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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wade Garrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris has chosen Not again - You all ready dropped? as his entrance music. Wade Garrett is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wade Garrett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garrett clinches with his opponent.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garretts head.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garrett backwards.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Garrett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harris.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garrett blocks it with crossed arms.
Garrett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garrett gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Harris tries to stall but Garrett uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Garrett.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Garrett throws an elbow but misses.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Garrett is blocking nicely.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garrett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garrett.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garrett pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Garrett avoids it by throwing Harris back against the ropes.
Harris cracks Garrett with a nice body shot.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Garrett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the ropes.
Garrett throws an elbow that misses.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Garrett is working Harris over against the ropes.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
Harris is leaning against Garrett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Garrett blocks an uppercut.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris gets through Garrett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garrett has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Garrett working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garrett.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris tries to work over Garrett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett throws a head punch that misses.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Harris tries a body shot but Garrett blocks it.
Harris digs a right hand underneath Garrett's ribcage. Garrett let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garrett's elbow.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Garrett tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Garrett as the two fighters clinch.
Harris works on Garrett's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Harris dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Garrett misses with a looping right.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Good exchange - Garrett coming out on top.
Garrett swings widly with a right hand
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garrett misses with a two punch combination.
Harris feints and then cracks Garrett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garrett down.
Garrett tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garrett is able to avoid easily.
Garrett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garrett tries to clinch but Harris moves away
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Garrett is rocked!
Harris smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oh Garrett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garrett was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Garrett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
Garrett seems to have got his legs back now.
Harris drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Garrett misses the target.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Garrett counters with a straight right hand.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Derek Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice shot lands for Harris.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris scores with a decent looking hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garrett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Harris uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Garrett tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris dodges the punch combination from Garrett.
Garrett on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Garrett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garrett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harris steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Garrett.
A leg kick checked by Harris.
Harris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garrett. That did some damage!
Harris goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garrett is looking to counter punch.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
Harris blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garrett misses with a looping left.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garrett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harris lands an overhand right.
Harris cracks Garrett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garrett throws a poor cross that misses
and Harris counters with a slapping leg kick.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Garrett is out of range.
Garrett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Garrett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garrett throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
Harris is trying to counter with his kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wade Garrett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garrett slips under a jab.
Harris takes a swing at Garrett's ribcage but misses.
Garrett slips under a jab.
Harris drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Garrett thuds his right hand into Harris's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Harris lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garrett backs up against the ropes.
Garrett tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Garrett does no damage.
Harris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the liver by Garrett. Beautiful body shot.
Garrett misses with a double jab
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derek Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Garrett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harris slips a jab from Garrett.
Harris looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Garrett tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garrett wants to clinch but Harris slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garrett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harris.
Garrett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Garrett.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garrett appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Harris swings for the body but Garrett moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Garrett lands a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Garrett lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris moves away from the strike by Garrett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Garrett misses with a body shot.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garrett. That did some damage!
Garrett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garrett throwing a counter right hand but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garrett at a distance.
Garrett misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a solid body kick.
Harris works Garrett's body with a nice hook.
Garrett tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garrett throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garrett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harris slips a jab from Garrett.
Harris throws out a counter right but Garrett avoids it with no problem.
Garrett misses with a hook
and Harris counters by moving into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is working Garrett over against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Garrett blocking some punches.
Derek Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garrett working aggressively here.
Garrett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Garrett controls his hands.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Still in the clinch, Garrett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris working aggressively here.
Garrett misses with some punches.
Garrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris stalling against the ropes.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Garrett improves position.
Wade Garrett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris gets through Garrett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris looking to stall.
Harris stalling in the clinch.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Garrett missing with knees to the body.
Garrett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris working aggressively here.
Garrett has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
A short left from Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Garrett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garrett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derek 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Harris!
After winning the bout, Derek Harris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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