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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aidan Sumerod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastien Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris has chosen Du Hast as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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199 lbs
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193 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
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Olympic wrestler
World class 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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aidan Sumerod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bastien Harris!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Sumerod dives in and grabs Harris's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harris pushes down on Sumerod's head and hops out.
Harris lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sumerod will feel that in the morning.
Harris goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sumerod tries for a takedown but Harris circles away easily
and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.
Harris gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sumerod.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aidan Sumerod. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sumerod tries to pull guard but Harris won't allow it.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Sumerod scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sumerod is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harris gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harris pulls Sumerod into guard.
Sumerod throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumerod preventing the sweep.
Sumerod throwing strikes but missing.
Harris pushes Sumerod off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sumerod is looking to clinch.
Harris has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sumerod is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sumerod tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sumerod somewhat.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Harris has managed to clinch.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sumerod tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harris smiles and moves away.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Sumerod.
Harris is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod rushes Harris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sumerod is trying to pull guard but Harris turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Sumerod has the dominant position.
Harris breaks the clinch.
Sumerod tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Sumerod misses with a takedown
and Harris counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sumerod or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris, which made it look bad.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sumerod takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Aidan Sumerod has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sumerod wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sumerod is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Sumerod moves into the clinch.
Sumerod pulls guard.
Sumerod has his foot on Harris's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harris works his way back into a safe position though.
Harris decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sumerod on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sumerod tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sumerod's head.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sumerod circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sumerod fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sumerod.
A little feinted left hand from Sumerod on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sumerod has been working on his balance at Island Warriors , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Harris.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sumerod tries to pull guard but Harris forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Harris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sumerod avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Harris is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sumerod lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Sumerod on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sumerod goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harris prevents it.
Sumerod is trying to pull guard but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sumerod just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris jumps guard and drags Sumerod to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sumerod won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.
Sumerod drops back, looking for a kneebar! Harris looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Harris looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Harris!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bastien Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aidan Sumerod's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Sumerod effectively controlling the action here.
Sumerod jumps guard but Harris stands there with Sumerod around his waist. Sumerod gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harris taking a breather.
Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sumerod tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sumerod fails with the takedown.
Harris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bastien Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumerod shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harris pinned against the cage. Harris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aidan Sumerod. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sumerod tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sumerod tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sumerod tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws a series of punches but Sumerod avoids them all with ease.
Sumerod seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Harris darts in and clinches Sumerod up against the cage.
Sumerod jumps guard but Harris stands there with Sumerod around his waist. Sumerod gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sumerod is trying to pull guard but Harris turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sumerod fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sumerod looking for a takedown.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harris.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris rushes Sumerod and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bastien Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sumerod is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sumerod pulls Harris into guard.
Harris stands up and waves to Sumerod to follow him.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sumerod doesn't seem phased though.
Harris gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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!
Sumerod trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sumerod postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
Harris pulls Sumerod in to control the position.
Sumerod throws a big elbow that misses.
Sumerod throws an elbow that misses. Harris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sumerod's guard. Nice move by Harris!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod wants to sweep here but Harris controlling him for the moment.
Sumerod manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harris manages to get himself to full guard.
Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harris lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sumerod is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harris defends well.
Harris got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sumerod has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harris has managed to get both his arms back between Sumerod's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sumerod isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Harris stacks Sumerod on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Harris!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Harris easily slips into full mount!
Harris content just to control the position here.
Sumerod is trying to escape the mount.
Sumerod wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bastien Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aidan Sumerod's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Harris leaves Sumerod with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Sumerod back into the cage.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Sumerod shoots in looking for a takedown. Harris tries to sprawl out of it but Sumerod keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sumerod takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris tries to work over Sumerod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Sumerod shrugs off.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sumerod looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aidan Sumerod. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Sumerod backwards.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sumerod.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sumerod shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Harris as he avoids it easily.
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sumerod tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sumerod jumps guard but Harris stands there with Sumerod around his waist. Sumerod gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sumerod tries to pull guard but Harris won't allow it.
Harris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sumerod up against the cage.
Sumerod changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Harris fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sumerod fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sumerod takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sumerod manages to pull guard.
Sumerod looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sumerod looking for subs off his back but Harris has passed one foot through into half guard.
Harris stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sumerod closes the distance and clinches up with Harris, looking for a takedown. Sumerod pushes Harris against the cage but Harris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sumerod instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Harris.
Sumerod takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aidan Sumerod has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris breaks the clinch.
Bastien Harris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harris clinches with his opponent.
Harris tries to work over Sumerod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris cracks Sumerod with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sumerod shoots in but no luck this time.
Harris clinches up with Sumerod and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Sumerod's takedown attempt.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris slowing the pace effectively.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris scores with a hook to the body.
Harris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sumerod throws an elbow that misses.
Sumerod throws an elbow but it misses.
Sumerod throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bastien 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bastien Harris!
Bastien Harris took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Hey Joe Rogan lets go get drunk and high and pick up some hookers, i feel on top of the world right now.'.
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hype
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