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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Palmeri (ranked 2304 p4p, 336 weight class) and Harry Holliday (ranked 1455 p4p, 205 weight class). Harry Holliday is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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217 lbs
7 - 0 - 1 |
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frankie Palmeri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Holliday!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Palmeri, as that shot connected.
Palmeri misses with a left hand
and Holliday counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holliday throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Palmeri throws a lazy right hand but Holliday sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmeri misses with a straight left.
Holliday misses with a low kick as Palmeri jumps back.
Holliday throws a shot from downtown. Palmeri moves away and avoids it.
Palmeri misses with a body shot.
Holliday lands with an uppercut that bounces Palmeri off the cage and back into range.
Holliday misses with a hook.
Holliday lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Holliday throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That kick from Holliday tenderised Palmeri's leg. Palmeri is trying to keep his angry face on.
Holliday checks a low kick from Palmeri.
Palmeri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holliday manages to avoid it.
Holliday looks to land a body kick but Palmeri moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Palmeri appears to be looking for a big counter.
Palmeri misses with a jab to the body
and Holliday counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palmeri. Holliday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holliday misses with a low kick.
Palmeri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holliday.
Holliday thumps Palmeri with a low kick.
Palmeri has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palmeri there as he acknowledges the shot.
Palmeri misses with a double jab.
Holliday lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Holliday misses with a looping right.
Holliday digs a good hook to Palmeri's body.
Holliday moves out of range of the body kick.
Holliday throws out a counter right but Palmeri avoids it with no problem.
Holliday turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Holliday cracks Palmeri with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmeri misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Holliday throws a low kick but it's checked well by Palmeri.
Palmeri misses with a head kick.
Holliday 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.
Holliday attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab lands there for Palmeri.
Holliday throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Palmeri counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Holliday lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Frankie Palmeri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmeri is looking to land body kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Holliday. Palmeri shrugs it off though.
Palmeri throws a sloppy head kick and Holliday moves out of range easily.
Holliday scores with a body shot.
Holliday cracks the inside of Palmeri's front leg.
Holliday looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmeri is just out of range.
Palmeri throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday blocks a low kick nicely.
Palmeri stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holliday.
Palmeri throws an off balance right hand
and Holliday counters with a straight right hand.
Holliday connects with a crisp jab.
Holliday throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palmeri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
No joy there for Palmeri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Palmeri throws a nice looking combination but Holliday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palmeri loads up on a big right hand but Holliday slips the punch.
Holliday showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Palmeri.
Holliday checks a leg kick nicely.
Palmeri lands a glancing blow to the side of Holliday's head.
Holliday connects with a solid leg kick.
Holliday does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmeri takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmeri throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Palmeri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Holliday misses.
Palmeri throwing a counter right hand but Holliday manages to avoid it.
Palmeri throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Palmeri throws a nice looking combination but Holliday bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holliday thuds a left hand into Palmeri's body.
Holliday is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Palmeri had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A nice inside leg kick there by Holliday. That's going to slow Palmeri down.
Palmeri tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Holliday scores with a body shot.
Palmeri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmeri misses with a hook.
Palmeri missing with a left hand there. Holliday was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Holliday misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Holliday dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab lands there for Holliday.
Palmeri misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Holliday to counter with a crisp jab.
Palmeri is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Palmeri feints a jab promting Holliday to slip. Palmeri then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Holliday slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Holliday sends Palmeri crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Holliday is motioning to the referee to let Palmeri up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Palmeri is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Holliday.
Oh Palmeri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Holliday ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Holliday scores with a body shot.
Holliday throws a shot from downtown. Palmeri moves away and avoids it.
Palmeri seems to have got his legs back now.
Palmeri fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Palmeri throws an overhand right that lands on Holliday's shoulder, as Holliday tries to avoid the shot.
Holliday swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Palmeri is looking to counter punch.
Palmeri swings for the body but Holliday moves out of range.
Holliday has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Holliday throws out a powerful jab.
Palmeri is looking to land body kicks.
A little jabbing left from Holliday on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmeri misses with a wild combination.
Holliday lands a leg kick that knocks Palmeri off balance momentarily.
Holliday swings for the body but Palmeri moves out of range.
Harry Holliday seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holliday swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Palmeri.
Palmeri tries to work over Holliday's front leg with a kick but Holliday checks it.
Holliday digs a good hook to Palmeri's body.
Palmeri takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Palmeri swings for the body but Holliday moves out of range.
Palmeri 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.
Holliday slips under a jab from Palmeri.
Palmeri tries a head kick but it misses.
Holliday cracks Palmeri with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmeri lands a lovely overhand right.
Palmeri throws a sloppy head kick and Holliday moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Holliday.
Good standup being displayed there by Holliday as he connects with a hook.
Holliday throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holliday ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Holliday connects with a solid leg kick.
Palmeri throws a body punch but Holliday moves out of range.
Palmeri tried to score with a low kick but Holliday checks it.
Palmeri's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Palmeri tries to move into range but Holliday moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice body kick there by Palmeri.
Holliday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palmeri throws out the jab.
Holliday fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Palmeri to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Palmeri looks to clinch but Holliday throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Palmeri taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Harry Holliday!
After the fight, Harry Holliday was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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