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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frane Harm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chesney Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harm might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to gangs of new york. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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223 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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206 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frane Harm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chesney Page!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Harm.
Page shoots in for a takedown but Harm shows good takedown defense.
Harm lands a front kick.
Page moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harm shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Harm showed some decent athleticism there.
Page trying to get back to full guard but Harm takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Page sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Page is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Page looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harm looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harm is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Page tries to hold on but Harm postures up.
Harm has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The referee warns Page that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harm looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Harm jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Page manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Page gets back to half guard.
Harm lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Page looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harm looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Page with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Page wants to improve his position but Harm is controlling well.
Page trying to control from the bottom.
Harm is keen to just control but Page is a slippery customer.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harm prevents Page from improving his position.
Harm has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Page looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Page looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Page has hold of Harm's hands but Harm slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harm content to control rather than advance.
Page is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harm is trying to control the action in half guard but Page is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Page moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Page controls Harm momentarily but Harm frees himself.
Page is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harm defends well.
Harm controlling from the top position.
Page is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harm showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Harm trying to control but Page is working from the bottom.
Harm stands and throws Page's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Page is looking to regain half guard here but Harm keeps moving and retains side control.
Page wants to control but Harm postures up.
Page takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Page takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harm is looking to take a break and control but Page is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Harm's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frane Harm dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Page tries for a takedown but Harm circles away easily
and Harm counters with a nice uppercut.
Page gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harm stopping the sweep attempt from Page.
Page trying to control the position.
Page has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harm can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Page is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Harm controls the pace.
Harm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Page can do to turn this around?
Page keeping moving, preventing Harm from controlling successfully.
Harm stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Page swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harm wants to control from the top but Page keeps moving.
Harm might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Page trying to control the position.
Harm working some strikes from top position.
Page trying to control the position.
Page is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Harm is aware though and is defending well.
Harm passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Page takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Harm grinds an elbow into Page's temple.
Page is rocked!
Harm scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Page is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Harm can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frane Harm!
Frane Harm decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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