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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 4 p4p, 48 weight class) and Tristan Zigaro (ranked 3 p4p, 6 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by The Assassin. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raven Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan Zigaro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zigaro throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tristan Zigaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zigaro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zigaro misses the shot to the body.
Harris takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Raven Harris has been cut.
Harris's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zigaro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harris scrambles back to his feet.
Zigaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris lunges at Zigaro with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zigaro's hand.
Zigaro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harris's sensitive parts.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris avoids the head kick by Zigaro.
Zigaro throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A lazy body kick from Zigaro
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Zigaro settles back down.
Zigaro misses with a body shot.
Zigaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zigaro. That's going to slow Harris down.
Good shot there by Harris.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zigaro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
Zigaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zigaro throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zigaro lands a head kick. Harris smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Raven Harris's cut is getting worse.
Zigaro motions for Harris to come forward. Zigaro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zigaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zigaro lands a big head kick that sends Harris tumbling to the mat! Zigaro takes a step backwards and waves Harris back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Harris is rocked!
Zigaro loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Zigaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris throws a quick counter head kick but Zigaro was just out of range.
Zigaro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Zigaro settles back down.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Zigaro just manages to avoid it.
Zigaro misses the jab.
Zigaro lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harris takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zigaro avoids the body shot from Harris.
Zigaro looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
It looked like Harris was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Zigaro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Raven Harris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Zigaro.
Harris throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zigaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Zigaro misses the target.
Zigaro feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Harris sprawling to the canvas! Harris rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Zigaro finish him?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris walks straight into a right hand from Zigaro - that's dropped him! Zigaro jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Harris from any more punishment! Harris complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tristan Zigaro!
Tristan Zigaro is the new light heavyweight champion!
Tristan Zigaro seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Raven Harris had this to say: 'I think it's time too..........narfle the Garthock!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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