PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Rubens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter comes into the arena with All you need is love blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Potter
vs
Rubens

188 cm
26
217 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Walter Rubens!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter scores with a hook to the body. Rubens takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Potter avoids the head kick by Rubens.
Rubens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Potter.
Potter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Potter throws out a loose jab but Rubens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Potter throws an off balance right hand
and Rubens makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rubens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rubens slips a jab from Potter.
Rubens throws a sloppy head kick and Potter moves out of range easily.
Rubens throws a head kick that misses.
Potter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rubens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potter moves out of range as Rubens throws a body kick.
Potter works over Rubens's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Potter clinches up with Rubens and pushes him back against the cage.
Potter lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Potter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Potter misses with a straight right.
Rubens looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Potter misses with a right hand
and Rubens counters with a nice leg kick.
Potter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Potter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Potter looks to score with a jab to the body but Rubens is just out of range.
Potter blocks a head kick by Rubens.
A right-left combo lands from Potter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rubens lands with a thumping leg kick.

Potter forces Rubens back against the cage and clinches.
Rubens has had enough of the clinch but Potter keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubens is trying to break the clinch but Potter has him pressed against the cage.
Rubens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Potter has him pressed against the cage.
Rubens is trying to break free.
Rubens blocks an uppercut.
Rubens is trying to break free.
Potter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rubens's efforts to push away.
Rubens can't break the clinch.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rubenss head.
Rubens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Potter has him pressed against the cage.

Potter breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Rubens.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Potter moves into the clinch successfully.
Rubens misses with a punch on the inside.
Potter presses Rubens against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Potter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rubens is trying to break the clinch but Potter is controlling him.
Rubens tries to circle away but Potter has him pinned against the cage.
Potter pushes Rubens back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rubens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Potter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rubens wants to break free but Potter has control.
Potter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Potter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Potter breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a few strikes there.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubens moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rubens.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Potter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Potter checks a leg kick.
Potter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Potter throws a big shot that misses.
Potter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rubens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body punch from Potter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potter scores with a nice strike.
Rubens looks for the body kick but Potter saw that one coming.
Rubens swings away with a leg kick that misses.
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 Harry Potter will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Potter throws a looping overhand right but Rubens ducks down to avoid it.
Potter throws a big shot that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Potter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Potter.
Potter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rubens swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Potter.
Rubens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Potter.
Rubens throws a head kick but Potter moves out of range.
Potter connects with a looping right hand.
Rubens looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rubens.
Rubens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A combination from Potter does no damage.
Rubens throws out a loose jab but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter misses with a lunging right hand
and Rubens counters with a slapping leg kick.
Harry Potter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walter Rubens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Potter connects with a crisp jab.
Rubens connects with a leg kick. Potter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rubens misses with a hook.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubens moves away.
Potter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rubens throws a body kick that misses.
Potter throws the left hand but Rubens avoids the punch easily.
Potter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rubens on the side of the head.
Potter lands a jab to Rubens's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rubens counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Potter thuds his right hand into Rubens's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Potter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Potter moves out of range of the leg kick from Rubens.
Potter misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Potter misses.
Rubens throws a low kick but Potter avoids it.
Rubens connects with a high kick.
Potter misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Potter instigates a clinch.
Rubens is trying to break the clinch but Potter has him pressed against the cage.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.

Potter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potter checks a low kick from Rubens.
Rubens misses with a head kick.
Potter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rubens stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rubens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rubens closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Potter lands a slapping body shot.
Potter lands with a straight right. Rubens didn't see that one coming.
Rubens wants to slow Potter down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Potter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rubens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Potter feints a jab promting Rubens to slip. Potter then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rubens slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A big left from Potter misses.
Potter throws a combination that misses
letting Rubens counter with a right hand.
Potter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rubens counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rubens misses with a head kick.
Potter looks to throw the jab but Rubens is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rubens has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rubens there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rubens throws the left hand but Potter avoids the punch easily.
Potter checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Harry Potter will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Rubens misses with a hook. Potter ducked under it nicely.
Rubens takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Potter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Potter fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Potter closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Rubens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Potter has Rubens pressed against the cage, preventing Rubens from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Potter.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rubens's efforts to push away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Rubens manages to break the clinch.
Potter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Potter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rubens was well out of range. Poor timing from Potter.
A cross from Potter lands.
Rubens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Potter.
Rubens moves out of range as Potter strikes.
Potter ducks under a wild hook from Rubens.
A head kick misses from Rubens.
Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rubens.
Potter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Potter lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries to clinch but Rubens is having none of it.
Potter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rubens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Potter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A combination from Potter does no damage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rubens tried to score with a low kick but Potter checks it.
Potter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Potter throws a poor cross that misses
and Rubens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rubens connects with a leg kick. Potter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Potter lands with a cross.
Rubens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Potter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Rubens controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Potter.
Potter lands a nice uppercut.
Potter cracks Rubens with a nice body shot.

Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Potter misses with the combination.

Potter clinches up against the cage.
Potter lands a nice uppercut.
Rubens has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Rubens controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Rubens's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Potter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rubens looks to land a body kick but Potter moved away.
Potter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter throws a hook to the side of Rubens's head but Rubens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rubens throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Potter.
Harry Potter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rubens misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Potter digs a good hook to Rubens's body.
Potter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter Rubens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rubens throws a head kick but Potter moves out of range.
Potter doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubens circles away.
Rubens throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Potter moves into the clinch.
Potter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rubens backwards.
Rubens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Potter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Potter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Potter!
An out of breath Harry Potter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.