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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Harter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harter has chosen Stevie Ray Vaughan "Rude Mood" as his entrance music. Logan Harter told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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194 cm
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267 lbs
26 - 9 - 0 |
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196 cm
30
275 lbs
15 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Logan Harter! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! King buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brian King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. King is looking to clinch but Harter is avoiding it.
Harter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away. King slaps away a takedown attempt from Harter, before circling back to the center of the mat. Harter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harter moves away. King connects with a body shot that sends Harter's belly button to the back. Harter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. King throws a nice looking combination but Harter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. King lands a leg kick that knocks Harter off balance momentarily. King thows a body shot but no joy. 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! Harter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King. Harter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away. King takes the fight into the clinch. King misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. King lands an uppercut. Harter prevents a body shot from King. King is pressed up against the cage. Harter has hold of a leg and is looking to drag King down to the mat. King avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Harter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harter blocks a jab. King thuds his right hand into Harter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. King tries a low kick but Harter avoids it. King takes a swing at Harter's ribcage but misses. King tries to clinch up. King swinging wildly here.
An inside leg kick from King misses. King throws a lazy head kick and Harter counters with a nice double leg into side control. King won't be happy with that. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. King is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harter is controlling him well. Harter tries to advance position but instead King slips a leg back in to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Harter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. King defending well though. Harter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head. Harter wants to take a breather but King is having none of it. Ground and pound from Harter. Harter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Harter thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
Harter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Harter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. King tries to kick Harter off but Harter keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Harter not landing any meaningful shots this time. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harter in particular looking to stall. King avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harter. Harter prevents King from standing back up.
Harter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head. Harter scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Harter sitting and controlling from the half guard. King keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Harter working King over with strikes. King avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harter. 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! Harter works his way into side control. Harter misses with the ground and pound. Harter wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Harter might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control King kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. King is pushing Harter's head away, looking to escape. Harter manages to hold on to the position though. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Logan Harter will probably get the nod. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Harter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as King sprawls well. King wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harter gets slowly back to his feet. King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by King. Beautiful body shot. King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King clinches. King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harter wants a takedown.
King tries to work over Harter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harter backwards. King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Harter tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King misses with a short punch on the inside. King has a couple of punches blocked by Harter.
Nice body punch from King.
That's one minute gone in the round. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King. King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Harter is breathing heavily. Harter blocks a body shot from King. King digs a right hand underneath Harter's ribcage. Harter let out a lung full of air as it connected. King lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harter or not. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Harter blocking some punches.
King gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Harter.
Brian King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Harter. King misses with a short punch on the inside. King is leaning against Harter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. A right hook to the body lands for King.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Harter uses good head movement to avoid it. King lands a shot to the body. King lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. King prevents a body shot from Harter. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harter. A hook to the body from King.
King working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King. Harter takes a shot to the head. Harter wants a takedown.
King lands with a light punch inside. King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from King. King scores with an uppercut up the middle. Harter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! King lands a nice shot to the body. Harter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! King struggles to land a body shot inside as Harter controls his hands.
King lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. King scores with a hook to the body. King misses with the head strike.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harter backwards. King lands a shoulder strike. King works on Harter's body with a couple of short punches. Harter wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
King lands a nice shot to the body. King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harter can do to turn this around? Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! King scores with a shoulder strike. King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harter backwards. King digs a right hand underneath Harter's ribcage. Harter let out a lung full of air as it connected. King creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Harter's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Harter drops to his knees and King pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian King!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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