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Event:
FCL66 Kowalski v Nurmagomedov
Date: Nov 22, 2024 |
#R1#
Harris shoots in looking for a takedown but Rank manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Harris's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And Rank tries to counter it with a takedown but Harris pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Harris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rank tries to avoid it but Harris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rank to the ground. Rank escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Rank. That snapped Harris's head back.
Rank misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris moves away from the strike by Rank.
Harris attempts a counter takedown but Rank avoids it well and moves away.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Rank shows good takedown defense.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rank! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rank scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rank throws out a counter right but Harris avoids it with no problem.
Harris seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD2#
Rank shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Harris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rank advances position into side control!
Rank controls the position from side control.#T1#
Harris is looking for a sweep.
Harris is pushing Rank's head away, looking to escape. Rank manages to hold on to the position though.
Harris being controlled for a moment. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Let's hope that Rank has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like Rank might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.#SUB2#
Rank wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Harris, who protects the arm well.
Rank wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy. #T3#
Harris gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. #SUB2#
Rank is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Harris has managed to free his arm - good work.
Harris tries to kick Rank off but Rank keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rank displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harris. #T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rank throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Rank showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Rank changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Rank shows good takedown defense. #TD2#
Rank looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Harris!
Harris tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rank wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rank is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris struggling a bit here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ftank Rank dominated that round.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Harris misses #TD2#
and Rank counters with a nice double leg into side control. Harris won't be happy with that.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Rank is continuing to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rank wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Harris wants to control but Rank postures up.#SUB2#
Rank tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rank has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #T1#
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Rank is breathing heavily.
Harris is looking to regain half guard here but Rank keeps moving and retains side control.
Harris seems a little lost for a moment, as Rank dominates the positioning.
Harris is trying to get back to his feet.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rank thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Rank to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rank counters with a stiff right hand. #T2#
Good standup being displayed there by Rank as he connects with a hook.#TD2#
Rank shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Harris manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.#SUB#
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rank controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Harris tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T3#
Harris can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rank controls the pace.#SUB#
Harris looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rank works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Harris is looking to control Rank's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Harris avoid being mounted?
Harris missing with punches from the bottom.
Harris won't allow Rank to pass to mount. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.#SUB#
Harris looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.#SUB2#
Rank is looking for a kimura here.
Harris is looking for a sweep. Rank is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rank stops Harris from getting back to his feet.
#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#CL#
Harris pushes Rank up against the cage in a clinch.#BC#
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ftank Rank showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Harris closes the distance and clinches up with Rank, looking for a takedown. Harris pushes Rank against the cage but Rank circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ftank Rank is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but Rank sprawls well. He's pushed Harris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Frank Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rank lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harris closes the distance looking to clinch #TD2#
and Rank counters with a takedown into side control.
Harris is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris trying to remain calm as Rank controls from the top position.
Rank's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.#T1#
Harris is trying to buck Rank off.
Rank taking a breather here. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Frank Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#TD2#
Rank shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rank showed some decent athleticism there.
Rank takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rank is controlling the pace.
Rank wants to pass the guard but Harris is defending well. #T3#
Harris pushes Rank off looking to stand but Rank dives back in and keeps control.
Rank sitting and controlling from the half guard. #T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Rank.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Rank tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Harris wants to clinch.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rank manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Frank Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Harris or perhaps it was just good defense by Rank, which made it look bad.
Rank feints the counter takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ftank Rank comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rank winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ftank Rank! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 28, 2023 |
#R1#
Song fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Song misses with a series of wild punches.
#CL2#
Harris has managed to clinch.
#BC#
Song pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Song.
Harris tries to counter with a clinch but Song shakes him off and moves away.
Harris misses with a low kick.
It looked like Song was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#CL#
Song gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Song to keep the fight standing.#BC#
Song breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Song throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Song manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Song throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harris stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Song misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Jacob Song seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Song connects with a body shot that sends Harris's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harris.
Song is looking to counter punch.
Song slaps away a takedown attempt from Harris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jacob Song has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Harris.#T1#
Song fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harris is defended easily by Song.#KD#
Song drops Harris with a beautiful combination! Harris stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Song is looking for the KO!#CUT#It looks like Frank Harris has been cut.
Song throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harris is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Song is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harris.
Harris tries to clinch but Song moves out of range.
Song throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
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!#CL2#
Harris instigates a clinch. #T2##BC#
Song escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Song misses the shot to the body.
Jacob Song is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Song.
Song avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#CL2#
Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
#BC#
Song escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Harris does no damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Song checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An attempted straight right counter from Song misses the target.#TD2#
Harris shoots in and gets a takedown into Song's guard.
Harris in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harris wants to get up but he can't break Song's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Harris sitting in guard here, content to control. #T3##SU2#
Harris stands up from Song's guard - Harris perhaps looking for a knockout.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Song as he avoids it easily.
Harris shoots in and drives through. Song sprawls well.
Harris looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Song appears to be looking for a big counter.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Song with a hook.#CL#
Song rushes Harris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Song prevents a body shot from Harris. #BC#
Song escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Song moves out of range easily.
Harris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
#T4#
Song throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harris.
Song displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#TD2#
Harris feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Harris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Song tries to strike from the bottom.
Song is looking to sweep but instead, Harris has passed into half guard.
Song might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Still in half guard, Harris seems content to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob Song dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Harris's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Song waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Jacob Song is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Song misses with a two punch combination.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Song stuffs the takedown.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Song lands with a good body shot.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Song lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Song avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris tries to clinch up but Song circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Song, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris dives in and grabs Song's left leg, looking for a takedown. Song pushes down on Harris's head and hops out.
Jacob Song has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Harris.
Harris misses with the combination.
#T1#
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick from Harris misses.
Sloppy strikes from Song. Those never looked like landing.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Song is just out of range.
Song throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Harris was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Song was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Song is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
It looked like Song was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Song as he avoids it easily.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
#T2#
Song misses with a series of wild punches.
Song misses with a wild combination.
Jacob Song is winning the standup battle so far.#CL2#
Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris tries to pull guard but Song holds him up against the cage and eventually Harris drops back down to his feet.
#BC#
Song breaks from the clinch.
Song defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
Harris shoots in but no luck this time.
Song moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris tries to clinch up but Song circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris avoids the body shot from Song.
Harris lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.#T3#
Song throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Harris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Song's waist but Song gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harris off to one side.
Song just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Song lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
#CL#
Song closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Song wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#TD2#
Harris pulls guard effortlessly.
Song is in close to Harris's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Song knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harris on the ground.
Song is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control.#SUB2#
Song is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Harris has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Song is looking to defend but Harris has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Song! Harris pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Song taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Frank Harris! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 22, 2023 |
#R1##TD2#
Harris shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Harris showed some decent athleticism there.
Gregory wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
#SUB2#
Harris is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #SUB2#
Harris is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gregory is just riding it out for now. Harris eventually gives up the hold.
Harris controlling the action here.#T1#
Harris is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Gregory!
Harris landing punches.
Harris controlling the position easily from mount.
Harris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Harris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gregory might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#T2##SUB2#
Harris swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frank Harris! |
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