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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bod Zio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, In Exile - Thrice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Zio's choice of entrance music: Old Mcdonald had a farm. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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144 lbs
12 - 7 - 1 |
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137 lbs
27 - 17 - 2 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Ethan Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 2, fighting out of London, Bod Zio!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bod Zio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris wants to clinch up but Zio keeps it at a distance.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zio shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Zio stops Harris from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Zio there.
Zio is trying to control. Harris wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zio working over Harris with some ground and pound. Harris looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice strikes from Zio there.
Harris is looking to escape.
Harris won't allow Zio to pass to mount.
Zio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harris has hold of Zio's hands but Zio slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zio controlling the action here.
Zio wants to take a breather but Harris is having none of it.
Harris keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris is looking to escape.
Zio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harris avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zio.
Zio stops Harris from getting back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Zio seems content to control.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Zio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Zio looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is defending against the submission attempts here by Zio.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zio is trying to control the action in half guard but Harris is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Zio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Zio controlling the action here.
Zio wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Zio prevents Harris from standing back up.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Zio there.
Zio passes to full mount!
Zio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Zio lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zio looking to finish Harris with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harris!
Harris tries to buck Zio off but he can't manage it.
Zio landing strikes from the mount and Harris is in trouble!
Zio postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harris looks a forlorn figure.
Harris is in a horrible position here. Zio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zio takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Harris takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zio landing strikes from the mount and Harris is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zio lands a big shot there that rocks Harris but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Zio landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zio wants to control the pace but Harris is squirming around nicely.
Harris is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Zio with the ground and pound from mount.
Zio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zio controlling from mount.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Harris trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bod Zio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Zio.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Zio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zio misses with a head kick.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zio is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zio throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Ethan Harris has been cut.
Zio gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris is trying to get back to his feet.
Zio remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Harris gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is in a horrible position here. Zio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zio raining down shots from the mount!
Zio trying to control but Harris is having none of it.
Zio lands with some strikes.
Zio lands a nice shot to the head.
Zio with a couple of short strikes.
Zio controlling the pace for now.
Harris takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zio controlling from mount.
Harris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zio on the ground.
Zio dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Zio tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zio lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Zio raining down hammerfists from mount.
Bod Zio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harris wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Zio lands a heavy elbow.
Zio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Zio unloading with bombs!
Harris is rocked!
Zio with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Harris is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zio tries to control but Harris wriggling away.
Zio punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zio landing strikes from the mount and Harris is in trouble!
Zio is landing with some decent strikes but Harris is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Harris tries to get out of the position.
Zio connects with a bit shot that sees Harris covering up! More strikes from Zio and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Zio is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bod Zio!
A very excited looking Bod Zio made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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