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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Harris (ranked 952 p4p, 113 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 848 p4p, 100 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Not again - You all ready dropped?. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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161 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris throws a shot to the body.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Harris motions for Gracie to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
Gracie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Harris blocks a head kick by Gracie.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Harris connects with the punch.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Harris wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gracie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Gracie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris slips a jab from Gracie.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harris scores with a head kick. Gracie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Harris checks a low kick from Gracie.
Derek Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Harris scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harris moves away from the strike by Gracie.
A thudding body kick lands there by Harris!
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Gracie throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Gracie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gracie tries to work over Harris's front leg with a kick but Harris checks it.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
That kick from Gracie tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a body shot
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie cracks Harris with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harris lands with a shot to the body.
That kick from Gracie tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris misses with a hook.
Gracie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie stalling.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie working aggressively here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie breaks from the clinch.
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 Derek Harris will probably get the nod.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harris takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harris throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Gracie is trying to counter with his kicks.
Gracie misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Gracie counters with a body kick that stops Harris in his tracks momentarily.
Gracie throws a nice head kick!
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Harris's defenses.
Harris lands a head kick!
Harris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
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!
Harris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Harris lands with a shot to the body.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Derek Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Gracie. That snapped Harris's head back.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Gracie lands a really nice looking cross but Harris seems unphased.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harris throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris lands a body shot.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Gracie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harris smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gracie tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Gracie jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A low kick from Gracie misses
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harris misses with a body shot
and Gracie counters with a good low kick that Harris was not able to check.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. Harris looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gracie, as that shot connected.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Harris throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Gracie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris lands with a shot to the body.
Harris checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gracie scores with a head kick. Harris tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Harris scores with a decent looking hook.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harris motions for Gracie to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Harris throws a big counter combination but Gracie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Harris checks it.
Danga de danga de dang - Gracie scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Renato Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Harris thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Gracie drops his hands momentarily and Harris takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Harris walks into a left hand.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Harris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie scores with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Gracie misses
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris misses with a hook.
Harris cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gracie throws out a powerful jab.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris blocks the body kick.
Gracie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie scores with a spinning back kick!
Harris swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Harris rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Harris will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie tries to circle away but Harris has him pinned against the cage.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Harris seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gracie can turn it around.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
Harris lands with a left to the head.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gracie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Gracie.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Gracie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Harris.
Harris gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Harris!
A victorious Derek Harris thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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