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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Young is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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260 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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192 cm
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265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Young!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and Young releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harper throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
Harper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harper moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromYoung.
Harper cracks a nice hook into Young's ribs.
Harper throws a solid leg kick but Young takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harper.
Young thinks about the counter body kick.
Harper misses with a combination
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Harper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Young is looking for the big counter here.
Harper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Harper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harper tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Young is able to avoid easily.
Young throws out a counter right but Harper avoids it with no problem.
Young throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Harper throws a chopping leg kick but Young manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A punch combination from Harper misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Harper throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Alex Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harper fails to land with a series of punches.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harper scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harper throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A countering left hand to the body from Young misses.
Harper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Young on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Harper misses with a double jab
and Young counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harper thinking.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Harper throws a chopping leg kick but Young manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Harper misses the target.
Young blocks the body kick.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harper misses with an uppercut
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper tries a low kick but Young avoids it.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Harper.
Young throws a big counter head kick but Harper avoids it with no problem.
Harper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young dodges the punch combination from Harper.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Some wild striking there from Harper.
Young is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Harper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Young looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young blocks a leg kick.
Young is looking for the big counter here.
No joy there for Harper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harper circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch combination from Harper misses.
Harper throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Young is looking for the big counter here.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Harper scores with a punch to the head.
Harper misses with a straight right.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Harper.
Nice body punch from Harper.
Young has Harper up against the cage in a clinch.
Young breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Harper.
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!
Harper throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As Harper backs off Young throws a huge counter combo but Harper manages to avoid it all.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Harper.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young catches Harper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Some wild striking there from Harper.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Harper dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Harper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harper tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Despite the aggression on Young's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harper throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Young! But no joy.
Harper jabs at Young's body.
Alex Harper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harper throws a right hand that misses
and Young counters with a one-two to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Young blocks the leg kick.
Harper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young unleashes a big counter combination but Harper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Harper motions for Young to come forward. Harper throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harper throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper thows a leg kick but Young checks it
and Young counters with a head kick. That will keep Harper thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a nice body kick.
Harper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harper looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
As Harper backs off Young throws a huge counter combo but Harper manages to avoid it all.
Harper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young.
It looks like Alex Harper has been cut.
Harper keeps the fight on the outside.
Young scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Young.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Harper uses from the top position.
Harper looking to sit in guard and control but Young gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Young decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harper, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Young checks a low kick from Harper.
As Harper backs off Young throws a huge counter combo but Harper manages to avoid it all.
Harper misses with a few strikes there.
Young lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young looks to land a combination but Harper avoids it well.
Harper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Despite the aggression on Young's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harper misses with a hook.
Harper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Harper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Young! But no joy.
Young throws a right hand that Harper ducks under and follows up with a left that Harper also avoids with ease.
Harper gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Alex Harper is winning the standup battle so far.
Harper misses with a left hand
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Harper misses with a hook
and Young counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Young moves into the clinch.
Young breaks from the clinch.
Harper scores with a shot to the body.
Young connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harper on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young lands a big uppercut and Harper crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Harper looks OK. Young waves Harper back to his feet!
Harper is rocked!
Harper on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oh Harper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Young has Harper up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper seems to have got his legs back now.
Young tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a leg kick which misses Harper's front leg but catches the back leg as Harper tries to avoid it.
Young tries to clinch but Harper moves out of range.
Young ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Harper's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Harper misses with a series of wild punches.
Young unleashes a big counter combination but Harper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Harper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Harper.
Young unleashes a big counter combination but Harper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Harper misses with a series of wild punches.
Despite the aggression on Young's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A combination from Harper does no damage.
Harper throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Harper does no damage.
Young unleashes a big counter combination but Harper bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Harper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Young counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Young works Harper's body with a nice hook.
Harper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oooooh!!! Young has knocked Harper down with a huge combo! Young steps away and waves a wobbly Harper back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harper misses with a double jab.
Young cracks the inside of Harper's front leg.
Harper looks to land a body kick but Young moved away.
Young pushes Harper up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Harper is just out of range.
Harper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Harper misses with a body shot.
Harper throws a poor cross that misses
and Young counters with a head kick that drops Harper to the mat! Harper scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Harper misses with a combination
and Young rattles Harper with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Harper tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Young dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Harper stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alex Young!
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energy
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hype
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