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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sambulo Yeboah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yeboah comes to the cage accompanied by Lionel Richie - All Night Long. The crowd seem to be enjoying Harris's choice of entrance music: Not again - You all ready dropped?. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
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173 cm
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153 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sambulo Yeboah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris swings for the body but Yeboah moves out of range.
Harris walks into a jab.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yeboah throws out the jab.
Donk. Harris catches Yeboah right on the button with a cross.
Harris lands a jab to Yeboah's midsection.
Yeboah has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Yeboah jabs Harris right on the nose. Harris blinks but takes it well.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Harris lands with an uppercut that bounces Yeboah off the cage and back into range.
Harris moves forwards but Yeboah connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Derek Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Yeboah. Those never looked like landing.
Yeboah throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yeboah swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Yeboah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Yeboah connects with a body shot.
Yeboah takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yeboah.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Yeboah throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yeboah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Yeboah.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yeboah misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris misses with a hook.
Harris fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yeboah has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yeboah takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harris jabs Yeboah to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A big left from Harris misses.
Yeboah slips a jab from Harris.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Yeboah moved out of range.
Yeboah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Yeboah blocks it well.
Yeboah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Yeboah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yeboah lands a jab-cross combination.
Harris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Yeboah moved out of range.
Yeboah swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris stuns Yeboah with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yeboah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
Yeboah throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yeboah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yeboah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris ducks right into an uppercut from Yeboah.
Harris throws a body punch but Yeboah moves out of range.
Yeboah throws a big shot that misses.
Harris doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Yeboah scores with the left hand. Harris knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Harris scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yeboah in his tracks.
Yeboah takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yeboah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris misses with a straight right.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Yeboah counters with a stiff right hand.
Yeboah throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Yeboah misses with a looping left.
Yeboah lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Derek Harris has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeboah looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yeboah lands a head shot.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah avoids the body shot from Harris.
Yeboah fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yeboah misses with a wild body shot.
Yeboah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yeboah looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yeboah.
A little feinted left hand from Yeboah on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yeboah misses with a hook.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Yeboah.
Yeboah appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yeboah uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An attempted straight right counter from Yeboah misses the target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Harris.
Harris takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sambulo Yeboah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Derek Harris's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris's corner calls for a 1-2. Harris obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yeboah misses with a straight right.
Yeboah misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yeboah getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yeboah throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yeboah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yeboah's calf.
Yeboah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Yeboah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yeboah.
Harris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from Harris.
Yeboah lands a jab-cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Yeboah stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yeboah has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Harris.
Harris paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yeboah moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Yeboah avoids the body shot from Harris.
Harris throws a hook but Yeboah avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Yeboah misses the target.
Harris only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Yeboah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yeboah lands a nice looking body shot.
Harris slips a straight right by Yeboah.
Harris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris jabs at Yeboah's body.
A jab from Yeboah finds it's way through Harris's defenses.
A big left from Yeboah misses.
Sambulo Yeboah is winning the standup battle so far.
Yeboah misses with a straight right.
Yeboah throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yeboah connects with a jab.
Yeboah misses with a left hand
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yeboah throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Harris moves out of range as Yeboah strikes.
Yeboah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris connects with the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeboah. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris tries to counter by closing the distance.
Harris scores with a punch to the head.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yeboah.
A head kick misses from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah connects with a single shot there.
Yeboah avoids the body shot from Harris.
Harris takes a swing at Yeboah's ribcage but misses.
Harris has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Yeboah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yeboah if he has to take too many more of those.
Harris lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yeboah just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris flicks out a counter leg kick but Yeboah steps away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
Yeboah scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yeboah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harris lands with a kick to the temple. Yeboah shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yeboah is rocked!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Harris! Yeboah is out on his feet! Harris rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Yeboah is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Yeboah is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Harris!
During a confident post fight interview, Derek Harris thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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