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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Daughtrey (ranked 778 p4p, 102 weight class) and Akira Harada (ranked 1258 p4p, 155 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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171 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Daughtrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Harada!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daughtrey darts in and clinches Harada up against the cage.
Daughtrey lands a left hand.
Daughtrey lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harada tries to break free but Daughtrey pushes him back against the cage.
Daughtrey keeps control of Harada as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daughtrey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Daughtrey.
Harada wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harada blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Daughtrey's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Daughtrey prevents Harada from breaking the clinch.
Daughtrey drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harada gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daughtrey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Daughtrey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harada tries a body shot but Daughtrey blocks it.
Harada's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daughtrey throws a series of punches but Harada moves out of range.
Harada slips under a jab.
Harada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harada loads up on a big right hand but Daughtrey slips the punch.
Daughtrey drives through and clinches with Harada against the cage.
Daughtrey throws a head punch that misses.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Harada.
Harada's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey tries to throw a body punch but Harada avoids it by throwing Daughtrey back against the cage.
Daughtrey tries to work over Harada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daughtrey working aggressively here.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Harada.
Harada escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harada throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harada has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Daughtrey connects with a nice looking jab.
Harada on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Harada misses the target.
Daughtrey tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Harada manages to circle out of the way.
Daughtrey misses with a left hand
and Harada connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Kevin Daughtrey has been cut.
Harada throws a body punch but Daughtrey moves out of range.
Daughtrey moves away from the strike by Harada.
Daughtrey closes the distance and clinches.
Daughtrey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daughtrey can't find room to land a body shot as Harada controls the action.
Daughtrey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Daughtrey misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey working aggressively here.
Harada breaks from the clinch.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up but Harada circles away and keeps his distance.
Daughtrey misses with a wild body shot.
Harada lands with a good body shot.
Harada throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harada misses with a straight right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harada stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harada misses with a wild body shot.
Daughtrey throws a shot from downtown. Harada moves away and avoids it.
Harada is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Daughtrey with a body shot.
Harada throws a poor cross that misses
and Daughtrey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Daughtrey.
Harada is looking to break free of the clinch but Daughtrey has double underhooks.
Daughtrey has a couple of punches blocked by Harada.
Harada pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kevin Daughtrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Harada misses.
Harada scores with the left hand. Daughtrey knows he should have avoided that one.
Harada moves away from the strike by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey looks to score with a jab to the body but Harada is just out of range.
Harada wants to clinch up but Daughtrey keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Harada tries to keep at a distance but Daughtrey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daughtrey has a couple of punches blocked by Harada.
Daughtrey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haradas head.
Daughtrey misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harada.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harada.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harada escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harada swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daughtrey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Daughtrey clinches with his opponent.
Daughtrey cracks Harada with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Daughtrey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Daughtrey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Daughtrey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harada blocks an uppercut.
Daughtrey pushes Harada back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harada's efforts to push away.
Daughtrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harada is trying to break the clinch but Daughtrey has him pressed against the cage.
Daughtrey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harada backwards.
Daughtrey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daughtrey clinches with his opponent.
Daughtrey throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daughtrey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daughtrey is looking to clinch but Harada is avoiding it.
Harada misses with a body kick.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada slips under a jab from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but Harada is having none of it.
Harada gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harada is looking for the big counter here.
Daughtrey slips under a jab.
Harada throws a push kick but Daughtrey slaps the foot to one side.
Harada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harada throws a jab when Daughtrey was well out of range.
Daughtrey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harada.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harada misses with a hook. Daughtrey ducked under it nicely.
Daughtrey forces Harada back against the cage and clinches.
Harada trying to control the position but instead, Daughtrey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harada into the cage.
Daughtrey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kevin Daughtrey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harada blocking some punches.
Daughtrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harada.
Daughtrey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daughtrey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Daughtrey lands a nice uppercut.
Daughtrey scores with a shot to the side of Harada's head.
Harada is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Daughtrey.
Harada is still on wobbly legs! Can Daughtrey finish him?
Daughtrey throws a big uppercut that drops Harada! More strikes from Daughtrey and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Harada lies dazed against the cage as Daughtrey celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Daughtrey!
Kevin Daughtrey spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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