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Event:
GAMT #89
Date: Feb 04, 2023 |
#R1#
Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harper.
Sloppy strikes from Da Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Da Silva throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Harper swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Da Silva misses with a double jab.
Da Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Left hook, right uppercut from Da Silva.
Harper throws a body shot but no joy.
Harper throws a shot from downtown. Da Silva moves away and avoids it.#CL#
Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Harper has Da Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Da Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harper lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harper misses with some punches.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T1#
Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Nice body punch from Harper - that landed with a thud.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper misses with the head strike.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Da Silva avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harper working aggressively here.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike. #T2#
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Harper.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Harper misses with some punches.
Harper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Da Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harper lands a shot to the body.
Harper scores with a hook to the body.#T3#
Harper lands a nice uppercut.
Harper is leaning against Da Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Harper.
Harper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harper works on Da Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Da Silva looks winded!
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Silva takes a shot to the head.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Da Silva is defending well for now.
Harper scores with a hook to the body.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T4#
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Da Silva or not.
Da Silva prevents a body shot from Harper.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper tries to work over Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
Harper lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Harper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Da Silva is trying to push Harper away but Harper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Da Silva blocking some punches.
Harper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harper lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Harper dominated that round.
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.#R2##CL#
Harper has managed to clinch.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper working aggressively here.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Harper.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
Harper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Harper misses with some punches.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper is working Da Silva over against the cage.
Da Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harper.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T1#
Harper lands a left hand.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Da Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harper presses Da Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Da Silva avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
#T2#
Da Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper is leaning against Da Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
Archie Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harper working aggressively here.
Da Silva avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harper.
Harper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Da Silvas head.
Harper working aggressively here.
Harper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Harper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#T3#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harper.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Harper.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva.
Da Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Silva controls his hands.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper tries to work over Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Da Silva tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Harper prevents Da Silva from breaking the clinch.
Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Da Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Harper cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
Harper misses with a punch on the inside.
#T4#
Harper keeps control of Da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Silva tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Harper lands a nice uppercut.
Da Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Harper dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Harper jabs Da Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harper misses with a straight left.
Some bone on bone action there as Da Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harper just misses with a punch to the body.
Harper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Da Silva lands a two punch combo.
No joy there for Da Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da Silva tries to bum rush Harper with a series of wild strikes but Harper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Silva throws a right hand that Harper ducks under and follows up with a left that Harper also avoids with ease.
Da Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Da Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice cross by Harper.
Da Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harper throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harper scores with a hook.
Harper is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Da Silva.
Da Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harper. #T1#
A low kick lands for Harper.
#CL#
Harper moves into range and clinches up with Da Silva.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Silva controls his hands.
Da Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper throws a head punch that misses.
Harper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Harper.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Harper.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#T2#
Harper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Da Silva blocks an uppercut.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Da Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Da Silva.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Da Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harper tries a body shot but Da Silva blocks it.
Da Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harper cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
Da Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Harper lands a body shot in the clinch.
#T3#
Harper lands a nice shot to the body.
Harper lands a hook that snaps the head of Da Silva backwards.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Da Silva tries to break the clinch but Harper is controlling the position.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harper keeps control of Da Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Harper.
Harper scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harper.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Harper.
Good body shot from Harper.
Harper cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
A short left from Harper.
Harper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#T4#
Harper lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Harper lands a nice uppercut.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Da Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Da Silva blocks a body shot from Harper.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Da Silva is defending well for now.
Archie Harper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Da Silva or not.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harper pushes Da Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Harper.
Da Silva is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Alwalda Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harper lands a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Harper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harper, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archie Harper! |
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