|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Haigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes to the ring accompanied by Flower lady- jerky boys. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
27
170 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
|
170 cm
20
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
|
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Haigh!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haigh tries to move into range but Harris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Haigh counters with a straight right hand.
Haigh misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Haigh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haigh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Haigh misses with a lunging right hand
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Harris moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haigh throws out the jab.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That kick from Harris tenderised Haigh's leg. Haigh is trying to keep his angry face on.
Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris tries a body shot but Haigh blocks it.
Haigh is trying to force a seperation but Harris has the dominant position.
Harris tries to work over Haigh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haigh prevents a takedown attempt there.
Haigh tries to break free but Harris pushes him back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Haigh looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Haigh keeping full guard, as Harris tries to pass.
Harris trying to control but Haigh is working from the bottom.
Harris looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Haigh is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harris got a little sloppy there for a moment and Haigh has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harris has managed to get both his arms back between Haigh's legs - danger averted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haigh working for a triangle but Harris defends it easily.
Harris tries to free his leg and advance position but Haigh is retaining full guard.
Harris in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Haigh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harris looking to pass the guard.
Harris controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Haigh is not content to let Harris control the position.
Haigh is trying to stand back up but Harris is controlling him
Haigh is not content to let Harris control the position.
Haigh regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harris is looking to advance position but Haigh has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Haigh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harris?
Haigh is landing with some decent strikes but Harris is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haigh lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Haigh fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harris is working to get back to half guard.
Haigh manages to capitalize on a mistake by Harris to take his back!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Haigh is looking to control Harris but Harris is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Haigh controlling well, preventing Harris from escaping the position.
Can Harris hold on?! Haigh is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Harris is keeping busy.
Harris is really stuck here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris turns into Haigh and is now in his guard.
Harris looking to sit in guard and control but Haigh gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Haigh from controlling successfully.
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 Paul Harris will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Haigh lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haigh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haigh throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris lands a nice looking body kick.
Haigh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris slips under a jab from Haigh.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haigh.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Harris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haigh to score with a decent uppercut.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haigh as he jumps to the side.
Haigh lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haigh misses with a left hand
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Haigh blocks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Haigh down.
Paul Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haigh uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.
Harris swings for the body but Haigh moves out of range.
Haigh misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Haigh connects with a nice looking jab.
Haigh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Haigh. Those never looked like landing.
Harris lands a lovely overhand right.
Haigh might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haigh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haigh missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Harris tries to land a leg kick but Haigh saw it coming and moves away.
The fighters circling - Haigh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Haigh misses the target.
Haigh moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Haigh throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Haigh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Haigh moved out of range nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harris.
Harris connects with a good right hand that stumbles Haigh. Haigh circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
John Haigh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haigh throws a right hand that misses
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harris scores with a decent looking hook.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Haigh.
Haigh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Haigh's front leg but catches the back leg as Haigh tries to avoid it.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Haigh's head backwards.
Haigh takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Haigh slips under a jab from Harris.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Haigh's front leg but catches the back leg as Haigh tries to avoid it.
Harris staying out of range there.
Haigh scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a combination
and Haigh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Harris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Haigh slips the punch.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Haigh moved out of range nicely.
Haigh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Harris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harris is keen to just control but Haigh is a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Haigh manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Haigh working a defensive guard here.
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 Paul Harris 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.
Haigh misses with a looping right.
Harris misses the body punch
and Haigh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haigh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A leg kick checked by Haigh.
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris wants to land a leg kick but Haigh is out of range.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haigh was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Haigh moved out of range nicely.
Haigh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
Haigh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Haigh.
Haigh misses with a looping right.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Haigh moved away.
Harris goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Haigh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Haigh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paul Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris lands a really nice looking cross but Haigh seems unphased.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Haigh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haigh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris misses with a leg kick.
Harris blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haigh throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Haigh to score with a decent uppercut.
Harris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Harris goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harris cracks Haigh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Haigh missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haigh misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Haigh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harris throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Haigh ducks down to avoid it.
Haigh throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris scores with a sloppy right hand. Haigh should have avoided that one.
Haigh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Haigh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harris motions for Haigh to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Haigh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Haigh staying out of range there.
Harris throws a push kick but Haigh slaps the foot to one side.
Harris misses with a hook.
Harris throws out a leg kick but Haigh moves out of range and Harris only half commits.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Haigh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris connects with a looping right hand.
Good exchange - Haigh coming out on top.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haigh cracks Harris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Haigh checks a leg kick.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Haigh.
Harris throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haigh misses with a straight left.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Haigh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haigh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Haigh throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Haigh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris lands an overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Haigh misses the target.
Haigh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Paul Harris did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Harris throws a hook but Haigh blocks it.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haigh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Haigh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haigh manages to avoid it.
Haigh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Harris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Haigh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris looks to land a combination but Haigh avoids it well.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Haigh misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Haigh is looking to improve his position.
Haigh actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haigh wants to control but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris is trying to control. Haigh wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Harris seems to be working for a kimura but Haigh defends the submission attempt.
Harris thows a huge punch but Haigh dodges it nicely.
Haigh is not content to let Harris control the position.
Haigh works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haigh manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harris manages to get himself to full guard.
Harris working a defensive guard here.
Haigh wants to get up but he can't break Harris's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Haigh preventing the sweep.
Harris trying to keep a closed guard but Haigh is proving a slippery customer.
Haigh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harris will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Harris trying to control the position.
Harris throws his legs up looking for a submission but Haigh uses it to pass to side control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harris is looking to regain half guard here but Haigh keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haigh works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Harris tries to bench press Haigh off him but Haigh keeps the position.
Haigh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Haigh landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Haigh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Haigh working the body and head with strikes.
Harris looking for a sweep but Haigh has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Harris is in all sorts of trouble here.
Harris is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Haigh has taken his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haigh lands punches and elbows.
Harris is in bad spot here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haigh throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Harris!
Harris can't escape the position.
Haigh looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Harris is controlling Haigh 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.
Harris wants to control from the top but Haigh keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Paul Harris will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Harris misses the body punch
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harris blocks a jab.
Haigh moves out of range of the body kick.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Haigh moves away and avoids it.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Haigh looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Harris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Haigh looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Harris misses.
Haigh scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Haigh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris slips a straight right by Haigh.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Harris misses.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haigh.
Harris shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Haigh defends it nicely.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Haigh back into the ropes.
Haigh jumps guard.
Haigh keeping full guard, as Harris tries to pass.
Harris controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris trying to control but Haigh is working from the bottom.
Haigh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Haigh had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harris defends it easily.
Harris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Haigh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haigh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Haigh is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Harris got a little sloppy there for a moment and Haigh has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harris has managed to get both his arms back between Haigh's legs - danger averted.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Haigh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haigh wants to stand and escape but Harris is having none of it.
Haigh controlling the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Harris looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris stands and throws Haigh's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but Haigh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Haigh tries to improve position but can't.
Harris tries to advance position but instead Haigh slips a leg back in to half guard.
Haigh is refusing to be controlled, as Harris sits in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Harris.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harris, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Paul Harris!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Paul Harris!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for John Haigh!
Paul Harris wins by split decision!
Paul Harris retains his welterweight title!
Paul Harris looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I had to fight harder than ever to prove I am the better fighter tonight. My opponent is very good but I knew I could defeat him. In our last fight I got tired and he submit me but I go a little slower and be more technical this time cause its for my title and 5 rounds. I am the champion. I will f'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
