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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Balgair Duff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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187 cm
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171 lbs
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189 cm
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167 lbs
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Excellent boxer
KO power
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Balgair Duff! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lou Harrison! The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Duff scores with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Harrison looks to throw the jab but Duff is out of range. Harrison misses with a body shot.
Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duff.
Duff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range. Duff stuns Harrison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Harrison with a body punch. A glancing blow. Duff swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Harrison throws a lazy right hand but Duff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Harrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Duff swings and misses with a shot to the body and Harrison counters with a nice uppercut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it. A looping hook to the body misses from Duff. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet. Duff misses with an uppercut. Harrison saw that one coming. Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff. Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely. The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duff tries a body shot but Harrison blocks it.
Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duff struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrison controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Duff.
Duff digs a right hand underneath Harrison's ribcage. Harrison let out a lung full of air as it connected. Duff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Duff lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff. Harrison lands a shot to the body. Harrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duff backwards. Harrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow. Harrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Duff. Harrison tries a body shot but Duff blocks it.
Harrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duff's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Duff scores with a hook to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Duff lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Duff stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Duff lands a body punch. Duff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards. Harrison can't find room to land a body shot as Duff controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duff. Duff scores with a shoulder strike. A short left from Harrison. Duff pushes Harrison back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. Duff lands with a short shot to the head. Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Duff presses Harrison against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duff. Duff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A short right from Duff on the inside. Duff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrison cracks Duff with a nice body shot. Harrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A short body shot lands from Harrison as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balgair Duff dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice uppercut there from Duff. Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Harrison is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Duff. Harrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Duff throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff throws a shot to the body.
Duff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harrison moves away from the strike by Duff. Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duff. Duff connects with the punch. A looping hook to the body misses from Duff. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet. Harrison blocks a jab. Duff throws a looping overhand right but Harrison ducks down to avoid it. Duff takes one on the button.
It looks like Balgair Duff has been cut. 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! Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Duff is just out of range. Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws a shot to the body.
Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duff throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range. Harrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff thuds a left hand into Harrison's body. Nice jab there from Harrison. Duff takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Duff ducks into a a hook from Harrison and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Duff is rocked! 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! Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oh Duff is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Balgair Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Duff throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrison counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Duff goes down! Harrison rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Duff is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action! Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff seems to have got his legs back now. Harrison ducks under a wild hook from Duff. A looping hook to the body misses from Duff. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet. Duff staying out of range there. Harrison lands with an overhand left. Harrison drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Duff onto his butt! Duff pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue. Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A jab from Duff does it's job there. Harrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Duff misses with a hook. Duff connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it. A looping hook to the body misses from Duff. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet. Harrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away. Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harrison. Harrison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison. A looping hook to the body misses from Duff. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet. Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it. Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harrison. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Duff looks to land a right hand but Harrison moved out of range. Duff lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harrison backs up against the ropes.
Duff takes a jab right on the kisser.
Duff throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lou Harrison will take that one after putting his opponent down more than once in the round. The cut man is working on Balgair Duff's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Duff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harrison lands with a good body shot. Duff lands a nice looking body shot.
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Duff is just out of range. Jab, jab by Harrison - just one landing. Duff lands with an overhand left. Harrison scores with the left hand. Duff knows he should have avoided that one. Duff tests Harrison's chin there with a solid looking shot. Duff swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
Duff throws a shot to the body.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it. This has been an exciting period of action! A shot to the body from Duff misses and Harrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Harrison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Harrison misses with a straight right. Duff loads up on a big right hand but Harrison slips the punch. Duff cracks Harrison with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Harrison scores with a jab. Duff acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duff lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Duff tries to clinch but Harrison is having none of it. The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Harrison swats away the attempt to clinch by Duff. Harrison thuds a left hand into Duff's body. Harrison takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses. Harrison looks to land a right hand but Duff moved out of range. Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range. Duff is looking to wear down Harrison with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Duff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left lands for Harrison. Duff takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it. Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it. Duff is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Harrison misses with a straight right. Duff misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Duff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff misses with a straight right. Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Duff throws a series of punches but Harrison avoids them all with ease. Harrison lunges at Duff with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Duff's hand. This has been an exciting period of action! Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range. Lou Harrison seems to be getting the better of the standup. Harrison takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses. Harrison stuns Duff with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Harrison thows a left - swing and a miss! Duff throws a jab but it's blocked by Harrison. Duff thows a body shot but no joy. A looping hook to the body misses from Harrison. Duff does a little dance to reset his feet. Harrison stuns Duff with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harrison, as that shot connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Duff looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Duff lands a head shot. Harrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away. A jab from Harrison finds it's way through Duff's defenses. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lou Harrison really dominated that round. The cut man is working on Balgair Duff's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
Duff misses with an uppercut. Harrison saw that one coming. Harrison connects with a body shot that sends Duff's belly button to the back. Harrison takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses. Harrison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harrison missing with a left hand there. Duff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Harrison moves out of range as Duff strikes. Harrison throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range. Harrison connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duff. Duff circles away out of range and recomposes himself. A jab from Harrison misses. A decent looking cross lands there for Duff. Harrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Harrison misses the shot to the body. Nice body punch from Duff. Duff takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Duff throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range. Duff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Duff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Duff looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Duff misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Harrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Harrison scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Duff throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range. Duff clinches with his opponent.
Duff softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duff throws a head punch that misses. Harrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Balgair Duff has scored more points in the clinch so far. Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Harrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow. Duff lands with a left to the head. Duff blocks an uppercut.
Duff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside. Harrison tries a body shot but Duff blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action! Duff lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harrison or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round. With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Duff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Duff lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harrison backwards. Harrison can't find room to land a body shot as Duff controls the action.
Duff lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Duff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Duff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Harrison tries to throw a body punch but Duff avoids it by throwing Harrison back against the ropes. Harrison scores with an uppercut up the middle. Harrison blocks an uppercut.
Harrison misses with a hook from the clinch. Duff lands a body punch. Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Harrison tries a body shot but Duff blocks it.
Duff lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balgair Duff had his way with Lou Harrison in that round. The cut man is working on Balgair Duff's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A decent looking cross lands there for Harrison. Duff misses with a double jab.
Duff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Duff works the jab nicely. Harrison throws a big shot that misses. Harrison misses the jab. Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing. Harrison takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses. Harrison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Harrison stuns Duff with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Good shot there by Harrison. Duff uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrison.
Duff throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harrison counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Duff cracks Harrison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Harrison dodges the punch combination from Duff.
A big left from Duff misses. Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt. Harrison throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duff swinging wildly here.
Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the liver by Harrison. Beautiful body shot. Duff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff clinches with his opponent.
Duff misses with the head strike.
Harrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Duff throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrison. Duff scores with a shoulder strike. Harrison blocks an uppercut.
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff throws a head punch that misses. Duff blocks an uppercut.
Duff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Harrison lands a right hand. Harrison throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Harrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Duff digs a right hand into Harrison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harrison's gas tank. Duff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow. Duff pushes Harrison back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. Duff misses with a punch on the inside.
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside. Harrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Duff controls his hands.
Duff lands an uppercut. Harrison scores with a hook to the body. Duff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Harrison blocks an uppercut.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Harrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrison blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Lou Harrison. I think Harrison 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 44:48 Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 44:48 Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 44:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lou Harrison! During a confident post fight interview, Lou Harrison thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. Balgair Duff spoke after the fight, saying 'I should have trained more instead of drinking all that Macallan single malt! Man, I need a drink. Where's the Macallan at?'.
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