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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cary Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez has chosen Burn Halo - Save Me as his entrance music. Luis Gonzalez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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194 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cary Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harding circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gonzalez pulls Harding into guard.
Gonzalez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gonzalez is wriggling around but Harding manages to pass to half guard.
Harding stops Gonzalez from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding is thwarting Gonzalez's attempts to control the position.
Gonzalez wants to get back to full guard but Harding has passed into side control.
Gonzalez looking for a sweep but Harding has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Gonzalez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is looking to improve his position but Harding isn't that keen on the idea.
Gonzalez is still trying to improve position.
Harding lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gonzalez is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Gonzalez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ground and pound from Harding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harding.
Gonzalez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Harding is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Harding thows a huge punch but Gonzalez dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gonzalez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Harding pulls his head out easily.
Gonzalez is looking for a sweep. Harding is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harding is thwarting Gonzalez's attempts to control the position.
Harding is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Harding prevents Gonzalez from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Luis Gonzalez will probably get the nod.
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.
Harding is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harding circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez darts in trying to clinch
and Harding counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez jumps guard and drags Harding to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Gonzalez has an active guard here but Harding has managed to pass into half guard.
Harding not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gonzalez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harding is working away from the top position though.
Gonzalez is trying to stand up here but Harding is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wants to stand back up but Harding manages to pass into side control.
Gonzalez tries to control but Harding manages to take his back.
Gonzalez can't escape the position.
Harding gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harding lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Harding lands punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
I would not like to be Gonzalez right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Harding is landing with strikes from the back.
Gonzalez breaks Harding's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Gonzalez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Gonzalez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harding has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gonzalez has managed to get both his arms back between Harding's legs - danger averted.
Harding tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Harding is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harding scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Harding has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gonzalez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harding throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Harding strikes from his own guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harding doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gonzalez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harding is keeping the position for now.
Gonzalez wants to stand but Harding is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cary Harding dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A head kick misses from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harding did well to prevent Gonzalez getting side control.
Harding tries to roll over but Gonzalez keeps him under control.
Gonzalez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harding's head.
Harding has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gonzalez is working away from the top position though.
Harding is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gonzalez uses his free foot to push down on Harding's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Harding.
Harding is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gonzalez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gonzalez with good strikes from the mount here!
Harding swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Harding can't escape the position.
Harding swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Harding is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Harding that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harding flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez landing shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Luis Gonzalez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harding has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Harding staying busy and making it hard for Gonzalez to control.
Gonzalez has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Harding has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Harding is trying to break free.
Harding is trying to get back to his feet but Gonzalez has full control of the position and if anything, Harding has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Harding looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Harding rolls, trying to escape but Gonzalez keeps control of the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzalez biding his time, looking for the opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gonzalez's guard. Nice work there by Harding.
Gonzalez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Harding has passed into side control.
Gonzalez is trying to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez is trying to control Harding's posture but Harding avoids it.
Harding scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez struggling a bit here.
Harding goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Gonzalez has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Harding but great work by Gonzalez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harding is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gonzalez off and has taken his back!
Harding biding his time, controlling Gonzalez.
Gonzalez trying to get back to his feet but Harding is in full control for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Gonzalez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gonzalez 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Gonzalez!
In his post fight interview, Luis Gonzalez gave a big smile as he said 'What, I won!?'.
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energy
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hype
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