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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Zero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan Harty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zero comes to the cage accompanied by Countdown to Insanity - H-Blockx. Dave Zero has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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188 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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Decent boxing
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Zero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Duncan Harty!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harty misses with a head kick.
Zero misses with a straight right.
Harty scores with a jab. Zero acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harty ducks under a wild hook from Zero.
Zero displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Harty tries to clinch but Zero is having none of it.
Harty is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zero throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zero bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zero misses with a looping left.
Harty tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zero misses with a body shot.
Zero throws the left hand but Harty avoids the punch easily.
Zero has taken the fight to the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harty escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zero fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harty manages to avoid it.
Harty throws and low kick but Zero moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harty is trying to break the clinch but Zero has him pressed against the cage.
Zero has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harty is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Zero lands an elbow inside.
Harty is trying to break the clinch but Zero has him pressed against the cage.
Harty wants to break free but Zero has control.
Harty wants to break the clinch but can't.
The referee calls for Zero to work.
Harty is trying to break the clinch but Zero has him pressed against the cage.
Zero gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Harty working for a triangle but Zero defends it easily.
Harty escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Zero gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Harty looks gassed!
Zero controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harty not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zero has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Zero stands and steps away. Harty gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Zero misses with a kick to the body.
Zero stalks Harty and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harty's face. Harty staggers backwards, shaken.
Zero is looking to clinch.
Harty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zero feints and as Harty raises his hands in defense, Zero changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zero trying to control the position from guard on top but Harty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harty manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty throws a right and a left that Zero avoids nicely.
Zero misses with a hook to the body
and Harty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zero shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Zero looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Harty tries to hold on but Zero pushes him away.
Harty is desperately trying to improve his position but Zero has a good base and remains in mount.
Harty is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harty is wriggling around trying to escape.
Harty tries to hold on but Zero postures up.
Zero trying to control but Harty is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harty tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Zero landing strikes from the mount and Harty is in trouble!
Zero can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Harty is looking to escape.
Harty is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Zero dominated that round.
That's time! Zero's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A combination from Harty does no damage.
Zero shoots in looking for a takedown. Harty tries to sprawl out of it but Zero keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harty manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harty scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zero misses with a combination
and Harty counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zero thinking.
Harty scores with a three punch combo!
Zero swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Harty to counter with a crisp jab.
Zero tries to bum rush Harty with a series of wild strikes but Harty uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zero takes a swing at Harty's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zero tries to land a front kick but Harty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Zero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zero scores with a nice head shot.
Harty misses with a double jab
enabling Zero to counter with a crisp jab.
Zero tries to clinch up
and Harty counters with a two punch combo.
Zero shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harty as he jumps to the side.
Harty checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harty misses with a wild combination.
Zero looks to land a right hand but Harty moved out of range.
Zero missing with a left hand there. Harty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harty swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zero throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Harty counter with a right hand.
Harty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harty on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zero. Zero obviously looking to wear him down.
Zero misses with a looping right.
Harty thows a leg kick but Zero checks it
and Zero counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zero blocks a leg kick.
Dave Zero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zero misses the jab.
Zero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harty circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harty lands with an uppercut that bounces Zero off the cage and back into rage.
Harty comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty digs a good body shot into Zero's ribs.
Zero misses with a double jab.
Harty throws a series of punches but Zero moves out of range.
Zero waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Harty.
Harty misses with a double jab
and Zero counters with a nice uppercut.
Harty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harty throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zero misses with a double jab
and Harty counters with a stiff right hand.
Dave Zero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zero.
Harty takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zero slips a jab and a cross from Harty.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zero misses with a hook.
Zero tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harty swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Zero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harty lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zero is rocked!
It looks like Dave Zero has been cut.
Harty scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Zero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harty throws a series of punches but Zero moves out of range.
Harty looks to clinch
and Zero counters with a body kick.
Zero seems to have got his legs back now.
Zero misses with a wild body shot.
Zero shoots in but no luck this time.
Harty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zero jabs at Harty's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zero closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harty wants to break free but Zero has control.
Zero escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zero swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harty counters with a two punch combo.
Zero waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Harty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Harty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Zero's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Harty just misses with a punch to the body.
Zero drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zero working the ground and pound.
Zero cracks Harty with a big right hand but Harty just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zero lands a few punches from side control.
Harty throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Zero wants to control but Harty is keeping him busy.
Harty trying to remain calm as Zero controls from the top position.
Zero moves into full mount!
Harty is desperately trying to improve his position but Zero has a good base and remains in mount.
Harty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zero goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Harty turns into him and now he's in Zero's guard.
Zero not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zero is looking to stand back up but Harty counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Zero.
Zero prevents Harty from improving position.
Zero struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zero manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Zero is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Harty's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Harty's back!
Harty preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Zero.
Zero doesn't have the hooks in and Harty manages to turn into his guard.
Zero punching from the bottom - just letting Harty know he's still in a fight.
Zero keeping moving, preventing Harty from controlling successfully.
Zero controls Harty momentarily but Harty frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zero throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Harty escapes and throws Zero's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Zero is looking for a sweep.
Zero tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Harty presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Harty sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Zero manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zero is trying to get back to full guard.
Harty is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zero is staying active underneath Harty, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harty gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Harty smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
No joy there for Zero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harty throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zero counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Zero showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Zero 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Zero!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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