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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axel Harris (ranked 1158 p4p, 161 weight class) and Joseph Jantan (ranked 1927 p4p, 242 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Axel Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joseph Jantan!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jantan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Harris to the ground. Jantan is now in Harris's guard.
Harris wants to stand but Jantan is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris wriggles free and stands up.
Harris scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jantan just misses with a punch to the body.
Jantan looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Jantan closes the distance and clinches up with Harris, looking for a takedown. Jantan pushes Harris against the cage but Harris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harris misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris takes a swing at Jantan's ribcage but misses.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Jantan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Jantan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris is trying to stand.
Harris definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ground and pound from Jantan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jantan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harris is looking to escape.
Jantan lands strikes from half guard.
Jantan is taking a breather. Harris says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Harris is looking to escape.
Harris is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jantan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Harris wants to stand back up but Jantan manages to pass into side control.
Jantan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harris down.
Harris wants to get back to his feet but Jantan drags him back down.
Jantan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Harris is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jantan is chipping away with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris sneaks out the side door and pushes Jantan away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Jantan throws a body shot but no joy.
Jantan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harris tries to avoid it but Jantan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harris to the ground. Harris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Good exchange - Harris coming out on top.
Jantan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Jantan changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
Jantan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jantan. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some wild striking there from Harris.
Axel Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
It looks like Joseph Jantan has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jantan shoots in and drives through. Harris sprawls well.
Axel Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Jantan.
Harris goes for a small jab and connects. Now Harris goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Jantan stumbles back but Harris runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Jantan to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Jantan will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Axel Harris!
Axel Harris retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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