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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Bate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey has chosen E-17 as his entrance music. Tyrone Bate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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144 lbs
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140 lbs
24 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyrone Bate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bate looks for a takedown but Harvey sprawls well.
Bate closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harvey did well to prevent Bate getting side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Harvey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Harvey wants to sweep but no luck.
Harvey throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bate throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harvey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harvey has his hands on Bate's head, controlling the position.
Bate throwing strikes but missing.
Harvey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harvey is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bate wants to pass the guard but Harvey is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bate trying to control but Harvey is working from the bottom.
Harvey is trying to keep Bate in close.
Bate looking to sit in guard and control but Harvey gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bate is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harvey trying to control but Bate is working from the bottom.
Bate lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harvey!
Harvey taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harvey is working to get back to half guard.
Harvey blocking the ground and pound.
Harvey really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bate avoids the attempt from Harvey to control.
Bate wants to control the pace but Harvey is squirming around nicely.
Bate cracks Harvey with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Harvey tries to hold on but Bate pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey can't escape the position.
Harvey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bate trying to control but Harvey is having none of it.
Harvey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bate wants to control the pace but Harvey is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bate punching from mount but Harvey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harvey regains half guard.
Bate is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Harvey defends it well.
Harvey gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bate looking to pass the guard.
Harvey has Bate pulled in close to control his posture.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harvey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bate.
Harvey has Bate pulled in close to control his posture.
Bate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harvey has his hands on Bate's head, controlling the position.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brian Harvey wasn't active enough on the ground.
Harvey connects with a nice looking jab.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bate slips a jab from Harvey.
Bate closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bate lands with a punch from half guard.
Harvey looking for submissions off his back.
Bate trying to control the action but Harvey is working from the bottom.
Harvey holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Bate wants to work for an arm triangle but Harvey is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bate slips a nice elbow through Harvey's hands, connecting with Harvey's forehead.
Bate is looking to take a break and control but Harvey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harvey tries to get to full guard but Bate has control of the leg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bate content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Bate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harvey is looking to improve his position.
Harvey is looking to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Harvey tries to get to full guard but Bate has control of the leg.
Bate wants to control but Harvey is keeping him busy.
Bate lands strikes from half guard.
Bate is trying to control. Harvey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bate not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Harvey keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Harvey wants to improve his position but Bate is controlling well.
Bate is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Harvey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harvey is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bate scores with a couple of nice shots.
Harvey is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bate's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bate's back!
Bate is keeping busy.
Harvey somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Harvey is hanging on to Bate's back as he tries to escape.
Bate is working hard here to advance position.
Bate breaks Harvey's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bate is fighting to break Harvey's control of his arms but Harvey is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bate looking to pass the guard.
Harvey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bate is one step ahead there.
Bate trying to control the position from guard on top but Harvey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bate lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harvey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bate is one step ahead there.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bate postures up in Harvey's guard and throws a big left but Harvey blocks it.
Harvey lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bate!
Harvey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bate is working to get back to half guard.
Bate regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harvey thows a huge punch but Bate dodges it nicely.
Harvey performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bate is staying active underneath Harvey, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
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 Tyrone Bate will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bate misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Some bone on bone action there as Bate checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bate ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
Bate misses with a straight left.
Bate looks for the body kick but Harvey saw that one coming.
Harvey goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harvey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bate stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harvey.
Bate avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harvey throws the kick towards the body but Bate avoids it.
Harvey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bate moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harvey misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Bate misses
and Harvey counters with a straight right hand.
Bate shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harvey pinned against the cage. Harvey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bate ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
and Harvey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bate closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Harvey quickly recovers to half guard.
Bate takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Harvey wants to control but Bate passes into side.
Bate working the head with strikes.
Tyrone Bate overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bate looks up at the clock and then as Harvey takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Bate smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bate controls the position.
Harvey wants to control but Bate postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate fails to land a wild elbow strike.
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!
Harvey trying to control but Bate flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Bate is landing with strikes from the back.
Bate loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Harvey hold on?
Bate has the hooks in. Harvey is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Bate throwing damaging strikes from the back! Harvey could be in trouble here!
Bate connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Harvey to escape the position.
Harvey is rocked!
Harvey trying to control the position but Bate manages to sink in the hooks.
Bate lands shots from the back.
Harvey is still in real trouble! Can Bate finish him?
Bate doesn't have the hooks in and Harvey manages to turn into his guard.
Harvey seems to have recovered his senses.
Harvey throws a big elbow that misses.
Bate is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harvey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harvey accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harvey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harvey trying to control but Bate is working from the bottom.
Harvey works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Harvey missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Harvey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Harvey lands strikes from half guard.
Bate is pressing down on Harvey's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bate preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bate is on top in guard.
Bate won't allow Harvey to sweep him here.
Harvey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bate.
Bate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harvey is trying to keep Bate in close.
Bate avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harvey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harvey is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harvey managing to control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bate tries to free his leg and advance position but Harvey is retaining full guard.
Harvey looking to control.
Bate throwing strikes but missing.
Bate postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Harvey trying to control the position.
Harvey has Bate pulled in close to control his posture.
Bate is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bate lands a couple of elbows.
Harvey pulls Bate in to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Brian Harvey.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Harvey checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bate avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harvey throws a hook to the side of Bate's head but Bate sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harvey connects with a leg kick. Bate looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Harvey.
Harvey swings widly with a right hand
and Bate counters with a good low kick that Harvey was not able to check.
Bate throws a leg kick but Harvey sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harvey digs a good body shot into Bate's ribs.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Harvey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harvey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bate connects with an inside leg kick.
Bate fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Bate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey throws a shot from downtown. Bate moves away and avoids it.
Brian Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bate tries to land a front kick but Harvey steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harvey's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bate connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harvey scrambles back to his feet.
Harvey checks a leg kick.
Bate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harvey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bate.
A shot to the body from Harvey misses
and Bate counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a hook to the body. Bate takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harvey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bate's head.
Harvey slaps away a takedown attempt from Bate, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bate misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bate.
Harvey lands with an uppercut that bounces Bate off the cage and back into range.
Brian Harvey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid body kick from Bate.
Harvey throws a hook to the side of Bate's head but Bate sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harvey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Harvey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bate has a takedown stuffed.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bate thows a body shot but no joy.
Bate shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Harvey is trying to defend but Bate finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harvey is trying to maintain the position but Bate is very close to passing his half guard.
Bate throwing shots but Harvey is blocking nicely.
Harvey is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bate pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
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 Tyrone Bate will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Bate misses with a low kick as Harvey jumps back.
Bate misses the jab.
Harvey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bate throws a front kick aimed at Harvey's knee but Harvey avoids it well.
Bate throws a head kick that misses.
Harvey lands with a straight right. Bate didn't see that one coming.
Bate is looking to chop away at Harvey's legs.
Bate shoots in for a takedown but Harvey shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Harvey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bate motions for Harvey to come forward. Bate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harvey connects with a right hand. Bate shakes it off.
Bate misses with a looping right.
Harvey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brian Harvey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey lands a right hook to the body.
Bate tries for a takedown but Harvey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harvey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harvey throws a good cross that connects.
Harvey throws a one two combo.
Harvey scores with a body shot.
Bate takes one to the chin there.
Bate is rocked!
Harvey pounces like a tiger and cracks Bate with a vicious hook! Bate is down but not out! Harvey follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brian Harvey!
Brian Harvey gave a mention to Blitzkrieg Formula 5000 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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