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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop (ranked 655 p4p, 81 weight class) and Derek Harris (ranked 483 p4p, 60 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harris's choice of entrance music: Not again - You all ready dropped?. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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170 lbs
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161 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Harris throws a hook but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.
Harris throws a head kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Derek Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
A low kick from Harris misses
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris checks a low kick from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
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!
A big left from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses.
A nice side step and Harris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big right from Harris misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves his leg out of the way.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris works on Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body with a couple of short punches.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a body shot.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails to land.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop working aggressively here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body punch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks an uppercut.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with some punches.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with some punches.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with the head strike.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop working aggressively here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris punishes Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body with a nice straight punch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands with an uppercut that bounces Harris off the cage and back into range.
Harris throws a body punch but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris throws a body punch but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Harris moves out of range as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a body kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a front kick aimed at Harris's knee but Harris avoids it well.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves his leg out of the way.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a crisp jab.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harris! But no joy.
Harris throws a right hand that Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop ducks under and follows up with a left that Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop also avoids with ease.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris tries a quick counter leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is wise to it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Harris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's hands.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws the left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot lands for Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Harris is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop rather than just go for the knockout.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to counter with a body kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris keeps Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop at a distance using the push kick.
Harris is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head kick that half lands.
Harris staying out of range there.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harris cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harris throws a lazy body kick
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a straight right hand.
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 Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris tries a low kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a one two! Harris had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moved out of range nicely.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is winning the standup battle so far.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks a jab.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Harris clobbers Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris swings away with a body shot that misses
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body shot.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harris attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Harris!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris with a nice cross.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves away.
Harris throws a low kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range easily.
Harris throws the left hand but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids the punch easily.
Harris is looking to slow Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop down with leg kicks.
Harris lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
A big right from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Harris.
Harris cracks a nice hook into Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's ribs.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harris misses with a leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks a leg kick.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop slips under a jab from Harris.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks a leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids the body shot from Harris.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harris throws a head kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with an inside leg kick.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's calf.
Harris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands with a nice body punch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harris lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harris avoids the head kick by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick from Harris misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head kick that misses.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a looping left.
A nice side step and Harris releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with an inside leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris scores with a jab. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris feints and then cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop down.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Harris doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harris throws out a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range and Harris only half commits.
Good leg kick by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to clinch.
Harris misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris misses with a low kick as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop jumps back.
Harris fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks it well.
Harris misses the body punch
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a double jab.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks a low kick from Harris.
Harris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harris darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harris scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harris cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop clinches with his opponent.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's head.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocking some punches.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop working aggressively here.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop controls the action.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bops head.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop back against the cage.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head punch that misses.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a punch to the body.
Harris works on Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's body with a couple of short punches.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks an uppercut.
Harris misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails to land.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a left hand.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Derek Harris.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Harris!
After winning the bout, Derek Harris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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