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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akoni Gray (ranked 13 p4p, 3 weight class) and Kenuichio Harada (ranked 178 p4p, 26 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kenuichio Harada enters the cage!
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210 lbs
30 - 4 - 1 |
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199 cm
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250 lbs
28 - 16 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Akoni Gray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenuichio Harada!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray misses with a wild body shot.
Gray throws a right hand that Harada ducks under and follows up with a left that Harada also avoids with ease.
Harada lands a head kick!
It looks like Akoni Gray has been cut.
Gray throws a shot from downtown. Harada moves away and avoids it.
Harada looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harada misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gray drives through and clinches with Harada against the cage.
Gray scores with a shot to the side of Harada's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gray swings wildly with an uppercut but Harada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gray tries to work over Harada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gray.
Harada tries to work over Gray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gray blocks a body shot from Harada.
Harada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gray can't find room to land a body shot as Harada controls the action.
Harada lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harada's coach down at Pablo's Boxing Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Harada's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada tries to work over Gray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harada drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gray gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harada misses with some punches.
Gray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harada throws a punch but it's blocked by Gray.
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harada blocks an uppercut.
Harada takes a shot to the head.
Harada lands a nice uppercut.
Gray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gray lands a left hand.
Gray lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Harada scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harada misses with a punch to the body.
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gray lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harada.
Harada looks winded!
Harada tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray tries to work over Harada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Gray.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gray blocks a body shot from Harada.
Gray lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Gray.
Nice body punch from Gray.
Gray lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harada backwards.
Gray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gray stalls.
Still in the clinch, Gray scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gray makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gray blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Gray.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Gray.
Gray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gray lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gray.
Gray pushes Harada back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gray digs a right hand underneath Harada's ribcage. Harada let out a lung full of air as it connected.
I was talking to Gray's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Gray.
Gray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gray lands a left hand.
Harada is rocked!
Gray lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Harada to his knees! Gray keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akoni Gray!
Akoni Gray retains his heavyweight title!
Akoni Gray seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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