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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Petr Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Harrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toby Harrah 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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172 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Petr Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toby Harrah!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrah fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stone sprawls well initially but Harrah persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Stone looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Harrah looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Stone is not content to let Harrah control the position.
Harrah stalling.
Harrah passes to side control.
Harrah advances to full mount.
Harrah throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrah is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Stone can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrah with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stone defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Harrah.
Stone is wriggling around trying to escape.
Harrah throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Stone because Harrah loaded up on that one.
Stone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to improve his position but instead Harrah has taken his back!
Stone is really stuck here.
Harrah has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Stone showing good submission defense here.
Stone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harrah on the ground.
Stone trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Harrah misses with a punch to the head.
Harrah thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Harrah throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrah 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, Stone has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Harrah is hanging on to Stone's back as he tries to escape.
Harrah looking for the choke but no joy.
Harrah is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Stone defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Harrah has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harrah is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Stone has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Will Harrah go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrah is trying to stick to Stone's back but Stone is turning into Harrah. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Harrah's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Stone.
Harrah manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stone manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrah advances position into side control!
Stone is not content to let Harrah control the position.
Stone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harrah wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrah tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Harrah dominated that round.
That's time! Stone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A combination from Harrah does no damage.
Stone looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harrah closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harrah looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harrah seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone trying to hold on to Harrah's head to control him but Harrah postures up.
Harrah is tying to control. Stone wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Harrah uses his free foot to push down on Stone's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stone.
Stone tries to hold on but Harrah postures up.
Harrah swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Stone is now in Harrah's guard. A big mistake from Harrah there, giving up the dominant position!
Stone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stone wants to pass the guard but Harrah is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stone wants to control from the top but Harrah keeps moving.
Stone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harrah is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toby Harrah has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stone is stalling in the full guard.
Stone stopping the sweep attempt from Harrah.
Harrah lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stone!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrah can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stone is looking to escape.
Stone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harrah looking to isolate an arm here. Stone doesn't see it coming and as Harrah extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Harrah!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Toby Harrah!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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