PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badr Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruka Noga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruka Noga has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Badr Hari's chin.

Hari
vs
Noga

198 cm
21
230 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Badr Hari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruka Noga!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noga blocks a head kick by Hari.

Hari shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Noga manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hari postures up.
Noga keeping moving, preventing Hari from controlling successfully.

Hari stands up and waves to Noga to follow him.

Noga tries to keep at a distance but Hari has taken the fight into the clinch.

Hari has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Noga uses from the top position.
Noga prevents Hari from getting back to his feet.
Hari wants to sweep here but Noga controlling him for the moment.
Hari is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Noga is controlling him.
Noga preventing the sweep.
Noga lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Noga wanted to stand there but Hari had control of the position.
Noga stops Hari from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noga throwing strikes from guard but Hari blocks nicely.
Noga wants to control from the top but Hari keeps moving.
Noga stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hari swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Noga wants to stand but Hari is controlling his posture from full guard.

Hari pushes Noga off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Nice jab there from Noga.
Noga tries to clinch up but Hari circles away and keeps his distance.
Noga's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Noga duly obliges.
Noga throws a right hand that Hari ducks under and follows up with a left that Hari also avoids with ease.

Hari darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari is keen to just control but Noga is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noga slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Noga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Noga looks gassed!
Hari wants to pass the guard but Noga is keeping the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hari lands a couple of elbows.
Hari wants to get up but he can't break Noga's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hari trying to control the position from guard on top but Noga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hari controlling from the top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hari accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hari has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hari stands up from Noga's guard - Hari perhaps looking for a knockout.

Hari shoots in and gets a takedown into Noga's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Noga lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hari!
Hari wants to hold on but Noga pushes him away.
Hari keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Noga lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Noga lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hari hang on?
Noga working the ground and pound effectively.
Hari is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noga landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hari is desperately trying to improve his position but Noga has a good base and remains in mount.
Hari in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hari is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hari knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Noga on the ground.
Hari tries to hold on but Noga pushes him away.
Noga controlling the pace for now.
Hari is desperately trying to improve his position but Noga has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hari is working hard here to advance position.
Noga raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Badr Hari dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Noga closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Hari moves into the clinch.

Hari pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noga takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Noga wants to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Noga.

Hari shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Noga manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Noga looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hari puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Noga is pressing down on Hari's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Noga looking for a sweep. Not yet Noga, not yet.
Noga keeping moving, preventing Hari from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hari postures up.

Noga working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hari doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hari manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari stands up over Noga, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Hari decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Noga, up you get!
Hari throws a nice looking combination but Noga bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Noga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noga throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hari counters with a two punch combo.
Badr Hari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Noga swings widly with a right hand
and Hari counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Noga is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Noga tries to clinch but Hari is having none of it.
Noga paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hari.
Noga tries to clinch up.

Hari closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Hari decides to stand back up. Hari steps back and let's Noga get back to his feet.

Hari fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Noga sprawls well initially but Hari persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Noga is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari working over Noga with some ground and pound. Noga looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Noga is staying active underneath Hari, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hari throwing shots but Noga is blocking nicely.
Hari seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Noga lands with a few short shots to the body.
Hari tries to pass to full mount but Noga defends it.
Noga wants to control but Hari is keeping busy.
Noga wants to get back to his feet.
Hari with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Noga gets back to full guard.
Noga striking from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noga looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Hari stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Noga gets tackled into the cage by Hari. Hari maintains the clinch.
Hari prevents Noga from breaking the clinch.

Hari drags the fight down to the ground.
Hari is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hari is trying to keep Noga in close.
Hari throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hari is looking to stand up but Noga isn't so interested in that idea.
Noga scoring with some ground and pound.
Hari keeping moving, preventing Noga from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noga postures up.
Hari looking to hit a scissor sweep but Noga is one step ahead there.
Hari throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hari is trying to control the position from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Badr Hari wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Hari gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hari decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Noga throws a right hand that misses
and Hari counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Noga gets tackled into the cage by Hari. Hari maintains the clinch.
Hari prevents Noga from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Badr Hari dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Noga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hari swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Noga gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hari to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hari with a flurry of punches that miss.
Noga is trying to keep Hari in close.
Hari trying to control the position from guard on top but Noga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Noga preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Hari gets to his feet - Noga follows without any prompting.

Hari shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Noga's guard.
Hari preventing the sweep.
Hari is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Noga wants to stand up but Hari is controlling him.
Noga has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari wants to control from the top but Noga keeps moving.
Hari is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Badr Hari wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Noga throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hari throws a head kick but Noga moves out of range.
Noga scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Noga tries to keep at a distance but Hari has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hari has Noga pressed against the cage, preventing Noga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Hari pulls Noga into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari keeping moving, preventing Noga from controlling successfully.
Noga lands a couple of digs.
Noga stands and throws Hari's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Noga lands an elbow.
Hari is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Noga is controlling him well.
Hari is not content to let Noga control the position.
Hari gets back to half guard.
Hari makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hari.
Hari on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hari tries to get out of the position.
Hari is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hari is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Noga is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Noga postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Badr Hari overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hari looking to control.
Noga trying to control but Hari is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Badr Hari wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Hari stalks Noga and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Noga's face. Noga staggers backwards, shaken.
Hari throws a left and a right that both miss
and Noga counters with a two punch combo.
Hari avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hari misses with a wild combination.

Hari shoots in and gets a takedown into Noga's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Noga seems keen to control Hari's posture.

Hari thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Noga pulls Hari in close to prevent any damage.
Noga trying to keep a closed guard but Hari is proving a slippery customer.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hari wanted to stand there but Noga had control of the position.
Ruka Noga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Badr Hari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ruka Noga.
Noga misses with a combination
and Hari counters with a head kick. That will keep Noga thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

And that's the end of the fight!
Badr Hari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hari 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Badr Hari!