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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ralphie Harrell (ranked 1115 p4p, 132 weight class) and Mukhtar Sirawazi (ranked 2321 p4p, 262 weight class). Ralphie Harrell has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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167 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ralphie Harrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mukhtar Sirawazi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sirawazi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrell throws out the jab.
Harrell moves out of range of the strikes.
Harrell went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Harrell shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sirawazi controlling the position well.
Sirawazi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Harrell's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Harrell's back!
Sirawazi misses with a punch to the head.
Sirawazi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harrell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrell trying to control but not successfully.
Sirawazi trying to control.
Harrell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell is trapped and Sirawazi is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Sirawazi's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Harrell rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sirawazi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sirawazi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sirawazi is keen to just control but Harrell is a slippery customer.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Harrell tries to get to full guard but Sirawazi has control of the leg.
Sirawazi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harrell controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Harrell misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirawazi working the head and body with strikes.
Harrell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sirawazi is working away from the top position though.
Harrell is controlling Sirawazi's trapped leg to prevent Sirawazi from advancing to side control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Harrell manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sirawazi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sirawazi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sirawazi looking to sit in guard and control but Harrell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sirawazi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harrell slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sirawazi keeps working.
Harrell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harrell scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Harrell throwing shots but Sirawazi is blocking nicely.
Harrell working Sirawazi over with strikes.
Sirawazi trying to control but Harrell postures up.
Sirawazi tries to get to full guard but Harrell has control of the leg.
Harrell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sirawazi wants to improve his position but Harrell is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Harrell slips a nice elbow through Sirawazi's hands, connecting with Sirawazi's forehead.
Sirawazi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Harrell's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Harrell's back!
Harrell wants to control his opponent's hands but Sirawazi gets his hands free.
Harrell tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Harrell is in all sorts of trouble here.
Harrell is working hard here to advance position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sirawazi working his ground and pound in the gym.
Harrell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sirawazi thowing shots but they're missing.
Sirawazi looking to control but Harrell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sirawazi landing strikes from the mount and Harrell is in trouble!
Harrell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sirawazi punching from mount but Harrell doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Harrell is looking to improve his position but Sirawazi isn't that keen on the idea.
Harrell throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Harrell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sirawazi lands a big elbow.
Harrell wants to hold on but Sirawazi pushes him away.
Sirawazi raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sirawazi is landing with some decent strikes but Harrell is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harrell avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sirawazi.
Sirawazi trying to control but Harrell is having none of it.
Sirawazi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harrell looks a forlorn figure.
Sirawazi unloading with bombs!
Sirawazi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harrell taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sirawazi avoids the attempt from Harrell to control.
Sirawazi lands a big elbow.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sirawazi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harrell manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sirawazi is looking to stall here but Harrell recovers full guard.
Sirawazi throwing strikes from guard but Harrell blocks nicely.
Harrell controls Sirawazi momentarily but Sirawazi frees himself.
Sirawazi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sirawazi throws an elbow that misses. Harrell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sirawazi's guard. Nice move by Harrell!
Harrell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sirawazi's head.
Harrell wants to control from the top but Sirawazi keeps moving.
Harrell controlling from the top position.
Sirawazi has momentary wrist control but Harrell slips an elbow through the middle.
Harrell lands a couple of elbows.
Harrell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sirawazi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harrell lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Harrell is working Sirawazi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sirawazi looking to control.
Harrell advances position into side control!
Sirawazi is not content to let Harrell control the position.
Harrell landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harrell working away.
Harrell working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mukhtar Sirawazi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Harrell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sirawazi checks a low kick from Harrell.
Harrell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sirawazi misses with an uppercut
and Harrell counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sirawazi won't be happy with that.
Sirawazi struggling a bit here.
Sirawazi is looking for a sweep.
Harrell works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sirawazi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Harrell throws an elbow but Sirawazi slips to the side and avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrell cracks Sirawazi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sirawazi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harrell cracks Sirawazi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sirawazi is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell working the head and body with strikes.
Harrell in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sirawazi is rocked!
Harrell cracks Sirawazi with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Harrell immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Sirawazi is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Harrell!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralphie Harrell!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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