PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Oliver Radcliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Radcliff comes to the cage accompanied by Fatal - Kick me down. Hari is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by King Drum. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Radcliff
vs
Hari

183 cm
28
285 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

193 cm
23
264 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Radcliff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Hari!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Radcliff has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Holding Cell in the buildup to the fight.
Radcliff checks a leg kick.
Good work by Radcliff as he checks the leg kick.
Radcliff misses with a wild body shot.
Radcliff throws a right and a left that Hari avoids nicely.
Hari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hari looks for the body kick but Radcliff saw that one coming.
Radcliff was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hari has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The fighters circling - Hari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hari throws a low kick but Radcliff avoids it.

Radcliff clinches.
Radcliff unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radcliff misses with an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Hari.
Radcliff blocks an uppercut.
Radcliff using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Radcliff landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hari looks winded!
Radcliff tries to land knees in the clinch but Hari avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff missing with knees to the body.
Hari avoiding damage as Radcliff throws knees to the body.
Radcliff avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
Hari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Radcliff throws an elbow but it misses.

Hari breaks the clinch.
Hari throws a right and a left that Radcliff avoids nicely.
Radcliff misses with a left hand
and Radcliff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Radcliff throws a shot from downtown. Hari moves away and avoids it.
Hari swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hari takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hari takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hari throws a jab when Radcliff was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff throws out a loose jab but Hari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hari appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Radcliff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Radcliff throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Radcliff connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Radcliff misses the jab.
Hari throws out a counter right but Radcliff avoids it with no problem.
Hari moves out of range of the body kick from Radcliff.
Hari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hari moves out of range as Radcliff strikes.
Hari takes a swing at Radcliff's ribcage but misses.
Hari throws a leg kick which misses Radcliff's front leg but catches the back leg as Radcliff tries to avoid it.
Hari fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Radcliff closes the distance but Hari moves to the side
and Hari counters with a stiff right hand.
Radcliff moves in looking to clinch but Hari pushes him off.
A shot to the liver by Hari. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff thows a leg kick but Hari checks it
and Hari counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hari misses with a head kick.
Radcliff takes a swing at Hari's ribcage but misses.
Radcliff takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hari throws a wild body kick that Radcliff sees coming a mile off.
Radcliff moves out of range of the strikes.
Radcliff connects with a nice looking jab.
Hari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Radcliff.
Radcliff fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hari just manages to avoid it.
Radcliff uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hari.
Radcliff throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Hari on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Radcliff ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Radcliff.
Jab by Radcliff.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari thows a leg kick but Radcliff checks it
and Radcliff counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hari throws a jab when Radcliff was well out of range.
Radcliff lands a right hook to the body.
Hari closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Radcliff lunges at Hari with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hari's hand.

Radcliff clinches with his opponent.
Hari has had enough of the clinch but Radcliff keeps him there for the moment.
Hari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Radcliff lands an elbow inside that Hari shrugs off.
Hari tries to land a knee to the head but Radcliff blocks with his arms.
Radcliff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Hari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hari scores with a push kick.
Radcliff moves out of range as Hari strikes.
Hari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Oliver Radcliff will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hari throws a big shot that misses.
Hari misses with a kick to the body.
Hari swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Radcliff.
Radcliff on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hari misses the shot to the body.
Radcliff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harold Hari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Radcliff on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hari checks a low kick from Radcliff.
Radcliff tries to clinch but Hari moves away
and Radcliff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Radcliff avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radcliff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hari swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hari thinks about the counter body kick.
Radcliff swings for the body but Hari moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Radcliff scores with a four punch combination!
Radcliff looks to land a left hand but Hari moved out of range nicely.
Hari is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Radcliff with a body shot.
Radcliff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hari moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radcliff punishes Hari's body with a nice straight punch.
Hari looks to score with a jab to the body but Radcliff is just out of range.
It appears Radcliff was looking to counter with a kick there.
Radcliff takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Radcliff throws an off balance right hand
and Hari counters with a good low kick that Radcliff was not able to check.
Hari comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hari throws a leg kick but Radcliff sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hari throws a leg kick but Radcliff sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Radcliff was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hari.
No joy there for Hari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Radcliff wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Radcliff tries to clinch but Hari is having none of it.
A good leg kick by Hari.
Radcliff tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Radcliff looks to score with a jab to the body but Hari is just out of range.
Radcliff looks to land a left hand but Hari moved out of range nicely.
Hari throws a low kick but Radcliff moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hari lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hari scores with a hook.
Radcliff on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hari moves out of range as Radcliff throws a body kick.
Radcliff misses with a body shot
and Hari counters with an outside leg kick.
Good work by Radcliff as he checks the leg kick.
Hari throws a head kick that half lands.
Hari thumps Radcliff with a low kick.
Hari misses with a few strikes there.
Radcliff swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hari wants to land a leg kick but Radcliff is out of range.
Hari misses with a looping right.
Hari looks to land a left hand but Radcliff moved out of range nicely.
Hari takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hari misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Radcliff on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hari manages to avoid it.
Hari moves out of range of the body kick.
Radcliff lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hari looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Radcliff tries to counter by clinching up but Hari breaks away and moves out of range.
Radcliff avoids a kick to the body.
Radcliff throws a head kick but Hari moves out of range.
Hari misses with a straight right.
Radcliff throws a quick counter kick to the body but Hari avoids it.
Hari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Radcliff lands with a nice body kick.
Radcliff avoids a kick to the body.
Radcliff blocks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hari.
Hari throws a front kick aimed at Radcliff's knee but Radcliff avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radcliff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Radcliff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hari.
A head kick from Hari lands but Radcliff takes it in his stride.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Radcliff lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hari has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hari and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A little jabbing left from Hari on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Radcliff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hari misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Radcliff on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Radcliff.
A looping hook to the body misses from Radcliff. Hari does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Radcliff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hari misses the shot to the body.
Radcliff lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hari will feel that in the morning.
Hari throws out a loose jab but Radcliff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hari misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Hari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Radcliff lands a body shot.
Radcliff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Radcliff quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
No joy there for Radcliff, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hari misses with a body kick.
Radcliff explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Radcliff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hari lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jab by Radcliff.
Hari throws a body kick that misses
and Radcliff makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hari gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Radcliff counters with a stiff right hand.

Radcliff closes the distance and clinches.
Radcliff lands an elbow inside that Hari shrugs off.

Hari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Radcliff chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Radcliff scores with a leg kick.
Radcliff defending well as Hari loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari throws a low kick but Radcliff moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Hari. That snapped Radcliff's head back.
Hari misses with a lunging right hand
and Radcliff counters with a stiff right hand.
Hari misses with a body shot.

Radcliff closes the distance and pushes Hari back into the cage.
Radcliff has Hari pressed against the cage.
Radcliff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Harold Hari has been cut.
Radcliff using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Radcliff lands a hook that snaps the head of Hari backwards.

Hari is rocked!
Radcliff pushes Hari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hari is still on wobbly legs! Can Radcliff finish him?
Radcliff pushes Hari back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Radcliff unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Radcliff lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hari.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Radcliff cracks Hari with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Hari goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Hari wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Oliver Radcliff!
In his post fight interview, Oliver Radcliff started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Harold Hari spoke after the fight, saying 'you are an ANIMAL !! congratulations'.