PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Boss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harper
vs
Boss

189 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
189 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, The Boss!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boss keeps the fight on the outside.
Boss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harper slaps away a takedown attempt from Boss, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Boss circles away.
Harper chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harper throws a leg kick which misses Boss's front leg but catches the back leg as Boss tries to avoid it.
Boss fails with the takedown
and Harper counters with a leg kick.
Boss with a poor takedown
and Harper counters with a slapping leg kick.
Charles Harper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Boss.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harper connects with a body shot.
Boss looks gassed!
Harper tries to clinch but Boss moves out of range.
Boss on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
Harper fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boss.
Harper looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boss swats away the attempt to clinch by Harper.
Boss is trying desperately to land a takedown but Harper is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Boss.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch but Boss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Harper closes the distance and pushes Boss back into the cage.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Boss takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like The Boss has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harper lands a body shot in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Harper.
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper lands a knee to the head.
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Boss won't want to take too many of those.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper displaying some good clinch control by pressing Boss up against the cage.
Harper lands an elbow just above Boss 's eye.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harper stops a takedown attempt from Boss.
Harper leaning against his opponent.
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Harper lands a body punch.
Harper stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boss fails to pull guard.
Harper lands an elbow just above Boss 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on The Boss's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Harper lands a slapping body shot.
Harper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boss's calf.
Harper looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boss's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harper wants to clinch.
Boss shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harper.
Boss tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harper throws a quick inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
Harper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boss can do to turn this around?
Boss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harper tries to clinch there but Boss circles away.
Harper throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boss fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Charles Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boss is breathing heavily.
Boss tries for a takedown but Harper circles away easily
and Harper counters with an outside leg kick.
Charles Harper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Boss.
Harper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch but Boss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Boss circles away.
Harper lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harper tries to clinch up but Boss circles away and keeps his distance.
Harper is looking to clinch.
Boss will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Harper tries to clinch but Boss moves out of range.
Boss has his takedown stuffed
and Harper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Charles Harper is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harper scores with a nice right hand.
Boss on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harper fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boss.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harper thumps Boss with a low kick.
Boss has his takedown stuffed
and Harper counters with a low kick, right behind Boss 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Harper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on The Boss's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Boss on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harper bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boss's head.
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harper leaves Boss with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harper fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boss shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Harper counters with a nice low kick that buckles Boss's knee momentarily.
Boss takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper thumps Boss with a low kick.
Harper lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boss fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Charles Harper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Boss.
Boss keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper is looking to clinch but Boss is avoiding it.
Harper tries to clinch up but Boss circles away and keeps his distance.
Harper tries to clinch but Boss moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boss keeps the fight on the outside.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harper.
Boss misses with a takedown
and Harper counters with a leg kick.
Boss keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boss. That did some damage!
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boss swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch but Boss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boss keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper wants to clinch.
Harper lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harper feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boss's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boss tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Charles Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Boss in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boss letting Harper take a breather here.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Boss's ribcage.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Boss's ribcage.
The Boss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boss backwards.
Boss takes a knee right on the jaw!

That has opened up The Boss's cut even more.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Harper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harper 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Harper!