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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Boulami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoe Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulami comes into the arena with The Rock - Mustapha Ibrahim blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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180 lbs
25 - 15 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Omar Boulami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zoe Harris!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Boulami.
Harris on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harris throws a leg kick but Boulami sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boulami tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Boulami.
Boulami looks for the body kick but Harris saw that one coming.
Harris looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Boulami lands with a straight right. Harris didn't see that one coming.
Harris attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Boulami.
A solid leg kick lands there for Boulami.
Boulami has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Savage Empire in the buildup to the fight.
Omar Boulami seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris moves out of range as Boulami strikes.
Harris checks a low kick from Boulami.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boulami avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris motions for Boulami to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boulami swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Boulami manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris avoids the head kick by Boulami.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Boulami shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harris pinned against the cage. Harris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Harris misses.
It looked like Boulami was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Boulami throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Boulami misses with a combination
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris pivots, looking for a leg kick but Boulami is out of range and Harris settles back down.
Boulami throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boulami cracks a nice hook into Harris's ribs.
Boulami is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Boulami fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris throws a solid leg kick but Boulami takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harris.
A low kick from Harris misses
and Boulami counters with a low kick, right behind Harris 's knee.
Boulami checks the leg kick nicely there.
Boulami tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Boulami tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Boulami.
Boulami will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the cage.
Boulami lands with a short shot to the head.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Boulami uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boulami lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Boulami.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Boulami improves position.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boulami breaks from the clinch.
Boulami throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Harris was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Boulami ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Boulami pushes him off.
Zoe Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Boulami thinks about countering with a head kick.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris lands with a straight right. Boulami didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Omar Boulami has been cut.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boulami slips a jab from Harris.
Boulami tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boulami swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Boulami moves his leg out of the way.
A quick step to the side and Boulami tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boulami checks a low kick from Harris.
Harris tries to clinch there but Boulami circles away.
Boulami connects with a solid leg kick.
Boulami throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris is looking for the big counter here.
Harris walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Boulami checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harris clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boulami.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris wants to stall.
Harris gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Boulami.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omar Boulami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boulami blocking some punches.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Boulami jumps guard.
Harris tries to stand but Boulami is controlling from the bottom.
Boulami tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harris showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zoe Harris will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Omar Boulami's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harris throws a leg kick but Boulami sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boulami tried to counter with a leg kick but Harris avoided it.
Harris throws a right and a left that Boulami avoids nicely.
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Boulami throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris tries a quick counter leg kick but Boulami is wise to it.
Boulami drives through and clinches with Harris against the cage.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Boulami misses with a punch on the inside.
Zoe Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Boulami stalls.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Boulami lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Boulami.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris tries a body shot but Boulami blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Boulami scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boulami blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Boulami.
Boulami is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Boulami tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boulami swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boulami.
Boulami is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boulami lands an uppercut.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boulami has hold of one of Harris's legs. Harris is fighting the takedown attempt but Boulami gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Boulami scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harris wants to sweep here but Boulami controlling him for the moment.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulami with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Boulami is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boulami wants to pass the guard but Harris is keeping the position.
Boulami trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boulami working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harris's head.
Boulami landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boulami with a nice head shot there.
Boulami stands up over Harris, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Harris is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harris wants to get back to his feet but Boulami is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harris controls Boulami momentarily but Boulami frees himself.
Boulami throwing strikes but missing.
Boulami scoring with some ground and pound.
Boulami with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boulami throwing strikes but missing.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Boulami is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harris trying to control the position.
Boulami cracks Harris with a solid left hand.
Boulami 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.
Harris is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Boulami is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boulami is working hard here to advance position.
Harris perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Boulami tries to get to full guard but Harris has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Omar Boulami dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Omar Boulami's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Boulami closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harris did well to prevent Boulami getting side control.
Harris pushes Boulami off and gets back to his feet.
Harris throws a hook but Boulami blocks it.
Boulami throws a head kick that misses.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boulami digs a good body shot into Harris's ribs.
Good shot there by Boulami.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boulami lands a nice shot to the body.
Boulami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harris.
Boulami misses with a wild body shot.
Harris's jab looks to have found its range, popping Boulami under the eye.
Boulami misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Harris connects with an inside leg kick.
Boulami bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Boulami works the jab nicely.
Harris rushes Boulami and presses him up against the cage.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boulami is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Harris to keep the fight standing.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harris as Boulami tries to tie him up.
Boulami blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris is looking to control Boulami's arms but Boulami gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the cage.
Harris stops a takedown attempt from Boulami.
Boulami misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Boulami prevents a body shot from Harris.
A hook to the body from Harris.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Boulami.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boulami prevents a body shot from Harris.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Boulami.
Boulami blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Boulami.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harris misses with some punches.
Boulami tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris wants to stall.
Boulami trying to control the position but instead, Harris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Boulami into the cage.
Boulami blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boulami blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boulami pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Zoe Harris has been cut.
Boulami goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami stalling the fight.
Boulami's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Boulami for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Boulami blocks an uppercut.
Harris tries a body shot but Boulami blocks it.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boulami.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boulami lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boulami blocks a body shot from Harris.
A short left from Boulami.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Boulami avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
A short right from Harris.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harris taking a breather.
Harris seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Harris trying to stall but Boulami improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harris.
Boulami stalling.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Boulami scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boulami tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omar Boulami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boulami looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Boulami.
Boulami is looking for a takedown.
Boulami gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boulami tries to pull guard but Harris won't allow it.
Boulami scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boulami or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zoe Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Zoe Harris!
An out of breath Zoe Harris thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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