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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leslie Harp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Callahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harp comes to the cage accompanied by Eternal Erection - Absolutely Free . Harry Callahan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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169 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
26
169 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leslie Harp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Callahan!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Callahan misses with a wild body shot.
Harp fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Callahan, pushing him back against the cage.
Callahan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harp blocks it with crossed arms.
Callahan misses with a knee strike.
Callahan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Callahan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Callahan looking to throw knees to the head but Harp is blocking nicely.
Callahan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harp slowing the pace effectively.
A shot in the inside from Callahan.
Harp is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Callahan looking to throw knees to the head but Harp is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callahan tries a knee to the head but Harp blocks it.
Callahan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Callahan is looking to control Harp's arms but Harp gets an underhook and turns him. Now Callahan has his back to the cage.
Harp has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Callahan regains guard immediately.
Harp wants to control from the top but Callahan keeps moving.
Harp avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Harp stopping the sweep attempt from Callahan.
Callahan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harp lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harp scoring with punches to the head and body.
Callahan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Callahan is looking for a triangle but Harp pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Callahan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harp avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Harp postures up and lands a big shot to Callahan's brow.
Harp trying to control the position from guard on top but Callahan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Callahan working for a triangle but Harp defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harp is in close to Callahan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harp got a little sloppy there for a moment and Callahan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harp has managed to get both his arms back between Callahan's legs - danger averted.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harp accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Callahan working for submissions but it's allowed Harp to get to half guard.
Callahan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Harp.
Callahan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Harp working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harp winds up and cracks Callahan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Callahan looking for submissions off his back.
Callahan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harp scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Callahan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Callahan missing with punches from the bottom.
Harp winds up and cracks Callahan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harp landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Harp lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Callahan is not content to let Harp control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Callahan wants to get back to full guard.
Callahan taking some punishment here, with Harp in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leslie Harp dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Callahan throws a chopping leg kick but Harp manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Callahan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Callahan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Callahan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harp keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Callahan misses with a wild combination.
Harp throws a leg kick
and Callahan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harp is looking to chop away at Callahan's legs.
Callahan tries to clinch but Harp is having none of it.
Callahan tries to keep at a distance but Harp has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harp scores with a hook to the body.
Harp blocks the elbow strike.
Harp struggles to land a body shot inside as Callahan controls his hands.
Harp just leaning against Callahan, taking a breather.
Callahan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harp stalling against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Callahan as Harp tries to tie him up.
Harp is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Callahan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harp blocks an elbow strike.
Callahan tries to land a knee to the head but Harp blocks with his arms.
Callahan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harp holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Callahan misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callahan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harp being controlled against the cage.
Harp avoids the elbow strike from Callahan, against the cage.
Harp turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Harp is chipping away with strikes.
Harp creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Harp scoring with punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harp working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Harp lands an elbow.
Harp in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Callahan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harp cracks Callahan with a big elbow.
Harp cracks Callahan with a big elbow.
Harp lands an elbow.
Harp wants to lay and pray for a moment but Callahan keeps working.
Callahan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Harp in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Callahan tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harp in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Callahan tries to buck Harp off but Harp is having none of it.
Callahan striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Callahan manages to get back to half guard.
Callahan taking some punishment here, with Harp in his half guard.
Harp is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Harp sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Callahan defending well though.
Harp working over Callahan with some ground and pound. Callahan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Harp controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Harp there.
Harp lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callahan trying to control but Harp postures up.
Callahan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Harp pulls his head out easily.
Harp scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leslie Harp dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Callahan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Harp throws a head kick that misses.
Callahan tries to clinch but Harp is having none of it.
Harp shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Harp showed some decent athleticism there.
Harp thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Callahan's head.
Ground and pound from Harp.
Harp working over Callahan with some ground and pound. Callahan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Harp lands a nice short elbow.
Callahan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harp scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Callahan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harp is working away from the top position though.
Callahan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Harp slips a nice elbow through Callahan's hands, connecting with Callahan's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harp is keen to just control but Callahan is a slippery customer.
Callahan actively working from the bottom here.
Harp is looking to take a break and control but Callahan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Callahan wants to control but Harp is keeping busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harp connects with a nice short shot to Callahan's temple.
Harp lands strikes from half guard.
Callahan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Leslie Harp overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Callahan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Harp pulls his head out easily.
Callahan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Callahan gets back to full guard.
Callahan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harp working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Callahan's head.
Harp stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Callahan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harp distracts Callahan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
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!
Harp looking to pass the guard.
Harp working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Callahan's head.
Callahan working for a triangle but Harp defends it easily.
Harp stands up over Callahan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Callahan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harp drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Harp jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harp scoring with some ground and pound.
Harp working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Harp got a little sloppy there for a moment and Callahan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harp has managed to get both his arms back between Callahan's legs - danger averted.
Harp postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Harry Callahan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harp lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Callahan is rocked!
Callahan working for a triangle but Harp defends it easily.
Harp lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Callahan is still in real trouble! Can Harp finish him?
Harp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Callahan can do to turn this around?
Harp landing some decent shots from guard.
Callahan seems to have recovered his senses.
Harp is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Callahan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Harp trying to control but Callahan is working from the bottom.
Callahan working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Harp has passed into half guard!
Harp drops an elbow to the side of Callahan's head.
Callahan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Harp stopping the sweep attempt from Callahan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callahan is looking for a triangle here but Harp uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leslie Harp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harp, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leslie Harp!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Leslie Harp waved his t-shirt featuring Namunamu Clothing 's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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