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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and big hardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hardon has chosen Ameno as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. big hardon has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, big hardon!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hardon scores with a hook.
It looks like Kenny Powers has been cut.
Powers scoring well with a low kick there.
Powers throws a sloppy head kick and hardon moves out of range easily.
hardon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Powers takes a swing at hardon's ribcage but misses.
hardon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Powers scoring well with a low kick there.
Powers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
It looks like big hardon has been cut.
A big right from Powers misses.
Powers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of hardon's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Powers looks to score with a jab to the body but hardon is just out of range.
Powers scores with a hook.
hardon shoots in but Powers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Powers closes the distance and clinches.
Powers blocks an uppercut.
hardon is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Powers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
hardon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Powers smiles and moves away.
Kenny Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big hardon.
hardon throws a hook to the side of Powers's head but Powers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Powers takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers misses with a knee strike.
hardon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Powers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
hardon looks gassed!
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
Powers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but hardon blocks it with crossed arms.
Powers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but hardon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Powers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Powers tries a knee to the head but hardon blocks it.
Powers looking to throw knees to the head but hardon is blocking nicely.
Powers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. hardon is defending well for now.
hardon tries to pull guard but Powers won't allow it.
Powers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but hardon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Powers connects with a nasty looking knee right to hardon's face.
hardon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Powers prevents it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Powers as hardon tries to tie him up.
Powers misses with a knee strike.
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
hardon managing to block the knees to the body from Powers.
Powers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Powers scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
hardon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Powers with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
hardon is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Powers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Powers landing knees to the head.
That has opened up big hardon's cut even more.
Powers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has hardon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Powers landing knees to the head.
Powers tries to land a knee to the head but hardon blocks with his arms.
hardon is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Powers pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
Powers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Powers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but hardon blocks it with crossed arms.
hardon jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Powers walks away with a smile on his face. hardon gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Powers is looking to slow hardon down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers throws a leg kick but hardon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Powers moves out of range of the strikes.
hardon doesn't manage to clinch there - Powers circles away.
hardon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Powers.
Powers lunges at hardon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by hardon's hand.
Powers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
hardon gets a takedown into half guard.
hardon throwing shots but Powers is blocking nicely.
Powers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Powers tries to get to full guard but hardon has control of the leg.
hardon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hardon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
hardon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
hardon is trying to control the action in half guard but Powers is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
hardon thows a huge punch but Powers dodges it nicely.
hardon prevents Powers from improving his position.
Powers gets full guard.
hardon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
hardon looking to sit in guard and control but Powers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
hardon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Powers dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
hardon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
hardon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Powers.
Powers cracks a nice hook into hardon's ribs.
Powers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Powers digs a good body shot into hardon's ribs.
Powers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
big hardon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Powers lands a jab to the head.
hardon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Powers.
hardon drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kenny Powers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Powers finds it's way through hardon's defenses.
A good leg kick by Powers.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to de liver by Powers. Beautiful body shot.
hardon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
hardon shoots in and drives through. Powers sprawls well.
Powers connects with a solid leg kick.
hardon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
hardon is breathing heavily.
Powers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt hardon.
Powers is looking to slow hardon down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers closes the distance and pushes hardon back into the ropes.
Powers crunches a lovely knee into hardon's ribcage.
Powers lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
hardon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Powers misses with a knee to the head.
hardon is trying to drag Powers to the mat but Powers just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Powers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has hardon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
hardon avoiding damage as Powers throws knees to the body.
Powers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from hardon.
hardon managing to block the knees to the body from Powers.
hardon avoiding damage as Powers throws knees to the body.
hardon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
hardon tries to land knees in the clinch but Powers avoids the damage to the body.
Powers is pressed up against the ropes. hardon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Powers down to the mat. Powers avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kenny Powers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big hardon.
Powers rushes hardon and presses him up against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Powers lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hardon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Powers is keeping busy.
hardon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Powers landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Powers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has hardon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Powers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has hardon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Powers lands a good knee to the midsection. hardon won't want to take too many of those.
Powers tries a knee to the head but hardon blocks it.
Powers looking to throw knees to the head but hardon is blocking nicely.
hardon manages to break the clinch.
Powers takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Powers keeps the fight on the outside.
Powers cracks hardon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Powers lands with a nice body punch.
hardon misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Powers. That's going to slow hardon down.
hardon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Powers closes the distance and pushes hardon back into the ropes.
Powers scores a nice knee to the body.
hardon misses with a punch on the inside.
Powers tries to land a knee to the head but hardon blocks with his arms.
Powers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but hardon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Powers misses with a knee strike.
Powers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
hardon tries to pull guard but Powers won't allow it.
hardon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
hardon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Powers fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice shot by hardon.
Powers gets caught flat footed, as hardon shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Powers being controlled here, momentarily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells hardon's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
hardon stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Powers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
hardon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
hardon thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Powers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. hardon gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Powers working for a triangle but hardon defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Powers dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
The fighters circle momentarily. hardon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Powers connects with a nice looking jab.
hardon avoids the body shot from Powers.
Powers lands a nice looking body kick.
hardon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Powers scores with a crisp jab that stopped hardon in his tracks.
Powers moves into the clinch.
Powers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but hardon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
hardon trying to stall but Powers improves his position.
hardon tries to score a body lock takedown but Powers shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Powers misses with a knee strike.
hardon tries to break the clinch but Powers is controlling the position.
Powers connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hardon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Powers looking to throw knees to the head but hardon is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hardon tightens his grip and picks Powers up, before dumping him to the ground. Powers manages to land in guard.
Powers has his foot on hardon's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. hardon works his way back into a safe position though.
Powers wants to sweep here but hardon controlling him for the moment.
hardon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
hardon trying to control but Powers is working from the bottom.
hardon advances position into side control!
hardon tries for a kimura but Powers is defending well.
Powers is trying to control hardon's posture but hardon avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by hardon.
Powers manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Powers is refusing to be controlled, as hardon sits in half guard.
Powers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Powers is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but hardon pulls his head out easily.
hardon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
hardon is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Powers doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time hardon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hardon throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
hardon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Powers knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
hardon passes to full mount!
hardon looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Powers is desperately trying to improve his position but hardon has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Powers tries to hold on but hardon postures up.
Powers is desperately trying to improve his position but hardon has a good base and remains in mount.
Powers wants to control but hardon is having none of it.
hardon with a couple of short strikes.
Powers tries to get back to half guard but can't.
hardon lands a big elbow.
big hardon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
hardon raining down shots from the mount!
hardon with shots to the head and body - Powers looks very uncomfortable down there.
hardon with shots to the head and body - Powers looks very uncomfortable down there.
Powers is bucking up trying to escape but hardon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
big hardon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Powers has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Powers!
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