PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shelton Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Pep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrell comes to the cage accompanied by J. Cole - Blow Up. Pep has chosen Iron Theme Song (Here Comes The Boom - Nelly) as his entrance music. 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.

Harrell
vs
Pep

180 cm
32
160 lbs
23 - 10 - 2

169 cm
34
145 lbs
30 - 16 - 0

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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 23 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Shelton Harrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frankie Pep!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pep tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pep tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A left and a right from Pep both land. Nice combination.
Harrell misses with a body kick.
Harrell takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harrell thows a body shot but no joy.
Harrell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pep.
Harrell is looking to slow Pep down with leg kicks.
A jab from Pep does it's job there.
Harrell throws a wild body kick that Pep sees coming a mile off.
Harrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pep's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harrell under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pep tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Harrell swats away the attempt to clinch by Pep.

Harrell drops Pep with a beautiful combination! Pep stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Harrell is looking for the KO!
Pep keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harrell connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pep. Harrell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harrell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harrell throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Harrell connects with a single shot there.
Harrell throws the kick towards the body but Pep avoids it.
Harrell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pep.
Pep is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell ducks right into an uppercut from Pep.
Harrell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrell is looking to slow Pep down with leg kicks.
Harrell misses with a low kick as Pep jumps back.
Pep lands with a shot to the body.
Pep lands a nice looking body shot.
Harrell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harrell works Pep's body with a nice hook.
Pep bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrell lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harrell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pep's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrell lands a jab to Pep's midsection.
A big right from Pep misses.

Pep darts in and clinches Harrell up against the cage.
Harrell scores with a shot to the side of Pep's head.
Pep blocking some punches.
Harrell misses with a punch to the body.
Harrell is working Pep over against the cage.

Harrell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pep takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harrell jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pep moves out of range of the body kick.
Harrell throws an overhand right that lands on Pep's shoulder, as Pep tries to avoid the shot.
Pep smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pep takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pep misses with a body shot.
Harrell looks to land a right hand but Pep moved out of range.
Harrell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Harrell gets tackled into the cage by Pep. Pep maintains the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Harrell.
Harrell tries to work over Pep's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Harrell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pep avoids the body shot from Harrell.
Harrell misses with a leg kick.
Harrell connects with an inside leg kick.
Pep throws the left hand but Harrell avoids the punch easily.
Harrell looks for the body kick but Pep saw that one coming.
Pep checks a low kick from Harrell.
Harrell slips a jab and a cross from Pep.
Pep moves out of range of the body kick.
Harrell throws a low kick, looking for Pep's leg but Pep calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pep shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harrell eats them both and turns towards Pep to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A big right from Pep misses.

Pep gets a clinch.

Harrell breaks the clinch.
Pep uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrell.
Harrell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harrell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harrell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pep gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pep manages to avoid it.
Harrell is looking to wear down Pep with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pep swings for the body but Harrell moves out of range.
Harrell looks for the body kick but Pep saw that one coming.
Harrell throws a chopping leg kick but Pep manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pep stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harrell.

Harrell tries to keep at a distance but Pep has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harrell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrell misses with the head strike.
Pep misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harrell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harrell throws a head kick that misses.
Harrell misses with a body kick.
Pep displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrell throws out the jab.
Pep moves away from the strike by Harrell.
Harrell scores with a leg kick.
Pep tries to clinch but Harrell is having none of it.

Pep fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrell, pushing him back against the cage.
Pep working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harrell.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pep creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pep.
Pep throws a head punch that misses.
Pep misses with the head strike.
Harrell lands with a right to the head.
Harrell blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pep throws a head punch that misses.
Harrell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pep misses with some punches.

Harrell breaks the clinch.
Harrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pep was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shelton Harrell dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pep slips a jab from Harrell.
Harrell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shelton Harrell is winning the standup battle so far.
Pep scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Pep instigates a clinch.
Harrell tries to throw a body punch but Pep avoids it by throwing Harrell back against the cage.
Pep misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pep lands a body shot.
Pep throws a head punch that misses.
Pep misses with a punch to the body.

Harrell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Pep throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pep looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harrell takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Pep takes the fight into the clinch.
Harrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Pep.
Harrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pep's elbow.
Harrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pep.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Harrell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid body kick from Harrell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pep moves out of range of the strikes.
Harrell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pep.
Pep's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harrell misses with a straight right.
Harrell stuns Pep with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pep fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pep takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pep throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harrell on the side of the head.
A clash of legs there as Pep blocks the low kick.
Harrell misses with a straight right.
Harrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pep was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrell.
Harrell throws a leg kick but Pep checks it.
Pep tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrell was well out of range. Poor timing from Pep.
Pep works Harrell's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pep lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Harrell misses.
Nice defenses there by Pep.
Pep avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pep lands a slapping body shot.
Harrell connects with a single shot there.
Pep slips a straight right by Harrell.

Pep has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pep tries a body shot but Harrell blocks it.
Pep misses with the head strike.
Harrell lands a shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harrell as Pep tries to tie him up.

Harrell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pep dodges the punch combination from Harrell.
Harrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pep avoids a kick to the body.
Harrell misses with a wild body shot.
Harrell misses with an uppercut.
Pep scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harrell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harrell wants to land a leg kick but Pep is out of range.
Harrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pep.
Pep lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harrell keeps the fight on the outside.
Pep takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pep fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harrell misses with a straight right.
Pep bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harrell swats away the attempt to clinch by Pep.
Pep jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pep works Harrell's body with a nice hook.
Pep thuds a left hand into Harrell's body.
Harrell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pep keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pep pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harrell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harrell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harrell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A combination from Harrell does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harrell misses with a body kick.
Harrell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pep lands a jab to the nose.
Pep swings for the body but Harrell moves out of range.
Harrell swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pep clinches up 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!
Pep throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harrell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pep lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harrell backwards.
Harrell wants to get back to striking at distance but Pep won't allow it.
Pep lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pep blocks an uppercut.
Harrell has a couple of punches blocked by Pep.
Pep working aggressively here.
Pep scores with a shoulder strike.
Pep is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pep lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Pep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pep tries to work over Harrell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harrell tries to break free but Pep pushes him back against the cage.
Pep misses with the head strike.

Harrell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frankie Pep 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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pep tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pep displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrell throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrell misses the target.
Pep tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pep tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harrell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrell throws a push kick but Pep slaps the foot to one side.
Harrell moves out of range as Pep strikes.
Harrell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrell scoring well with a low kick there.
Pep is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pep connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harrell's hands.

Pep gets a clinch.
Harrell blocking some punches.
Harrell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Harrell scores with a nice short uppercut.

Harrell manages to break the clinch.
Pep looks to land a combination but Harrell avoids it well.
Harrell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harrell walks into a jab.
Harrell scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pep scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harrell looks to land a right hand but Pep moved out of range.
Harrell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pep scores with a jab.
Harrell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Pep misses.
Pep tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harrell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pep ducks under a wild hook from Harrell.
Pep tries to clinch but Harrell is having none of it.
Harrell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Harrell gets tackled into the cage by Pep. Pep maintains the clinch.
Harrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Harrell manages to break the clinch.
Harrell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pep connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harrell scrambles back to his feet.
Pep scores with a sloppy right hand. Harrell should have avoided that one.
Nice uppercut lands for Harrell. That snapped Pep's head back.
Harrell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pep on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrell. Harrell obviously looking to wear him down.

Pep gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right hand to the body from Pep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrell lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pep is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Pep fails to land.
Harrell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pep tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pep fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pep is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harrell misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Pep.
A body shot lands from Harrell.
Pep swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Frankie Pep seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pep blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Harrell breaks the clinch.
Pep jabs Harrell right on the nose. Harrell blinks but takes it well.
Pep avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pep doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrell circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell throws a chopping leg kick but Pep manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pep moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harrell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pep looks to land a combination but Harrell avoids it well.
Harrell throws a body punch but Pep moves out of range.
Harrell misses with a straight left.
Pep wants to clinch up but Harrell keeps it at a distance.
Harrell wants to slow Pep down by chopping away at his legs.
Harrell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harrell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harrell misses with a low kick.
Harrell slips a straight right by Pep.
Pep connects with a crisp jab.
Harrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pep avoids the body shot from Harrell.
Pep displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harrell throws out the jab.

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

Harrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harrell swings for the body but Pep moves out of range.
Harrell lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrell lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pep tests Harrell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pep keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pep looks to land a combination but Harrell avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pep.
Pep scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pep lands a jab.
Pep lands with a nice body punch.
Harrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pep was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrell.
Pep stuns Harrell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That kick from Harrell tenderised Pep's leg. Pep is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pep tries to close the distance and clinch but Harrell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Pep there.
Pep throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harrell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrell misses with a low kick as Pep jumps back.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Harrell.
Harrell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pep lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrell circles away quickly and effectively.
Harrell misses with a two punch combination.

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 Shelton Harrell.
I think Harrell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shelton Harrell!
Shelton Harrell took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Firebird Designs for their support in the buildup to the fight.