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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jalen Hammonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammonds comes to the cage accompanied by Undertaker theme song ''rollin'' lyrics. Chris Harrington will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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211 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jalen Hammonds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hammonds checks it well.
Harrington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harrington wants it to stay on the feet.
Harrington wants to land a leg kick but Hammonds is out of range.
Jalen Hammonds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrington looks to land a body kick but Hammonds moved away.
Nice takedown defense from Harrington. No joy for Hammonds on that attempt.
Hammonds shoots in looking for a takedown. Harrington tries to sprawl out of it but Hammonds keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harrington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jalen Hammonds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hammonds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A clash of legs there as Hammonds blocks the low kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hammonds checks a leg kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hammonds checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hammonds throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harrington's waist but Harrington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hammonds off to one side.
Harrington buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harrington cracks the inside of Hammonds's front leg.
Hammonds checks the leg kick.
Harrington throws a wild body kick that Hammonds sees coming a mile off.
Harrington connects with a solid leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Harrington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hammonds shoots in looking for a takedown but Harrington manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hammonds's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds moved away.
Hammonds shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harrington sprawls well. Harrington wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hammonds gets slowly back to his feet.
Harrington misses with a head kick.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hammonds checks a low kick from Harrington.
Hammonds moves in looking to clinch but Harrington pushes him off.
Hammonds avoids the head kick by Harrington.
Harrington throws a low kick but Hammonds avoids it.
Nice takedown defense from Harrington. No joy for Hammonds on that attempt.
Hammonds closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Harrington is trying to buck Hammonds off.
Hammonds decides to stand back up.
Harrington tried to score with a low kick but Hammonds checks it.
Hammonds misses with a two punch combination.
Hammonds shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harrington but Harrington pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington jabs Hammonds right on the nose. Hammonds blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammonds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrington tries to score with a low kick but Hammonds moves his leg out of the way.
Harrington misses with a straight left.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harrington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hammonds checks it well.
Hammonds shoots in but Harrington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hammonds is breathing heavily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrington.
Hammonds shoots for a takedown but Harrington saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harrington throws a head kick but Hammonds moves out of range.
Harrington slips a jab and a cross from Hammonds.
Harrington looks for the body kick but Hammonds saw that one coming.
Hammonds shoots in looking for a takedown. Harrington tries to sprawl out of it but Hammonds keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harrington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hammonds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hammonds is out of range and Harrington settles back down.
Hammonds wants to clinch
and Harrington counters with a nice leg kick.
Harrington moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harrington throws a solid leg kick but Hammonds takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harrington.
Harrington shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hammonds shoots in for a takedown but Harrington shows good takedown defense.
Hammonds takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hammonds on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrington. Harrington obviously looking to wear him down.
Harrington throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harrington lands with a slapping head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrington.
Hammonds shoots in but no luck this time.
Harrington swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harrington scores with a leg kick.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrington is looking to chop away at Hammonds's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington tries to score with a low kick but Hammonds moves his leg out of the way.
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!
Harrington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A bone on bone clash there as Hammonds blocks the leg kick.
Harrington explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Harrington tried to score with a low kick but Hammonds checks it.
Hammonds avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harrington chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hammonds avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hammonds has managed to clinch.
Harrington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hammonds misses with a takedown attempt - Harrington sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Harrington misses with a body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrington attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Harrington throws a front kick aimed at Hammonds's knee but Hammonds avoids it well.
Chris Harrington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harrington throws a head kick that misses.
Hammonds tries for a takedown but Harrington sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Harrington dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hammonds looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harrington walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hammonds checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hammonds is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice cross by Harrington.
Hammonds checks the leg kick.
Harrington feints and then cracks Hammonds's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hammonds down.
Jalen Hammonds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrington does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Harrington lands a front kick.
Hammonds checks a leg kick nicely.
Hammonds fails with a takedown attempt.
Harrington will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hammonds tries to clinch up.
Hammonds checks a leg kick nicely.
Harrington lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harrington looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hammonds shoots in looking for a takedown. Harrington tries to sprawl out of it but Hammonds keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harrington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hammonds avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammonds fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harrington misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hammonds looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jalen Hammonds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hammonds tries to clinch up
and Harrington counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammonds gets a double leg takedown into Harrington's guard.
Harrington tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hammonds stands up and waves to Harrington to follow him.
Harrington throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Harrington throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hammonds on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrington. Harrington obviously looking to wear him down.
Harrington motions for Hammonds to come forward. Harrington throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Hammonds as he checks the leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammonds tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harrington swivels and escapes.
Hammonds shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harrington as he jumps to the side.
Harrington scores with the left hand. Hammonds knows he should have avoided that one.
Hammonds looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hammonds checks the leg kick.
Harrington throws a right hand that Hammonds ducks under and follows up with a left that Hammonds also avoids with ease.
Hammonds tries for a takedown but Harrington circles away easily
and Harrington counters with a good low kick that Hammonds was not able to check.
Harrington looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harrington fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hammonds is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harrington.
Harrington feints and then cracks Hammonds's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hammonds down.
Hammonds shoots in for a takedown but Harrington shows good takedown defense.
Some bone on bone action there as Hammonds checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A bone on bone clash there as Hammonds blocks the leg kick.
Hammonds has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harrington.
Harrington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hammonds is out of range and Harrington settles back down.
Good work by Hammonds as he checks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Hammonds blocks the low kick.
Harrington fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hammonds checks it well.
Hammonds 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.
Hammonds tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harrington sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hammonds somewhat.
Harrington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hammonds on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harrington throws a low kick, looking for Hammonds's leg but Hammonds calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harrington wants it to stay on the feet.
Harrington misses with a low kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harrington will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harrington fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hammonds is out of range.
Harrington throws a low kick but Hammonds avoids it.
Chris Harrington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Harrington.
Hammonds looks for a takedown but Harrington sprawls well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammonds misses with a wild combination.
A good leg kick by Harrington.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Harrington throws a leg kick that misses.
Harrington misses with a low kick.
Harrington misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Harrington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hammonds dives in and grabs Harrington's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harrington pushes down on Hammonds's head and hops out.
Hammonds shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harrington defends it nicely.
Hammonds shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harrington defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jalen Hammonds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington tries to land a leg kick but Hammonds saw it coming and moves away.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hammonds moves in looking to clinch but Harrington pushes him off.
Hammonds checks a leg kick.
Hammonds looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hammonds displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrington throws out the jab.
Hammonds tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harrington swivels and escapes.
Harrington throws a low kick, looking for Hammonds's leg but Hammonds calmly moves out of range.
Hammonds chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrington can pounce on him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammonds on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrington. Harrington obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington motions for Hammonds to come forward. Harrington throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hammonds looks for a takedown but Harrington sprawls well.
Harrington is looking to chop away at Hammonds's legs.
Horrible takedown by Hammonds or perhaps it was just good defense by Harrington which made him look bad.
Harrington lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hammonds checks a leg kick.
Harrington throws a head kick that misses.
Harrington throws a leg kick which misses Hammonds's front leg but catches the back leg as Hammonds tries to avoid it.
Hammonds avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harrington scores with a leg kick.
Hammonds blocks a head kick by Harrington.
Harrington scoring well with a low kick there.
Harrington cracks the inside of Hammonds's front leg.
A head kick misses from Harrington.
Hammonds checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harrington leaves Hammonds with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harrington throws a solid leg kick but Hammonds takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harrington.
Hammonds tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harrington sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hammonds somewhat.
Harrington misses with a low kick.
Harrington walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hammonds checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hammonds checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammonds shoots in for a double leg but Harrington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Harrington attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harrington, right into the meat.
Hammonds takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hammonds closes the distance and pushes Harrington back into the cage.
Harrington breaks from the clinch.
Hammonds fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington throws a leg kick which misses Hammonds's front leg but catches the back leg as Hammonds tries to avoid it.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Hammonds sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hammonds is defended easily by Harrington.
Harrington scores with a leg kick.
Hammonds 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.
An inside leg kick lands from Harrington.
Harrington motions for Hammonds to come forward. Harrington throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harrington.
Harrington throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hammonds tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harrington avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hammonds fails with the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrington is looking to score with low kicks.
Harrington misses with a low kick.
Hammonds shoots in but Harrington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harrington feints and then cracks Hammonds's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hammonds down.
Harrington pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hammonds is out of range and Harrington settles back down.
Harrington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harrington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hammonds's sensitive parts.
Hammonds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hammonds fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harrington misses with a low kick as Hammonds jumps back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington thumps Hammonds with a low kick.
Harrington throws a solid leg kick but Hammonds takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harrington.
Jalen Hammonds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chris Harrington is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harrington tries a low kick but Hammonds avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Harrington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Harrington winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Harrington!
Chris Harrington took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Unique Wear - All Items only $15 for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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hype
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