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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pendragon (ranked 1789 p4p, 230 weight class) and Robert Harris (ranked 1484 p4p, 198 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Robert Harris enters the cage!
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pendragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Harris!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Ron Honeybunn and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pendragon throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Pendragon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Pendragon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris lands a nice shot that snaps Pendragon's head back.
It looks like Arthur Pendragon has been cut.
Harris slips under a jab from Pendragon.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pendragon.
Pendragon misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Pendragon misses.
Pendragon just misses with a punch to the body.
Pendragon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pendragon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris cracks Pendragon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon moves out of range as Harris strikes.
It looked like Pendragon was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pendragon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pendragon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris takes a swing at Pendragon's ribcage but misses.
Pendragon throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pendragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris lands a jab to the head.
Harris has Pendragon up against the cage in a clinch.
Pendragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Harris misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pendragon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harris 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.
Pendragon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Pendragon.
Pendragon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pendragon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Pendragon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Pendragon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Pendragon.
Harris misses with a body punch
and Pendragon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris gets a clinch.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pendragon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Pendragon's head.
Pendragon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harris smiles and moves away.
Harris is looking to clinch but Pendragon is avoiding it.
Harris tries to clinch there but Pendragon circles away.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pendragon in his tracks.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pendragon slips under a jab from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon throws a lazy body kick
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pendragon avoids the body shot from Harris.
Pendragon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pendragon misses with a low kick as Harris jumps back.
Pendragon loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Pendragon swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Pendragon as he connects with a hook.
Harris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pendragon's hands.
Harris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pendragon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pendragon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Pendragon's head but Pendragon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Pendragon does it's job there.
Pendragon takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pendragon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Pendragon's head.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Pendragon.
Harris misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Pendragon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pendragon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
Pendragon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris has Pendragon pressed against the cage, preventing Pendragon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pendragon looking to stall.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris gets through Pendragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pendragon blocks an uppercut.
Pendragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pendragon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pendragon's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pendragon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Harris clinches with his opponent.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Pendragon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris misses with a hook. Pendragon ducked under it nicely.
Harris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harris moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Pendragon as the two fighters clinch.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Pendragon lands a body punch.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Pendragon.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Pendragon controls his hands.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pendragon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pendragon misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon misses with the head strike.
Robert Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pendragon swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pendragon misses with a punch on the inside.
Pendragon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harris smiles and moves away.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pendragon.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pendragon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pendragon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Pendragon misses the target.
Pendragon tries to move into range but Harris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pendragon.
Harris walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harris works the jab nicely.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
Robert Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pendragon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Pendragon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Pendragon throwing a counter right hand but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
Pendragon throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Harris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harris throws out a powerful jab.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Pendragon slips the punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
Pendragon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Pendragon moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris blocks a jab.
Pendragon connects with a body shot.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pendragon moves away.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Pendragon lands with a shot to the body.
Harris throws a body punch but Pendragon moves out of range.
Pendragon cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pendragon slips a straight right by Harris.
Pendragon misses with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Harris.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Pendragon moved out of range nicely.
Harris swings for the body but Pendragon moves out of range.
Harris throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pendragon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Pendragon misses the target.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pendragon.
Pendragon thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Harris if he has to take too many more of those.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris darts in trying to clinch
enabling Pendragon to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body punch but Pendragon moves out of range.
Pendragon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pendragon connects with a nice looking jab.
Pendragon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pendragon doesn't seem phased though.
Pendragon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harris under the eye.
Harris tries to clinch but Pendragon is having none of it.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pendragon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pendragon throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Pendragon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Pendragon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pendragon.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Pendragon scores with a four punch combination!
Pendragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A telegraphed right hand from Pendragon misses the target.
Pendragon lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Arthur Pendragon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pendragon's cut.
That's time! Pendragon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Pendragon misses with a body kick.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harris connects with a jab.
Pendragon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris slips a straight right by Pendragon.
Harris lands a head shot.
Pendragon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pendragon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pendragon. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pendragon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pendragon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harris misses with a hook.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Nice body kick from Pendragon.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pendragon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pendragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris slips a jab from Pendragon.
Pendragon ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Good work by Harris as he checks the leg kick.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Pendragon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Pendragon moved out of range.
Pendragon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pendragon looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
A jab from Harris does it's job there.
Harris takes a swing at Pendragon's ribcage but misses.
Pendragon defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Pendragon throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pendragon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pendragon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris scores with the left hand. Pendragon knows he should have avoided that one.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Harris slips a jab from Pendragon.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pendragon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harris takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harris on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pendragon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
Pendragon loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pendragon is looking to counter punch.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Pendragon misses with a body punch
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Harris throws the left hand but Pendragon avoids the punch easily.
Pendragon jabs at Harris's body.
Pendragon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harris momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Pendragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
An attempted straight right counter from Pendragon misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Pendragon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Pendragon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pendragon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pendragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pendragon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harris scores with a hook.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Pendragon pushes him off.
A punch combination from Pendragon misses.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pendragon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Pendragon throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pendragon's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris slips a straight right by Pendragon.
Pendragon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice body kick there by Pendragon.
Pendragon defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Pendragon looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pendragon connects with a body shot.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pendragon throws out the jab.
Pendragon tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pendragon misses with a lunging right hand
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Pendragon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pendragon scores with a leg kick.
Pendragon throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pendragon.
Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Arthur Pendragon.
I think Pendragon 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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