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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Zeko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Zeko!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison ducks under a wild hook from Zeko.
Harrison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zeko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've been told by Harrison's head coaches at ROCK-A-FELLA FIGHT CLUB that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Zeko looks to land a left hand but Harrison moved out of range nicely.
Harrison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zeko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zeko throws a hook to the side of Harrison's head but Harrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zeko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harrison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zeko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it.
Zeko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harrison tries to clinch but Zeko moves out of range.
Zeko thows a body shot but no joy.
Zeko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harrison doesn't manage to clinch there - Zeko circles away.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zeko.
Zeko misses with a left hand
and Harrison holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Zeko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zeko.
Zeko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zeko has a couple of punches blocked by Harrison.
Harrison keeps control of Zeko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrison lands a nice elbow.
Harrison is struggling to control the position.
Harrison lands a nice elbow.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the head but Zeko blocks with his arms.
Harrison lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Harrison.
Zeko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zeko is trying to break free.
Zeko is trying to break free.
Harrison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zeko.
Zeko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrison trying to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrison blocks a body shot from Zeko.
Harrison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrison keeps control of Zeko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrison's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zeko is trying to break free.
Zeko is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrison has double underhooks.
Harrison has Zeko pressed against the cage, preventing Zeko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zeko tries to break free but Harrison pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeko managing to block the knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison landing knees to the body.
Harrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harrison throws an elbow but misses.
Harrison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harrison pressing his opponent against the cage.
Zeko avoiding damage as Harrison throws knees to the body.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
Zeko can't break the clinch.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harrison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zeko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zeko has had enough of the clinch but Harrison keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is pushing Zeko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harrison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harrison crunches a lovely knee into Zeko's ribcage.
Harrison landing knees to the body.
Harrison looking to slow down the pace here.
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!
Harrison lands a nice knee to the body.
Zeko has had enough of the clinch but Harrison keeps him there for the moment.
Zeko dodges an elbow strike from Harrison.
Zeko wants to break free but Harrison has control.
Harrison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zeko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zeko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harrison gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison working Zeko over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Harrison dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zeko swings widly with a right hand
and Harrison holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harrison has Zeko pressed against the cage, preventing Zeko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Zeko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harrison.
Zeko tries to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling the position.
Zeko is trying to force a seperation but Harrison has the dominant position.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Zeko won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison crunches a lovely knee into Zeko's ribcage.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Zeko avoids the damage to the body.
Harrison crunches a lovely knee into Zeko's ribcage.
Harrison unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zeko misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Zeko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harrison with a knee to the head.
Harrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harrison connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zeko's face.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Zeko avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Zeko won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison lands an elbow just above Zeko 's eye.
A knee to the head by Harrison.
Zeko working hard to break the clinch.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harrison working Zeko over with knees to the body.
Harrison prevents Zeko from breaking the clinch.
Harrison pressing his opponent against the cage.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Zeko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harrison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zeko.
Zeko tries to circle away but Harrison has him pinned against the cage.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a knee strike.
Zeko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harrison throws an elbow but misses.
Zeko wants to break free but Harrison has control.
Harrison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison crunches a lovely knee into Zeko's ribcage.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zeko.
William Harrison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zeko can't find room to land a body shot as Harrison controls the action.
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!
Knees to the body from Harrison.
Zeko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zeko tries to circle away but Harrison has him pinned against the cage.
Harrison prevents a body shot from Zeko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison leaning against his opponent.
Harrison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zeko's efforts to push away.
Zeko wants to get back to striking at distance but Harrison won't allow it.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Zeko avoids the damage to the body.
Harrison has Zeko pressed against the cage.
Zeko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zeko takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrison looking to slow down the pace here.
Harrison connects with a nasty looking knee right to Zeko's face.
Harrison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zeko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zeko is trying to break the clinch but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison lands a knee to the body.
Zeko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Harrison tries a knee to the head but Zeko blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zeko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zeko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrison lands an elbow inside that Zeko shrugs off.
Harrison lands an elbow that stopped Zeko in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Zeko fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harrison throws an elbow but misses.
Harrison is trying to maintain a safe position but Zeko gets an underhook and turns Harrison into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrison will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zeko up against the cage.
Harrison lands an elbow that stopped Zeko in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Harrison dominated that second round.
That's time! Harrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Zeko misses with a straight right.
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch but Zeko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zeko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zeko.
Harrison tries to clinch up but Zeko circles away and keeps his distance.
Zeko swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
A big right from Zeko misses.
Harrison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good exchange - Zeko coming out on top.
Zeko keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zeko.
Nice defenses there by Harrison.
Zeko misses with a hook to the body
and Harrison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zeko misses with a hook
and Harrison counters with a left to the body.
Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zeko.
Zeko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zeko misses with a hook.
Zeko misses with a right hand
and Harrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harrison moves away from the strike by Zeko.
Zeko looks to land a combination but Harrison avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Harrison counter with a right hand.
Harrison is looking to clinch.
Zeko throws a lazy right hand but Harrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zeko throws a big shot that misses.
Harrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zeko misses with a hook
and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch.
Harrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zeko wants to break free but Harrison has control.
Zeko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Zeko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrison has Zeko pressed against the cage, preventing Zeko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hector Zeko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Harrison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zeko wants to break free but Harrison has control.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harrison holding his opponent close, against the cage.
William Harrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harrison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zeko's efforts to push away.
Harrison throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrison prevents Zeko from breaking the clinch.
Harrison prevents Zeko from breaking the clinch.
Zeko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison has Zeko pressed against the cage, preventing Zeko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Zeko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harrison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zeko's defenses.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Zeko avoids the damage to the body.
Zeko is trying to push Harrison away but Harrison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harrison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zeko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zeko is keeping busy.
Zeko working hard to break the clinch.
Harrison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison prevents a body shot from Zeko.
Zeko tries to circle away but Harrison has him pinned against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hector Zeko.
I think Harrison 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Harrison!
In his post fight interview, William Harrison started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Hector Zeko stepped up to the mic, saying 'mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch.'.
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