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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulrich Scherer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Hardy (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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212 lbs
3 - 7 - 0 |
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ulrich Scherer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scherer clinches up against the cage.
Hardy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Scherer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
It looks like Marcus Hardy has been cut.
I was talking to Scherer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Scherer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scherer thuds a left hand into Hardy's body.
Ulrich Scherer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scherer thuds a left hand into Hardy's body.
Scherer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scherer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hardy under the eye.
Hardy looks to throw the jab but Scherer is out of range.
Scherer moves away from the strike by Hardy.
Scherer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hardy.
Some wild striking there from Scherer.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Scherer shoots for a takedown but Hardy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hardy throws out a counter right but Scherer avoids it with no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scherer misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Hardy ducks right into an uppercut from Scherer.
Hardy lands a slapping body shot.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Scherer misses with the combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Scherer. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Scherer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Scherer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scherer tries to clinch up.
Hardy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scherer tries to clinch but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scherer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
Scherer moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Hardy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hardy cracks a nice hook into Scherer's ribs.
Hardy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Scherer rather than just go for the knockout.
Scherer looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scherer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hardy in his tracks.
Scherer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
A shot to the body from Hardy misses
and Scherer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That has opened up Marcus Hardy's cut even more.
Scherer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Scherer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Scherer throws a leg kick but Hardy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scherer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scherer darts in and clinches Hardy up against the cage.
Scherer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardy is defending well for now.
Scherer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Scherer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hardy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Scherer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Scherer wants to take the fight to the mat but Hardy manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Scherer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Scherer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hardy up against the cage.
Scherer misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scherer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scherer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Scherer as the two fighters clinch.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scherer is trying to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling him.
Scherer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scherer misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hardy! But no joy.
Hardy checks a low kick from Scherer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrich Scherer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hardy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hardy lands with a good body shot.
Scherer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice cross by Scherer.
Scherer lands a lovely overhand right.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scherer misses with a double jab
and Hardy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scherer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scherer looks to land a left hand but Hardy moved out of range nicely.
A left lands for Scherer.
Scherer scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Scherer keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scherer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Scherer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
Hardy swings for the body but Scherer moves out of range.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Scherer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
Hardy scores with a jab to the body.
Scherer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hardy's head.
Scherer throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Scherer takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scherer.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scherer tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardy avoids the damage to the body.
Scherer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scherer's elbow.
A short right from Scherer.
Hardy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scherer throws an elbow that misses.
Hardy letting Scherer take a breather here.
Scherer blocking some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Scherer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hardy misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scherer misses with a punch on the inside.
Scherer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Scherer blocks an uppercut.
Hardy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Scherer's efforts to push away.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ulrich Scherer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Scherer.
Hardy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Scherer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy avoids the elbow strike from Scherer, against the cage.
Scherer pushes Hardy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scherer displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hardy up against the cage.
Scherer lands a right hand.
Scherer lands a shoulder strike.
Scherer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scherer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hardy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scherer scrambles back to his feet.
Scherer lands with a kick to the temple. Hardy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrich Scherer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Hardy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hardy is looking to clinch but Scherer is avoiding it.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scherer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scherer lands a left and a right that send Hardy crashing to the mat, dazed. Scherer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Hardy is rocked!
Scherer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hardy is still on wobbly legs! Can Scherer finish him?
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The cut above Marcus Hardy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Scherer drops Hardy with a big left hand and mounts him. Hardy is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scherer looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Hardy covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulrich Scherer!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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