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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Sayre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Harden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sayre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, A Country Boy Can Survive. Teddy Sayre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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154 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Teddy Sayre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Harden!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sayre slips under a jab from Harden.
Sayre blocks a jab.
Harden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sayre.
Sayre tries to close the distance and clinch but Harden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harden lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sayre backs up against the cage.
It looks like Teddy Sayre has been cut.
Harden looks to throw the jab but Sayre is out of range.
Harden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sayre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harden sizes up Sayre with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harden swinging wilding here.
Harden misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Harden misses.
Harden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sayre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harden.
The fighters circling - Harden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sayre tries to clinch up.
Harden throws a hook to the side of Sayre's head but Sayre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sayre tries to clinch there but Harden circles away.
Sayre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sayre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Harden.
Harden looks to throw the jab but Sayre is out of range.
Harden keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden misses with a wild body shot.
Harden moves away from the strike by Sayre.
Sayre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Harden might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sayre drives through and clinches with Harden against the cage.
Sayre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harden takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sayre gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Harden escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sayre gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Harden looks gassed!
Harden is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harden had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sayre is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Harden Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sayre's back instead.
Sayre controlling Harden 's hands.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayre showing good submission defense here.
Sayre can't escape the position.
Harden is not going to allow Sayre to sit and survive in this position.
Harden misses with punches from the back.
A lull in the action here.
Sayre can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayre trying to control the position but Harden manages to sink in the hooks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harden patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Sayre tries to escape but Harden has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Harden missing with punches from the back.
Sayre trying to control the action but Harden just sinks the hooks in.
Harden working for a choke but Sayre is defending well.
Sayre tries to break free.
Sayre covering up well under a series of strikes from Harden.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harden looking for the choke but no joy.
Sayre rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sayre wants to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harden throws a wild body kick that Sayre sees coming a mile off.
Sayre throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Harden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sayre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sayre throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harden circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but James Harden will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Teddy Sayre's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sayre instigates a clinch.
Sayre is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sayre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sayre moves into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sayre successfully pulls guard.
Sayre keeping moving, preventing Harden from controlling successfully.
Harden is pushing down on Sayre's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sayre is fighting to maintain full guard but Harden has managed to sneak the leg through.
Harden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Harden is keen to just control but Sayre is a slippery customer.
Harden is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayre is looking for a sweep. Harden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harden tries to pass to full mount but Sayre defends it.
Sayre wants to improve his position but Harden is controlling well.
Sayre is working hard here to advance position.
Sayre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harden on the ground.
Harden is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Sayre to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Harden trying to control the position from guard on top but Sayre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sayre is trying to control the position but Harden postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A combination from Harden does no damage.
Sayre darts in and clinches Harden up against the cage.
Sayre lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sayre wants to stand up but Harden is controlling the position.
Harden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sayre is trying to control. Harden wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Harden trying to control but Sayre postures up.
Sayre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harden defending well though.
Sayre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Harden tries to roll over but Sayre keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Harden misses with a looping right.
Sayre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harden circles away.
Harden throws a jab when Sayre was well out of range.
Sayre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sayre tries to clinch there but Harden circles away.
Harden scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sayre in his tracks.
Sayre is looking to clinch but Harden is avoiding it.
Harden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sayre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harden throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sayre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sayre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harden.
Sayre shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sayre showed some decent athleticism there.
Harden looking for submissions off his back.
Harden works his way to full guard. Good work.
Harden isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Sayre stacks Harden on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Sayre!
Harden can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teddy Sayre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Teddy Sayre's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sayre wants to clinch up but Harden keeps it at a distance.
Harden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sayre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harden lands with a nice combination. Sayre backs away looking to recover.
Sayre wants to clinch.
Harden misses with a double jab
and Sayre holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sayre has Harden pressed against the cage.
Harden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sayre tries to land knees in the clinch but Harden avoids the damage to the body.
Sayre prevents a takedown attempt there.
Harden swings wildly with an uppercut but Sayre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sayre breaks the clinch.
Sayre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harden is looking to improve his position.
Harden looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayre is keen to just control but Harden is a slippery customer.
Harden actively working from the bottom here.
Sayre wants to control but Harden is keeping him busy.
Harden gets back to full guard.
Harden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sayre wants to clinch up but Harden keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sayre is looking to clinch.
Sayre tries to close the distance and clinch but Harden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sayre closes the distance and clinches.
Harden tries to pull guard but Sayre holds him up against the cage and eventually Harden drops back down to his feet.
Harden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayre has him pressed against the cage.
Harden misses with the head strike.
Sayre pulls Harden into guard.
Harden won't allow Sayre to sweep him here.
Sayre wants to stand but Harden is controlling the position.
Harden drops back looking for a leg! Sayre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sayre manages to kick Harden off! Harden jumps back into Sayre's guard.
Harden wants to control from the top but Sayre keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harden's guard.
Sayre trying to control the position from guard on top but Harden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sayre won't allow Harden to sweep him here.
Harden throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sayre wants to control from the top but Harden keeps moving.
Harden working for a triangle but Sayre defends it easily.
Harden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sayre is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harden is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harden looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harden avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sayre wants to clinch up but Harden keeps it at a distance.
Sayre is looking to clinch.
Sayre is looking to land body kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teddy Sayre showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sayre has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teddy Sayre!
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hype
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