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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Era Ojdanic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by In Exile - Thrice. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Era Ojdanic was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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144 lbs
11 - 4 - 1 |
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155 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Era Ojdanic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris tries to clinch up but Ojdanic circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris tries to clinch but Ojdanic moves out of range.
Ojdanic tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ojdanic somewhat.
Ojdanic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harris circles away.
Harris gets tackled into the cage by Ojdanic. Ojdanic maintains the clinch.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Ojdanic fails to pull guard.
Ethan Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Era Ojdanic.
Ojdanic blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harris.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ojdanic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Ojdanic pushes him off.
Harris moves into range and clinches up with Ojdanic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojdanic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ojdanic is trying to pull guard but Harris turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ojdanic tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harris smiles and moves away.
Ojdanic misses with a kick to the body
and Harris counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ojdanic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Harris passes into half guard.
Harris tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ojdanic controls his leg.
Harris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harris decides to stand and escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ojdanic counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ojdanic shoots for a takedown but Harris saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harris tries to clinch but Ojdanic moves away
and Ojdanic moves into the clinch.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ojdanic's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ojdanic avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Ojdanic wants to take the fight to the mat but Harris manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ojdanic has Harris pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Ojdanic pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Harris tumbling to the mat - Ojdanic dives into Harris's guard.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Ojdanic is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojdanic stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ojdanic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ojdanic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ojdanic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Harris tries to clinch there but Ojdanic circles away.
Harris wants to clinch up but Ojdanic keeps it at a distance.
Ojdanic keeps the fight on the outside.
Ojdanic pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ojdanic avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Ojdanic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ojdanic manages to pull guard.
Harris would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Harris decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ojdanic, up you get!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ojdanic shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Ojdanic was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ojdanic decides to stand back up. Ojdanic steps back and let's Harris get back to his feet.
Ojdanic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ojdanic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ethan Harris will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Ojdanic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris tries to clinch
and Ojdanic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ojdanic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris wants to clinch up but Ojdanic keeps it at a distance.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ojdanic swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris tries to clinch but Ojdanic moves away
and Ojdanic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris wants to clinch up but Ojdanic keeps it at a distance.
Ethan Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris closes the distance but Ojdanic moves to the side
and Ojdanic counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ojdanic tries for a takedown but Harris sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ojdanic fails to land the takedown.
Ojdanic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harris but Harris pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ethan Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Era Ojdanic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojdanic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris tries to clinch up
and Ojdanic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ojdanic.
Ojdanic throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ojdanic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ojdanic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Ojdanic misses.
Harris tries to clinch there but Ojdanic circles away.
Ojdanic throws a big shot that misses.
Harris wants to clinch
and Ojdanic counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris stalling the fight.
Ojdanic blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Ojdanic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ojdanic dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Ojdanic is trying to drag Harris to the mat but Harris just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Ojdanic tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Ojdanic blocks an elbow strike.
Ojdanic manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ojdanic managing to control the position.
Harris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ojdanic on the ground.
Harris tries to stand but Ojdanic is controlling from the bottom.
That's four 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.
Ojdanic looking for a guillotine here but Harris defends easily.
Harris tries to stand but Ojdanic is controlling from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Era Ojdanic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! 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 tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ojdanic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ojdanic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ojdanic misses with a wild combination.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris wants to clinch.
Ojdanic swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris has closed the distance and engaged Ojdanic in a clinch.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojdanic avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
Ojdanic manages to break the clinch.
Ojdanic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ethan Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ojdanic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harris circles away.
Harris tries to clinch but Ojdanic is having none of it.
Ojdanic fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ojdanic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris tries to clinch but Ojdanic moves away
and Ojdanic counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ojdanic misses with a head kick.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to clinch there but Ojdanic circles away.
Ojdanic swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris blocks a head kick by Ojdanic.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ojdanic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Ojdanic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with a three punch combo that has Ojdanic backing up. Ojdanic nods at Harris to acknowledge the strikes.
Ojdanic 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!
Harris moves into the clinch.
Ojdanic is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Ojdanic blocks an elbow strike.
Harris lands an elbow inside.
Harris gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ojdanic.
Ethan Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Era Ojdanic.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ojdanic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow that stopped Ojdanic in his tracks for a moment.
Ojdanic is pressed against the cage. Harris pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Ojdanic! Two more big strikes from Harris and Ojdanic crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ethan Harris!
Ethan Harris decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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