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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 122 p4p, 194 weight class) and Emerald Dream (ranked 19 p4p, 30 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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188 cm 26 205 13 - 3 - 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 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 36 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Raven Harris! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emerald Dream! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
 It looks like Raven Harris has been cut. Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Dream keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dream. Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Dream wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Dream misses with a body punch
and Harris counters with a nice body shot. Dream fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Harris blocks a jab. Harris is looking to counter with a body kick. Dream throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily. Dream steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Harris. That one must have hurt.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dream. Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dream throws out the jab. Dream lands a nice looking body shot.
Dream throws a jab when Harris was well out of range. Dream jabs Harris to the body, keeping him at a distance. Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Harris blocks a jab.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Harris. Dream shrugs it off though. Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dream. Harris lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. That kick from Dream tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on. Jab from Dream. Harris ducks under a wild hook from Dream. This has been an exciting period of action! Harris swings and misses with a shot to the body and Dream counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 Raven Harris's cut is getting worse.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Dream misses with a wild body shot. Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Harris moves out of range as Dream strikes. Dream displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab. Dream missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Dream takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses. Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Dream bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Dream listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Dream misses with an uppercut
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Emerald Dream seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Dream misses with a straight left. Dream swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Dream looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely. A counter left hand to the body from Harris misses its target. Harris moves out of range as Dream strikes. Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Dream tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
 Raven Harris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Dream tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Emerald Dream dominated that round. The cut man is working on Raven Harris's cut. That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dream misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming. Dream just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarris. Nice defenses there by Harris. A decent looking cross lands there for Dream. A shot to the liver by Dream. Beautiful body shot. Dream misses the jab. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dream swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Dream misses with a low kick. Harris was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Dream scores with a body shot.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Harris takes one to the side of the head.
 Jeez, Raven Harris's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Dream misses with a hook
and Harris counters with a nice body kick. Dream cracks Harris with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
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 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Emerald Dream! During a confident post fight interview, Emerald Dream thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. Raven Harris spoke after the fight, saying '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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