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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sake Chu (ranked 5994 p4p, 548 weight class) and Gordon Harper (ranked 7842 p4p, 605 weight class). Chu comes to the cage accompanied by Daughtry - Renegade. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sake Chu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gordon Harper!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chu throws a nice looking combination but Harper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Chu and Harper goes tumbling to the canvas! Chu follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Harper is rocked!
It looks like Gordon Harper has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Chu tries to pass to full mount but Harper defends it.
Harper is looking to control Chu's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Harper avoid being mounted?
Chu sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Chu.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Harper throws a body punch but Chu moves out of range.
Chu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chu clinches.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chu backwards.
Harper misses with some punches.
Harper is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Chu to keep the fight standing.
Chu drags the fight down to the ground.
Chu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chu tries to get out of the position.
Chu seems keen to control Harper's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Chu is stalling in the full guard.
Chu slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Chu tries to score with some ground and pound. Harper controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Chu controls the position.
Harper stops Chu from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu works to advance to full mount. Harper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Chu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chu punching from mount but Harper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chu throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Chu controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to hold on but Chu pushes him away.
Chu throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Chu looking to control and managing it successfully.
Poor strikes thrown by Chu there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Chu controlling his opponent.
Chu unloads with some shots from mount but Harper bucks and avoids them well.
Chu looking to control and managing it successfully.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Chu is stinking the place up with his stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sake Chu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gordon Harper's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Chu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chu moves away.
Harper misses with a wild body shot.
Chu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harper doesn't seem bothered though.
Harper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chu.
Harper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harper wants to clinch up but Chu keeps it at a distance.
Harper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harper tries to keep at a distance but Chu has taken the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Chu.
Harper prevents a body shot from Chu.
Chu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu manages to pull guard.
Chu seems keen to control Harper's posture.
Chu wants to sweep here but Harper controlling him for the moment.
Harper is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Chu controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chu works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu controlling from the full mount.
Harper avoids a series of strikes thrown by Chu.
Chu controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a head shot.
Chu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harper can do to turn this around?
Chu content just to control the position here.
Harper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chu. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chu throws some wild stikes that Harper manages to avoid easily.
Chu controlling from the full mount.
Chu throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Chu looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chu continues to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sake Chu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gordon Harper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Chu catches Harper napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Harper to the canvas!
Harper is still in real trouble! Can Chu finish him?
Chu looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Harper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harper seems to have recovered his senses.
Chu passes Harper's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Chu is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Chu frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chu controlling the position easily from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poor strikes thrown by Chu there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Chu looking to ground and pound but Harper is blocking nicely.
Chu throws some wild stikes that Harper manages to avoid easily.
Chu controlling the pace for now.
Gordon Harper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a head shot.
Chu tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
More hug and hope from Chu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu punching from mount but Harper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chu looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harper is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Chu 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.
Chu controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Harper because Chu loaded up on that one.
Harper avoids a series of strikes thrown by Chu.
Chu sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Chu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sake Chu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chu 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sake Chu!
Sake Chu 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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