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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashley Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alojz Čern� (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Čern� has chosen Czech Republic national anthem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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257 lbs
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256 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashley Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alojz Čern�!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington throws a body punch but Čern� moves out of range.
Čern� tries to clinch up.
Čern� tries to clinch but Harrington moves out of range.
Čern� wants to clinch up but Harrington keeps it at a distance.
Harrington looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Čern� tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alojz Čern� seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Čern� tries to clinch up.
Čern� is looking to clinch but Harrington is avoiding it.
Čern� is looking to clinch but Harrington is avoiding it.
Čern� tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Čern� fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrington tried to counter with a leg kick but Čern� avoided it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Čern� looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Čern� wants to clinch up but Harrington keeps it at a distance.
Čern� fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harrington fires out a quick counter leg kick but Čern� just manages to avoid it.
Čern� moves into the clinch.
Čern� blocks an uppercut.
Harrington prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harrington lands a nice uppercut.
Harrington tries a body shot but Čern� blocks it.
Harrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Čern� uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrington lands with a short shot to the head.
Harrington tries to throw a body punch but Čern� avoids it by throwing Harrington back against the cage.
Čern� letting Harrington take a breather here.
Čern� is trying to drag Harrington to the mat but Harrington just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrington.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Čern� is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harrington gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ashley Harrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alojz Čern�.
Harrington stalling.
Harrington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Čern� uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrington is pressed up against the cage. Čern� has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harrington down to the mat. Harrington avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Čern� fails with an attempt to clinch.
Čern� instigates a clinch.
Harrington has a couple of punches blocked by Čern�.
Harrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Čern� uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Čern� backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrington misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Harrington.
Harrington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Čern� wants to take the fight to the mat but Harrington manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Čern� tries for a takedown but Harrington manages to get underhooks.
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington has Čern� pushed against the cage.
I was talking to Harrington's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harrington lands a shoulder strike.
Harrington throws a head punch that misses.
Čern� tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington prevents a takedown attempt there.
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Čern� is looking for a takedown.
Harrington misses with the head strike.
Harrington lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Čern� or not.
Harrington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Čern� blocking some punches.
Čern� is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harrington pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Harrington is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Čern�'s head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Harrington dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Čern� tries to clinch there but Harrington circles away.
Harrington tries to work over Čern�'s front leg with a kick but Čern� checks it.
Harrington scores with a jab. Čern� acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Čern� forces Harrington back against the cage and clinches.
Harrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Čern� uses good head movement to avoid it.
Čern� blocks a body shot from Harrington.
Harrington prevents the takedown attempt.
Čern� has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Harrington avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Harrington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ashley Harrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alojz Čern�.
Harrington leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Čern�.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harrington takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Harrington misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Čern�.
Harrington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Čern� backwards.
Harrington leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Harrington.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Čern� tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harrington working aggressively here.
Čern� goes for a takedown attempt but Harrington pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Čern� tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Čern� wants to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Čern� 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harrington jabs at Čern�'s body.
Harrington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrington takes a swing at Čern�'s ribcage but misses.
Čern� tries to clinch but Harrington moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrington.
Čern� tries to clinch but Harrington moves away
and Harrington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Čern� fails with an attempt to clinch.
Čern� closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harrington scores with a shot to the side of Čern�'s head.
Come on Harrington - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Čern� goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harrington prevents it.
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington misses with some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Harrington.
Čern� tries for a takedown. No joy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harrington - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Harrington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Harrington.
Harrington misses with the head strike.
Harrington scores with a shot to the side of Čern�'s head.
Harrington manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harrington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Čern� is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harrington gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Čern� wants to take the fight to the mat but Harrington manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Harrington dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Čern� moves in looking to clinch but Harrington pushes him off.
Čern� is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harrington fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Harrington. Beautiful body shot.
Čern� wants to clinch.
Harrington lets loose with a powerful body kick. Čern� will feel that in the morning.
Harrington with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Čern� gets tackled into the cage by Harrington. Harrington maintains the clinch.
Harrington misses with some punches.
Harrington lands a nice uppercut.
Harrington wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington lands a left hand.
Harrington avoiding damage.
Harrington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrington cracks Čern� with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harrington feints and then cracks Čern�'s leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Čern� down.
Harrington swats away the attempt to clinch by Čern�.
Harrington tried to counter with a leg kick but Čern� avoided it.
Čern� darts in trying to clinch
and Harrington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harrington lands a glancing blow to the side of Čern�'s head.
Harrington misses with a body shot.
Čern� wants to clinch up but Harrington keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington lands a body shot.
Harrington looks to land a right hand but Čern� moved out of range.
Čern� wants to clinch.
Harrington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Čern� can do to turn this around?
Čern� doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harrington lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Čern� keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Čern�s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Čern� tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harrington counters with a nice body kick.
Harrington swats away the attempt to clinch by Čern�.
Harrington cracks the inside of Čern�'s front leg.
Čern� moves in looking to clinch but Harrington pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington throws a body shot but no joy.
Harrington is looking to wear down Čern� with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Harrington scoring well with a low kick there.
Čern� tries to clinch up.
As Čern� backs away, Harrington returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Čern� tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harrington counters with a nice body shot.
Čern� wants to clinch.
And Harrington counters with a quick kick to the body but Čern� blocks it.
Čern� tries to clinch but Harrington moves out of range.
Harrington swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harrington scores with a jab.
Harrington throws a body punch but Čern� moves out of range.
Čern� darts in and clinches Harrington up against the cage.
Čern� drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harrington has Čern� pushed against the cage.
Alojz Čern� has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ashley Harrington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Čern�.
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harrington is trying to push Čern� away but Čern� has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harrington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Čern� blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harrington - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Harrington tries a body shot but Čern� blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ashley Harrington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harrington has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:24
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:24
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ashley Harrington!
Ashley Harrington seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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