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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cory Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sujith Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sujith Lawrence is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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184 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cory Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sujith Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence has closed the distance and engaged Harvey in a clinch.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Harvey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lawrence misses with a punch on the inside.
Harvey blocks an uppercut.
Harvey jumps guard but Lawrence stands there with Harvey around his waist. Harvey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lawrence lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.
Harvey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lawrence working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lawrence misses with a punch on the inside.
Harvey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harvey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lawrence tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harvey blocking some punches.
Lawrence leaning against his opponent.
Harvey is looking to break free of the clinch but Lawrence has double underhooks.
Harvey throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harvey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harvey tries to work over Lawrence's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harvey is looking to control Lawrence's arms but Lawrence gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harvey has his back to the cage.
Lawrence is leaning against Harvey and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lawrence misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harvey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lawrence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harvey taking a breather.
Lawrence misses with a punch on the inside.
Lawrence goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harvey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lawrence swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lawrence misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lawrence is trying to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling him.
Harvey struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawrence controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harvey.
Harvey has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lawrence is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Harvey takes a shot to the head.
Harvey has had enough of the clinch but Lawrence keeps him there for the moment.
Lawrence is trying to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling him.
Lawrence lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harvey.
Lawrence keeps control of Harvey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Lawrence.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence has a couple of punches blocked by Harvey.
Lawrence has a couple of punches blocked by Harvey.
Harvey wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cory Harvey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawrence lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lawrence pushes Harvey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harvey tries to break the clinch but Lawrence is controlling the position.
Harvey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lawrence working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Lawrence.
Harvey is rocked!
Harvey is looking to take this one to the mat.
Harvey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lawrence tries to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling the position.
Harvey takes a shot to the head.
Oh Harvey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It looks like Cory Harvey has been cut.
Lawrence pushes Harvey against the cage. Lawrence is working some dirty boxing. Lawrence pushes off with a quick right hook! Harvey goes down! Harvey tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lawrence moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sujith Lawrence!
After the fight, Sujith Lawrence was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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