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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Poole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashley Harrington (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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238 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
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257 lbs
32 - 19 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will Poole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashley Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington throws a head kick but Poole moves out of range.
Harrington misses with a body kick.
Poole cracks the inside of Harrington's front leg.
Poole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harrington.
Harrington checks a low kick from Poole.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harrington! But no joy.
Poole tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poole thows a body kick. Harrington tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Poole has Harrington up against the cage in a clinch.
Poole looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Poole lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harrington fails to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poole works on Harrington's body with a couple of short punches.
Harrington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrington blocking some punches.
Harrington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrington takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Ashley Harrington has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poole lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Harrington.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Poole.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Poole.
Harrington looks winded!
Poole scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Poole.
Poole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harrington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Poole smiles and moves away.
Poole sends Harrington crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Poole is motioning to the referee to let Harrington up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Harrington is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrington throws a leg kick
and Poole counters with an inside leg kick.
Poole takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Harrington misses.
Poole forces Harrington back against the cage and clinches.
I was talking to Poole's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Poole misses with the head strike.
A short right from Harrington.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poole.
Poole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrington backwards.
Harrington is still on wobbly legs! Can Poole finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington struggles to land a body shot inside as Poole controls his hands.
Harrington seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice left hand lands by Harrington.
Poole lands a knee to the body.
Poole putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harrington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Poole utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poole tries to throw a body punch but Harrington avoids it by throwing Poole back against the cage.
Harrington misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poole.
That has opened up Ashley Harrington's cut even more.
Poole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poole.
Harrington's coach down at Scotty's Yard was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Harrington's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A short uppercut from Poole.
Poole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrington is defending well for now.
Poole jerks Harrington's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Harrington drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Poole goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Poole because Harrington was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Will Poole!
After winning the bout, Will Poole thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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