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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashley Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Foles (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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198 cm
36
257 lbs
32 - 20 - 0 |
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214 cm
34
302 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ashley Harrington! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Foles! The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Harrington takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Ashley Harrington has been cut. Foles instigates a clinch. A short right from Harrington on the inside. Foles looks to throw an elbow but misses. Harrington struggles to land a body shot inside as Foles controls his hands.
Foles lands an elbow just above Harrington 's eye. Foles prevents a body shot from Harrington. Foles misses with an elbow strike.
Foles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Harrington blocks an elbow strike from Foles.
Foles landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harrington lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Foles. Harrington takes an elbow to the temple.
Ashley Harrington's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Foles pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrington leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Harrington dodges an elbow strike from Foles.
Harrington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Foles has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Foles misses with an elbow strike.
Harrington misses with the head strike.
Harrington scores with a shot to the side of Foles's head. Harrington lands a right hand that snaps the head of Foles backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round. Harrington lands with a short head shot on the inside. Foles looks to throw an elbow but misses. Harrington tries to work over Foles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Harrington jumps guard but Foles turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Foles looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Harrington dodges an elbow strike from Foles.
Harrington lands a nice shot to the body. Harrington scores with a nice hook to the head. Harrington managing to block the knees to the body from Foles.
Harrington jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Foles walks away with a smile on his face. Harrington gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. A slapping body kick lands there for Harrington. Harrington pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Harrington swings for the body but Foles moves out of range.
Harrington keeps the fight on the outside. Foles gets in close and instigates a clinch. Harrington struggles to land a body shot inside as Foles controls his hands.
Foles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Harrington tries to throw a body punch but Foles avoids it by throwing Harrington back against the cage. Foles working Harrington over with knees to the body. Harrington takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ashley Harrington's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nick Foles! Nick Foles bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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A |
G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
35% |
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