PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorri Laporte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorri Laporte has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Laporte
vs
Harper

178 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorri Laporte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Harper!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper looks to land a left hand but Laporte moved out of range nicely.
Harper throws the left hand but Laporte avoids the punch easily.
Laporte throws a big counter combination but Harper scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice defenses there by Laporte.
Harper digs a good hook to Laporte's body.
Sloppy strikes from Laporte. Those never looked like landing.
Harper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laporte moves away.

Harper clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Harper.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper lands a hook that snaps the head of Laporte backwards.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Laporte's head.
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laporte backwards.
Laporte tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harper just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harper working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laporte fails to pull guard.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Laporte controls the action.
Harper cracks Laporte with a nice body shot.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
Harper lands with a left to the head.
Harper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harper gets through Laporte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harper gets through Laporte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
Laporte is breathing heavily.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Harper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Laporte's head.
Harper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Laporte's head.

It looks like Jorri Laporte has been cut.
Harper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laporte or not.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harper digs a right hand into Laporte's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laporte's gas tank.
Laporte takes an elbow to the temple.
Laporte takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Harper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harper lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Harper - that landed with a thud.
Laporte takes an elbow to the temple.
Harper lands an uppercut.
Harper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Harper.
Harper lands a hook that snaps the head of Laporte backwards.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laporte backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laporte backwards.
Harper lands a left hand.
Laporte tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorri Laporte. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Harper.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Laporte jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harper walks away with a smile on his face. Laporte gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Corey Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laporte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harper throws out the jab.
Harper misses with a straight right.
Harper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laporte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harper circles away quickly and effectively.
Corey Harper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harper misses the jab.
Laporte seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Laporte moves away from the strike by Harper.
Laporte seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Harper digs a good body shot into Laporte's ribs.
Harper scores with a nice strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorri Laporte's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Laporte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harper.
Harper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harper scores with a body shot.
Harper scores with a nice head shot.
Laporte tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laporte takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harper looks to land a right hand but Laporte moved out of range.

Harper has managed to clinch.
A short right from Harper on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Laporte's head.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
Harper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
A shot in the inside from Harper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Harper - that landed with a thud.
Laporte is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Harper lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Harper.
Laporte is trying to pull guard but Harper turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Harper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jorri Laporte's cut is getting worse.
Harper digs a right hand underneath Laporte's ribcage. Laporte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Laporte seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Harper can turn it around.
Harper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Harper.
Harper lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Harper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Laporte in his tracks for a moment.
Harper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laporte backwards.

Laporte is rocked!

Jorri Laporte's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harper lands with a left to the head.
Oh Laporte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harper presses Laporte against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Harper.
Harper lands an elbow inside that Laporte shrugs off.
Harper pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Laporte! Harper unloads with more strikes and Laporte sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corey Harper!
An out of breath Corey Harper thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.