton pushes him off.
Bolton throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Blake Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bolton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bolton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bolton misses with a looping right.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bolton misses with an uppercut.
Bolton throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Blake Harris.
I think Bolton 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roose Bolton!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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