WreckMMA: “She said yes”
Harrison won more than third MMA fight
August 21, 2010*
The night before mixed martial artist *Jeff Harrison* faced his seventh professional fight he popped the question. ”She said yes,” the 29-year-old Stratford, Ont., native announced to a cheering crowd of 1,000 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy on Friday night, after his first-round victory in the third of eight bouts at *Bad Intentions*, a WreckMMA event.
“There was no way I was going to lose.” *Harrison (3-4)* finished with a swollen right eye in stopping stocky MMA newcomer *Kyle Vivian (0-1)* of Orillia at 4:41 with a triangle choke. ”I used to be pretty, I swear,” Harrison deadpanned to the crowd. The event raised more than one tonne of food for the Ottawa Food Bank.
*Bad Intentions* event video:
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUQEqq-9pU
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In other bouts:
*Matt “Hammer Hache (1-0)*, a 26-year-old Ottawa native, made short work of winless *Paul Ebejer (0-6) *of Toronto, forcing a tap-out at 0:35 in his pro MMA debut.
Kanata’s *Wes Ranger (1-1)*, a father of two and owner of a swimming pool service company, evened his professional record with a first-round TKO over Toronto’s *T.J. Coletti (0-4)*, who remains winless as a pro after weighing in heavy.
A three-round unanimous decision went against *Anna “Smiles” Barone (1-2)*of Ottawa, who was out-pointed by *Tannaya Hantelma (2-3)* of Halifax and left with a swollen left eye after a spirited contest.
*Jeff Laughren (1-1)* of Rockland was KO’d at 0:26 of the first round after a vicious elbow by Toronto’s *Peter Montrait (1-0)*, making his pro debut, caught him in the eye.
Ottawa’s *Remi Morvan (7-4)* latched on to the arm of Moncton’s *Chance Whalen (2-3)* and induced a tap-put at 3::05 of the first round to win for the first time in four pro fights.
*Stephane Bernadel (6-2)* of Ottawa landed a lethal kick to the head of Fredericton’s *Jon Williams (4-2)* at 1:11 of the first round to decisively end one of the evening’s co-main events.
In the night”s final bout, Drummondville’s *Martin “The Hammmer” Gradmont (11-5)* earned a unanimous decision over Toronto’s *Markhaile Wedderburn (9-7)*.
