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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan Zigaro (ranked 5 p4p, 45 weight class) and Raven Harris (ranked 1 p4p, 8 weight class). Harris has chosen The Assassin as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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20 - 2 - 1 |
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34 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 20 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan Zigaro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raven Harris!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris scores with a nice strike.
Zigaro lands with a kick to the ribs.
Zigaro jabs at Harris's body.
Zigaro lands with a kick to the ribs.
Zigaro wants to clinch.
Harris lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zigaro.
A countering left hand to the body from Harris misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zigaro with a nice calf kick.
Harris wants to clinch.
Zigaro cracks Harris with an open hand slap.
It looks like Raven Harris has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaro blocks a head kick by Harris.
Zigaro scores with a kick to the body.
Zigaro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tristan Zigaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Zigaro.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harris throws a solid leg kick but Zigaro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harris.
Zigaro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
Zigaro misses with a straight left.
Harris appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zigaro.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harris! But no joy.
Zigaro lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zigaro misses with a right hand
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zigaro missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zigaro lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Harris.
Harris tries to clinch up but Zigaro circles away and keeps his distance.
Zigaro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zigaro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Harris 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harris ducks right into an uppercut from Zigaro.
Harris misses with a lunging right hand
and Zigaro counters with a right hand to the body.
The fighters circling - Zigaro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zigaro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Zigaro back into the cage.
Harris utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Zigaro.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris blocks a body shot from Zigaro.
Zigaro misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zigaros head.
Zigaro works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
Zigaro misses with a punch to the body.
Zigaro lands with a left to the head.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zigaro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Zigaro controls his hands.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zigaro can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Zigaro scores with a nice hook to the head.
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!
Harris lands a right hand.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zigaro blocks an uppercut.
Zigaro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris pushes Zigaro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zigaro can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
That has opened up Raven Harris's cut even more.
Zigaro blocks a body shot from Harris.
Zigaro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zigaro lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Zigaro's head.
Zigaro tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Zigaro back against the cage.
Zigaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tristan Zigaro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raven Harris's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Zigaro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zigaro lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zigaro's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harris under the eye.
A head kick misses from Harris.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
Zigaro has Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Harris.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zigaro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zigaro's brow.
Zigaro blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zigaro.
Zigaro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zigaro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zigaro lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zigaro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zigaro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harris tries to work over Zigaro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zigaro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zigaro blocks a body shot from Harris.
Zigaro working aggressively here.
Zigaro lands a left hand.
Zigaro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Zigaro misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Zigaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Zigaro tries to stall but Harris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zigaro blocks a body shot from Harris.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Zigaro.
Zigaro misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zigaro has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris tries a body shot but Zigaro blocks it.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Zigaro fails to land.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zigaro backwards.
Zigaro misses with some punches.
Zigaro is pushing Harris up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zigaro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zigaro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zigaro blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Harris.
Zigaro lands with a short shot to the head.
Zigaro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The cut above Raven Harris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Harris tries a body shot but Zigaro blocks it.
Zigaro lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Zigaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zigaro working aggressively here.
Zigaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Zigaro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Zigaro presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zigaro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zigaro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Zigaro scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Tristan Zigaro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zigaro.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zigaro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zigaro misses with a body punch.
Zigaro misses with a punch to the body.
Zigaro lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Zigaro scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Zigaro.
Harris is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zigaro tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Zigaro back against the cage.
Zigaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris tries a body shot but Zigaro blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zigaro.
Zigaro lands an uppercut.
Raven Harris's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Harris tries a body shot but Zigaro blocks it.
Harris tries a body shot but Zigaro blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Zigaro pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Zigaro.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Zigaro fails to land.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zigaro lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zigaro lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Zigaro.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Zigaro avoids the damage to the body.
Zigaro misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tristan Zigaro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raven Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Zigaro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harris misses with a body shot
and Zigaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zigaro throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Zigaro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zigaro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zigaro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zigaro.
Harris connects with a high kick.
Zigaro sends Harris crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Zigaro is motioning to the referee to let Harris up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Harris is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raven Harris's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tristan Zigaro!
Tristan Zigaro retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Tristan Zigaro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Raven Harris was interviewed post fight and said 'I think it's time too..........narfle the Garthock!'.
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