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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Harryson (ranked 1674 p4p, 254 weight class) and Desmond Okafor (ranked 1666 p4p, 252 weight class). Harryson comes to the cage accompanied by Datarock - Fa Fa Fa. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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204 lbs
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215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Harryson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Desmond Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Harryson misses its intended target.
Okafor thuds a left hand into Harryson's body.
Harryson closes the distance and clinches.
Okafor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harryson has him pressed against the cage.
Okafor working aggressively here.
Okafor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harryson blocks an uppercut.
Harryson blocks an uppercut.
Okafor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Harryson has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Harryson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Okafor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harryson blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Okafor is trying to break the clinch but Harryson has him pressed against the cage.
Okafor blocking some punches.
Harryson digs a right hand underneath Okafor's ribcage. Okafor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Okafor as the two fighters clinch.
Harryson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Okafor is defending well for now.
Okafor takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Okafor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Okafor can't find room to land a body shot as Harryson controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Harryson trying to land knees to the body.
Harryson missing with knees to the body.
Harryson lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harryson.
Okafor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harryson is looking to control Okafor's arms but Okafor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harryson has his back to the cage.
Okafor breaks from the clinch.
Harryson throws a jab when Okafor was well out of range.
Okafor has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Harryson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Harryson cracks a nice hook into Okafor's ribs.
Harryson misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harryson just misses with a punch to the body.
Harryson swings widly with a right hand
and Harryson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harryson instigates a clinch.
Harryson tries to work over Okafor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harryson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Okafor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harryson lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harryson scores with a shot to the side of Okafor's head.
Okafor lands a nice shot to the body.
Harryson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Okafor is defending well for now.
Okafor wants to get back to striking at distance but Harryson won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harryson.
Okafor throws a punch but it's blocked by Harryson.
Okafor manages to break the clinch.
Harryson moves into the clinch.
Okafor misses with a punch to the body.
A knee to the head by Harryson.
Okafor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Okafor.
Harryson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harryson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Okafor has a couple of punches blocked by Harryson.
Harryson just leaning against Okafor, taking a breather.
Okafor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harryson has him pressed against the cage.
Okafor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harryson misses with a left hand
and Okafor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harryson misses with a straight right.
Okafor avoids the body shot from Harryson.
Okafor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Okafor throws a body kick that misses.
Harryson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Okafor looks for the body kick but Harryson saw that one coming.
Harryson misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Okafor! But no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harryson tries to clinch but Okafor is having none of it.
Harryson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Okafor.
Harryson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Okafor. That's going to slow Harryson down.
Harryson looks to land a combination but Okafor avoids it well.
Okafor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harryson misses with an uppercut.
Harryson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Okafor bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
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 George Harryson will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Okafor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harryson on the side of the head.
Harryson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Okafor.
Okafor scores with a jab.
It looks like George Harryson has been cut.
Okafor moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Okafor throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harryson is looking to counter punch.
Harryson throws a lazy uppercut
and Okafor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A lazy body kick from Okafor
and Harryson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harryson swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Okafor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harryson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Okafor.
Harryson tries to clinch but Okafor is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Okafor misses.
Okafor throws a right hand that Harryson ducks under and follows up with a left that Harryson also avoids with ease.
Jab, jab by Okafor - just one landing.
Okafor scores with a shot to the body.
Harryson misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Okafor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harryson darts in trying to clinch
and Okafor scores with a counter punch that sends Harryson to the canvas! Okafor smells blood - he's punishing Harryson with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Harryson has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Desmond Okafor!
Desmond Okafor is the new light heavyweight champion!
Desmond Okafor decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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