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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pollo Tropical (ranked 941 p4p, 138 weight class) and Harold Harmbe (ranked 1652 p4p, 240 weight class). Harold Harmbe is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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205 lbs
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pollo Tropical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harold Harmbe!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tropical lands a nice looking body shot.
Tropical clinches with his opponent.
Tropical lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harmbe.
Harmbe prevents a body shot from Tropical.
Harmbe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Tropical tries to throw a body punch but Harmbe avoids it by throwing Tropical back against the cage.
Harmbe is trying to break the clinch but Tropical has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tropical throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harmbes head.
Harmbe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harmbe stalls.
Harmbe misses with a knee to the head.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Tropical blocks with his arms.
Tropical gets through Harmbe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tropical managing to block the knees to the body from Harmbe.
Tropical is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harmbe is keeping busy.
Harmbe misses with some punches.
Tropical tries to work over Harmbe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tropical gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropical throws an elbow that misses.
Harmbe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tropical displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harmbe up against the cage.
Tropical lands an uppercut.
Tropical stalling in the clinch but Harmbe improves position.
I was talking to Tropical's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tropical creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harmbe's defenses.
Tropical works on Harmbe's body with a couple of short punches.
Harmbe blocks an elbow strike.
Harmbe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tropical has him pressed against the cage.
Harmbe throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Harmbe.
Harmbe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tropical misses with a punch to the body.
Tropical scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tropical.
Harmbe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tropical lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harmbe circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropical lands a left and a right that send Harmbe crashing to the mat, dazed. Tropical thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Harold Harmbe has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Harmbe.
Tropical throws a right and a left that Harmbe avoids nicely.
Tropical avoids the head kick by Harmbe.
Harmbe missing with a left hand there. Tropical was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tropical displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harmbe throws out the jab.
Tropical is looking to counter punch.
Tropical misses with a series of wild punches.
Tropical connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harmbe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tropical was well out of range. Poor timing from Harmbe.
Tropical has Harmbe up against the cage in a clinch.
Tropical lands an elbow inside that Harmbe shrugs off.
Tropical lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Tropical.
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tropical tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harmbe's elbow.
Harmbe drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tropical gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tropical.
Tropical lands a body punch.
Tropical works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harmbe lands a nice uppercut.
Harmbe trying to control the position but instead, Tropical has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harmbe into the cage.
Tropical lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Tropical.
Tropical lands with a short shot to the head.
Harmbe looking to throw knees to the head but Tropical is blocking nicely.
Tropical prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Tropical.
Harmbe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harmbe scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tropical throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harmbes head.
Tropical lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tropical creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harmbe's defenses.
Harmbe looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Tropical.
Tropical is leaning against Harmbe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harmbe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tropical can't find room to land a body shot as Harmbe controls the action.
Harmbe throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Harmbe takes an elbow to the temple.
Tropical stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pollo Tropical dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harold Harmbe's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Harmbe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harmbe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Harmbe misses with a straight left.
Tropical misses with a body shot.
Harmbe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harmbe looks to score with a jab to the body but Tropical is just out of range.
Harmbe scores with a decent looking hook.
Tropical swats away the attempt to clinch by Harmbe.
Tropical looks to land a left hand but Harmbe moved out of range nicely.
Tropical moves in looking to clinch but Harmbe pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tropical throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tropical takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tropical throws a right and a left that Harmbe avoids nicely.
A left and a right from Tropical both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Harmbe misses its intended target.
Harmbe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tropical defending well as Harmbe loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmbe lands a body shot.
Harmbe connects with the punch.
Tropical tries to clinch but Harmbe is having none of it.
Harmbe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harmbe misses with a body punch
enabling Tropical to counter with a crisp jab.
Tropical swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harmbe moves into the clinch.
Tropical is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harmbe can do to turn this around?
Harmbe blocking some punches.
Tropical lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harmbe landing knees to the head.
Tropical misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tropical just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harmbe's brow.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Harmbe.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Tropical blocks with his arms.
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harmbe misses with a knee to the head.
Harmbe's coach down at Lovelair Muay Thai/MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Harmbe's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pollo Tropical has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harmbe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tropical misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Harmbe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tropical lands a damaging elbow.
Harmbe pushes Tropical back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harmbe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical gets through Harmbe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harmbe is struggling to control the position.
Tropical goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tropical can't find room to land a body shot as Harmbe controls the action.
Tropical lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harmbe or not.
Tropical lands a hook that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Tropical can't find room to land a body shot as Harmbe controls the action.
Tropical blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tropical.
Tropical working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tropical lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tropical holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tropical gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tropical works on Harmbe's body with a couple of short punches.
Tropical lands a left hand.
Tropical pushes off an throws an elbow but Harmbe leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harmbe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical digs a right hand underneath Harmbe's ribcage. Harmbe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harmbe is breathing heavily.
Harmbe misses with a knee strike.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Tropical blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tropical.
Tropical manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tropical has Harmbe pushed against the cage.
Tropical controlling the action here for a moment.
Tropical seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Harmbe tries to land knees in the clinch but Tropical avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harmbe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harmbe trying to stall but Tropical improves his position.
Harmbe stalling in the clinch but Tropical improves position.
Harmbe seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Harmbe looking to throw knees to the head but Tropical is blocking nicely.
Harmbe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tropical.
Harmbe prevents a body shot from Tropical.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harmbe.
Tropical looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Tropical.
Nice elbow from Tropical.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tropical lands a hook that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Harmbe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tropical blocks it with crossed arms.
Tropical struggles to land a body shot inside as Harmbe controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Tropical - that landed with a thud.
Tropical lands with a light punch inside.
Tropical lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pollo Tropical dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harold Harmbe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Harmbe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tropical throws a series of punches but Harmbe moves out of range.
Tropical tries to clinch but Harmbe moves out of range.
Harmbe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harmbe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tropical.
Harmbe throws a shot from downtown. Tropical moves away and avoids it.
Tropical avoids the body shot from Harmbe.
Tropical swinging wildly here.
Harmbe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harmbe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harmbe taking a breather.
Tropical pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropical lands an elbow that stopped Harmbe in his tracks for a moment.
Tropical stops a takedown attempt from Harmbe.
Harmbe misses with a knee strike.
Tropical digs a right hand underneath Harmbe's ribcage. Harmbe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harmbe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tropical throws an elbow that misses.
Tropical lands a body shot.
Tropical is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tropical scores with a hook to the body.
Tropical is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tropical throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tropical lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tropical digs a right hand underneath Harmbe's ribcage. Harmbe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harold Harmbe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harmbe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tropical gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harmbe is trying to break the clinch but Tropical has him pressed against the cage.
Tropical lands an elbow just above Harmbe 's eye.
Tropical gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tropical controlling the action here for a moment.
Tropical blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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!
Harmbe swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harmbe blocks an elbow strike from Tropical.
Tropical pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harmbe working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropical lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harmbe looking to slow down the pace here.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Tropical blocks with his arms.
Harmbe breaks from the clinch.
Tropical fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tropical tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harmbe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tropical paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tropical is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pollo Tropical is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harmbe misses with a combination
and Tropical counters with a nice uppercut.
Tropical throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harmbe.
Tropical throws a right and a left that Harmbe avoids nicely.
Harmbe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tropical manages to avoid it.
Tropical was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Harmbe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tropical looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harmbe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropical scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A jab from Harmbe finds it's way through Tropical's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tropical gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harmbe.
Harmbe loads up on a big right hand but Tropical slips the punch.
Harmbe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tropical sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Tropical. Those never looked like landing.
Harmbe throws a right hand that misses
and Tropical counters with a nice uppercut.
Tropical moves away from the strike by Harmbe.
Harmbe doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tropical pushes Harmbe up against the cage in a clinch.
Harmbe prevents a body shot from Tropical.
Tropical struggles to land a body shot inside as Harmbe controls his hands.
Harmbe misses with some punches.
Tropical gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harmbe misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pollo Tropical showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tropical has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pollo Tropical!
Pollo Tropical thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Harold Harmbe was interviewed post fight and said 'Time for heavyweight.'.
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