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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Byron Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hari has chosen King Drum as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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255 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
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283 lbs
15 - 21 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Byron Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harold Hari!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malik gets tackled into the cage by Hari. Hari maintains the clinch.
Hari stops a takedown attempt from Malik.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hari.
Malik turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Malik manages to end up in side control.
Malik works to advance to full mount. Hari defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Malik sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Malik blocks Hari's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hari looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hari slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
We've been hearing that Malik has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hari throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hari tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Malik controlling the pace.
Hari misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Malik seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Malik manages to pass to side control.
A lull in the action here as Malik stalls from top position.
Hari is looking to regain half guard here but Malik keeps moving and retains side control.
Hari throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Hari throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Hari looks to move to half guard but instead Malik has passed into mount! Damn!
Malik controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Malik looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hari throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Malik controlling from the full mount.
Malik's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hari is looking to improve his position but Malik isn't that keen on the idea.
Malik controlling his opponent.
Hari tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Malik controlling from the full mount.
Malik blocks Hari's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hari working to try and regain half guard.
Hari is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Malik tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hari throwing hammer fists to the chest of Malik. What's that going to do exactly?
Malik takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hari tries to reverse the position but Malik maintains control.
Hari is still trying to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Malik sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Byron Malik dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hari tries to clinch up.
Hari tries to clinch but Malik is having none of it.
Malik moves into range and connects with a jab.
Malik has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
Harold Hari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malik.
Hari tries to clinch
and Malik counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hari clinches up with Malik and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malik.
Malik blocks an uppercut.
Malik is trying to drag Hari to the mat but Hari just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hari gets underhooks to prevent Malik's takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Byron Malik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hari has a couple of punches blocked by Malik.
Hari looking to throw knees to the head but Malik is blocking nicely.
Hari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Malik blocks it with crossed arms.
Malik avoids the elbow strike from Hari, against the cage.
Hari misses with a knee strike.
Malik wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malik takes a shot to the head.
It looks like Byron Malik has been cut.
Hari tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Malik's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hari lands a shoulder strike.
Malik is working for takedown but Hari is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hari throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Malik blocks it with crossed arms.
Hari throws a punch but it's blocked by Malik.
Malik tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hari stops a takedown attempt from Malik.
Malik is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malik is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hari misses with an elbow over the top.
Hari lands a shoulder strike.
Malik blocks an elbow strike.
Hari lands a nice uppercut.
Hari throws a punch but it's blocked by Malik.
Malik is trapped in a tight thai clinch here. Hari pulls him left and then right before unleashing a vicious knee to the head. Oh damn - Malik is out cold! That's some serious business! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Harold Hari!
Harold Hari decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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