PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Chadderton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raven Harris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Chadderton

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chadderton shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Chadderton is taking a breather. Harris says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Chadderton is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chad Chadderton has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Harris feints a jab promting Chadderton to slip. Harris then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chadderton slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Chad Chadderton has been cut.
Raven Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Chadderton gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Harris tries to break free but Chadderton pushes him back against the cage.
Chadderton using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Chadderton is controlling him.
Chadderton is trying to drag Harris to the mat but Harris just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Chadderton is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to break free but Chadderton has control.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Chadderton is controlling him.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Chadderton has the dominant position.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Chadderton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
Harris just leaning against Chadderton, taking a breather.
Chadderton prevents a body shot from Harris.
Harris tries to break free but Chadderton pushes him back against the cage.

Harris is fighting off a takedown attempt but Chadderton is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Harris to the mat. Harris regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chadderton sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chadderton wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Chad Chadderton hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a head kick by Chadderton.

Harris clinches.
Harris gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chadderton.
Raven Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Chadderton.
Harris tries to circle away but Chadderton has him pinned against the cage.
Chadderton wants to take the fight to the mat but Harris manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Harris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chadderton has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chadderton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chad Chadderton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chad Chadderton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Chadderton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Harris rushes Chadderton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Chadderton keeps him there for the moment.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chadderton is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Chadderton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chadderton pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chadderton jumps guard but Harris stands there with Chadderton around his waist. Chadderton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harris wants to break free but Chadderton has control.
Chadderton misses with a body punch.
Chadderton tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Chadderton.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Chadderton has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Chadderton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Harris forces Chadderton back against the cage and clinches.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Chadderton has him pressed against the cage.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Raven Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chadderton controlling the action here for a moment.
Chadderton misses with a punch to the body.
Harris tries to circle away but Chadderton has him pinned against the cage.
Chadderton is working for takedown but Harris is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Chadderton is controlling him.
Harris trying to stall but Chadderton improves his position.
Chadderton looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Chadderton has the dominant position.
Chadderton lands an elbow inside.
Harris taking a breather.
Chadderton lands a shot to the body.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chadderton keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harris's efforts to push away.
Good body shot from Harris.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chadderton backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chadderton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Chadderton keeps him there for the moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chadderton as Harris tries to tie him up.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.
Raven Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Chadderton.
Chadderton prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Raven Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chadderton is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chadderton misses with an elbow strike.
Harris prevents a body shot from Chadderton.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chadderton backs up against the cage.

Chadderton is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harris clinches up with Chadderton and pushes him back against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Chadderton is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris misses with a low kick as Chadderton jumps back.
Harris rushes Chadderton with punches - Chadderton moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Chadderton goes down! Harris follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raven Harris!