PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charles Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepeng Ondoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harper
vs
Ondoy

189 cm
25
200 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

180 cm
34
190 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brute

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pepeng Ondoy!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper misses with a body punch
and Ondoy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harper throws an overhand right that lands on Ondoy's shoulder, as Ondoy tries to avoid the shot.
Ondoy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ondoy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harper counters with an outside leg kick.
Ondoy looks to score with a jab to the body but Harper is just out of range.
Ondoy throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Harper tries to clinch but Ondoy moves out of range.
Ondoy moves out of range as Harper throws a body kick.
Harper looks to land a body kick but Ondoy moved away.
Ondoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Harper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ondoy checks a leg kick.
Ondoy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harper.
Harper throws out a loose jab but Ondoy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper throws a solid leg kick but Ondoy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harper.
Harper misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Ondoy does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy blocks a leg kick.
Harper tries a low kick but Ondoy avoids it.
Harper staying out of range there.
Ondoy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harper can pounce on him.
Ondoy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harper. Harper obviously looking to wear him down.
Ondoy scores with a jab.
Harper throws a body kick that misses.
Ondoy is looking to clinch but Harper is avoiding it.
Ondoy keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ondoy.
Harper dodges the punch combination from Ondoy.
Ondoy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Harper thows a body shot but no joy.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Ondoy circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Harper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ondoy moves out of range of the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ondoy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ondoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ondoy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ondoy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harper eats them both and turns towards Ondoy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Some wild striking there from Ondoy.
Harper throws a chopping leg kick but Ondoy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Harper throws a leg kick
and Ondoy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harper thinking.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Ondoy tries to clinch up
and Harper counters with a leg kick.
Ondoy scores with a hook.

Ondoy closes the distance and pushes Harper back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a hook that snaps the head of Ondoy backwards.
Ondoy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ondoy avoids it.
A short left from Ondoy.
Harper lands with a short shot to the head.
Ondoy blocks an elbow strike from Harper.
Harper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ondoy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper's elbow.
Ondoy digs a right hand into Harper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harper's gas tank.
Harper pushes Ondoy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper tries a body shot but Ondoy blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
Ondoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harper lands an uppercut.
Ondoy lands a body shot.
Ondoy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ondoy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harper backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper blocks a body shot from Ondoy.
Harper is leaning against Ondoy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harper throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ondoy wants to stall.
Ondoy lands a shoulder strike.
Ondoy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ondoy misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Harper landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short body shot lands from Ondoy as the two fighters clinch.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Harper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ondoy can't find room to land a body shot as Harper controls the action.
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 Charles Harper will probably get the nod.
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.

Harper tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harper attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ondoy avoids the head kick by Harper.
Harper cracks Ondoy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ondoy with a jab.
Harper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harper is looking to clinch.
Harper walks into a stiff left hand from Ondoy.
Harper takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ondoy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ondoy clinches.
Ondoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Ondoy can't find room to land a body shot as Harper controls the action.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Ondoy controls the action.
Ondoy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Ondoy controls the action.
Ondoy misses with a punch to the body.
Ondoy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ondoy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Ondoy taking a breather.
Ondoy is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Harper has denied him.
Ondoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Ondoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Harper tries to work over Ondoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ondoys head.
Harper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harper creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ondoy throws a head punch that misses.
Harper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harper prevents a body shot from Ondoy.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ondoy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Ondoy avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Harper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ondoy misses with a body punch.
Ondoy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ondoy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Ondoy is looking to control Harper's arms but Harper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ondoy has his back to the cage.
Harper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Ondoy avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Ondoy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Ondoy leaning against his opponent.
Ondoy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ondoy lands a nice shot to the body.
Pepeng Ondoy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A hook to the body from Ondoy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike.
Ondoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Harper prevents a body shot from Ondoy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ondoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Harper tries to work over Ondoy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ondoy throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Harper pushes Ondoy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ondoy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ondoy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harper up against the cage.
Harper is working Ondoy over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ondoy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ondoy tries to work over Harper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Ondoy controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Ondoy controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harper.
Harper blocks a body shot from Ondoy.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Ondoy is blocking nicely.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Ondoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ondoy lands with a light punch inside.
Ondoy can't find room to land a body shot as Harper controls the action.
Ondoy lands with a light punch inside.
Harper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ondoy backwards.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ondoy.
Harper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ondoy's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ondoy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harper misses with some punches.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Pepeng Ondoy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Harper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ondoy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ondoy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harper.
A swing and a miss from Ondoy.
Ondoy blocks a head kick by Harper.
A punch combination from Ondoy misses.
Harper swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ondoy moves out of range of the body kick.
Ondoy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ondoy throws a right hand that Harper ducks under and follows up with a left that Harper also avoids with ease.
Ondoy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harper under the eye.
Harper tried to score with a low kick but Ondoy checks it.
Ondoy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ondoy blocks a leg kick.
Harper tries to land a body kick
and Ondoy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harper bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ondoy's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ondoy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harper counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondoy moves in looking to clinch but Harper pushes him off.
Ondoy lands a lovely overhand right.
That kick from Harper tenderised Ondoy's leg. Ondoy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Charles Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harper throws a head kick that half lands.
Harper blocks a jab.

Ondoy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ondoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ondoy lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper working aggressively here.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ondoy misses with a punch to the body.
Ondoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
Ondoy lands a left hand.
Ondoy misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy gets through Harper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harper lands an elbow just above Ondoy 's eye.
A body shot lands from Ondoy.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ondoy backwards.
A hook to the body from Ondoy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Ondoy pushes Harper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ondoy is working Harper over against the cage.
Ondoy works on Harper's body with a couple of short punches.
Ondoy lands a shoulder strike.
Harper tries a body shot but Ondoy blocks it.
Good body shot from Ondoy.
Ondoy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harper or not.
Ondoy lands with a light punch inside.
Ondoy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ondoy blocks a body shot from Harper.
Ondoy lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondoy stalling against the cage.
A short left from Ondoy.
Ondoy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ondoy blocks an uppercut.
Ondoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harper is keeping busy.
Ondoy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper lands an uppercut.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ondoy.
Harper lands with a short shot to the head.
Ondoy stalling in the clinch but Harper improves position.
Ondoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Ondoy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ondoy lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper being controlled against the cage.
Ondoy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ondoy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ondoy is pushing Harper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harper misses with a punch on the inside.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ondoy.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Ondoy avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Ondoy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harpers head.
A right hand to the body from Ondoy.
Ondoy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pepeng Ondoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ondoy 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pepeng Ondoy!
Pepeng Ondoy gave a mention to Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).