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Event:
WOVA Fight Night: Requiem
Date: Mar 22, 2025 |
#R1#
Harrington connects with a body shot.
Tyson throws a right hand that misses
and Harrington counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrington fails with a takedown attempt.
Tyson throws a counter combo.
Harrington fails to land with a series of punches.
Harrington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tyson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harrington fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tyson avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjun Harrington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tyson tries to avoid it but Harrington manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tyson to the ground. Tyson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Harrington or perhaps it was just good defense by Tyson, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tyson misses with a few strikes there.
#TD#
Harrington closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Tyson's guard.#T1#
Harrington trying to control the position from guard on top but Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tyson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Tyson tries to strike from the bottom.
Tyson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #SUB#
Harrington thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tyson managing to control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harrington looking to pass the guard. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Arjun Harrington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice side step and Tyson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harrington wants to clinch.
Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrington.
Nice body punch from Harrington.
Tyson misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyson. Harrington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harrington throws a shot to the body.
#T3#
A swing and a miss from Tyson.
Harrington takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harrington lands with a hook. Tyson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tyson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harrington misses with a takedown
and Tyson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harrington tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tyson swivels and escapes.
Tyson digs a good hook to Harrington's body.
Tyson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tyson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrington feinted with a counter takedown.
Tyson stalks Harrington and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harrington's face. Harrington staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
Harrington throws a series of punches but Tyson avoids them all with ease. #T4#
Tyson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harrington misses with a series of wild punches.
Despite the aggression on Tyson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harrington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tyson.
Sloppy strikes from Tyson. Those never looked like landing.
Harrington connects with a body shot.
Harrington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrington looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Tyson stuffs the takedown.
Tyson lands the left hand.
Tyson misses with a body shot.
Harrington doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Tyson misses with a wild combination.
Harrington seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Harrington tries to bum rush Tyson with a series of wild strikes but Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Tyson dominated that round.
That's time! Harrington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Harrington fails in his attempt to clinch.
As Harrington backs off Tyson throws a huge counter combo but Harrington manages to avoid it all.
Harrington darts in trying to clinch
and Tyson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tyson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harrington tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Tyson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tyson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harrington listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Tyson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
No luck for Harrington with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harrington tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range. #T1#
Tyson throws a series of strikes that have Harrington backpedaling.
Some wild striking there from Tyson.
#CL#
Harrington clinches.
Harrington wants a takedown but no success here.
Harrington can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjun Harrington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tyson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.#BC2#
Tyson manages to break the clinch.
Tyson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrington throws a right and a left that Tyson avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Tyson misses. #T2#
Harrington fails with a takedown attempt.
Martin Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Harrington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A left and a right from Tyson both land. Nice combination.
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!
Harrington throws a lazy right hand but Tyson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harrington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyson.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harrington is defended easily by Tyson.
Harrington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyson was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrington.
Harrington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tyson as he jumps to the side.
Martin Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T3#
Tyson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrington.
Harrington changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tyson stuffs the takedown attempt from Harrington. Harrington gets slowly back to his feet.
Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrington was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyson.
Harrington gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tyson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harrington thinking.
Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tyson misses with the combination.
Harrington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#T4#
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Tyson. No joy for Harrington on that attempt.
Tyson tries to bum rush Harrington with a series of wild strikes but Harrington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harrington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arjun Harrington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrington swings for the body but Tyson moves out of range.
Harrington looks for a takedown but Tyson sprawls well.
Tyson connects with a right hand. Harrington shakes it off.
Harrington misses with a jab, cross combination.
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!
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harrington dives in for a single leg takedown but Tyson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Tyson lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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#
Tyson just misses with a punch to the body.
Harrington throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tyson's waist but Tyson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harrington off to one side.
Harrington throws the left hand but Tyson avoids the punch easily.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Tyson is avoiding it.
Tyson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harrington.
Harrington fails to land the takedown.
A punch combination from Tyson misses.
Tyson throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arjun Harrington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrington was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyson.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harrington looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tyson is fending him off so far but Harrington persists. Nope, Tyson circles away and we're back to standing.#T1#
Tyson stuns Harrington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Harrington.
Harrington misses with a wild combination.
Tyson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harrington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyson misses with a wild body shot.
Harrington misses the shot to the body.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Harrington avoids nicely.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tyson throws a right hand that Harrington ducks under and follows up with a left that Harrington also avoids with ease.
Harrington dodges the punch combination from Tyson.
Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T2#
Harrington moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Harrington doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tyson counters with a left and a right that stings Harrington.
Harrington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyson misses with a wild combination.
Tyson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Harrington shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tyson defends it nicely.
Tyson leaves Harrington with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Martin Tyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T3#
Tyson looks to land a combination but Harrington avoids it well.
A left and a right from Harrington both land. Nice combination.
Harrington throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tyson on the side of the head.
A combination from Tyson does no damage.
Harrington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyson was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrington.
Tyson slaps away a takedown attempt from Harrington, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tyson throws a right and a left that Harrington avoids nicely.
Harrington cracks a nice hook into Tyson's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Tyson. Those never looked like landing.
Harrington feinted with a counter takedown.
Harrington shoots in but no luck this time.
Harrington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tyson.#T4#
Harrington tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tyson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harrington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tyson has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson misses with a body shot.
Harrington just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tyson! But no joy.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Harrington bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Tyson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.#CL#
Harrington moves into range and clinches up with Tyson.
Arjun Harrington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harrington fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tyson stalling the fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tyson 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Tyson!
Martin Tyson took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 02, 2025 |
#R1#
Tyson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cage fails with the takedown.
It seemed like Tyson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tyson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tyson scores with a punch to the head.
Cage doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tyson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tyson throws a series of punches but Cage avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson misses with a double jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tyson!
Nice sprawl there from Tyson as Cage shoots in.
Tyson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franklin Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T1#
Cage shoots for a takedown but Tyson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tyson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
#CL#
Cage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cage keeps control of Tyson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #BC2#
Tyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cage will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tyson misses with the combination.
Cage half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nice body punch from Tyson. #T2#
Cage shoots in for a takedown but Tyson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cage shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tyson sprawls well. Tyson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cage gets slowly back to his feet.
Cage fails to land the takedown.
Cage fails to land the takedown.
Tyson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cage is breathing heavily.#T3#
Tyson fails to land with a series of punches.
Cage throws a nice looking combination but Tyson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tyson lands with a nice combination. Cage backs away looking to recover.
Cage takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cage takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tyson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cage takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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!
Tyson stuffs the takedown.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tyson! But no joy.#T4#
Tyson leaves Cage with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tyson stalks Cage and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cage's face. Cage staggers backwards, shaken.
Tyson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cage on the side of the head.
Cage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.#CL#
Cage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC2#
Tyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Tyson 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#
Cage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tyson scores with a nice right hand.
Cage shoots for a double leg takedown but Tyson sprawls well. He's pushed Cage's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cage wants to clinch
and Tyson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tyson connects with a crisp jab.
Tyson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tyson stuffs the takedown.#T1#
Cage shoots in for a takedown but Tyson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franklin Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cage walks into a left hand.
Nice sprawl there from Tyson as Cage shoots in.
Franklin Cage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cage misses with a takedown
and Tyson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tyson lands a nice hook to Cage's body. Cage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cage tries to clinch up.
Tyson connects with a body shot.
Tyson cracks a nice hook into Cage's ribs.#T2#
Tyson catches Cage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cage has a takedown stuffed.
As Cage backs off Tyson throws a huge counter combo but Cage manages to avoid it all.
Tyson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cage on the side of the head.
Tyson scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson connects with the punch.
Cage shoots and misses
and Tyson counters with a right hand to the body.
Cage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
#T3#
Cage on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tyson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cage walks into a left hand.
Martin Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cage doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tyson counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice shot by Tyson.
Tyson lands a nice hook to Cage's body. Cage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cage has his takedown stuffed
enabling Tyson to counter with a crisp jab. #T4#
Cage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tyson.
Tyson cracks Cage with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyson lands with a nice combination. Cage backs away looking to recover.
Cage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A right-left combo lands from Tyson.
Tyson throws a shot to the body.
Tyson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tyson lands with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Left hook, right uppercut from Tyson.
Cage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tyson counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyson lands a jab-cross combination.
Tyson tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tyson tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyson lands a jab to Cage's midsection.
Franklin Cage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T1#
Cage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tyson! But no joy.
Cage looks for a takedown but Tyson sprawls well.
Tyson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tyson duly obliges.
A shot to the liver by Tyson. Beautiful body shot.
Tyson lands with a nice body punch.
Cage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyson slaps away a takedown attempt from Cage, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franklin Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T2#
Tyson with a jab.
Tyson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cage on the side of the head.
Cage tries to clinch up.
Jab from Tyson.
Nice shot lands for Tyson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Tyson as he connects with a hook.
Tyson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Martin Tyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T3#
Cage shoots in for a double leg but Tyson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tyson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tyson throws a combination. Cage tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cage shoots and misses
and Tyson counters with a straight right hand.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Cage. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Tyson with a nice cross.
Good exchange - Tyson coming out on top.
Tyson scores with a shot to the body.
Tyson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tyson dips to his left and cracks Cage with an uppercut!#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cage tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tyson defends well and Cage ends up having to push Tyson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.#BC2#
Tyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cage takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tyson jabs Cage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tyson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cage back to the cage. Tyson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A jab from Tyson does it's job there.
Cage swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tyson counters with a nice body shot.
Tyson dips to his left and cracks Cage with an uppercut!
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tyson 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 25:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 24:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Tyson!
Martin Tyson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. |
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