PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chingis Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Chan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Can't Bring Me Down by Suicidal Tendencies. Harris has chosen The Clash - Rock the Casbah as his entrance music. Jerome Harris will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Chan
vs
Harris

173 cm
21
167 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

186 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Fightworld Formula

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Chingis Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jerome Harris!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a right and a left that Chan avoids nicely.
Chingis Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Harris closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Harris tries to move to full mount but Chan actually manages to regain half guard.
Harris throwing shots but Chan is blocking nicely.
Chan wants to control but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris uses his free foot to push down on Chan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Chan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harris on the ground.
Harris looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harris postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chan looks a forlorn figure.
Harris scoring with strikes but Chan is staying in there.
Harris trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Harris.
Harris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harris cracks Chan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harris looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chan can't escape the position.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chan wants to control but Harris is having none of it.
Harris scoring with strikes but Chan is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harris trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Chan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Harris looking for a guillotine from mount but Chan is having none of it.
Harris throwing strikes here but Chan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Harris blocks Chan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Harris trying to control but Chan is having none of it.

Harris wants to finish this one by submission but Chan is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Harris.
Chan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Harris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chan drops his hands momentarily and Harris takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris with a jab.
Chan tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chan throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Chan tries to avoid it but Harris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Chan to the ground. Chan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chingis Chan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Chan scores with a leg kick.

Harris shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Chan's guard.
Chan keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
Chan is trying to keep Harris in close.
Harris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Chan working a defensive guard but Harris manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris controls the position.
Chan struggling a bit here.

Harris is trying to get an arm triangle but Chan is defending well.
Jerome Harris has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chan is looking to reverse the position.
Harris trying to control the action but Chan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan wants to control but Harris postures up.

Harris tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Harris working the ground and pound but Chan is defending the strikes.
Harris sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Chan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Chan instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harris managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Still in the clinch, Chan scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Chan fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Harris.
A head punch on the inside from Chan fails to land.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chan is keeping busy.
Chan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Chan misses with a punch on the inside.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chan throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris is trying to break free.

Harris has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Chan is trying to keep an underhook but Harris manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chan keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris controlling the pace.
Chan is refusing to be controlled, as Harris sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Harris 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Chan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Chan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Chan stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chan as he avoids it easily.
Harris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chan lands a nice hook to Harris's body. Harris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chan tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Harris lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Chan slaps away a takedown attempt from Harris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chingis Chan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerome Harris.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Chan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Chan moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off.
Harris throws the left hand but Chan avoids the punch easily.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chan swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris prevents a body shot from Chan.
Harris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chan throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good body shot from Chan.
Chan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Chan swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris blocks an uppercut.

Harris turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Harris working the strikes but Chan uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chan wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Harris is looking for a kimura here.
Harris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Chan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Chan is trying to maintain the position but Harris is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Chan lands a head kick. Harris smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Chingis Chan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jerome Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Chan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris lands with a cross.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A lazy left from Chan finds it's target.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chan counters with a nice leg kick.
Chan tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chan circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Chan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chingis Chan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerome Harris!