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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Berric Dondarrion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Harbor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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191 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Berric Dondarrion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Harbor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dondarrion thumps Harbor with a low kick.
Dondarrion swings for the body but Harbor moves out of range.
Harbor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dondarrion is trying to get back to full guard.
Harbor stalling.
Dondarrion wants to improve his position but Harbor is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dondarrion manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dondarrion wants to get back to his feet but Harbor is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dondarrion keeping moving, preventing Harbor from controlling successfully.
Dondarrion working a defensive guard here.
Harbor trying to control the position from guard on top but Dondarrion is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dondarrion seems keen to control Harbor's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dondarrion misses with a wild body shot.
Dondarrion throws a body punch but Harbor moves out of range.
Dondarrion loads up on a big right hand but Harbor slips the punch.
Dondarrion 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.
Nice defenses there by Harbor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dondarrion. Harbor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dondarrion throws a leg kick which misses Harbor's front leg but catches the back leg as Harbor tries to avoid it.
Dondarrion lands with an overhand left.
Nice takedown defense from Dondarrion. No joy for Harbor on that attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dondarrion.
Harbor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dondarrion throws out the jab.
Harbor shoots in but no luck this time.
Dondarrion cracks Harbor with a good jab.
Dondarrion takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Dondarrion does it's job there.
Harbor defending well as Dondarrion loads up on a big left hand.
Harbor closes the distance and clinches up with Dondarrion, looking for a takedown. Harbor pushes Dondarrion against the cage but Dondarrion circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Berric Dondarrion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Harbor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dondarrion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harbor throws a right and a left that Dondarrion avoids nicely.
Dondarrion is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harbor.
Dondarrion throws a quick inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Dondarrion there.
Harbor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dondarrion feints and then cracks Harbor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harbor down.
Dondarrion connects with a leg kick. Harbor looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dondarrion feints and then cracks Harbor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harbor down.
Dondarrion is looking to slow Harbor down with leg kicks.
Harbor looks winded!
Dondarrion thuds his right hand into Harbor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dondarrion jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Dondarrion there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dondarrion throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harbor on the side of the head.
Dondarrion feints and then cracks Harbor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harbor down.
Dondarrion connects with a solid leg kick.
Dondarrion swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harbor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Berric Dondarrion is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dondarrion lands with an uppercut that bounces Harbor off the cage and back into range.
Harbor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dondarrion cracks Harbor with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Dondarrion has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Harbor to stand back up!
Harbor is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dondarrion looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harbor is still on wobbly legs! Can Dondarrion finish him?
Dondarrion cracks Harbor with a hook to the temple - Harbor is on wobbly legs here! Dondarrion swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Harbor falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Dondarrion wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Berric Dondarrion!
A determined Berric Dondarrion didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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hype
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pop
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