PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rami Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronin Mori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes into the arena with Musta Barbaari - Salil eka salil vika blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harris
vs
Mori

180 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

168 cm
25
157 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rami Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronin Mori!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mori has time to react.
We've been told by Harris's head coaches at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mori takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mori is looking to score with low kicks.
Mori uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mori has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mori there as he acknowledges the shot.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Mori throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Mori only half commits.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Mori saw that one coming.
Mori scores with a spinning back kick!
Harris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harris, right into the meat.
Mori misses with a looping right.
Harris changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Harris.
Mori lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Mori comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good work by Mori as he checks the leg kick.
Harris scores with the left hand. Mori knows he should have avoided that one.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mori was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Mori was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harris is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick.
Mori scores with a hook.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mori.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mori throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Harris fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mori is out of range.
Harris is looking to chop away at Mori's legs.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Harris attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mori misses with an attempted mid kick.
Harris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harris works the jab nicely.
Harris throws a right hand that Mori ducks under and follows up with a left that Mori also avoids with ease.
Mori comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mori dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Mori.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
Mori throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mori just manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Mori.
Harris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mori throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mori has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mori throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mori does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mori finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris cracks the inside of Mori's front leg.
Mori takes one to the side of the head.
Mori looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Mori swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mori lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mori lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mori lands a jab.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Mori moves away and avoids it.
Good leg kick by Mori there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mori finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mori scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronin Mori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mori connects with a nice looking jab.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big right from Harris misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mori.
Mori is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Mori throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harris.
Mori taking a breather.
Mori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Mori is looking to control Harris's arms but Harris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mori has his back to the cage.
Harris is looking to control Mori's arms but Mori gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the cage.
Mori throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Mori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mori taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Mori.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mori blocking some punches.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mori managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Mori makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mori breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mori.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mori walks into a stiff left hand from Harris.
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mori lands with a kick to the ribs.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris throws a low kick but Mori moves out of range easily.
Harris is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mori moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mori.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mori.
Mori misses with a straight left.
Harris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ronin Mori will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mori. That did some damage!
Mori throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mori looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mori fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mori throws an off balance right hand

and Harris moves into the clinch.
Mori throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Mori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mori tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Mori back against the cage.
Mori swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mori throws a head punch that misses.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Moris head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mori scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mori.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mori just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mori has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Mori working aggressively here.
Rami Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Mori controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Mori scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mori is looking to chop away at Harris's legs.
Mori turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mori scores with a jab to the head.
Mori misses with a hook.
Harris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A slow jab from Mori misses its intended target.
Ronin Mori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mori connects with a looping right hand.
Mori tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mori slips under a jab from Harris.
Mori takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris misses with a straight left.
Harris swings for the body but Mori moves out of range.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Mori's front leg but catches the back leg as Mori tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Mori bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris dips to his left and cracks Mori with an uppercut!
Harris throws a hook but Mori blocks it.
Mori lands with a nice body kick.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mori's head.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick.
Harris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harris slips a jab from Mori.
A jab from Harris misses.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mori.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Mori keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Mori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mori attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mori misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mori.
Mori throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mori fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris moves away from the strike by Mori.
Mori feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mori moves out of range of the leg kick from Harris.
Mori attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mori misses the shot to the body.
Mori throws a chopping leg kick but Harris manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mori misses with a body kick.
Mori scoring well with a low kick there.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mori was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mori. Mori obviously looking to wear him down.
Mori tries to score with a low kick but Harris moves his leg out of the way.
Harris throws a shot to the body.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mori paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mori.
Harris wants to slow Mori down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mori throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harris lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mori at a distance.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mori manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mori on the side of the head.
Harris walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mori checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mori throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harris counters with a good low kick that Mori was not able to check.
Mori lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Mori lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mori misses with a wild body shot.
Harris lands a nice shot that snaps Mori's head back.
Mori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mori turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mori misses with a looping right.
Mori connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harris. Harris circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mori lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Mori takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ronin Mori will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Mori.
Mori's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Mori throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mori ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris misses with a hook. Mori ducked under it nicely.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mori misses with a body kick.
Harris slips under a jab.
Mori throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mori ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Mori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mori will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris throws a head kick but Mori moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mori looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris connects with a right hand. Mori shakes it off.
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mori explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Mori does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Harris is looking to chop away at Mori's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mori throws a wild body kick that Harris sees coming a mile off.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Mori.
Mori feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Harris moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mori.
Harris tried to counter with a leg kick but Mori avoided it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Mori. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Mori misses the shot to the body.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mori.
Mori misses with a low kick.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mori.
A big right from Harris misses.
Mori turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mori chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Mori off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mori tries a head kick but it misses.
Mori blocks a jab.
Harris wants to land a leg kick but Mori is out of range.
Mori lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rami Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ronin Mori is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harris.
Harris misses with a hook.
Mori misses with a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mori.
Mori swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Mori.
Mori misses with a straight left.
Harris avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mori.
Mori misses with a head kick.
Mori connects with a high kick.
Mori throws a hook but Harris blocks it.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris throws out a leg kick but Mori moves out of range and Harris only half commits.
Mori slips a jab from Harris.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mori.
Mori buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body punch but Mori moves out of range.
Harris staying out of range there.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mori connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mori.
Mori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Mori is out of range.
Harris lands a jab to the nose.
Mori lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Mori moves away from the strike by Harris.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mori.
Mori ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
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?
Mori feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mori connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mori. That's going to slow Harris down.
Mori throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mori connects with a leg kick. Harris looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mori stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mori's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harris connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mori scrambles back to his feet.
Harris moves out of range as Mori throws a body kick.
Jab from Harris.
Mori throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Mori moves out of range of the strikes.
Mori feints a counter leg kick.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mori.
Mori lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harris will feel that in the morning.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Harris there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mori throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Harris looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Harris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mori thumps Harris with a low kick.
Mori takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronin Mori comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mori winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronin Mori!
Ronin Mori seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.