PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colden Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myron Echoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Echoes has chosen 'Tractor Rape Chain' as his entrance music. Myron Echoes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harper
vs
Echoes

180 cm
25
188 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
20
192 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Colden Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Myron Echoes!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Echoes finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harper looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Echoes checks a low kick from Harper.
Echoes fails with the takedown.
Harper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Echoes.
Echoes slips under a jab.
Harper throws a head kick that misses.
Echoes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harper looks for the body kick but Echoes saw that one coming.
A low kick from Echoes is predictable there

and Harper counters by moving into the clinch.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Echoes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Echoes is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Echoes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Harper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Echoes up against the cage.
Echoes throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
Echoes trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
Echoes is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Echoes blocking some punches.
Echoes is working for takedown but Harper is calmly controlling the position for now.
Echoes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harper gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Colden Harper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myron Echoes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Echoes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Harper scores with a nice short uppercut.

Harper breaks the clinch.

Harper clinches up against the cage.

Harper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Echoes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harper sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Echoes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harper circles away quickly and effectively.
Echoes just misses with a punch to the body.
Echoes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harper avoids it really well and circles away.
Echoes shoots in for a takedown but Harper shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Echoes staying out of range there.
Echoes avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick from Echoes misses.

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Echoes in a clinch.
Echoes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Echoes blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Harper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Echoes avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Echoes.
Echoes wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Echoes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Echoes working hard to break the clinch.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harper lands a shoulder strike.
Echoes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Echoes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper slows down the pace here.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.

Harper pulls guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Harper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Echoes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Harper looking for a guillotine here but Echoes defends easily.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Echoes showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A looping hook to the body misses from Echoes. Harper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Echoes throws a poor cross that misses

and Harper counters by clinching up.
Echoes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Echoes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Echoes avoids a wild elbow strike from Harper.
Echoes is looking to control Harper's arms but Harper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Echoes has his back to the cage.
Echoes is trying to push Harper away but Harper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harper throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Echoes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Harper drags the fight down to the ground.
Echoes wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Echoes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Echoes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harper looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Echoes puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Harper actively working from the bottom here.
Harper wants to improve his position but Echoes is controlling well.

Echoes is trying to work for a kimura but Harper is defending well.
Echoes working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Harper's thigh. Harper counters though and makes it back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Echoes wants to pass the guard but Harper is keeping the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harper is on top in guard.
Harper advances to half guard.

Harper stands up from half guard.
A clash of legs there as Echoes blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to clinch there but Echoes circles away.
Echoes doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Harper counters by clinching up.
Harper tries a body shot but Echoes blocks it.

Harper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Harper rushes Echoes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Echoes avoids the damage to the body.
Harper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Echoes goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harper prevents it.
Echoes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harper misses with a punch on the inside.
Echoes takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper is stalling here.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Echoes.
Harper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Harper rushes Echoes and presses him up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harper.
Harper working aggressively here.
Harper looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Echoes wants a takedown but no success here.
Colden Harper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Myron Echoes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Echoes is defending well for now.
Echoes has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harper after a bit of a struggle.
Echoes misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colden Harper dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Harper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Echoes manages to avoid it.
Harper tries to clinch but Echoes moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harper. Echoes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Echoes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Harper checks it well.
Echoes misses with a body shot.
Echoes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Echoes thows a body shot but no joy.
Harper is looking to land body kicks.
Echoes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Echoes misses with a hook.
Harper tries to clinch but Echoes is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Echoes in a clinch.
Colden Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Echoes.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper has Echoes pressed against the cage, preventing Echoes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Echoes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Echoes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Echoes.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Harper manages to break the clinch.
Harper tries to clinch up.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Myron Echoes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colden Harper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper wants to clinch up but Echoes keeps it at a distance.
Harper tries to clinch up.
Echoes shoots in for a double leg but Harper sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Echoes swings widly with a right hand

and Harper decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Echoes's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Harper looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Echoes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harper is stalling in the full guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Colden Harper wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Echoes throws a good cross that connects.

Harper darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harper controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper trying to control from half guard but Echoes is working away.
Echoes wants to control but Harper is keeping busy.
Echoes trying to get back to full guard but Harper takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Echoes has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harper fails to take his opponent's back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colden Harper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harper has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colden Harper!
An out of breath Colden Harper thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.