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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Harmbe (ranked 1376 p4p, 47 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 2101 p4p, 63 weight class). Harmbe comes to the cage accompanied by Boosie Badazz - No Juice. Luzhin has chosen Lil Baby - Narcs as his entrance music. Harmbe has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Harold Harmbe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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226 lbs
20 - 12 - 1 |
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186 lbs
35 - 20 - 3 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harold Harmbe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 20 - 3, fighting out of New York, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luzhin closes the distance and pushes Harmbe back into the cage.
Harmbe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luzhin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmbe blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmbe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harmbe wants to break free but Luzhin has control.
A head punch on the inside from Harmbe fails to land.
Harmbe lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luzhin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but Harmbe blocks it.
Harmbe is pushing Luzhin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harmbe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Luzhin wants to stall.
Harmbe stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmbe is trying to force a seperation but Luzhin has the dominant position.
Harmbe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmbe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luzhin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harmbe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luzhin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luzhin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Harmbe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmbe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Harmbe is blocking nicely.
A short left from Luzhin.
Luzhin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harmbe looking to stall.
Harmbe tries to land knees in the clinch but Luzhin avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Luzhin.
Luzhin landing knees to the head.
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!
Harmbe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luzhin breaks from the clinch.
Luzhin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harmbe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Luzhin rushes Harmbe and presses him up against the cage.
Luzhin's coach down at Touch Of Death Combat Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Luzhin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Luzhin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harmbe is breathing heavily.
Luzhin with a knee to the head.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Luzhin lands with a left to the head.
Luzhin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Luzhin stalling in the clinch.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Harmbe takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin has Harmbe pressed against the cage, preventing Harmbe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harmbe takes a shot to the head.
Luzhin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Luzhin lands with a short shot to the head.
Harmbe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luzhin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harmbe is defending well for now.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luzhin slowing the pace effectively.
Harmbe scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Luzhin.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harmbe.
Luzhin lands a good knee to the midsection. Harmbe won't want to take too many of those.
Luzhin pushes Harmbe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harmbe misses with the head strike.
Luzhin scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Harold Harmbe has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luzhin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin working Harmbe over with knees to the body.
Harmbe takes a shot to the head.
Harmbe is trying to stall.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harmbe stalling in the clinch but Luzhin improves position.
Luzhin stalling.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harmbe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harold Harmbe's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Luzhin misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Harmbe misses.
Harmbe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luzhin.
Harmbe ducks under a wild hook from Luzhin.
Harmbe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luzhin darts in and clinches Harmbe up against the cage.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luzhin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harmbe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Luzhin leaning against his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harmbe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harmbe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin moves into the clinch.
Luzhin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmbe misses with a knee strike.
Harmbe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Luzhin crunches a lovely knee into Harmbe's ribcage.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Luzhin.
Luzhin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harmbe is rocked!
Luzhin has Harmbe pressed against the cage, preventing Harmbe from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oh Harmbe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luzhin landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harmbe seems to have got his legs back now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luzhin obliges.
Luzhin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luzhin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Luzhin is stalling here.
Luzhin lands a hook that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Luzhin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luzhin closes the distance and pushes Harmbe back into the cage.
Luzhin manages to break the clinch.
Luzhin forces Harmbe back against the cage and clinches.
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harmbe tries to score a body lock takedown but Luzhin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Luzhin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harmbe is trying to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luzhin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Luzhin.
Luzhin landing knees to the head.
Luzhin manages to break the clinch.
Nikolai Luzhin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luzhin looks to land a combination but Harmbe avoids it well.
Luzhin clinches up with Harmbe and pushes him back against the cage.
Luzhin connects with a knee to the head.
Luzhin lands with a light punch inside.
Harmbe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Luzhin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harmbe misses with an uppercut.
Harmbe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Luzhin wants to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Luzhin blocks with his arms.
Luzhin blocks an uppercut.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Harmbe.
Harmbe is looking to control Luzhin's arms but Luzhin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harmbe has his back to the cage.
Luzhin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harmbe's face.
Luzhin is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Luzhin lands with a light punch inside.
Luzhin lands a knee to the body.
Luzhin lands a right hand.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmbe blocks it with crossed arms.
Luzhin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Harold Harmbe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Luzhin moves into range and clinches up with Harmbe.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Harmbe is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, Harmbe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harmbe is trying to push Luzhin away but Luzhin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Luzhin prevents Harmbe from breaking the clinch.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmbe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luzhin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
A short uppercut from Luzhin.
Harmbe has clasped his hands together around Luzhin's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
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!
Luzhin is looking to reverse the position.
Luzhin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harmbe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harmbe trying to control the action but Luzhin is working from the bottom.
Luzhin looking for a sweep but Harmbe has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin is desperately trying to improve his position but Harmbe has a good base and remains in mount.
Luzhin wants to control but Harmbe is having none of it.
Luzhin is looking to improve his position but Harmbe isn't that keen on the idea.
Harmbe avoids the attempt from Luzhin to control.
Harmbe wants to control the pace but Luzhin is squirming around nicely.
Luzhin is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harmbe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harmbe prevents Luzhin from getting the reversal.
Luzhin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harmbe trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harmbe content just to control the position here.
Luzhin tries to lock up and control but Harmbe gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin is looking to get to half guard.
Harmbe won't let Luzhin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Luzhin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Luzhin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Luzhin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Harmbe looking for a sweep. Not yet Harmbe, not yet.
Luzhin trying to control but Harmbe is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harmbe wants to sweep here but Luzhin controlling him for the moment.
Luzhin is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Luzhin wants to control from the top but Harmbe keeps moving.
Luzhin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harmbe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Luzhin is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Nikolai Luzhin just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Harold Harmbe'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.
Luzhin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harmbe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harmbe drops down looking for a counter takedown but Luzhin sprawls and moves away.
Harmbe throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
Harmbe gets tackled into the cage by Luzhin. Luzhin maintains the clinch.
Luzhin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luzhin misses with a hook. Harmbe ducked under it nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Harmbe is blocking nicely.
Luzhin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luzhin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harmbe letting Luzhin take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harmbe manages to break the clinch.
Harmbe throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmbe takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Luzhin swings widly with a right hand
and Harmbe counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Luzhin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Luzhin.
Luzhin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harmbe's hands.
Luzhin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harmbe.
Luzhin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luzhin moves into the clinch.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin keeps control of Harmbe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harmbe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Luzhin has Harmbe pressed against the cage.
Luzhin is pushing Harmbe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harmbe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luzhin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luzhin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luzhin with a knee to the head.
Harmbe gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Luzhin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Luzhin is trying to control but can't.
Harmbe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Luzhin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe trying to control the action but Luzhin is working from the bottom.
Luzhin is looking to escape.
Harmbe controlling the pace.
Luzhin wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Luzhin moves into the clinch successfully.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harmbe goes for a takedown attempt but Luzhin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Luzhin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harmbe throws out the jab.
Luzhin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harmbe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luzhin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Harmbe moves out of range of the body kick from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws an off balance right hand
and Harmbe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
No joy there for Luzhin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harmbe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harmbe looks to land a left hand but Luzhin moved out of range nicely.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Luzhin scores with a nice right hand.
Harmbe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Harmbe misses with a hook.
Luzhin misses with a hook. Harmbe ducked under it nicely.
Harmbe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harmbe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luzhin was well out of range. Poor timing from Harmbe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Harold Harmbe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Luzhin scores with a jab. Harmbe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Luzhin misses with a left hand
and Harmbe counters with a stiff right hand.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin misses with a body kick.
Harmbe takes the fight into the clinch.
Luzhin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Luzhin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Luzhin.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harmbe stalling against the cage.
Luzhin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luzhin wants to stall.
Luzhin is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Harmbe trying to stall but Luzhin improves his position.
Luzhin gets through Harmbe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harmbe's face.
Luzhin pushes Harmbe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luzhin lands with a left to the head.
Luzhin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Luzhin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harmbe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Luzhin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harmbe misses with a knee to the head.
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luzhin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harmbe is keeping busy.
Luzhin is trying to maintain a safe position but Harmbe gets an underhook and turns Luzhin into the cage.
Come on Luzhin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harmbe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luzhin blocks it with crossed arms.
Harold Harmbe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Luzhin stalling against the cage.
Luzhin breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luzhin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nikolai Luzhin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Luzhin rushes Harmbe and presses him up against the cage.
Harmbe wants to get back to striking at distance but Luzhin won't allow it.
Luzhin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harmbe misses with a punch on the inside.
Luzhin prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harold Harmbe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin has Harmbe pushed against the cage.
Luzhin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luzhin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harmbes head.
Harmbe tries to stall but Luzhin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harmbe tries to circle away but Luzhin has him pinned against the cage.
Harmbe tries to stall but Luzhin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Harmbe fails to land.
Luzhin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Harmbe tries to land knees in the clinch but Luzhin avoids the damage to the body.
Harmbe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luzhin.
Harmbe breaks the clinch.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luzhin has closed the distance and engaged Harmbe in a clinch.
Harmbe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harmbe throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Harmbe is looking to break free of the clinch but Luzhin has double underhooks.
Harmbe tries to break free but Luzhin pushes him back against the cage.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luzhin avoids it.
Luzhin with a knee to the head.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but Harmbe blocks it.
Harmbe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luzhin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Luzhin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Luzhin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 44:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 44:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Luzhin!
Nikolai Luzhin is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Nikolai Luzhin rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Harold Harmbe was interviewed post fight and said 'ill be here till i m 35'.
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