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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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199 lbs
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187 cm
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194 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harrison Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Simpson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yates drives through and clinches with Simpson against the cage.
Yates gets through Simpson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yates missing with knees to the body.
Yates is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Simpson is defending well for now.
Simpson lands with a short shot to the head.
Yates lands a shoulder strike.
Simpson managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Simpson is trying to force a seperation but Yates has the dominant position.
Yates missing with knees to the body.
Yates looking to throw knees to the head but Simpson is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simpson managing to block the knees to the body from Yates.
Yates tries to land a knee to the head but Simpson blocks with his arms.
Yates prevents a body shot from Simpson.
Yates connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ben Simpson has been cut.
Simpson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yates seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Simpson can turn it around.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yates takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simpson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Simpson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yates checks a leg kick.
Yates scores with a hook to the body. Simpson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yates feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Simpsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Yates looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yates ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Simpson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yates bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Simpson's head.
Yates tests Simpson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yates throws a solid leg kick but Simpson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yates.
That kick from Yates tenderised Simpson's leg. Simpson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yates has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mello MMA in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates throws a nice inside leg kick.
Simpson looks to score with a jab to the body but Yates is just out of range.
Simpson misses with a kick to the body.
As Simpson looks to move away, Yates throws a big counter combo bu Simpson just gets out of the way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yates shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yates tries to land a leg kick but Simpson saw it coming and moves away.
Simpson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Simpson misses with an uppercut. Yates saw that one coming.
Simpson throws a lazy right hand but Yates sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harrison Yates is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Simpson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yates connects with a crisp jab.
Simpson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yates moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yates fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yates takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yates misses with an uppercut.
Simpson feints and as Yates raises his hands in defense, Simpson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Simpson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Simpson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Simpson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Simpson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Simpson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Simpson with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Yates looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Simpson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
Simpson scores with a punch to the head.
Yates connects with a looping right hand.
Yates moves in looking to clinch but Simpson pushes him off.
Yates throws a body shot but no joy.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Simpson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpson defending well as Yates loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yates. Simpson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simpson throws a series of punches but Yates avoids them all with ease.
Simpson ducks under a wild hook from Yates.
Simpson throws a counter combo.
Simpson throws a hook but Yates blocks it.
Yates looks to land a left hand but Simpson moved out of range nicely.
Yates lands a nice leg kick that just misses Simpson's sensitive parts.
Yates stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Yates wants it to stay on the feet.
It looked like Yates was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Simpson.
Simpson misses with a right hand
and Yates counters with a good low kick that Simpson was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simpson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yates moves away.
Simpson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yates. That's going to slow Simpson down.
Simpson misses the shot to the body.
Yates throws an off balance right hand
and Simpson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Simpson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yates with a nice cross.
Simpson shoots for a double leg takedown but Yates sprawls well. He's pushed Simpson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harrison Yates dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Simpson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Yates lands a jab to the nose.
Harrison Yates is winning the standup battle so far.
Yates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simpson moves away.
Yates is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Simpson can do to turn this around?
Simpson blocks a leg kick.
Ben Simpson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Simpson misses with a hook. Yates ducked under it nicely.
Simpson is looking to land body kicks.
Yates appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Simpson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Yates. Those never looked like landing.
Simpson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Simpson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yates on the side of the head.
Whack! Yates lands a heavy head kick that drops Simpson. The ref tackles Yates to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Simpson was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Harrison Yates!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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