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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harley King (ranked 632 p4p, 541 weight class) and Azor Ahai (ranked 90 p4p, 76 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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 26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harley King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azor Ahai!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with an uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ahai.
Ahai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ahai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King throws out a loose jab but Ahai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahai thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on King if he has to take too many more of those.
King looks to throw the jab but Ahai is out of range.
King takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ahai loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Ahai lands a really nice looking cross but King seems unphased.
Ahai lands with a nice body punch.
King lands with an uppercut that bounces Ahai off the cage and back into range.
King looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King throws a lazy right hand but Ahai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King tries to clinch but Ahai moves away
and Ahai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ahai throws a shot to the body.
King throws a lazy right hand but Ahai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ahai clobbers King with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
King on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ahai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Ahai's shoulder, as Ahai tries to avoid the shot.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ahai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King clinches up against the cage.
Ahai misses with some punches.
Ahai blocks a body shot from King.
Ahai fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ahai tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ahai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahai lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ahai has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Ahai lands a shot to the body.
King blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ahai.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Ahai fails to land.
Ahai lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ahai has a couple of punches blocked by King.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahai tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King prevents a body shot from Ahai.
Ahai presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Ahai controls his hands.
Ahai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
Ahai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahai scores with a nice hook to the head.
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The referee calls for Ahai to work.
Ahai makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ahai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ahai lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
King blocks a head kick by Ahai.
Ahai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
King lands a jab to the head.
King loads up on a big right hand but Ahai slips the punch.
And Ahai responds with a good body kick, but King manages to step out the way in time.
King takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ahai cracks King with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ahai has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning King to stand back up!
King is rocked!
Ahai cracks King with a left hook right on the temple and King goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Ahai lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully King is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Azor Ahai!
After winning the bout, Azor Ahai 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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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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