PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jackson's choice of entrance music: Ace Hood - Get em. Travis Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Jackson

175 cm
23
166 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

167 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Clothing

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raymond Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jackson.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Jackson scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like Raymond Harris has been cut.
Jackson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A right-left combo lands from Harris.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris which made him look bad.
Raymond Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Jackson.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Jackson misses with a shot to the body

and Harris counters by moving into the clinch.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Jackson looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Harris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harris prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Jackson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harris is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jackson wants a takedown but no success here.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jackson drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson wants to improve his position but instead Harris has moved into half guard.
Jackson trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Harris manages to pass to mount!
Jackson tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jackson gets back to half guard.
Harris content to control rather than advance.
Jackson strikes from the bottom but Harris passes into mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jackson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Harris controlling the pace for now.
Jackson can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Harris's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Harris wants to clinch.
Jackson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a series of strikes. Jackson will be more careful next time no doubt.

It looks like Travis Jackson has been cut.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Harris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harris displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

Harris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackson, pushing him back against the cage.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Harris scores a nice knee to the body.
Harris lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jackson.
Raymond Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Jackson.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Harris has double underhooks.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson looking for a takedown.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Harris is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jackson 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.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Harris managing to control the position.
Jackson trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jackson trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Harris counters by moving into the clinch.
Jackson is trying to break free.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Jackson's takedown attempt.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raymond Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Harris.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Harris dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Harris moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Raymond Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Harris forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson tries to pull guard but Harris won't allow it.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Jackson's takedown attempt.
Harris stops a takedown attempt from Jackson.
Raymond Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Jackson.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Jackson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Jackson's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris prevents a takedown attempt there.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Jackson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harris with a knee to the head.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Harris pulls his leg out and moves away.

Jackson tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jackson tries for a takedown but Harris manages to get underhooks.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson wants a takedown but no success here.
Jackson tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Raymond Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries for a takedown but Harris manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Harris.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harris gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Harris stops a takedown attempt from Jackson.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jackson has Harris pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harris manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harris gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris scores a nice knee to the body.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jackson's face.
Jackson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harris lands a knee to the body.
Jackson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harris gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Travis Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jackson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris prevents a takedown attempt there.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Harris has double underhooks.
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harris, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Raymond Harris!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Raymond Harris!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Raymond Harris!

Raymond Harris wins by unanimous decision!