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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Hara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Givens 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Slaughtered. Hara has chosen The Who - Eminence front as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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210 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Givens !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Hara!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Givens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Givens jabs Hara right on the nose. Hara blinks but takes it well.
Givens cracks Hara with a good jab.
Hara ducks under a wild hook from Givens .
Givens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Givens loads up on a big right hand but Hara slips the punch.
Givens throws a poor cross that misses
and Hara counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hara is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hara missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Givens wants to control but Hara is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hara trying to mount his opponent but Givens defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Givens wants to get back to full guard.
Hara trying to mount his opponent but Givens defends it.
Hara seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Givens does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch lands to the side of Hara 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hara is trying hard to land a takedown here. Givens sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hara shoots in but Givens avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tommy Givens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Hara.
Hara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Givens .
Givens looks to land a right hand but Hara moved out of range.
Givens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Givens scores with a jab. Hara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tommy Givens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Givens throws a poor cross that misses
and Hara moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Givens throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from Givens .
Givens stalling against the cage.
Givens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Givens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hara misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hara is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Givens gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hara.
Givens stalling the fight.
Givens lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Givens struggles to land a body shot inside as Hara controls his hands.
Givens stalling against the cage.
Hara is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
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 Tommy Givens will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Givens misses with an uppercut
and Hara counters with a two punch combo.
Hara changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Givens looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hara scores with punches from side control.
Givens taking punishment in the form of punches.
Givens is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hara sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Givens is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Givens is looking for a sweep.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hara is looking to take a break and control but Givens is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hara postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hara trying to control the position but Givens is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hara lands some shots froms side control.
Hara tries to score with some ground and pound. Givens controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hara thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hara throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hara looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Givens is avoiding damage well.
Givens is not content to let Hara control the position.
Givens dodges the ground and pound from Hara.
Hara scoring with punches from side control.
Hara throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Givens keeps working.
Josh Hara has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hara tries for a kimura but Givens is defending well.
An elbow from Hara crashes against the mat.
Hara has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hara tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Givens keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hara.
Hara working away.
Hara scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Givens to see if he's OK.
Hara is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Givens knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hara working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Hara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A cross from Givens lands.
Givens lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hara circles away quickly and effectively.
Givens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hara moves out of range of the strikes.
Hara misses with a low kick.
Givens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hara.
Hara dives in and grabs Givens 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Givens pushes down on Hara's head and hops out.
Hara drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Givens rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Givens connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hara. Hara circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Givens misses with a looping left.
Givens throws a big shot that misses.
Givens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hara dives in and grabs Givens 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Givens pushes down on Hara's head and hops out.
Givens throws a hook but Hara blocks it.
Hara fails to land with a series of punches.
Givens missing with a left hand there. Hara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hara ducks under a wild hook from Givens .
Givens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tommy Givens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Hara.
Hara shoots for a takedown but Givens saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Givens is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hara has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hara there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hara misses with a takedown attempt - Givens sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hara staying out of range there.
Tommy Givens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Givens misses.
Givens swinging wildly here.
Hara fails with a takedown attempt.
Givens throws an overhand right that lands on Hara's shoulder, as Hara tries to avoid the shot.
Hara slips under a jab.
Hara shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Givens pinned against the cage. Givens gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hara ducks under a wild hook from Givens .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Givens .
Givens 's corner calls for a 1-2. Givens obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Givens misses with a combination
and Hara counters with a single leg into guard. Givens didn't expect that.
Givens keeping full guard, as Hara tries to pass.
Hara is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens trying to control the position.
Hara sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Givens 's guard.
Hara is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hara trying to control the action but Givens is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Givens is trying to maintain the position but Hara is very close to passing his half guard.
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 Tommy Givens .
I think Givens 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tommy Givens !
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energy
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hype
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