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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenuichio Harada (ranked 211 p4p, 28 weight class) and Nicolas Muller (ranked 907 p4p, 122 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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250 lbs
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219 cm
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282 lbs
27 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenuichio Harada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Muller!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harada shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Muller was well out of range. Poor timing from Harada.
Harada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harada avoids the head kick by Muller.
Muller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harada takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Muller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harada scores with a kick to the body.
Muller throws a right and a left that Harada avoids nicely.
Muller avoids the head kick by Harada.
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harada paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harada has managed to clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harada.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harada.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Harada.
Muller looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muller's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Harada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Muller is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muller trying to land knees to the body.
Harada blocks the elbow strike.
Muller is pressed up against the cage. Harada has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Muller down to the mat. Muller avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harada throws a leg kick that is checked
and Muller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harada goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Nicolas Muller has been cut.
Harada misses the shot to the body.
Harada looks to land a body kick but Muller moved away.
Harada has been working on his balance at Pablo's Boxing Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Muller.
Harada throws the left hand but Muller avoids the punch easily.
Harada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muller slips a jab from Harada.
Muller takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Harada throws a poor cross that misses
letting Muller counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muller throws a looping overhand right but Harada ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harada scores with a spinning back kick!
A head kick misses from Harada.
Harada throws a head kick that misses.
Harada throws a chopping leg kick but Muller manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Muller throws a jab but it's blocked by Harada.
Harada is looking to counter punch.
Harada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Harada.
Harada pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harada pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harada throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Muller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harada can pounce on him.
Muller is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Harada bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Muller looks to score with a jab to the body but Harada is just out of range.
Harada tries to keep at a distance but Muller has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harada has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
Harada has a couple of punches blocked by Muller.
Harada turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Harada manages to end up in side control.
Muller wants to get back to his feet but Harada is dominant here and he's now got Muller's back!
Harada controlling from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harada lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Muller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harada is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Muller knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Muller for a finish.
Harada somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Muller is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Harada.
Harada somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muller covering up well under a series of strikes from Harada.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenuichio Harada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Muller's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Muller throws a body shot but no joy.
Muller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harada tries to land a body kick
enabling Muller to counter with a crisp jab.
Harada looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Muller! But no joy.
Muller misses with a wild body shot.
Harada seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Muller misses with a hook. Harada ducked under it nicely.
Harada ducks under a wild hook from Muller.
Harada throws a low kick, looking for Muller's leg but Muller calmly moves out of range.
Harada misses with a kick to the body
and Muller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muller.
Harada throws a good cross that connects.
Harada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Muller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harada connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muller scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harada scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muller. Harada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Muller jabs Harada to the body, keeping him at a distance.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Harada here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Harada scores with a hook.
Good work by Muller as he checks the leg kick.
Harada lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muller.
Kenuichio Harada is winning the standup battle so far.
Harada needs to keep his hands up - Muller had a free shot at his head there.
Harada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Harada misses the target.
Muller takes a swing at Harada's ribcage but misses.
Muller tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Muller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harada circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Muller to the canvas! Muller doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Harada keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenuichio Harada!
Post fight, Kenuichio Harada stared into the camera and said 'Who's next!!! I want that money fight now!'.
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