PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty has chosen You can't stand me now as his entrance music. Raymond Harris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pete Doherty's chin.

Harris
vs
Doherty

175 cm
24
166 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

177 cm
22
160 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

MMA's Best Nutrition
Crippler's Corner

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Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Doherty gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doherty is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Doherty missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Doherty wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doherty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harris's head.
Doherty thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Harris to regain full guard.
Doherty working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Doherty postures up.
Harris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Doherty on the ground.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Doherty swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doherty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doherty moves away.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Doherty paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doherty misses with a straight right.
Doherty fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss

and Doherty counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Harris!
Harris working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Doherty throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Harris because Doherty loaded up on that one.
A nice elbow there by Doherty.

It looks like Raymond Harris has been cut.
Doherty fails to take his opponent's back.
Doherty tries to control but Harris wriggling away.
Harris holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Doherty tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty trying to control but Harris is having none of it.
Doherty thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Doherty looking for a guillotine from mount but Harris is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Doherty with the ground and pound from mount.
Doherty can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Harris is looking to escape.
Harris trying desperately to get to his feet.
Doherty tries to control but Harris wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Doherty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris looks to clinch
and Doherty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris looks to clinch
and Doherty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Doherty shoots for a takedown but Harris saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harris misses with a combination
and Doherty counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris tries to clinch but Doherty moves away
and Doherty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doherty moves away.
Harris wants to clinch but Doherty slips to the side
and Doherty counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Harris.

Harris darts in and clinches Doherty up against the cage.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris scores with a knee to the head.
Doherty is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doherty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Doherty avoids the damage to the body.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doherty.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Doherty is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Doherty's takedown attempt.
Harris prevents Doherty from breaking the clinch.
Doherty is working for takedown but Harris is calmly controlling the position for now.
Raymond Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pete Doherty.

Doherty breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris tries to clinch up
and Doherty counters with a left and a right that stings Harris.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris defending well as Doherty loads up on a big left hand.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Doherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Doherty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris darts in trying to clinch

and Doherty counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harris's guard now.
Doherty throws a big right hand that misses.
Doherty passes Harris's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Doherty not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Harris is staying active underneath Doherty, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Doherty has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Doherty is stalling here but it's allowed Harris to get half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty trying to control from Harris's half guard. Harris has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Doherty is having none of it.
Doherty looking to pass the guard.
Doherty has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Doherty throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Harris has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Harris decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Doherty, up you get!
A combination from Harris does no damage.
Doherty looks for a takedown but Harris sprawls well.
Raymond Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris tries to clinch

and Doherty counters with a takedown into side control.
Doherty wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Harris tries to buck Doherty off but Doherty is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Doherty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raymond Harris's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Harris tries to clinch up
and Doherty counters with a stiff right hand.
Doherty slips a jab and a cross from Harris.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Doherty shoots in looking for a takedown. Harris tries to sprawl out of it but Doherty keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harris darts in trying to clinch
and Doherty counters with a series of strikes. Harris will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doherty misses the shot to the body.
Doherty misses the jab.

Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Doherty takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Doherty's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Doherty changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Harris fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Doherty fails with a takedown attempt.
Raymond Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pete Doherty.
Harris tries to clinch but Doherty moves away
and Doherty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Doherty circles away from the clinch attempt
and Doherty counters with a nice uppercut.
Doherty throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.

Doherty closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Doherty is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Harris sees it coming and defends easily.
Doherty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Doherty slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Doherty is working for an americana but Harris has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Doherty was thinking about the submission.
Dohertyis looking to pass into half guard but Harris pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Harris is in guard.
Doherty wants to sweep here but Harris controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to control from the top but Doherty keeps moving.
Doherty can't keep his opponent in guard - Harris advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Harris is thwarting Doherty's attempts to control the position.

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.
Doherty manages to get to full guard.

Doherty is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Doherty has his foot on Harris's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harris works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Raymond Harris did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Raymond Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Harris wants to clinch
and Doherty counters with a left to the body.
Harris closes the distance but Doherty moves to the side
and Doherty counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Doherty takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Doherty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.

Harris gets a clinch.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doherty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Doherty is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doherty avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Doherty.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Doherty avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Doherty is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty tries to pull guard but Harris holds him up against the cage and eventually Doherty drops back down to his feet.
Doherty managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Doherty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Doherty lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doherty tries to score a body lock takedown but Harris shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Doherty managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doherty.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doherty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Doherty turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Doherty manages to end up in side control.
Doherty wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Harris is trying to escape the position but Doherty is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Harris dodges the ground and pound from Doherty.
Doherty tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Doherty is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Doherty's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Doherty.
Doherty looks up at the clock and then as Harris takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Doherty smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Doherty throws a strike aimed at the side of Harris's head but Harris avoids it well.

Doherty wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Harris, who protects the arm well.

Doherty is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Harris has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harris is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Doherty has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Harris is trying to control Doherty's posture but Doherty avoids it.
Harris avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Doherty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Doherty dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Raymond Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Harris misses with a combination

so Doherty counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harris keeping full guard, as Doherty tries to pass.
Doherty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Doherty trying to move into half guard but instead Harris has managed to sweep!
Doherty is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Doherty thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty wants to free his trapped foot but Harris is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Doherty working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Harris's thigh. Harris counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Doherty from controlling successfully.
Harris is pulling down on Doherty's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Harris working a defensive guard here.
Doherty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Doherty waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Harris.
Raymond Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice cross by Doherty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris looks to clinch

and Doherty counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harris's guard now.
Doherty stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Doherty throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Raymond Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doherty wants to control the position but Harris says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Doherty is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doherty trying to control here.
Harris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Doherty moves into full guard.
Harris slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Doherty tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Doherty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Doherty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Pete Doherty!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Pete Doherty!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Pete Doherty!

Pete Doherty wins by unanimous decision!