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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Hargrave (ranked 1202 p4p, 1831 weight class) and Marco Mo (ranked 99 p4p, 151 weight class). Hargrave's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mastodon - High Road. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyson Hargrave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Mo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mo throws a hook to the side of Hargrave's head but Hargrave sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hargrave avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A lazy left from Mo finds it's target.
Mo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mo throws a right hand that misses
and Hargrave counters with a nice uppercut.
Mo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hargrave slips under a jab from Mo.
Nice body punch from Hargrave.
Hargrave misses with a body shot.
Mo tries to clinch
and Hargrave counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mo throws a sloppy head kick
and Hargrave counters by clinching up.
Mo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hargrave is leaning against Mo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hargrave or not.
Hargrave lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hargrave blocking some punches.
Mo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mo working aggressively here.
Mo lands with a left to the head.
Mo stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mo wants to stall.
Mo pushes Hargrave back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mo tries to stall but Hargrave uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mo lands with a left to the head.
Mo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Hargrave.
Hargrave blocks an uppercut.
Mo stalling in the clinch.
Mo blocks a body shot from Hargrave.
Mo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hargrave blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hargrave misses with a punch to the body.
Hargrave throws a head punch that misses.
Mo controlling the action here for a moment.
Hargrave working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hargrave stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hargrave lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hargrave goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Hargrave's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hargrave lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hargrave misses with some punches.
Mo misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Mo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hargrave makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Hargrave.
A short body shot lands from Hargrave as the two fighters clinch.
Hargrave lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Mo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Hargrave.
Hargrave goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hargrave throws a punch but it's blocked by Mo.
Mo lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mo scores with a shot to the side of Hargrave's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mo.
Mo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mo is trying to maintain a safe position but Hargrave gets an underhook and turns Mo into the cage.
Hargrave working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hargrave goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
Hargrave misses with some punches.
Hargrave misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mo.
Hargrave misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Mo.
Hargrave misses with some punches.
Mo takes a shot to the head.
Hargrave misses with a punch on the inside.
Hargrave stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hargrave lands a shoulder strike.
Mo blocks a body shot from Hargrave.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mo.
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!
Mo tries a body shot but Hargrave blocks it.
Mo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hargrave throws a head punch that misses.
Hargrave tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hargrave misses with a punch to the body.
Mo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hargrave misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mo throws a head punch that misses.
Mo misses with a punch on the inside.
Mo taking a breather.
Mo lands a shoulder strike.
Mo working aggressively here.
Mo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hargrave cracks Mo with a nice body shot.
Hargrave lands a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tyson Hargrave will probably get the nod.
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.
Hargrave looks to land a left hand but Mo moved out of range nicely.
Hargrave clinches up against the cage.
Hargrave swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hargrave misses with the head strike.
Mo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hargrave backwards.
Mo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hargrave misses with the head strike.
Mo swings wildly with an uppercut but Hargrave uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mo misses with the head strike.
Mo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hargrave swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hargrave misses with the head strike.
Mo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hargrave up against the cage.
Hargrave misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hargrave has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hargrave throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mo has Hargrave pushed against the cage.
Mo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hargrave's elbow.
Mo lands a nice uppercut.
Mo blocks a body shot from Hargrave.
Mo can't find room to land a body shot as Hargrave controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
A short right from Hargrave on the inside.
Tyson Hargrave has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hargrave misses with a punch on the inside.
Mo working aggressively here.
Hargrave misses with a body punch.
Mo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hargrave can't find room to land a body shot as Mo controls the action.
Hargrave fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mo lands with a right to the head.
Mo misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Mo.
Hargrave swings wildly with an uppercut but Mo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hargrave.
Hargrave doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Mo scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Hargrave tries to work over Mo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mo has a couple of punches blocked by Hargrave.
Hargrave working aggressively here.
Mo blocking some punches.
Hargrave lands a body shot.
Mo cracks Hargrave with a nice body shot.
Mo blocking some punches.
Mo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hargrave tries a body shot but Mo blocks it.
Hargrave cracks Mo with a nice body shot.
Hargrave lands an uppercut.
Hargrave misses with a punch to the body.
Hargrave blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hargrave misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mo stalling in the clinch but Hargrave improves position.
Mo blocks an uppercut.
Mo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mo lands a nice uppercut.
Hargrave working aggressively here.
Mo has a couple of punches blocked by Hargrave.
A short right from Hargrave.
A head punch on the inside from Mo fails to land.
Hargrave doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mo lands a shot to the body.
Hargrave throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hargrave lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hargrave tries to throw a body punch but Mo avoids it by throwing Hargrave back against the cage.
Mo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hargrave scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hargrave working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hargrave misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hargrave scores with a shot to the side of Mo's head.
Mo working aggressively here.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mo.
Hargrave struggles to land a body shot inside as Mo controls his hands.
Mo is trying to stall.
Mo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hargrave tries to work over Mo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mo is looking to control Hargrave's arms but Hargrave gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mo has his back to the cage.
Mo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mo has a couple of punches blocked by Hargrave.
Mo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mo blocks a body shot from Hargrave.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hargrave.
Mo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mo working aggressively here.
Hargrave tries to throw a body punch but Mo avoids it by throwing Hargrave back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tyson Hargrave will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hargrave scores with a jab to the head.
Hargrave misses with a looping right.
Hargrave pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mo lands a lovely overhand right.
Hargrave looks to score with a jab to the body but Mo is just out of range.
Mo misses with a low kick as Hargrave jumps back.
Hargrave will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mo cracks Hargrave with a good jab.
Mo throws a jab when Hargrave was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Mo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hargrave swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mo throws out a counter right but Hargrave avoids it with no problem.
Hargrave lands a nice shot to the body.
Mo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mo misses with a wild combination.
Hargrave jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mo, as that shot connected.
Mo tries to move into range but Hargrave moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hargrave misses with an uppercut
and Mo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tyson Hargrave is winning the standup battle so far.
Hargrave walks into a stiff left hand from Mo.
Mo tries to clinch there but Hargrave circles away.
It looked like Hargrave wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hargrave misses with a body shot.
Mo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mo looks to throw the jab but Hargrave is out of range.
Mo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hargrave.
Hargrave throws a poor cross that misses
and Mo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hargrave wants to sweep but no luck.
Mo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hargrave. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hargrave working for submissions but it's allowed Mo to get to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hargrave has a hand on Mo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Mo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Marco Mo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hargrave is looking to escape.
Hargrave manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hargrave looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mo seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Hargrave looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hargrave is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mo pulls his head out easily.
Hargrave gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hargrave trying to control the position.
Hargrave looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tyson Hargrave is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hargrave is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mo is looking to work some ground and pound but Hargrave has wrist control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Mo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hargrave has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Hargrave!
Tyson Hargrave bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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