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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Night Crawler (ranked 992 p4p, 112 weight class) and Miguel Harper (ranked 285 p4p, 36 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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135 lbs
5 - 1 - 1 |
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150 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Night Crawler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Miguel Harper!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawler moves into range and clinches up with Harper.
A short right from Harper.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Harper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crawler is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
Harper prevents a body shot from Crawler.
Crawler can't find room to land a body shot as Harper controls the action.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Crawler has hold of Harper's hands but Harper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Crawler wants to control but Harper is keeping busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawler desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Crawler's coaches at Team Alpha Midget have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Harper not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Crawler holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harper thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crawler is not content to let Harper control the position.
Still in half guard, Harper seems content to control.
Crawler is trying to get back to full guard.
Crawler is looking to control Harper's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Crawler avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crawler is not content to let Harper control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Crawler trying to hold on to Harper's head to control him but Harper postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Harper bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crawler's head.
Crawler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crawler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Harper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Crawler.
Crawler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike.
Crawler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Crawler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Crawler controls the action.
Harper blocks the elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crawler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper lands a shot to the body.
Crawler comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Crawler misses with an elbow strike.
Crawler is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Harper.
Harper blocking some punches.
Crawler misses with the head strike.
Harper has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Crawler is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short uppercut from Crawler.
Harper lands a takedown into guard.
Harper works over Crawler with some ground and pound from guard.
Harper lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harper keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crawler's head.
Crawler not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Crawler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crawler trying to keep a closed guard but Harper is proving a slippery customer.
Crawler looking to control but Harper passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawler has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harper is working away from the top position though.
Harper looks to land a strike but Crawler avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Harper is fighting to break Crawler's control of his arms but Crawler is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Harper dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Crawler looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Crawler looking to control.
Harper postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Crawler looking to control.
Harper working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Crawler really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Harper working away.
Harper is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Crawler has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Crawler can't do much from the bottom here.
Harper looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Crawler on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Crawler keeping his opponent close.
Harper has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Crawler tries to lock up and control but Harper gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper prevents Crawler from getting the reversal.
Harper with a couple of short strikes.
Harper throws some wild stikes that Crawler manages to avoid easily.
BOOM! Harper connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Harper connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Crawler tries to lock up and control but Harper gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harper misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Harper jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Crawler manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Miguel Harper has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper trying to control the position but Crawler is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
You can see the frustration on Crawler's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harper tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harper has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Harper fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Harper are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Harper postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Crawler keeps Harper under control for a moment.
Crawler is trying to control Harper's posture but Harper avoids it.
Harper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crawler is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Crawler is trying to control Harper's posture but Harper avoids it.
Harper is looking to take a break and control but Crawler is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harper working the body and head with strikes.
Crawler tries to buck Harper off but Harper is having none of it.
Harper tries to move into full mount but can't pass Crawler's legs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harper is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Crawler is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Harper throws a strike aimed at the side of Crawler's head but Crawler avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Harper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Harper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Harper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crawler is pulling down on Harper's head to control his posture.
Crawler is trying to control the position but Harper postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harper advances position into side control!
Crawler wants to control but Harper postures up.
Harper with the ground and pound but Crawler regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Harper is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Crawler defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawler has hold of Harper's hands but Harper slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawler trying to control here.
Crawler is looking to improve his position.
Harper thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crawler is looking for a sweep. Harper is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harper trying to control the action but Crawler is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harper connects with a nice short shot to Crawler's temple.
Crawler trying to control but Harper postures up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harper connects with a nice short shot to Crawler's temple.
Crawler trying to control from the bottom.
Harper seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crawler does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crawler's head.
Crawler wants to improve his position but Harper is controlling well.
Crawler is not content to let Harper control the position.
Harper is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Harper sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Crawler defending well though.
Harper has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Crawler defend it? Harper steps over the head and cranks it - Crawler is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Harper!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miguel Harper! Miguel Harper retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Miguel Harper thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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