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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lee Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Harris will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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150 lbs
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146 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Harris!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Bang lands a right hook to the body.
Bang takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Bang throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bang missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bang scores with a jab. Harris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bang.
Bang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Bang closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bang swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Bang circles away.
Bang throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bang.
Lee Bang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bang.
Bang misses with a series of wild punches.
Bang misses with a body shot.
Harris slips under a jab from Bang.
A shot to the liver by Bang. Beautiful body shot.
Some wild striking there from Bang.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Bang.
Bang throws a one two combo.
Harris dodges the punch combination from Bang.
Bang connects with a looping right hand.
Harris is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang keeps the fight on the outside.
Bang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Bang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Some wild striking there from Bang.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Bang has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harris after a bit of a struggle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bang has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Harris avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang takes an elbow to the temple.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Bang blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Nice elbow from Harris.
Harris has Bang pushed against the cage.
Harris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
Bang has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harris is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang blocks the elbow strike.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bang is keeping busy.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Bang's takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harris takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Harris.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Bang dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Bang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harris tries to stall but Bang uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bang's brow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bang is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Harris taking a breather.
Bang is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Harris's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Harris - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harris lands a damaging elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Harris.
Bang misses with a looping left.
Bang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bang misses with the combination.
Harris wants to clinch.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Bang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris tries to clinch but Bang is having none of it.
Bang looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Bang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bang keeps the fight on the outside.
Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris rushes Bang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bang's defenses.
Bang looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Harris has the dominant position.
Bang blocks the elbow strike.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Bang shrugs off.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Bang gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Harris lands an elbow just above Bang 's eye.
Harris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Harris.
Harris looking to stall.
Bang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bang is trying to force a seperation but Harris has the dominant position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Harris.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Bang misses with a looping right.
Bang scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bang misses with a wild combination.
Harris defending well as Bang loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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 slips a jab and a cross from Bang.
Lee Bang is winning the standup battle so far.
Bang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris slips a jab from Bang.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Bang lands a nice shot to the body.
Bang keeps the fight on the outside.
Bang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Bang.
Bang keeps the fight on the outside.
Bang misses with a looping right.
Bang keeps the fight on the outside.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bang.
Bang jabs Harris to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Bang misses its intended target.
Bang misses with a wild body shot.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Bang circles away.
Harris rushes Bang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harris slows down the pace here.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris prevents a takedown attempt there.
Harris lands a damaging elbow.
Bang tries for a takedown but Harris manages to get underhooks.
Bang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bang is looking to break free of the clinch but Harris has double underhooks.
Harris lands an elbow inside.
Harris stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bang as Harris tries to tie him up.
Harris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris trying to stall but Bang improves his position.
Harris is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Harris.
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.
A punch combination from Bang misses.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Bang pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bang misses the jab.
Harris is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bang.
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bang scores with a jab.
Bang misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bang throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Bang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bang circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bang swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris tries to clinch but Bang is having none of it.
Harris tries to clinch up but Bang circles away and keeps his distance.
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 Lee Bang.
I think Bang 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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