PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zoe Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shintaro Nomo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Nomo

180 cm
34
180 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

180 cm
31
180 lbs
25 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zoe Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Shintaro Nomo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris scores with the left hand. Nomo knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Shintaro Nomo has been cut.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nomo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some wild striking there from Harris.
Nomo tries to clinch but Harris moves away
and Harris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nomo thinking.
Nomo throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Nomo throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Nomo is out of range.
Nomo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harris looks to land a combination but Nomo avoids it well.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Nomo throws a head kick that misses.
Nomo takes one 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!
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nomo manages to avoid it.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nomo's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nomo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Nomo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Harris sneaks out the side door and pushes Nomo away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Harris throws a right hand that Nomo ducks under and follows up with a left that Nomo also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Nomo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nomo.
Nomo shoots in looking for a takedown but Harris manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nomo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nomo misses the jab.
Zoe Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nomo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
A quick step to the side and Harris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like Nomo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nomo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harris finds it's way round the side to connect with Nomo's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Nomo fails to land the takedown.
Harris throws a quick counter head kick but Nomo was just out of range.
Nomo misses with a hook.
Nomo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.
Harris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Nomo's shoulder, as Nomo tries to avoid the shot.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Nomo throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Nomo moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Nomo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nomo circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
Zoe Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shintaro Nomo.
Nomo blocks a head kick by Harris.
Some wild striking there from Harris.
It seemed like Nomo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nomo.
A lazy body kick from Harris
and Nomo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nomo misses with the combination.
Nomo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nomo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Nice defenses there by Nomo.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Nomo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nomo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nomo circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nomo throws a hook but Harris blocks it.
Nomo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Nomo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Nomo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nomo lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Nomo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nomo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Harris rushes Nomo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nomo blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Harris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nomo misses with a body punch.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Nomo controls his hands.
Nomo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zoe Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shintaro Nomo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Harris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nomo moves out of range of the leg kick from Harris.
As Harris backs off Nomo throws a huge counter combo but Harris manages to avoid it all.
Nomo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from Nomo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris scores with a body shot.
Zoe Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris misses with a low kick.
A big left from Nomo misses.
Harris is looking to chop away at Nomo's legs.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nomo throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Harris tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nomo moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Nomo.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Nomo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nomo misses with a straight left.
Harris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nomo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zoe Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris misses with a hook.
Nomo throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nomo feints a jab promting Harris to slip. Nomo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harris slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nomo misses the jab.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harris needs to keep his hands up - Nomo had a free shot at his head there.
Harris explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nomo's head backwards.
Harris misses with a double jab
and Nomo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nomo misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nomo.
Harris slips a jab from Nomo.
Harris pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nomo is out of range and Harris settles back down.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Nomo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nomo slips a jab and a cross from Harris.
Nomo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nomo cracks Harris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harris connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nomo. Nomo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nomo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Nomo. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nomo throws a head kick that misses.
Harris tries to move into range but Nomo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nomo avoids the body shot from Harris.
Nomo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Nomo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nomo can do to turn this around?
Nomo staying out of range there.

Nomo gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Nomo.
Nomo takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nomo loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nomo.
Nomo throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nomo scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Nomo blocks the low kick.
A swing and a miss from Nomo.
Nomo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Nomo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.
Nomo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nomo counters with a one-two to the body.
Nomo clobbers Harris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Zoe Harris will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shintaro Nomo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nomo scores with a decent looking hook.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Nomo moved away.
Zoe Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris darts in trying to clinch
letting Nomo counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Nomo.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Nomo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nomo looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris tries to move into range but Nomo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nomo throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a leg kick but Nomo checks it.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Nomo throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Nomo throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Nomo throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harris throws a combination that misses
letting Nomo counter with a right hand.
Harris throws an off balance right hand
and Nomo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nomo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nomo throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Nomo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nomo throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 misses with a series of wild punches.
Nomo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nomo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nomo catches Harris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harris slips under a jab from Nomo.
Nomo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Nomo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harris misses with a leg kick
and Nomo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Nomo as he checks the leg kick.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nomo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
Harris misses with a hook to the body
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Nomo.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nomo slips a jab from Harris.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Nomo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nomo.
Harris throws a jab when Nomo was well out of range.
Nomo misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nomo misses with a straight right.
Nomo avoids the body shot from Harris.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nomo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nomo manages to avoid it.
Harris tries to clinch there but Nomo circles away.
The crowd cheers as Nomo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harris doesn't seem phased though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nomo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Donk. Nomo catches Harris right on the button with a cross.
Nomo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Harris.
Nomo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Shintaro Nomo just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Shintaro Nomo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris throws a right hand that misses
and Nomo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nomo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.

Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Nomo, against the cage.
Nomo is trying to push Harris away but Harris has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harris cracks Nomo with a nice body shot.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nomo's efforts to push away.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
Harris working aggressively here.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harris throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nomo looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Nomo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nomo slips a straight right by Harris.
Nomo unleashes a big counter combination but Harris bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Harris misses with a hook.
Nomo throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nomo walks into a stiff left hand from Harris.
A left and a right from Harris both land. Nice combination.
Harris looks to throw a body kick
and Nomo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nomo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Nomo misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A big right from Nomo misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Harris misses the target.
Nomo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nomo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nomo throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris is looking for a counter combo.
Nomo throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.

Nomo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nomo is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Harris's shoulder. That is not cool.
Harris manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to maintain the position but Nomo is very close to passing his half guard.
Harris regains full guard. Nicely done.
Zoe Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harris wants to stand but Nomo is controlling the position.
Nomo is stalling in the full guard.
Nomo is working Harris over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

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.
Nomo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Harris holds on and takes a little breather.
Harris trying to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harris scores with a head kick. Nomo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Harris goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Harris moves into the clinch.
Nomo wants to get back to striking at distance but Harris won't allow it.
Nomo tries to break free but Harris pushes him back against the cage.
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nomo backwards.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Nomo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zoe Harris had his way with Shintaro Nomo in that round.
The cut man is working on Shintaro Nomo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nomo lands a jab to the nose.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nomo manages to avoid it.
Harris misses with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Harris 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harris throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch combination from Harris misses.
Nomo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harris drops his hands momentarily and Nomo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nomo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Nomo misses.
Nomo 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 swings widly with a right hand
and Nomo counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a front kick aimed at Nomo's knee but Nomo avoids it well.
Nomo looks to land a combination. Harris sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nomo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nomo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nomo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Nomo loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Nomo manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a poor cross that misses
and Nomo counters with a straight right hand.
Nomo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harris back to the cage. Nomo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nomo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harris finds it's way round the side to connect with Nomo's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Shintaro Nomo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Nomo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters circling a little - Harris finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nomo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Nomo is out of range.

Harris closes the distance and pushes Nomo back into the cage.
Harris lands an uppercut.

Nomo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nomo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harris slips a jab from Nomo.
A low kick from Harris misses
and Nomo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris scores with a nice strike.
Harris takes one on the button.
Harris throws a series of strikes that have Nomo backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to clinch but Nomo moves out of range.
Nomo just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nomo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nomo.
Nomo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Nomo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nomo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nomo misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A combination from Nomo does no damage.
Nomo throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris lunges at Nomo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nomo's hand.
A swing and a miss from Nomo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nomo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Nomo manages to avoid it.
Nomo lands a head shot.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Nomo misses.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nomo.
Nomo throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Nomo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nomo lands with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Zoe Harris.
Well Harris has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 49:47
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zoe Harris!
Zoe Harris is the new welterweight champion!
Zoe Harris seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.