PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruarc Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Dozer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Dozer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Dozer

194 cm
24
218 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

189 cm
23
218 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ruarc Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Dozer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harris takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.

Harris pulls guard.
Harris has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dozer has passed into side control.
Harris defending against the ground and pound.
Harris looking for a sweep but Dozer has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Dozer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dozer controlling from mount.
Harris tries to reverse the position but Dozer maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dozer controlling the pace for now.
Dozer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dozer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dozer landing punches.
Dozer controlling the position easily from mount.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Dozer working his ground and pound in the gym.
Harris is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dozer looking to control but Harris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harris wants to control but Dozer is having none of it.

Dozer moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Harris has worked his arm free - good work by Harris!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dozer working away.

Dozer tries for a kimura but Harris is defending well.
Harris tries to bench press Dozer off him but Dozer keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Harris's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harris tries to buck Dozer off but Dozer is having none of it.
Dozer trying to control the position but Harris is working away.
Harris is letting Dozer control him for a moment.
A control attempt from Harris but he's now mounted!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dozer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Dozer is working for a guillotine from mount but Harris frees his head quite easily.
Dozer controlling from the full mount.
Harris is squirming around, avoiding Dozer's attempts to control the action.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Dozer looking for a guillotine from mount but Harris is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dozer dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Harris has managed to clinch.
Dozer stalling in the clinch but Harris improves position.
Dozer tries to stall but Harris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dozer is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Harris has denied him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dozer.
Dozer can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Dozer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Ruarc Harris has been cut.
Harris goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dozer prevents it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dozer as Harris tries to tie him up.
Dozer gets underhooks to prevent Harris's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dozer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruarc Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dozer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris is trying to stall.
Dozer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dozer tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Dozer back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dozer.
Dozer lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Harris's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harris wants to take the fight to the mat but Dozer manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Dozer prevents a takedown attempt there.
Harris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dozer up against the cage.
Harris prevents a body shot from Dozer.
Dozer trying to control the position but instead, Harris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dozer into the cage.
Harris tries for a takedown but Dozer manages to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Dozer fails to land.
Dozer tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dozer misses with a body punch.
Harris is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dozer to keep the fight standing.
Dozer cracks Harris with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dozer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Dozer gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.

Harris pulls guard.
Harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Harris throws his legs up looking for a submission but Dozer uses it to pass to side control.
Dozer connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harris some visible discomfort.
Harris is trying to work for a sweep but Dozer has mounted him!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris wants to hold on but Dozer pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dozer can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Harris is looking to escape.
Harris is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dozer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dozer with good strikes from the mount here!
Dozer prevents Harris from getting the reversal.
Dozer tries to control but Harris wriggling away.
Harris tries to hold on but Dozer postures up.
Dozer with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dozer avoids the attempt from Harris to control.
Dozer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Dozer looking to secure an arm triangle but Harris defends it well.
Dozer looking to control but Harris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dozer has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Harris's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Dozer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ruarc Harris's cut.
That's time! Harris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Harris tries for a takedown but Dozer circles away easily

and Dozer counters with a right hand that sends Harris tumbling to the canvas! Can Dozer finish him? He dives into Harris's guard looking to do just that!

Harris is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Harris working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Dozer has passed into half guard!
Still in half guard, Dozer seems content to control.
Dozer moves into full mount! Harris won't be happy about that!
Harris really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harris is working hard here to advance position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dozer is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Harris is surviving well by controlling Dozer's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dozer tries to control but Harris wriggling away.
Dozer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harris working to try and regain half guard.

Dozer looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dozer raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dozer looking to control but Harris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harris tries to reverse the position but Dozer maintains control.

Dozer working for a guillotine from mount but Harris is in no mood to give up.
Dozer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is working to get back to half guard.
Dozer avoids the attempt from Harris to control.
Harris in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dozer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dozer looking to control but Harris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Dozer working for a submission but Harris is keeping him at bay.
Harris is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dozer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ruarc Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Harris manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Harris wants to improve his position but Dozer is controlling well.
Dozer is figuring out what he wants to do next.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Dozer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dozer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Dozer!
After winning the bout, Frank Dozer thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Ruarc Harris stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lost this match because i had a injured heart you see someone ran over my dog earlier today. If it where not for that i would have kicked this guys ass.'.