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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jun Li Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonathan Harding has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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 Tokyo, Jonathan Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jun Li Chen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harding stuffs the takedown.
Chen fails with a takedown attempt.
Harding throws a solid leg kick but Chen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harding.
Chen shoots for a takedown but Harding saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harding was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jonathan Harding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jun Li Chen.
Harding connects with a jab.
Harding throws a head kick but Chen moves out of range.
Harding fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harding misses with a kick to the body.
Harding tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harding lands a jab-cross combination.
Harding wants to land a leg kick but Chen is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harding stuffs the takedown attempt from Chen. Chen gets slowly back to his feet.
Chen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harding defends well and Chen ends up having to push Harding into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding lands a nice hook to Chen's body. Chen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harding with a jab.
A low kick from Harding misses
and Chen counters with a shoot takedown. Harding fights it but they end up in guard.
Chen trying to control but Harding is working from the bottom.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Chen working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Chen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Chen wants to control from the top but Harding keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harding works Chen's body with a nice hook.
Chen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Harding counters with a crisp one two that drops Chen! Harding thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Chen to his feet! Chen is in big trouble!
Chen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harding defends it nicely.
And Harding counters with a quick kick to the body but Chen blocks it.
Chen is still on wobbly legs! Can Harding finish him?
Harding connects with the punch.
Chen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Chen seems to have recovered his senses.
Harding is looking to regain half guard here but Chen keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding holds on to Chen's head and controls the position momentarily.
Chen trying to control the position but Harding is working away.
You can see the frustration on Harding's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harding is looking to reverse the position.
Chen is looking to take a break and control but Harding is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chen is putting a hurting on Harding here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harding is trying to get back to half guard.
Chen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Chen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harding keeps working.
Harding taking a bit of punishment here - Chen scoring with strikes.
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 Jonathan Harding will probably get the nod.
That's time! Harding's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chen fails to land the takedown.
Harding quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Harding connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chen momentarily.
Chen with a poor takedown
and Harding counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harding throws a body shot but no joy.
Chen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harding sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Chen somewhat.
Jonathan Harding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jun Li Chen.
Harding scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harding is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chen can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harding lands with a shot to the body.
Harding throws a one two combo.
Chen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen shoots in looking for a takedown but Harding manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Chen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Harding appears to be looking for a big counter.
Harding jabs Chen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Chen moves out of range of the body kick from Harding.
Harding smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Chen avoids the body shot from Harding.
Harding looks to land a body kick but Chen moved away.
Chen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Harding counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chen thinking.
Chen is breathing heavily.
Harding throws a sloppy head kick and Chen moves out of range easily.
Harding looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jonathan Harding is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chen looks for a takedown but Harding sprawls well.
Harding throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Chen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harding as he jumps to the side.
Chen shoots in looking for a takedown but Harding manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Chen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Chen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Harding.
Harding throws a body kick that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Harding.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chen checks a leg kick.
Chen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harding dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harding scores with a three punch combo!
Chen has a takedown stuffed.
Harding does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding jabs Chen right on the nose. Chen blinks but takes it well.
Chen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Harding was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Chen.
Harding misses with a body kick.
Chen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Harding counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harding misses with the combination.
Harding throws a leg kick that misses.
Harding throws a series of punches but Chen moves out of range.
Harding is looking to wear down Chen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Chen shoots in for a takedown but Harding shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Harding fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chen shoots and misses
and Chen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jonathan Harding is winning the standup battle so far.
Harding lands a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen blocks a head kick by Harding.
Chen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Harding wants to slow Chen down by chopping away at his legs.
Harding dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chen fails with a takedown attempt.
Harding throws a leg kick but Chen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chen with the counter takedown but Harding avoids it easily.
Harding stuffs the takedown attempt from Chen. Chen gets slowly back to his feet.
Harding lands a nice looking body shot.
Harding changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harding feints a jab promting Chen to slip. Harding then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Harding swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Harding dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Harding throws a good cross that connects.
Harding throws a series of punches but Chen moves out of range.
Harding's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chen under the eye.
Nice body punch from Harding.
Harding throws a head kick that misses.
Chen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Chen fails with the takedown
and Harding counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chen thinking.
Chen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harding stuffs the takedown attempt from Chen. Chen gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harding pinned against the cage. Harding gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jonathan Harding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jun Li Chen.
Chen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harding keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen shoots in but no luck this time.
Harding scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harding lands a jab.
Harding cracks Chen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jun Li Chen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chen avoids the head kick by Harding.
Harding throws a push kick but Chen slaps the foot to one side.
Harding throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Harding quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harding is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chen moves into full mount! Harding won't be happy about that!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chen raining down shots from the mount!
Harding tries to hold on but Chen postures up.
Chen looking to finish with strikes here!
Chen tries to control but Harding wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen has hold of Harding's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Harding manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Chen tries to control but Harding wriggling away.
Jonathan Harding is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harding holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Chen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Chen looking to control but Harding is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Chen controlling the position easily from mount.
Harding can't escape the position.
Jun Li Chen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harding blocking the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Harding showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harding, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Harding!
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energy
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hype
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