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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris has chosen Deep End as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Spartan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randall Harris!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris staying out of range there.
Spartan swinging wildly here.
Spartan throws a big shot that misses.
Harris scores with a head kick.
Spartan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
It looks like Randall Harris has been cut.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spartan.
Matt Spartan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spartan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Spartan tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spartan swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Spartan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Spartan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harris slips under a jab from Spartan.
Spartan connects with the punch.
Spartan tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Spartan pushes him off.
Spartan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spartan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris avoids the body shot from Spartan.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Spartan.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Spartan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Spartan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Spartan throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Horrible takedown by Spartan or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris which made him look bad.
Spartan fails with the takedown.
Spartan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harris rushes Spartan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris taking a breather.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spartan throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Spartan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Spartan swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris is looking to slow Spartan down with leg kicks.
Spartan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Spartan is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Harris staying out of range there.
Spartan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Spartan throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Spartan swinging wildly here.
Harris scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spartan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Randall Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spartan misses with a looping right.
Spartan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spartan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartan tries for a takedown but Harris sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Spartan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spartan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harris - that will leave a mark!
Harris lands a front kick.
Spartan misses the shot to the body.
Harris lands a front kick.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Harris utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harris working aggressively here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris stalling the fight.
Harris continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Harris lands a good knee to the midsection. Spartan won't want to take too many of those.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Spartan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harris prevents it.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Spartan misses.
Harris throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Spartan's head.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Spartan throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris slips a jab from Spartan.
Spartan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Harris.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Spartan's face.
Spartan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randall Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spartan misses with a wild combination.
Spartan loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Spartan misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harris throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Spartan misses with a straight left.
Spartan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spartan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spartan lands a jab-cross combination.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Spartan circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Harris.
Harris slips a jab from Spartan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris gets a clinch.
Spartan looking for a takedown.
Harris breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartan scores with a body shot.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spartan.
Harris darts in and clinches Spartan up against the cage.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Spartan wants a takedown.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Spartan avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Harris.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Spartan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Spartan.
Spartan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Spartan misses with a body shot.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spartan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spartan.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Spartan down.
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Spartan wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Spartan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spartan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris avoiding damage.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spartan blocks it with crossed arms.
Spartan is trying to drag Harris to the mat but Harris just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Spartan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spartan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Harris pulls his leg out and moves away.
Harris lands a nice looking body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Spartan with that takedown attempt.
Spartan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
Harris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Spartan, pushing him back against the cage.
Harris putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Spartan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harris is pushing Spartan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris is pressed up against the cage. Spartan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harris down to the mat. Harris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Spartan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spartan misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Spartan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harris, right into the meat.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Spartan misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Harris finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Spartan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spartan. That did some damage!
Harris lands a head kick. Spartan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Harris keeps Spartan at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris avoids the body shot from Spartan.
Harris scores with a head kick.
Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harris lands a shot to the body.
Randall Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spartan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spartan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harris has Spartan pushed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Spartan's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spartan goes for a takedown attempt but Harris pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Randall Harris's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Harris throws a head kick that half lands.
Harris is looking to slow Spartan down with leg kicks.
Spartan just misses with a punch to the body.
Spartan looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Spartan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with an outside leg kick.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spartan. That did some damage!
Randall Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harris tries to clinch there but Spartan circles away.
Spartan loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spartan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
Harris is looking to slow Spartan down with leg kicks.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spartan misses with a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spartan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spartan takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Spartan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harris lands a high kick!
Harris slips a jab from Spartan.
Spartan shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Spartan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Spartan misses with an uppercut.
Harris staying out of range there.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spartan throws out the jab.
Harris forces Spartan back against the cage and clinches.
Harris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Spartan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Spartan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
Spartan tries to score a body lock takedown but Harris shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris landing knees to the body.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spartan blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice body kick there by Harris.
Harris lands a head kick!
Harris feints and then cracks Spartan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spartan down.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spartan.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Randall Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harris lands a high kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spartan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Harris.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Spartan. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Spartan throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.
Spartan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris prevents a takedown attempt there.
Spartan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harris gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Harris is pressed up against the cage. Spartan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harris down to the mat. Harris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Spartan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Harris dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Spartan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harris gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Matt Spartan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Spartan blocks with his arms.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Harris!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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