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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucenzo Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romero comes to the cage accompanied by Don Omar - Danza Kuduro ft. Lucenzo . Paul Harris acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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222 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucenzo Romero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Harris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Romero throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harris counters with a nice double leg into side control. Romero won't be happy with that.
Harris tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
A lull in the action here.
Harris trying to control the action but Romero is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Romero's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Harris are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Romero tries to bench press Harris off him but Harris keeps the position.
Harris working the head with strikes.
Harris goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Romero rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Harris's guard! Nice work there by Romero!
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Romero passes into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris gets back to full guard.
Romero stopping the sweep attempt from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero passes Harris's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Harris is not content to let Romero control the position.
Harris is looking to get back to full guard here but Romero has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to improve his position.
Harris looking for a sweep but Romero has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Harris looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Harris dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Romero lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Harris dips to his left and cracks Romero with an uppercut!
Romero avoids a kick to the body.
Romero misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romero manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Harris.
Romero scores with a jab to the head.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
Romero connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romero is looking to land body kicks.
Romero throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris thumps Romero with a low kick.
Harris lands with a right hand.
Lucenzo Romero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris throws a right hand that misses
and Romero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Romero tries to land a front kick but Harris steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romero misses with a looping right.
Romero throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Romero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Romero throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harris shoots in looking for a takedown. Romero tries to sprawl out of it but Harris keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Romero manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Romero moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harris 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.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harris.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Romero takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Harris throws a leg kick
and Romero counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romero moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Harris sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Romero defending well though.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but Romero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harris works his way into side control.
Harris throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Romero's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Romero dodges the ground and pound from Harris.
Harris misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Harris looks up at the clock and then as Romero takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Harris smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Harris looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris controlling the position from side mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Romero fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Harris checks it well.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Romero saw that one coming.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Romero moved out of range.
Romero digs a good hook to Harris's body.
Romero throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
A big left from Romero misses.
Paul Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris throws out a leg kick but Romero moves out of range and Harris only half commits.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Romero was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Romero wants it to stay on the feet.
Jab by Harris.
Romero scores with a hook.
Romero is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Romero lands a really nice looking cross but Harris seems unphased.
Romero throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Romero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris misses with a hook
enabling Romero to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Romero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romero throws a body kick that misses.
Harris connects with a body shot that sends Romero's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Romero has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Romero.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romero.
Romero misses with a straight left.
Harris has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Harris shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Romero is trying to defend but Harris finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Romero trying to control from the bottom.
Romero gets full guard.
Harris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Romero holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romero keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Harris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Harris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Romero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harris trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Romero throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Romero is not content to let Harris control the position.
Harris trying to advance position but Romero counters by regaining guard.
Romero trying to keep a closed guard but Harris is proving a slippery customer.
Harris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lucenzo Romero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Harris.
I've got Harris winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Harris!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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