PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Claude Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Sutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harper
vs
Sutter

193 cm
27
193 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

184 cm
32
195 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Claude Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Sutter!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sutter tries to score with a low kick but Harper moves his leg out of the way.
Sutter tries to land a leg kick but Harper saw it coming and moves away.
Eric Sutter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sutter gets tackled into the cage by Harper. Harper maintains the clinch.
Sutter trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
Sutter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sutter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sutter pulls his leg out and moves away.
Harper throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sutter on the side of the head.
Sutter moves out of range of the strikes.
Harper moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Harper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sutter.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sutter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sutter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A bone on bone clash there as Harper blocks the leg kick.
Harper takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Harper checks a low kick from Sutter.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harper lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sutter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sutter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sutter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harper throws a head punch that misses.
Harper is trying to push Sutter away but Sutter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harper prevents a body shot from Sutter.

Harper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutter tries a low kick but Harper avoids it.

Harper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sutter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper working hard to break the clinch.
Harper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harper trying to stall but Sutter improves his position.
Sutter tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Harper.

Harper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harper. Sutter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harper checks a low kick from Sutter.
Sutter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Harper closes the distance and pushes Sutter back into the cage.
Harper is trying to break the clinch but Sutter is controlling him.
Sutter tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sutter has him pressed against the cage.
Harper can't break the clinch.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harper is trying to break the clinch but Sutter is controlling him.
Harper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sutter crunches a lovely knee into Harper's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Still in the clinch, Sutter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sutter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sutter blocking some punches.

Sutter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sutter tries to land a front kick but Harper steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sutter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harper throws a hook but Sutter avoids it easily.

Sutter gets tackled into the cage by Harper. Harper maintains the clinch.
Sutter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
Harper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sutter has him pressed against the cage.
Sutter misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sutter misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Harper breaks the clinch.
Sutter throws a solid leg kick but Harper takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sutter.
Sutter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harper.
Harper avoids a kick to the body.

Sutter has Harper up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Sutter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice defenses there by Sutter.
Harper pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sutter is out of range and Harper settles back down.
Donk. Harper catches Sutter right on the button with a cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sutter tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.

Harper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sutter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Harper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harper shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claude Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harper checks a leg kick.
Sutter dodges the punch combination from Harper.
Sutter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Harper drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sutter throws Harper to one side and escapes!
Harper is breathing heavily.
Sutter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick misses from Sutter.
No luck for Harper with that takedown attempt.
Sutter tried to score with a low kick but Harper checks it.
Sutter throws a leg kick but Harper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harper misses the jab.
A jab from Harper misses.
Sutter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sutter lands a leg kick that knocks Harper off balance momentarily.
Sutter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Harper.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sutter connects with a leg kick. Harper looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Eric Sutter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sutter displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harper.
Sutter throws a sloppy head kick and Harper moves out of range easily.
Harper missing with a left hand there. Sutter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
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 Claude Harper will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sutter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harper moves out of range as Sutter throws a body kick.
Sutter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sutter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harper is out of range.
Harper blocks a head kick by Sutter.
Harper checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harper shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sutter sprawls well. Sutter wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harper gets slowly back to his feet.
Harper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sutter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harper moves out of range of the leg kick from Sutter.
Harper throws a right hand that Sutter ducks under and follows up with a left that Sutter also avoids with ease.
Sutter lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harper takes a step back to recover.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sutter.
Harper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sutter swivels and escapes.
Sutter scores with a nice body kick.
Sutter throws a sloppy head kick and Harper moves out of range easily.
Claude Harper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sutter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harper is out of range and Sutter settles back down.
Sutter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper checks the leg kick nicely there.
A big left from Harper misses.
Sutter throws a leg kick
and Harper counters with an outside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Harper blocks the low kick.
Sutter throws a leg kick but Harper checks it.
Sutter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sutter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Eric Sutter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sutter.

Sutter gets tackled into the cage by Harper. Harper maintains the clinch.
Harper gets through Sutter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harper presses Sutter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sutter misses with a punch to the body.
Sutter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
Sutter gets underhooks to prevent Harper's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claude Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sutter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harper misses with some punches.

Sutter breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Harper misses the target.
Sutter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sutter moves into the clinch.
Sutter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sutter stalls.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sutter.
Sutter misses with a body punch.

Harper tightens his grip and picks Sutter up, before dumping him to the ground. Sutter manages to land in guard.
Harper won't allow Sutter to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Harper landing with the ground and pound.
Harper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Sutter manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Harper looks to land a combination but Sutter avoids it well.
Sutter throws a wild body kick that Harper sees coming a mile off.
Harper avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sutter moves out of range of the strikes.

Harper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sutter, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sutter lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Harper blocks an elbow strike.
Harper misses with the head strike.
Claude Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Harper.
Sutter taking a breather.
Harper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sutter's elbow.
Sutter misses with a body punch.
Harper wants a takedown.
Sutter lands a shot to the body.
Sutter avoiding damage.

Sutter manages to break the clinch.
Sutter looks to land a body kick but Harper moved away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harper checks a low kick from Sutter.
Harper bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sutter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sutter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Eric Sutter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sutter is looking to land body kicks.

Harper pushes Sutter up against the cage in a clinch.
Sutter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sutter pushes Harper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sutter backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harper.
Sutter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sutter misses with the head strike.
Sutter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harper backwards.

Harper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Sutter tries to land a leg kick but Harper saw it coming and moves away.
Harper with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harper misses with a looping right.
Harper blocks the body kick.
Sutter takes one on the button.
Sutter throws a low kick but Harper avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sutter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harper blocks the body kick.
Sutter misses with a low kick as Harper jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harper has Sutter up against the cage in a clinch.
Sutter is pressed up against the cage. Harper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sutter down to the mat. Sutter avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sutter is looking to land body kicks.
Harper blocks a head kick by Sutter.
Sutter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sutter scores with a head kick.
Harper checks the leg kick nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Harper.
Harper has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sutter.
Harper looks for the body kick but Sutter saw that one coming.
Harper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Harper gets a clinch.

Harper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harper blocks the body kick.
Sutter lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harper will feel that in the morning.
Sutter throws a leg kick but Harper sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harper throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sutter walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sutter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Harper clinches up with Sutter and pushes him back against the cage.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Sutter.
Harper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sutter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harper up against the cage.
Harper is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sutter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sutter tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Sutter back against the cage.
Sutter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harper's defenses.
Sutter trying to control the position but instead, Harper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sutter into the cage.
Sutter takes a shot to the head.
Sutter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sutter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harper misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutter tries a body shot but Harper blocks it.
Harper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Sutter.
Sutter is leaning against Harper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sutter digs a right hand underneath Harper's ribcage. Harper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sutter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harper is trying to force a seperation but Sutter has the dominant position.
Harper working aggressively here.
Sutter misses with a body punch.
Sutter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Harper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claude Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Sutter.

Sutter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sutter throws a low kick but Harper avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Harper coming out on top.

Harper clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sutter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harper backwards.

Sutter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harper swinging wildly here.
Sutter throws a leg kick that misses.
Harper closes the distance and clinches up with Sutter, looking for a takedown. Harper pushes Sutter against the cage but Sutter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sutter throws a low kick but Harper avoids it.
Sutter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sutter throws a head kick that misses.
Sutter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sutter tried to score with a low kick but Harper checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Harper checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
No joy there for Harper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Sutter.
Sutter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sutter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harper blocks a head kick by Sutter.

Harper rushes Sutter and presses him up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Sutter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sutter 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Sutter!
Eric Sutter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.