PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rami Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and German Shephard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Jedi Theme Music. Shephard has chosen K9 Justice as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as German Shephard enters the cage!

Harris
vs
Shephard

180 cm
28
175 lbs
9 - 7 - 1

180 cm
30
182 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Machine
Conquer

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 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rami Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, German Shephard!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shephard misses with a body kick.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
Shephard throws a right hand that misses
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Shephard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Shephard is predictable there
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shephard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shephard.
Shephard digs a good hook to Harris's body.
Shephard throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shephard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It appears Harris was looking to counter with a kick there.
The crowd cheers as Shephard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harris doesn't seem phased though.
Shephard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shephard misses with the body kick
and Harris counters with a one-two to the body.
Shephard finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shephard tries to land a leg kick but Harris saw it coming and moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shephard. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Harris was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Shephard.
Harris takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shephard lands a right hook to the body.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shephard.
Shephard scores with a head kick. Harris tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Shephard looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shephard misses with a kick to the body
and Shephard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shephard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris throws a quick counter head kick but Shephard was just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shephard just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Shephard manages to avoid it.
Shephard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shephard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Shephard thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Shephard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris throws a quick counter head kick but Shephard was just out of range.
Shephard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
Harris throws a quick counter head kick but Shephard was just out of range.
Shephard jabs Harris to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shephard throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris thinks about countering with a head kick.
Harris blocks a head kick by Shephard.
Harris is looking for a counter combo.
Shephard misses the body punch
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Shephard misses with a low kick.
Harris lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Shephard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shephard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Shephard.
Shephard lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harris will feel that in the morning.
Shephard throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris throws a counter high kick but Shephard was just alert enough to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shephard connects with a right hand. Harris shakes it off.
Shephard throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Harris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris avoids the head kick by Shephard.
Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harris tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Shephard manages to circle out of the way.
Shephard throws a shot to the body.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shephard throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shephard throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

German Shephard dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Shephard looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shephard jabs Harris to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shephard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shephard throws a leg kick but Harris checks it.
Shephard throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
German Shephard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Shephard misses
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Shephard tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shephard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris thinks about countering with a body kick.
Harris keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shephard scores with a nice head shot.
Shephard lands with a good body shot.
Shephard scores with a spinning back kick!
Harris checks a low kick from Shephard.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Shephard with a jab.
Shephard just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Shephard tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris throws a quick counter head kick but Shephard was just out of range.
Shephard throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris avoids a kick to the body.
German Shephard seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shephard swings widly with a right hand
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Shephard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shephard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shephard.
Shephard just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarris.
Shephard tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
A lazy body kick from Shephard
and Harris counters with a thumping low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shephard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shephard misses with a leg kick
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shephard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Shephard manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Harris thinks about countering with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shephard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shephard misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shephard thinking.
Shephard cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
Shephard throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shephard. That's going to slow Harris down.
Shephard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shephard misses the body punch
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris avoids a kick to the body.
As Shephard looks to move away, Harris throws a big counter combo but Shephard just gets out of the way.
Shephard swings away with a body shot that misses

and Harris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shephard breaks the clinch.
Shephard misses with a body punch
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shephard throws a leg kick but Harris checks it.
Shephard looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
Nice jab there from Shephard.
A low kick from Shephard is predictable there
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shephard misses with a body shot
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shephard throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shephard misses with a lunging right hand
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shephard throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

German Shephard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Shephard tries to score with a low kick but Harris moves his leg out of the way.
Harris appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've been told by Harris's head coaches at Extreme Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Shephard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shephard misses with a low kick.
Shephard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Harris lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shephard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shephard connects with a crisp jab.
Shephard fakes the leg kick and cracks Harris in the body.
Shephard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shephard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Shephard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shephard throws a head kick that misses.
Shephard throws a right hand that misses
and Harris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shephard looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shephard.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shephard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It appears Harris was looking to counter with a kick there.
Shephard misses with a body shot.
Shephard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shephard throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Rami Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Shephard misses.
Shephard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Shephard.
Shephard throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shephard tried to score with a low kick but Harris checks it.
Shephard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shephard staying out of range there.
A low kick from Shephard is predictable there
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Shephard misses with a hook to the body
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shephard thows a leg kick but Harris checks it
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shephard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shephard lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Shephard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shephard connects with a right hand. Harris shakes it off.
A low kick from Shephard misses
and Shephard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shephard looks to throw a body kick
and Harris counters with a three punch combo that has Shephard backing up. Shephard nods at Harris to acknowledge the strikes.
Shephard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shephard.
An inside leg kick lands from Shephard.
Harris connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shephard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shephard.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Harris avoids the body shot from Shephard.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Shephard throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Shephard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harris's head.
Shephard throws a sloppy head kick
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shephard just misses with a punch to the body.
Shephard is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
Shephard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
It looked like Harris was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Shephard.

And that's the end of the fight!
German Shephard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Shephard 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... German Shephard!
After winning the bout, German Shephard thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Rami Harris was interviewed post fight and said 'May the force be with you!'.