PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chase Rouch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rouch might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Can I. Ron Harris has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Rouch
vs
Harris

190 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chase Rouch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ron Harris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Rouch blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris throws a low kick but Rouch avoids it.
Harris misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rouch avoids the head kick by Harris.
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris's coach down at MMA Gods - 16 Elites! + Roger Gracie was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Harris's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ron Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Rouch clinches up against the cage.
Rouch is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rouch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rouch throws an elbow but it misses.
Rouch crunches a lovely knee into Harris's ribcage.
Rouch lands a good knee to the midsection. Harris won't want to take too many of those.
Harris looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ron Harris has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rouch lands a damaging elbow.
Rouch misses with an elbow over the top.
Rouch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rouch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rouch misses with a knee strike.
Rouch looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Rouch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rouch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Ron Harris's cut even more.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rouch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Rouch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rouch lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Ron Harris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Harris tries to pull guard but Rouch won't allow it.
Rouch missing with knees to the body.
Rouch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rouch throws an elbow that misses.
Rouch lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.

Ron Harris's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Rouch.
Rouch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Rouch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Rouch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ron Harris's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Chase Rouch!
A victorious Chase Rouch thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.