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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chick Bowdrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Hardacre (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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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chick Bowdrie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Hardacre!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowdrie moves out of range of the leg kick from Hardacre.
Hardacre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardacre has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hardacre avoids a kick to the body.
Bowdrie cracks the inside of Hardacre's front leg.
Donk. Hardacre catches Bowdrie right on the button with a cross.
Hardacre wants to slow Bowdrie down by chopping away at his legs.
Hardacre throws a push kick but Bowdrie slaps the foot to one side.
Bowdrie is looking to counter with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bowdrie. That's going to slow Hardacre down.
A jab from Bowdrie misses.
Bowdrie connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowdrie swings for the body but Hardacre moves out of range.
Hardacre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bowdrie looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardacre is just out of range.
Bowdrie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardacre lands with a shot to the body.
Good work by Bowdrie as he checks the leg kick.
Bowdrie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hardacre throws a jab but it's blocked by Bowdrie.
Hardacre is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hardacre jabs at Bowdrie's body.
Bowdrie misses with a body shot.
Bowdrie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardacre just misses with a punch to the body.
Bowdrie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bowdrie is looking to chop away at Hardacre's legs.
Chick Bowdrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardacre missing with a left hand there. Bowdrie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bowdrie misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowdrie misses with a looping left.
Bowdrie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardacre was well out of range. Poor timing from Bowdrie.
Hardacre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowdrie misses with a kick to the body.
Bowdrie lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bowdrie.
Hardacre scores with a hook to the body. Bowdrie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bowdrie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardacre misses with a straight right.
Hardacre throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hardacre stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bowdrie.
Bowdrie scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardacre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hardacre misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Bowdrie does no damage.
Hardacre works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hardacre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hardacre throws a combination that misses
and Bowdrie counters with a nice uppercut.
Bowdrie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jab, jab by Bowdrie - just one landing.
Hardacre lands a right hook to the body.
Bowdrie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hardacre avoids the body shot from Bowdrie.
Bowdrie misses with a wild body shot.
Hardacre throws a leg kick that misses.
Bowdrie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hardacre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowdrie wants to clinch up but Hardacre keeps it at a distance.
Bowdrie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A combination from Hardacre does no damage.
Hardacre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowdrie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardacre doesn't seem bothered though.
Bowdrie cracks Hardacre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bowdrie lands a right hook to the body.
Bowdrie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Bowdrie.
Hardacre motions for Bowdrie to come forward. Hardacre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardacre throws a body punch but Bowdrie moves out of range.
Bowdrie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bowdrie misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chick Bowdrie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bowdrie tries to clinch but Hardacre is having none of it.
Hardacre throws a front kick aimed at Bowdrie's knee but Bowdrie avoids it well.
Bowdrie wants to clinch.
Bowdrie moves out of range of the strikes.
Hardacre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowdrie.
Hardacre misses with a hook.
Bowdrie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hardacre has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bowdrie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowdrie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A little jabbing left from Hardacre on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bowdrie sizes up Hardacre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bowdrie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bowdrie on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hardacre thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardacre takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hardacre misses with a hook to the body
and Bowdrie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bowdrie throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bowdrie throws the kick towards the body but Hardacre avoids it.
Bowdrie lands a head shot.
Hardacre finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bowdrie lands a body shot.
Hardacre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bowdrie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bowdrie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hardacre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bowdrie's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardacre throws a lazy right hand but Bowdrie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bowdrie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardacre misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bowdrie counters with an outside leg kick.
Hardacre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hardacre walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bowdrie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hardacre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardacre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hardacre throws a head kick but Bowdrie moves out of range.
Bowdrie connects with a leg kick. Hardacre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hardacre throws a low kick, looking for Bowdrie's leg but Bowdrie calmly moves out of range.
Hardacre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowdrie misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Bowdrie.
Bowdrie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bowdrie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hardacre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bowdrie throws a body shot but no joy.
Bowdrie backing away here, and Hardacre unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hardacre connects with a leg kick. Bowdrie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bowdrie catches Hardacre with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A solid leg kick lands there for Bowdrie.
Bowdrie moves in looking to clinch but Hardacre pushes him off.
Bowdrie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hardacre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bowdrie.
A shot to the liver by Bowdrie. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bowdrie.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bowdrie here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hardacre lands a leg kick that knocks Bowdrie off balance momentarily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hardacre might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bowdrie has got the better of the exchanges.
Bowdrie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Bowdrie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardacre.
Hardacre lands with a hook. Bowdrie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bowdrie throws a leg kick but Hardacre sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hardacre feints a counter leg kick.
Hardacre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowdrie just misses with a punch to the body.
Bowdrie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardacre.
Chick Bowdrie is winning the standup battle so far.
Bowdrie lands with a good body shot.
Bowdrie's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Hardacre checks a leg kick.
Bowdrie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardacre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chick Bowdrie will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hardacre 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.
Bowdrie tries to work over Hardacre's front leg with a kick but Hardacre checks it.
Hardacre appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hardacre scores with a hook.
Bowdrie explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bowdrie throws a poor cross that misses
and Hardacre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bowdrie throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Hardacre to counter with a crisp jab.
Bowdrie throws a body shot but no joy.
Bowdrie scores with a push kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bowdrie, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowdrie throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardacre.
Bowdrie throws a combination. Hardacre tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardacre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bowdrie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardacre can do to turn this around?
Bowdrie lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowdrie slips a jab and a cross from Hardacre.
Hardacre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bowdrie scores with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Bowdrie. That snapped Hardacre's head back.
Bowdrie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardacre was well out of range. Poor timing from Bowdrie.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bowdrie connects with a body shot.
Bowdrie moves out of range of the body kick from Hardacre.
Bowdrie cracks Hardacre with a good jab.
Bowdrie is looking to wear down Hardacre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hardacre has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bowdrie.
Bowdrie feints and then cracks Hardacre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardacre down.
Bowdrie throws the left hand but Hardacre avoids the punch easily.
Hardacre replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bowdrie blocks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowdrie throws a leg kick but Hardacre moved away.
Hardacre doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bowdrie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bowdrie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardacre manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bowdrie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardacre.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bowdrie!
Bowdrie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hardacre counters with a one-two to the body.
Bowdrie misses with the combination.
Bowdrie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bowdrie with a hook.
Hardacre throws a leg kick but Bowdrie sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowdrie lands a slapping body shot.
Hardacre cracks the inside of Bowdrie's front leg.
Bowdrie scores with a leg kick.
Hardacre looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As Hardacre looks to move away, Bowdrie throws a big counter combo but Hardacre just gets out of the way.
Bowdrie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardacre.
Hardacre gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bowdrie.
Bowdrie walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hardacre.
Hardacre throws a push kick but Bowdrie slaps the foot to one side.
Bowdrie moves into the clinch.
Hardacre has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bowdrie blocks an uppercut.
Bowdrie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bowdrie thows a leg kick but Hardacre checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardacre scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowdrie tries to clinch up but Hardacre circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardacre looks to land a body kick but Bowdrie moved away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardacre tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bowdrie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowdrie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bowdrie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Bowdrie.
Hardacre throws a low kick, looking for Bowdrie's leg but Bowdrie calmly moves out of range.
Bowdrie throws a lazy right hand but Hardacre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardacre tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hardacre slips a jab from Bowdrie.
Hardacre counters with a body kick.
Bowdrie scores with a head kick. Hardacre tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chick Bowdrie clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowdrie. Hardacre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardacre feints a counter leg kick.
Bowdrie tries to land a front kick but Hardacre steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bowdrie moves into the clinch successfully.
Bowdrie tries a body shot but Hardacre blocks it.
Hardacre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bowdrie backwards.
Bowdrie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardacre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardacre successfully pulls guard.
Bowdrie throwing strikes from guard but Hardacre blocks nicely.
Hardacre working for a triangle but Bowdrie defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardacre working for a triangle but Bowdrie defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardacre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bowdrie defends it easily.
Bowdrie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hardacre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bowdrie scoring with some ground and pound.
Bowdrie chips away with some ground and pound.
Bowdrie with a nice head shot there.
Hardacre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowdrie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hardacre is rocked!
Bowdrie stands up over Hardacre, holding on to his feet. Bowdrie throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Hardacre is out cold! Bowdrie lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Chick Bowdrie!
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