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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isaiah Cooley (ranked 1029 p4p, 163 weight class) and Bann Harrow (ranked 1402 p4p, 213 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaiah Cooley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bann Harrow!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooley throws a wild body kick that Harrow sees coming a mile off.
Cooley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cooley sizes up Harrow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cooley.
Cooley seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Harrow staying out of range there.
Cooley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cooley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Isaiah Cooley has been cut.
Harrow throws a jab when Cooley was well out of range.
Harrow slips a straight right by Cooley.
Harrow throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cooley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrow steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooley.
Cooley throws the kick towards the body but Harrow avoids it.
A slow jab from Harrow misses its intended target.
Cooley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cooley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cooley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooley misses with a straight left.
Harrow defending well as Cooley loads up on a big left hand.
Harrow throws out a counter right but Cooley avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrow tries to keep at a distance but Cooley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cooley throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrow.
Cooley blocks an uppercut.
Cooley blocks an uppercut.
Harrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooley has a couple of punches blocked by Harrow.
A short uppercut from Harrow.
Cooley prevents a body shot from Harrow.
Cooley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrow backwards.
Harrow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cooley walks away with a smile on his face. Harrow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Harrow misses with a head kick.
Cooley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cooley throws a body punch but Harrow moves out of range.
Harrow cracks Cooley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harrow lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harrow checks a low kick from Cooley.
Cooley tries to work over Harrow's front leg with a kick but Harrow checks it.
Harrow looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrow connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrow scoring well with a low kick there.
Harrow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cooley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A lazy body kick from Harrow
and Cooley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrow misses with the body kick
and Cooley counters with a body kick.
Cooley throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cooley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cooley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harrow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cooley feints and then cracks Harrow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harrow down.
Harrow lands with a kick to the temple. Cooley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harrow.
Cooley throwing a counter right hand but Harrow manages to avoid it.
Cooley scores with a hook to the body. Harrow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harrow pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Harrow.
Harrow throws a shot from downtown. Cooley moves away and avoids it.
Cooley defending well as Harrow loads up on a big left hand.
Cooley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cooley is looking to land body kicks.
Cooley takes a swing at Harrow's ribcage but misses.
Harrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrow moves in looking to clinch but Cooley pushes him off.
Harrow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooley lands with a nice body punch.
Harrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cooley.
Cooley lands with a right hand.
Cooley checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrow misses with a double jab
and Cooley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrow throws a sloppy head kick and Cooley moves out of range easily.
Harrow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cooley.
Harrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooley moves away.
Harrow avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Cooley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooley throws out a powerful jab.
Cooley lands an overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooley misses with a low kick.
Harrow slips under a jab from Cooley.
Cooley tried to score with a low kick but Harrow checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Isaiah Cooley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Isaiah Cooley's cut.
That's time! Cooley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harrow missing with a left hand there. Cooley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harrow cracks a nice hook into Cooley's ribs.
A head kick misses from Harrow.
Cooley misses the jab.
Cooley connects with a body shot that sends Harrow's belly button to the back.
Cooley motions for Harrow to come forward. Cooley throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cooley blocks a head kick by Harrow.
Cooley tries to bum rush Harrow with a series of wild strikes but Harrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cooley walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cooley lands with an uppercut that bounces Harrow off the cage and back into range.
Good standup being displayed there by Cooley as he connects with a hook.
Harrow misses with a looping right.
Harrow walks into a stiff left hand from Cooley.
Cooley feints and then cracks Harrow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harrow down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cooley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harrow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cooley scrambles back to his feet.
Cooley misses with a hook.
Isaiah Cooley is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooley throws a hook to the side of Harrow's head but Harrow sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cooley has Harrow up against the cage in a clinch.
Harrow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harrow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Harrow fails to land.
Harrow blocks an uppercut.
Harrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooley lands a hook that snaps the head of Harrow backwards.
Harrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooley lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrow.
Cooley blocks an uppercut.
Harrow has a couple of punches blocked by Cooley.
Cooley lands a right hand.
Cooley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrow's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrow lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harrow.
Harrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Harrow.
Bann Harrow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cooley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harrow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harrow lands a left hand.
Cooley takes a shot to the head.
Harrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooley has a couple of punches blocked by Harrow.
Still in the clinch, Cooley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cooley misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrow throws a head punch that misses.
Harrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrow working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooley controls his hands.
Cooley lands a right hand.
Harrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Cooley.
A head punch on the inside from Cooley fails to land.
Cooley blocks a body shot from Harrow.
Cooley lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Harrow.
Harrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooley throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrow.
Cooley tries a body shot but Harrow blocks it.
Cooley misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Harrow.
A right handed body shot lands from Cooley.
Still in the clinch, Harrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrow can't find room to land a body shot as Cooley controls the action.
Cooley blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Harrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrow misses with the head strike.
Cooley struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrow controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooley.
Cooley throws a head punch that misses.
Harrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harrow lands an uppercut.
Cooley has a couple of punches blocked by Harrow.
Harrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Harrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cooley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harrow works on Cooley's body with a couple of short punches.
Harrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooley.
Harrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooley misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Harrow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bann Harrow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Isaiah Cooley's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Harrow uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cooley misses with a kick to the body.
Harrow scores with a spinning back kick!
Harrow throws a head kick that misses
and Cooley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cooley throws a counter high kick but Harrow was just alert enough to avoid it.
Harrow tries a head kick but it misses.
Cooley is looking to counter punch.
Harrow throws a lazy head kick
and Cooley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cooley misses with a body shot.
Harrow misses with a looping right.
Harrow throws a head kick but Cooley moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrow.
Harrow throws a lazy right hand but Cooley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harrow throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooley.
Cooley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrow misses with a head kick.
Harrow closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harrow moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cooley fails to land.
Cooley working aggressively here.
Harrow misses with a body punch.
Harrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrows head.
Harrow blocks an uppercut.
Harrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harrow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cooley blocking some punches.
Harrow takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cooley fails to land.
Cooley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrow backwards.
Harrow misses with some punches.
Cooley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cooley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Cooley as the two fighters clinch.
Harrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harrow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Cooley - that landed with a thud.
Harrow fails to pull guard.
Harrow working hard to break the clinch.
Cooley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harrow backwards.
Cooley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrows head.
Cooley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cooley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harrow misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cooley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooley.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cooley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harrow takes a shot to the head.
Cooley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cooley gets through Harrow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cooley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooley throws a head punch that misses.
Harrow goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrow backwards.
Harrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooley.
Cooley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrows head.
Nice body punch from Cooley - that landed with a thud.
Harrow misses with some punches.
Cooley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrow backwards.
Cooley pushes Harrow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cooley throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrow.
Cooley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooley misses with some punches.
Harrow tries a body shot but Cooley blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Cooley fails to land.
Harrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Cooley - that landed with a thud.
Cooley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cooley lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A hook to the body from Cooley.
Cooley pushes Harrow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrows head.
Cooley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cooley tries a body shot but Harrow blocks it.
Cooley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cooley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cooley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrow can do to turn this around?
Cooley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooley lands with a light punch inside.
Cooley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooley lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cooley fails to land.
Cooley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cooley misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrow tries to work over Cooley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cooley.
Harrow misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Isaiah Cooley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cooley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isaiah Cooley!
During a confident post fight interview, Isaiah Cooley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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