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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bastien Harris (ranked 2808 p4p, 367 weight class) and Leon Cotton (ranked 5563 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Du Hast. Cotton is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Humble by: Kendrick Lamar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
34 - 33 - 0 |
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189 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bastien Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leon Cotton!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands with a shot to the body.
Cotton throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Harris keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Harris is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Cotton.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Cotton shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense.
Harris wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cotton shoots in and drives through. Harris sprawls well.
Bastien Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Cotton.
Harris clinches up with Cotton and pushes him back against the cage.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Leon Cotton has been cut.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cotton fails with a takedown attempt.
Harris gets a clinch.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cotton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotton misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cotton throws a sloppy head kick
and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.
Harris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cotton letting Harris take a breather here.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris forces Cotton back against the cage and clinches.
Harris keeps control of Cotton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cotton is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Harris to keep the fight standing.
Harris keeps control of Cotton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
Cotton has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris forces Cotton back against the cage and clinches.
Cotton is trying to break the clinch but Harris is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Cotton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cotton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cotton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris clinches with his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
Cotton can't break the clinch.
Cotton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harris stalling in the clinch.
Harris lands an elbow just above Cotton 's eye.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harris.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris has Cotton up against the cage in a clinch.
Cotton has Harris pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harris manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cotton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cotton is trying to break the clinch but Harris is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotton tries to pull guard but Harris won't allow it.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cotton's face.
That has opened up Leon Cotton's cut even more.
Harris pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Cotton back into the cage.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Cotton.
Harris gets a clinch.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Harris as Cotton shoots in.
Harris feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cottons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cotton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris forces Cotton back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cotton can't break the clinch.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotton gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cotton, pushing him back against the cage.
Harris pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harris is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A frustrated look appears on Cotton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cotton's efforts to push away.
Harris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cotton is rocked!
Harris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cotton's efforts to push away.
Cotton is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Harris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bastien Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leon Cotton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Harris slips a straight right by Cotton.
Cotton seems to have recovered his senses.
Harris clinches with his opponent.
Harris stalls.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harris stops a takedown attempt from Cotton.
Harris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cotton's defenses.
Cotton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Harris.
Bastien Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short right from Harris.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cotton tries to break free but Harris pushes him back against the cage.
Harris is pushing Cotton up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cotton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cotton can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cotton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cotton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harris sprawls well. Harris wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cotton gets slowly back to his feet.
Bastien Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Cotton.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cotton throws out the jab.
Bastien Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cotton tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harris defends well and Cotton ends up having to push Harris into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
As Cotton tries to get set, Harris tries to push him back and clinch up but Cotton manages to avoid the attempt.
Cotton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cotton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harris avoids it really well and circles away.
Harris forces Cotton back against the cage and clinches.
Cotton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harris breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cotton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harris tries to avoid it but Cotton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harris to the ground. Harris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cotton tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harris defends well and Cotton ends up having to push Harris into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Cotton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Cotton is breathing heavily.
Harris forces Cotton back against the cage and clinches.
Harris lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cotton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harris just stands there and leans against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cotton fails to pull guard.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cotton up against the cage.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotton swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris clinches with his opponent.
Cotton breaks from the clinch.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Cotton back into the cage.
A body shot lands from Harris.
Harris has Cotton pressed against the cage, preventing Cotton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cotton jumps guard but Harris turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The cut above Leon Cotton's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Harris is stalling here.
Cotton tries for a takedown but Harris manages to get underhooks.
Harris leaning against his opponent.
Harris stalling in the clinch.
Harris seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Cotton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harris just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cotton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris has closed the distance and engaged Cotton in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotton working hard to break the clinch.
Cotton tries to pull guard but Harris holds him up against the cage and eventually Cotton drops back down to his feet.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris avoids the head kick by Cotton.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cotton tries to score a body lock takedown but Harris shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cotton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cotton is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Harris digs a right hand into Cotton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cotton's gas tank.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cotton misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris darts in and clinches Cotton up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bastien Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Leon Cotton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cotton throws a head kick that misses.
Harris forces Cotton back against the cage and clinches.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cotton tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
Harris prevents Cotton from breaking the clinch.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cotton gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Cotton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cotton is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cotton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cotton is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Cotton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with a straight that turns Cotton's legs to rubber! Harris pushes forward with more strikes and Cotton goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bastien Harris!
Post fight, Bastien Harris stared into the camera and said 'Hey Joe Rogan lets go get drunk and high and pick up some hookers, i feel on top of the world right now.'.
Leon Cotton was interviewed post fight and said 'When I return it will be HELL to pay!!'.
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