PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Harter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harter has chosen Stevie Ray Vaughan "Rude Mood" as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ron Kane has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ron Kane seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Kane
vs
Harter

200 cm
34
250 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

196 cm
36
275 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logan Harter!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kane thuds a left hand into Harter's body.
Kane throws a nice head kick!
Kane slips under a jab.
Kane misses with a looping left.
Kane delivers a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kane lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Harter scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kane manages to work his way to half guard, despite Harter's best efforts.
Kane moves into full guard.
Kane controls Harter momentarily but Harter frees himself.
Kane manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane wants to control the pace but Harter is squirming around nicely.
Kane prevents Harter from getting the reversal.
Harter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kane can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Harter is looking to escape.
Harter can't escape the position.
Kane punching from mount but Harter doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane wants to control the pace but Harter is squirming around nicely.
Kane looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Harter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kane throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Harter tries to hold on but Kane pushes him away.
Harter tries to buck Kane off but he can't manage it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Harter really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane throwing strikes here but Harter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kane looking to control but Harter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harter is looking to improve his position but Kane isn't that keen on the idea.
Harter tries to buck Kane off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kane thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Harter is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane wants to control the pace but Harter is squirming around nicely.
Kane connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kane cracks Harter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kane cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Harter is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kane thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kane throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kane postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harter looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Kane dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Kane cracks Harter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kane throws a hook but Harter blocks it.
Kane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harter.
Kane ducks under a wild hook from Harter.
Harter dives in for a single leg takedown but Kane sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harter has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kane avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Harter is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kane gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ron Kane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Logan Harter.

Harter has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kane is trying to keep an underhook but Harter manages to get the takedown into half guard.
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!
Kane tries to get to full guard but Harter has control of the leg.
Harter is trying to control. Kane wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kane trying to hold on to Harter's head to control him but Harter postures up.
Ron Kane overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kane is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Logan Harter hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Kane thuds a left hand into Harter's body.
Kane takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ron Kane is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harter is defended easily by Kane.
Harter throws a hook but Kane blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kane digs a good hook to Harter's body.
Harter avoids the head kick by Kane.
Kane throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ron Kane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Harter closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kane did well to prevent Harter getting side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harter looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kane wants to control but Harter passes into side.
Harter is looking to take a break and control but Kane is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kane here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Kane's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kane is looking to regain half guard here but Harter keeps moving and retains side control.
Harter throws an elbow but Kane slips to the side and avoids it well.
Harter content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Kane manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harter gets back to full guard.
Harter is looking to stand back up but Kane counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Harter.
Kane throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kane sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harter defending well though.
Kane sitting and controlling from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kane stops Harter from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Logan Harter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Harter blocks a head kick by Kane.
Kane scores with a nice head shot.
Harter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harter throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Kane.
Kane lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harter moves away.
Kane swings for the body but Harter moves out of range.
Kane misses with a series of wild punches.
Kane tries a head kick but it misses.
Kane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harter scores with a nice head shot.
Harter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kane scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harter avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kane misses with a hook. Harter ducked under it nicely.
Kane looks to throw the jab but Harter is out of range.
Kane scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kane throws a sloppy head kick and Harter moves out of range easily.
Harter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harter looks to land a left hand but Kane moved out of range nicely.
Kane digs a good body shot into Harter's ribs.
Harter cracks Kane with a good jab.

Harter closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Kane's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harter throwing strikes from guard but Kane blocks nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harter content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harter stopping the sweep attempt from Kane.
Harter is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Logan Harter has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Kane scores with a hook.
Kane avoids the body shot from Harter.
Kane throws a leg kick that misses.
Harter avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kane catches Harter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harter 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.
A slow jab from Kane misses its intended target.
Harter lands an overhand right.

It looks like Ron Kane has been cut.
Harter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Kane misses.
Kane misses with a head kick.
Harter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kane.
Kane lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harter at a distance.
Kane misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kane lands the left hand.
Kane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A left lands for Harter.
Kane throws a solid leg kick but Harter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kane.
Kane throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Harter misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Kane.
Harter thows a body shot but no joy.
Kane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Kane showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kane 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Kane!
Ron Kane took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, KO Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.