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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oke Yagin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aidan Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yagin comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Higher Ground . Harrison has chosen Crossed - So much pain as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oke Yagin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aidan Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yagin looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range.
Harrison throws a leg kick but Yagin moved away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yagin, as that shot connected.
Harrison tries to clinch up.
Yagin tries to clinch there but Harrison circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yagin moves out of range of the body kick.
Harrison misses with a low kick.
Harrison has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Yagin takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
Harrison is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Harrison lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Yagin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harrison is looking to slow Yagin down with leg kicks.
Harrison blocks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yagin.
Yagin avoids the head kick by Harrison.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Yagin moves out of range easily.
Yagin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harrisons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice straight punches there by Harrison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harrison.
Harrison wants to land a leg kick but Yagin is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yagin misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harrison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harrison misses with a leg kick
and Yagin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrison moves out of range as Yagin strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Yagin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yagin.
Harrison throws a lazy head kick
and Yagin counters with a shoot takedown. Harrison fights it but they end up in guard.
Yagin working some strikes from top position.
Harrison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yagin controls the pace.
Yagin wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Harrison can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yagin chips away with some ground and pound.
Harrison has his hands on Yagin's head, controlling the position.
Yagin trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yagin defends well.
Yagin cracks Harrison with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Yagin throws a big elbow that misses.
Harrison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harrison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yagin trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
Harrison controls Yagin momentarily but Yagin frees himself.
Yagin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Yagin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harrison looking to control.
Yagin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Harrison working for submissions but it's allowed Yagin to get to half guard.
Yagin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Yagin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yagin is looking to take a break and control but Harrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yagin winds up and cracks Harrison with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Harrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Yagin is working away from the top position though.
Harrison wants to improve his position but Yagin is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yagin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Harrison is refusing to be controlled, as Yagin sits in half guard.
Yagin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Harrison!
Yagin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oke Yagin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Harrison looks to land a body kick but Yagin moved away.
It looked like Yagin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yagin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrison can do to turn this around?
Harrison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yagin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Harrison as he avoids it easily.
Harrison bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Yagin swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison counters with a body kick.
Oke Yagin is winning the standup battle so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harrison.
Yagin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Yagin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yagin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Yagin from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison has his hands on Yagin's head, controlling the position.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Yagin from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yagin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Yagin trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yagin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yagin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Harrison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yagin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yagin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Yagin postures up.
Harrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Yagin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Harrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Yagin is retaining full guard.
Yagin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Yagin from controlling successfully.
Yagin postures up.
Yagin chips away with some ground and pound.
Harrison trying to control the position.
Yagin connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yagin postures up and lands a big shot to Harrison's brow.
Yagin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yagin with a nice head shot there.
Yagin 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.
Yagin is in close to Harrison's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Yagin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yagin landing with the ground and pound.
Harrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Yagin controlling from the top position.
Harrison controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yagin works over Harrison with some ground and pound from guard.
Oke Yagin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harrison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Yagin from controlling successfully.
Yagin controlling from the top position.
Harrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Yagin from controlling successfully.
Yagin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yagin is in close to Harrison's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harrison is trying to keep Yagin in close.
Yagin cracks Harrison with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oke Yagin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Harrison thuds his shin into the meat of Yagin's side.
Harrison throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yagin fails with a takedown attempt.
Yagin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harrison avoids it really well and circles away.
Yagin throws a good cross that connects.
Yagin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Yagin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Yagin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harrison avoids the body shot from Yagin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harrison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yagin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oke Yagin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yagin lands a head shot.
Harrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yagin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body kick there by Harrison.
Harrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harrison walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yagin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yagin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Harrison throws a right hand that misses
and Yagin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Harrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Harrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yagin is one step ahead there.
Harrison is still trying to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yagin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Yagin works over Harrison with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yagin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Yagin from controlling successfully.
Yagin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Harrison is trying to keep Yagin in close.
Yagin with a nice head shot there.
Yagin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Harrison has momentary wrist control but Yagin slips an elbow through the middle.
Harrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yagin wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Harrison looking for a guillotine here but Yagin defends easily.
Yagin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Yagin is looking to work some ground and pound but Harrison has wrist control.
Yagin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Yagin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Yagin jabs Harrison right on the nose. Harrison blinks but takes it well.
Yagin misses the jab.
Yagin misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by Yagin.
Harrison throws a sloppy head kick and Yagin moves out of range easily.
Oke Yagin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yagin misses with a hook. Harrison ducked under it nicely.
Yagin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yagin.
Harrison throws out a counter right but Yagin avoids it with no problem.
Yagin shoots in but Harrison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harrison loads up on a big right hand but Yagin slips the punch.
Harrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Yagin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harrison on the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oke Yagin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yagin, 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oke Yagin!
Oke Yagin managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hellbent , into his post fight interview.
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