PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hydraulix 13.5 - D.A.V.E. the Drummer & Alex Calver. Charles Harper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracie
vs
Harper

183 cm
31
195 lbs
33 - 21 - 1

189 cm
25
200 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 33 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harper!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Harper clinches up against the cage.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Harper.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Gracie leaning his opponent against the cage.
Harper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
Gracie is looking to control Harper's arms but Harper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Harper tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Harper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harper lands a body shot.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
A short right from Harper on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie wants to take the fight to the mat but Harper manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Gracie looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gracie cracks Harper with a nice body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Harper misses with the head strike.
A short right from Gracie.
A right hook to the body lands for Gracie.
Harper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Harper is trying to keep an underhook but Gracie manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Harper is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harper tries to kick Gracie off but Gracie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Harper holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Harper is having none of it.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harper defending well though.
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but Harper defends it.
Harper wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie wants to control but Harper is keeping him busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harper works his way to full guard. Good work.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Harper controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Harper wants to sweep but no luck.
Harper is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Harper 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harper misses with a body kick.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Gracie jabs at Harper's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Harper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harper's waist but Harper gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Harper connects with a nice looking jab.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harper wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Harper throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie is looking to wear down Harper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Harper lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Charles Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harper avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Harper loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Harper does a little dance to reset his feet.
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 Aaron Gracie will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
Harper throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harper.
Harper misses with a body kick.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gracie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Harper with a hook.
Harper keeps Gracie at a distance using the push kick.
Harper wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie works Harper's body with a nice hook.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie takes a swing at Harper's ribcage but misses.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Harper sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harper bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harper can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harper lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harper scores with a leg kick.
Harper is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Charles Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harper connects with an inside leg kick.
Harper lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Harper thumps Gracie with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Harper.
Harper misses with the combination.
Harper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harper lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Harper cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
An inside leg kick lands from Harper.
Harper scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
A cross from Harper lands.
Gracie throws a jab when Harper was well out of range.
Charles Harper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Harper.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Harper pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harper thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gracie if he has to take too many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harper lands a leg kick that knocks Gracie off balance momentarily.
Harper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harper. Harper obviously looking to wear him down.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harper. Harper obviously looking to wear him down.
Harper fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gracie checks it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harper.
Harper tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Harper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Harper slips the punch.
Harper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Harper finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harper connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harper with a jab.
Gracie will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.

Harper moves into the clinch successfully.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gracie.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
A short uppercut from Harper.
Harper lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Harper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Harper is looking to clinch.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harper connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harper turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Harper.
Harper paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Harper lands a big head kick that sends Gracie tumbling to the mat! Harper takes a step backwards and waves Gracie back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Gracie is rocked!

It looks like Aaron Gracie has been cut.
Harper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Harper!
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harper throws a wild body kick that Gracie sees coming a mile off.
Harper scores with a push kick.
Harper lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gracie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice body kick from Harper.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harper.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice jab there from Harper.
Harper throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Harper misses.
Nice body kick from Harper.
Harper lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harper throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Harper throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie misses with a hook. Harper ducked under it nicely.
Harper throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice uppercut lands for Harper. That snapped Gracie's head back.
Harper looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Harper throws a low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Gracie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Gracie moves forwards but Harper connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Harper.
Harper misses with a low kick as Gracie jumps back.
Harper slips under a jab from Gracie.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Harper misses with a left hand
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.

Gracie looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Harper looking for a sweep. Not yet Harper, not yet.
Gracie engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harper is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Harper.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie stands up over Harper, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Harper looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Harper holds on and takes a little breather.
Harper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A slow jab from Harper misses its intended target.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harper.
Gracie blocks a low kick nicely.
Harper stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Harper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie lands with an overhand left.
Harper thumps Gracie with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harper.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Harper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Harper 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Harper!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Charles Harper waved his t-shirt featuring 160!'s logo in front of the cameras.