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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phil Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolfo Gusman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
12 - 14 - 0 |
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191 lbs
21 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodolfo Gusman!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gusman shoots in but Harris avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Harris throws a right hand that Gusman ducks under and follows up with a left that Gusman also avoids with ease.
Harris connects with a leg kick. Gusman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gusman thows a leg kick but Harris checks it
and Gusman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gusman clinches with his opponent.
Gusman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gusman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Gusman has double underhooks.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gusman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gusman has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Gusman has double underhooks.
Gusman lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Gusman has double underhooks.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gusman in his tracks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
A cross from Harris lands.
Gusman tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Gusman closes the distance and clinches up with Harris, looking for a takedown. Gusman pushes Harris against the cage but Harris circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gusman lands with a shot to the body.
Harris checks a low kick from Gusman.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris lands an overhand right.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gusman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harris lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gusman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gusman takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Gusman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gusman fails to land the takedown.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Phil Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodolfo Gusman.
Gusman throws a big shot that misses.
Gusman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gusman working Harris over with strikes.
Harris is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at London MMA Club, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Harris moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gusman is working Harris over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gusman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gusman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gusman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gusman trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Gusman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gusman postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gusman looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harris getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Gusman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Phil Harris will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gusman throws a body kick that misses.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gusman! But no joy.
Gusman throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gusman misses with a straight right.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gusman just manages to avoid it.
Jab from Gusman.
Gusman throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gusman defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
A clash of legs there as Harris blocks the low kick.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gusman misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a nice body shot.
Harris takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harris swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gusman.
Gusman misses with a straight left.
Gusman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Phil Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gusman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gusman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gusman.
Gusman cracks a nice hook into Harris's ribs.
Gusman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Gusman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Harris checks it well.
It looked like Harris was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gusman.
Rodolfo Gusman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gusman fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Harris was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gusman.
Phil Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Gusman.
Gusman punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.
Gusman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Harris counters with a left and a right that stings Gusman.
Gusman scores with a nice head shot.
Nice takedown defense from Harris. No joy for Gusman on that attempt.
Gusman ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gusman shoots in but no luck this time.
Phil Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodolfo Gusman.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gusman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gusman lands with a good body shot.
That kick from Gusman tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Phil Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gusman misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gusman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Harris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Harris as he connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gusman takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Gusman throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Harris was covering up waiting for the punch and Gusman finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gusman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gusman trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodolfo Gusman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Harris lands with a cross.
Gusman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Harris works the jab nicely.
Gusman shoots and misses
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris slaps away a takedown attempt from Gusman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gusman.
Gusman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harris stuffs the takedown attempt from Gusman. Gusman gets slowly back to his feet.
Phil Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodolfo Gusman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
Gusman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Gusman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gusman connects with a leg kick. Harris looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gusman misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Harris lands a jab to the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gusman.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gusman.
Gusman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a jab when Gusman was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gusman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gusman.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Gusman uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Gusman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gusman throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice sprawl there from Harris as Gusman shoots in.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
Gusman takes one to the side of the head.
Gusman shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gusman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gusman! But no joy.
Harris connects with a body shot that sends Gusman's belly button to the back.
Harris avoids the body shot from Gusman.
Gusman throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Gusman closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harris circles away.
Gusman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Harris looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gusman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gusman shoots in looking for a takedown. Harris tries to sprawl out of it but Gusman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
Gusman has his takedown stuffed
and Gusman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gusman throws a poor cross that misses
and Harris counters with a right hand to the body.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Gusman.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Gusman counters with a stiff right hand.
Gusman shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Harris defending well as Gusman loads up on a big left hand.
Gusman shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harris pinned against the cage. Harris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris 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 29:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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