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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martin Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stone might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to God Save the Queen. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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212 lbs
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210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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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 London, Martin Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Abel Harris!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stone bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Harris is looking to regain half guard here but Stone keeps moving and retains side control.
Stone trying to control the position but Harris is working away.
Stone in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Stone in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Harris is trying to control Stone's posture but Stone avoids it.
Harris tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Stone throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Harris wants to get back to his feet but Stone drags him back down.
Stone scoring with punches and elbows.
Stone has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harris is trying to get back to his feet.
Stone lands a decent elbow from side control.
Stone working away.
Harris tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris rolls, trying to escape but Stone keeps control of the position.
Stone lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Harris.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harris has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Stone punishes Harris with strikes from the back mount.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Harris wants to control his opponent's hands but Stone gets his hands free.
Stone lands shots from the back.
It looks like Abel Harris has been cut.
Stone working for the choke.
A lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Stone lands punches and elbows.
Stone has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Stone is breathing heavily.
Harris controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Stone lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Harris is trapped and Stone is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Harris is trying to get back to his feet but Stone has full control of the position and if anything, Harris has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Stone punishes Harris with strikes from the back mount.
Harris is trying to stand back up.
Harris is trapped and Stone is scoring with shots to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fending off the submission attempt from Stone.
Harris covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Harris manages to stand up with Stone still on his back. Eventually Stone drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Stone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stone drops his hands momentarily and Harris takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harris throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Stone closes the distance and clinches up with Harris, looking for a takedown. Stone pushes Harris against the cage but Harris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harris misses with a hook.
Stone looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Stone blocks a jab.
Stone changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harris tries to avoid it but Stone manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harris to the ground. Harris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Harris lands a jab to the head.
Harris lands a nice shot that snaps Stone's head back.
Stone misses with a double jab.
Harris scores with a sloppy right hand. Stone should have avoided that one.
Harris misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris throws the left hand but Stone avoids the punch easily.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abel Harris's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Stone takes one to the chin there.
Danga de danga de dang - Stone scores with a four punch combination!
Harris lands a jab to the head.
Harris throws a jab when Stone was well out of range.
Harris stuffs the takedown attempt from Stone. Stone gets slowly back to his feet.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martin Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Stone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harris but Harris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Harris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
A big right from Harris misses.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris misses with a hook. Stone ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stone.
Harris stuffs the takedown attempt from Stone. Stone gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stone fails with a takedown attempt.
Harris scores with a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Harris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harris.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab from Harris misses.
Stone shoots for a takedown but Harris saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Harris scores with the left hand. Stone knows he should have avoided that one.
Abel Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harris as he jumps to the side.
Harris scores with a jab. Stone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stone swinging wilding here.
Stone throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Nice takedown defense from Harris. No joy for Stone on that attempt.
Stone shoots in and drives through. Harris sprawls well.
Harris throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harris as he jumps to the side.
Stone misses with a combination
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris works over Stone's head and body with a nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Harris dips to his left and cracks Stone with an uppercut!
Abel Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris lunges at Stone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stone's hand.
Harris scores with a punch to the head.
Stone shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Stone showed some decent athleticism there.
Harris punching from the bottom.
Harris is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stone lands a nice short elbow.
Harris connecting with a few gentle strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Harris can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Stone working over Harris with some ground and pound. Harris looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone wants to work for an arm triangle but Harris is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harris lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab from Harris.
Stone misses with a double jab
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stone drops his hands momentarily and Harris takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harris avoids the head kick by Stone.
Harris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stone on the side of the head.
Stone on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Stone is out of range.
Stone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Stone or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris which made him look bad.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Abel Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Stone misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stone darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Stone wants to take a breather but Harris is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Stone wants to take a breather but Harris is having none of it.
Stone is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris pushes Stone off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense.
Harris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harris, as that shot connected.
Stone ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stone looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harris as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Stone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
No luck for Stone with that takedown attempt.
Stone avoids the body shot from Harris.
Stone misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martin Stone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands the left hand.
Stone misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Harris's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Harris duly obliges.
Stone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harris but Harris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stone gets the takedown into side control.
Harris bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stone jabs Harris right on the nose. Harris blinks but takes it well.
Stone shoots for a double leg takedown but Harris sprawls well. He's pushed Stone's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Harris throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a body shot.
Harris throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Stone looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Stone stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
Stone walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stone drives through with a takedown into guard.
Harris is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Harris throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Harris pushes Stone off and scrambles back to his feet.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a hook but Stone blocks it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stone.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from Harris.
Stone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Stone or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris which made him look bad.
Harris cracks Stone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Stone moves out of range as Harris throws a body kick.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris throws a hook but Stone blocks it.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Stone throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harris's waist but Harris gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stone off to one side.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abel Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight for Abel Harris!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Abel Harris!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Abel Harris!
Abel Harris wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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