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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Little Hardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeb Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeb Russell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Little Hardon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeb Russell!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Hardon.
Russell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardon's sensitive parts.
Hardon throws a sloppy head kick and Russell moves out of range easily.
Russell misses with a kick to the body
enabling Hardon to counter with a crisp jab.
Hardon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hardon looks to land a combination but Russell avoids it well.
Russell takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Russell.
Hardon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Russell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hardon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardon avoiding damage as Russell throws knees to the body.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
Hardon's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hardon scores a nice knee 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!
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hardon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardon takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell being controlled against the cage.
Hardon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Russell looking to throw knees to the head but Hardon is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardon with a knee to the head.
Hardon blocks an elbow strike.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardon avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russell.
Hardon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Russell wants to get back to striking at distance but Hardon won't allow it.
Russell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Russell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick from Russell is predictable there
and Hardon counters with a good, hard body kick but Russell shrugs it off.
Hardon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Russell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Russell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardon looks to land a body kick but Russell moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Russell.
Russell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardon was well out of range. Poor timing from Russell.
Russell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A bone on bone clash there as Russell blocks the leg kick.
Russell scores with a nice right hand.
Russell misses with a low kick.
Russell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardon looks for the body kick but Russell saw that one coming.
Russell has managed to clinch.
Russell is trying to pull guard but Hardon has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardon.
Hardon lands a knee to the head.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
Russell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Hardon to work.
Russell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardon throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Russell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardon managing to block the knees to the body from Russell.
Russell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Russell moves out of range of the strikes.
Hardon tries to bum rush Russell with a series of wild strikes but Russell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Russell darts in and clinches Hardon up against the cage.
Russell pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Russell trying to control the position.
Russell trying to strike off his back.
Hardon is fighting to break Russell's control of his arms but Russell is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Russell pushes Hardon off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Russell.
A head kick misses from Russell.
Russell moves into the clinch.
Russell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardon.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Hardon avoiding damage as Russell throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Russell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hardon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardon lands a knee to the head.
Russell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Russell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardon blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeb Russell dominated that round.
That's time! Hardon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hardon is looking to clinch.
Russell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Russell throws a front kick aimed at Hardon's knee but Hardon avoids it well.
Russell avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hardon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hardon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Russell lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hardon takes a step back to recover.
Hardon slips a jab and a cross from Russell.
Hardon moves out of range as Russell throws a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Hardon.
Russell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Russell 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.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardon lands a shoulder strike.
Hardon lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardon misses with an elbow strike.
Hardon lands an elbow inside.
Hardon managing to block the knees to the body from Russell.
Russell landing knees to the body.
Jeb Russell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardon lands a good knee to the midsection. Russell won't want to take too many of those.
Hardon managing to block the knees to the body from Russell.
Hardon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russell is keeping busy.
Hardon lands a knee to the body.
Hardon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardon keeps control of Russell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardon lands a damaging elbow.
Hardon tries a knee to the head but Russell blocks it.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
Russell lands an elbow just above Hardon 's eye.
It looks like Little Hardon has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardon's brow.
Hardon is trying to stall.
Hardon connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Hardon tries a knee to the head but Russell blocks it.
Hardon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hardon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Russell's defenses.
Hardon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Russell missing with knees to the body.
Russell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardon is defending well for now.
Russell scores with a knee to the head.
Hardon lands an elbow inside.
Hardon looking to throw knees to the head but Russell is blocking nicely.
Russell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardon has him pressed against the cage.
Russell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardon misses with an elbow strike.
Russell being controlled against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Russell throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Russell blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardon trying to control the position but instead, Russell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardon into the cage.
Hardon keeps control of Russell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Russell pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardon misses with a knee strike.
Hardon missing with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hardon.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Russell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardon is defending well for now.
Hardon connects with a knee to the head.
Hardon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hardon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Russell's defenses.
Russell trying to land knees to the body.
Russell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hardon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Russell's face.
Hardon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Russell has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardon avoids the damage to the body.
Hardon landing knees to the body.
Russell is breathing heavily.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardon avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Russell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardon's brow.
Hardon tries to land knees in the clinch but Russell avoids the damage to the body.
Hardon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Russell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Russell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardon.
Hardon with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jeb Russell has been cut.
Russell manages to pull guard.
Russell controls Hardon momentarily but Hardon frees himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Little Hardon dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Russell swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jeb Russell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hardon lands a jab to Russell's midsection.
Hardon misses with a body kick.
Hardon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Russell. Hardon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Russell misses with a low kick.
Hardon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Russell just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Russell throws a front kick aimed at Hardon's knee but Hardon avoids it well.
Russell misses the shot to the body.
Russell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hardon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Russell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stalling in the clinch from Hardon.
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!
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardon avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell is working for takedown but Hardon is calmly controlling the position for now.
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardon avoids the damage to the body.
Hardon is looking to control Russell's arms but Russell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hardon has his back to the cage.
Russell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hardon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Russell is trying to break the clinch but Hardon has him pressed against the cage.
Hardon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Russell is keeping busy.
Russell misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by Hardon.
Russell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hardon's face.
Hardon tries to land a knee to the head but Russell blocks with his arms.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Hardon lands an elbow that stopped Russell in his tracks for a moment.
Hardon stalling.
Hardon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Russell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardon avoids it.
Russell missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardon stalling against the cage.
Hardon lands with a short shot to the head.
Russell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Russell's defenses.
Hardon dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Russell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardon blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Russell tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardon avoids the damage to the body.
Hardon taking a breather.
Hardon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Russell.
Hardon stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Russell has had enough of the clinch but Hardon keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardon.
A frustrated look appears on Russell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell tries to pull guard but Hardon holds him up against the cage and eventually Russell drops back down to his feet.
Still in the clinch, Russell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hardon scores with a knee to the head.
Russell looking for a takedown.
Little Hardon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeb Russell.
Hardon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Russell is looking for a takedown.
Russell missing with knees to the body.
Russell misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardon stalling in the clinch but Russell improves position.
Hardon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Russell throws an elbow that misses.
Russell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hardon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardon has Russell pressed against the cage.
Russell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardon is defending well for now.
Russell blocks an elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Russell.
Hardon blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russell is trying to drag Hardon to the mat but Hardon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Russell lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardon won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Hardon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russell drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hardon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardon.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Little Hardon.
I think Hardon 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Little Hardon!
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