PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Kailea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harper comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To Jamrock. On his way into the cage it seems that Ben Harper has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ben Harper seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Harper
vs
Kailea

175 cm
32
158 lbs
20 - 16 - 2

173 cm
27
168 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocco Kailea!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper wants to clinch but Kailea slips to the side
and Kailea counters with an outside leg kick.
Harper wants to clinch up but Kailea keeps it at a distance.
Harper throws out a loose jab but Kailea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kailea thumps Harper with a low kick.
Kailea lands with an overhand left.
Harper is looking to clinch but Kailea is avoiding it.
Harper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kailea will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kailea clobbers Harper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kailea slips under a jab.
Kailea lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harper slips under a jab from Kailea.
Kailea throws out a leg kick but Harper moves out of range and Kailea only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick misses from Kailea.

Harper clinches.
Kailea stalling against the cage.
Kailea is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.

Kailea escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kailea keeps the fight on the outside.
Kailea looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Harper takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Harper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kailea, pushing him back against the cage.
Harper avoids the elbow strike from Kailea, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kailea manages to break the clinch.
Harper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kailea at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kailea misses with a hook. Harper ducked under it nicely.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kailea lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harper blocks a low kick nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kailea.
Harper wants to clinch.
Kailea throws a hook but Harper avoids it easily.
Kailea scoring well with a low kick there.
Harper wants to clinch
and Kailea counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kailea throws a sloppy head kick and Harper moves out of range easily.
Kailea is looking to slow Harper down with leg kicks.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Kailea circles away.
Rocco Kailea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kailea throws a head kick but Harper moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harper.

Harper has managed to clinch.
Kailea tries to stall but Harper uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kailea on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kailea throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kailea.
Kailea stalling in the clinch but Harper improves position.
Harper has Kailea pressed against the cage, preventing Kailea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper is looking for a takedown.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Kailea avoids the damage to the body.
Kailea looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Harper jumps guard.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Kailea from controlling successfully.

Kailea stands up from Harper's guard - Kailea perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kailea lands a head kick. Harper smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Harper rushes Kailea and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kailea misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Kailea dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kailea works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No luck for Harper with that takedown attempt.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch but Kailea swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kailea lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice combination there by Harper.

It looks like Rocco Kailea has been cut.
Kailea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kailea cracks Harper with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harper moves out of range of the leg kick from Kailea.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rocco Kailea seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harper tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper blocks a head kick by Kailea.
Kailea buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harper shoots for a takedown but Kailea saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Harper clinches.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Kailea controls the action.
Kailea lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kailea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harper trying to stall but Kailea improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kailea just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harper's brow.
Kailea stalling the fight.
Kailea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harper as Kailea tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kailea is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Kailea.

Kailea's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harper ducks under a wild hook from Kailea.
Harper tries to clinch there but Kailea circles away.
Harper avoids the head kick by Kailea.

Harper clinches up against the cage.
Harper looking to stall.
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!
Kailea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kailea is trying to push Harper away but Harper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harper stalling in the clinch but Kailea improves position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kailea misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper misses with some punches.
Kailea is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper blocks the elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harper is trying to break the clinch but Kailea is controlling him.

Kailea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocco Kailea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That kick from Kailea tenderised Harper's leg. Harper is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kailea throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harper checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kailea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
Harper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harper managing to block the knees to the body from Kailea.
Kailea tries to break the clinch but Harper is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harper as Kailea tries to tie him up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kailea prevents a body shot from Harper.
Harper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rocco Kailea will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rocco Kailea's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Harper throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Harper shoots in and gets a takedown into Kailea's guard.
Harper has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kailea is adopting a defensive guard.
Harper preventing the sweep.
Kailea is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kailea is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Rocco Kailea has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kailea scores with a push kick.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ben Harper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harper wants to clinch.
Harper tries to clinch up but Kailea circles away and keeps his distance.
Kailea dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harper. That did some damage!
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Kailea circles away.
Kailea lands a head kick. Harper smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ben Harper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Harper is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kailea throws a powerful right kick. Harper tried to block low but the kick was high! Harper was taken right off of his feet! Kailea jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rocco Kailea!
A relieved looking Rocco Kailea thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.