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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Harmonic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Stanko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenneth Harmonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Stanko!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harmonic clinches up with Stanko and pushes him back against the cage.
Harmonic tightens his grip and picks Stanko up, before dumping him to the ground. Stanko manages to land in guard.
Harmonic controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harmonic wants to control from the top but Stanko keeps moving.
Harmonic looking to sit in guard and control but Stanko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stanko controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Eddie Stanko wasn't active enough on the ground.
Harmonic shoots in but no luck this time.
Stanko wants to clinch.
Stanko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Stanko. Those never looked like landing.
Harmonic closes the distance and pushes Stanko back into the cage.
Harmonic tries to score a body lock takedown but Stanko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stanko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stanko missing with knees to the body.
Stanko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harmonic takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stanko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harmonic avoiding damage as Stanko throws knees to the body.
Stanko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmonic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stanko has Harmonic pressed against the cage.
Stanko lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stanko trying to land knees to the body.
Harmonic is trying to pull guard but Stanko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Harmonic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanko lands a damaging elbow.
Harmonic looking for a takedown.
Harmonic has clasped his hands together around Stanko's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Stanko defending against the ground and pound.
Stanko struggling a bit here.
Harmonic tries to stand but Stanko is controlling his head.
Harmonic is looking to take a break and control but Stanko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harmonic tries to get to his feet but Stanko is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Harmonic in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmonic wants to get up but he can't break Stanko's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Harmonic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stanko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harmonic wants to pass the guard but Stanko is keeping the position.
Harmonic is fighting to break Stanko's control of his arms but Stanko is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
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 Kenneth Harmonic will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Stanko is looking to clinch but Harmonic is avoiding it.
Stanko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harmonic closes the distance and pushes Stanko back into the cage.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stanko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmonic blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmonic is trying to break free.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the temple.
Stanko looking to throw knees to the head but Harmonic is blocking nicely.
Stanko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harmonic up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stanko.
Harmonic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stanko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stanko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Kenneth Harmonic has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Harmonic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stanko breaks from the clinch.
Stanko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harmonic shoots in for a double leg but Stanko sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Harmonic gets the takedown into side control.
Harmonic is looking to take a break and control but Stanko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harmonic is really struggling to control Stanko but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Stanko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Stanko prevents Harmonic from moving into mount.
You can see the frustration on Stanko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We're going to have a standup here because Kenneth Harmonic wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Stanko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harmonic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stanko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stanko stalling the fight.
A short right from Stanko on the inside.
Stanko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stanko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanko landing knees to the head.
Stanko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stanko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stanko is struggling to control the position.
Stanko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stanko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanko has closed the distance and engaged Harmonic in a clinch.
Stanko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harmonic's face.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stanko breaks from the clinch.
Stanko tries to clinch there but Harmonic circles away.
Stanko rushes Harmonic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stanko tries a body shot but Harmonic blocks it.
Stanko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stanko taking a breather.
Stanko breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stanko gets a clinch.
Harmonic tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stanko just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Stanko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Harmonic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Harmonic gets tackled into the cage by Stanko. Stanko maintains the clinch.
Stanko landing knees to the body.
Harmonic takes an elbow to the temple.
Harmonic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stanko landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stanko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stanko lands with a big left! Harmonic is wobbled badly! Stanko comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Harmonic to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eddie Stanko!
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FIGHT
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