PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Boulami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoe Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulami's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Rock - Mustapha Ibrahim. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Boulami
vs
Harris

171 cm
32
177 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

180 cm
33
180 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

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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 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Omar Boulami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zoe Harris!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Boulami connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harris scrambles back to his feet.
Boulami lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Harris throws a low kick but Boulami avoids it.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Boulami.
Boulami throws a body shot but no joy.
Boulami smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Boulami throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Boulami takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A clash of legs there as Harris blocks the low kick.
Harris avoids the body shot from Boulami.
Harris throws a counter combo.

Boulami shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Boulami showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boulami sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harris defending well though.
Harris holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Boulami stops Harris from getting back to his feet.

Harris makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris gets tackled into the cage by Boulami. Boulami maintains the clinch.
Boulami tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Boulami back against the cage.
Boulami goes for a takedown attempt but Harris pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harris tries to clinch but Boulami is having none of it.
Boulami looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Boulami throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Boulami takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Omar Boulami seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boulami misses with an uppercut.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Boulami's head but Boulami sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Boulami was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boulami throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Harris stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harris wants it to stay on the feet.
Boulami pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harris back to the cage. Boulami follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A slow jab from Boulami misses its intended target.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boulami.
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 fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris throws the kick towards the body but Boulami avoids it.
Boulami is looking to clinch.
Boulami stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulami swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Boulami misses the shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boulami.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Boulami circles away.
Harris misses with a straight left.
A big left from Boulami misses.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boulami's head backwards.
Boulami connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Boulami closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Harris quickly recovers to half guard.
Boulami looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harris trying to control here.
Harris moves into full guard.
Boulami throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Harris holds on and takes a little breather.
Boulami throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami wants to sweep here but Harris controlling him for the moment.
Boulami is trying to control the position but Harris postures up.
Harris wants to stand but Boulami is controlling his posture from full guard.
Boulami tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Boulami escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harris gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harris gets to his feet. Boulami looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Boulami just misses with a punch to the body.
Boulami backing away here, and Harris unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Boulami throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Boulami defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Harris throws a quick inside leg kick.
Boulami jabs Harris to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boulami is looking to wear down Harris with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boulami shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omar Boulami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
Boulami tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Boulami.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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 Omar Boulami will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Boulami throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Harris was covering up waiting for the punch and Boulami finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Boulami trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris wants to sweep here but Boulami controlling him for the moment.
Harris wants to stand but Boulami is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris pulls Boulami in close to prevent any damage.
Boulami postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boulami missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harris trying to keep a closed guard but Boulami is proving a slippery customer.
Boulami lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Boulami trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boulami missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harris wants to sweep here but Boulami controlling him for the moment.
Harris pulls Boulami in to control the position.
Boulami stopping the sweep attempt from Harris.
Harris is looking to stand up but Boulami isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Omar Boulami is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris swings for the body but Boulami moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Boulami decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Harris is pressing down on Boulami's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Boulami is looking to advance position but Harris has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Boulami tries to lock up and control but Harris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Harris looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harris's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami is squirming around, avoiding Harris's attempts to control the action.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Boulami is squirming around, avoiding Harris's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Boulami working to try and regain half guard.
Zoe Harris has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boulami tries to lock up and control but Harris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Boulami is trying desperately to improve position.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris tries to control but Boulami wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zoe Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harris! But no joy.
Boulami moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boulami circles away quickly and effectively.

Harris tries to keep at a distance but Boulami has taken the fight into the clinch.
Boulami misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris lands a body punch.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Boulami.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Harris clinches up against the cage.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boulami backwards.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Harris is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Boulami tries to pull guard but Harris holds him up against the cage and eventually Boulami drops back down to his feet.
Boulami jumps guard but Harris turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Boulami wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boulami pulls Harris into guard.
Boulami looking for a sweep. Not yet Boulami, not yet.
Harris controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Boulami wants to sweep here but Harris controlling him for the moment.
Harris trying to stand up but can't free himself from Boulami's guard.
Boulami looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harris is one step ahead there.
Harris trying to stand up but can't free himself from Boulami's guard.
Boulami looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harris is one step ahead there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harris's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Zoe Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Boulami fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Boulami lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Boulami lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boulami's head backwards.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris throws out a counter right but Boulami avoids it with no problem.
Boulami uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.

Harris clinches.
Boulami prevents a body shot from Harris.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boulami thumps Harris with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami lands a head shot.
Harris checks a leg kick.
Boulami throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boulami. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris unleashes a big counter combination but Boulami bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Boulami bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris scores with a shot to the body.
Harris is looking to clinch.

Boulami gets a clinch.
Boulami lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harris tries a body shot but Boulami blocks it.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boulami tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harris.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boulami blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Harris.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boulami misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boulami throws a head punch that misses.
Harris prevents a body shot from Boulami.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Boulami lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boulami scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boulami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boulami scores with a nice right hand.
Boulami swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Boulami shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omar Boulami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boulami.
Boulami throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boulami.
A big left from Boulami misses.
Boulami misses with a body shot
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zoe Harris.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zoe Harris!
After winning the bout, Zoe Harris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.