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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Harving (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Harving has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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135 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Harving!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pedro Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harving has his takedown stuffed
and Rodriguez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harving has had enough of the clinch but Rodriguez keeps him there for the moment.
Harving is trying to push Rodriguez away but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rodriguez landing knees to the head.
Harving swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harving breaks from the clinch.
Harving fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rodriguez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rodriguez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rodriguez controls the position.
Harving gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harving misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Harving is looking to get back to is feet but Rodriguez passes into side control.
Harving trying to remain calm as Rodriguez controls from the top position.
Rodriguez advances to full mount.
Rodriguez landing punches.
Harving tries to hold on but Rodriguez postures up.
Harving working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez landing strikes from the mount.
Rodriguez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rodriguez with good strikes from the mount here!
Rodriguez controlling the pace for now.
Rodriguez has control of Harving's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Harving regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Rodriguez looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harving is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodriguez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Harving goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Harving throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Harving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harving throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harving is breathing heavily.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Harving.
Harving looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harving takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rodriguez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Harving tries to kick Rodriguez off in order to stand up. Rodriguez Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez stands up.
Rodriguez clinches with his opponent.
Rodriguez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harving after a bit of a struggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Rodriguez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Harving tries to keep at a distance but Rodriguez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harving stops a takedown attempt from Rodriguez.
Harving is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Rodriguez prevents Harving from standing back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rodriguez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rodriguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harving misses with a low kick.
Harving closes the distance and clinches up with Rodriguez, looking for a takedown. Harving pushes Rodriguez against the cage but Rodriguez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harving tries to keep at a distance but Rodriguez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harving has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harving wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Rodriguez wants a takedown but no success here.
Harving misses with some punches.
Harving wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harving pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mike Harving has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Rodriguez.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harving throws an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez goes for a takedown attempt but Harving pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harving is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
Rodriguez shoots in looking for a takedown but Harving manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rodriguez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rodriguez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Harving shoots in for a takedown but Rodriguez shows good takedown defense.
Harving tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harving misses with a takedown
and Rodriguez counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez prevents Harving from breaking the clinch.
Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Harving tries to bum rush Rodriguez with a series of wild strikes but Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rodriguez unleashes a big counter combination but Harving bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mike Harving seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harving misses with a head kick.
Harving misses with a body kick.
Rodriguez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Harving is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Rodriguez dives into side control.
Rodriguez scores with punches from side control.
Rodriguez slows the pace down.
Pedro Rodriguez has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harving can't do much from the bottom here.
Rodriguez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Harving!
Harving in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rodriguez controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from Harving misses the target.
Rodriguez shoots in and drives through. Harving sprawls well.
Rodriguez takes the fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez pulls guard effortlessly.
Rodriguez has his hands on Harving's head, controlling the position.
Harving knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rodriguez on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harving wanted to stand there but Rodriguez had control of the position.
Rodriguez is looking to stand up but Harving isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Harving is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Rodriguez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Harving is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Rodriguez dives into side control.
Rodriguez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Harving!
Harving is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rodriguez scoring with strikes but Harving is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Rodriguez closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harving can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harving gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Harving looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriguez is blocking nicely.
Harving escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mike Harving is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodriguez fails with a takedown attempt.
Mike Harving has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Rodriguez.
Harving throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harving throws a head kick that misses.
Rodriguez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harving pushes Rodriguez off but Rodriguez dives into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez takes a little break here. Harving wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Check out the look on Rodriguez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rodriguez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harving some visible discomfort.
Harving can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harving sprawls well. Harving wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rodriguez gets slowly back to his feet.
Harving will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harving defends it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rodriguez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harving is fending him off so far but Rodriguez persists. Nope, Harving circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodriguez has managed to clinch.
Mike Harving has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pedro Rodriguez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rodriguez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rodriguez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rodriguez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Rodriguez!
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RATING
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