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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lew Rockwell (ranked 1669 p4p, 215 weight class) and Harold Harmbe (ranked 1279 p4p, 177 weight class). Rockwell comes to the cage accompanied by Like a Rock. Harold Harmbe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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192 lbs
12 - 6 - 1 |
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200 lbs
14 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Dangerous knees
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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
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lew Rockwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harold Harmbe!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harmbe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rockwell jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harmbe walks away with a smile on his face. Rockwell gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rockwell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harmbe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harmbe looking to throw knees to the head but Rockwell is blocking nicely.
Harmbe scores a nice knee to the body.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Rockwell's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rockwell is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Harmbe to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lew Rockwell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rockwell tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Rockwell blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rockwell fails to pull guard.
Harmbe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rockwell is trying to pull guard but Harmbe turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rockwell tries to pull guard but Harmbe holds him up against the cage and eventually Rockwell drops back down to his feet.
Rockwell tries to pull guard but Harmbe won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockwell tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harmbe smiles and moves away.
Harmbe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rockwell.
Oooooh!!! Harmbe has knocked Rockwell down with a huge combo! Harmbe steps away and waves a wobbly Rockwell back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Lew Rockwell has been cut.
Rockwell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harmbe.
Rockwell wants to clinch.
Harmbe shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rockwell is rocked!
Rockwell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Harmbe lands a nice short elbow.
Oh Rockwell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harmbe passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rockwell!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harmbe postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rockwell bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Harmbe and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Harmbe!
A very excited looking Harold Harmbe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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