PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Toby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raven Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toby comes to the cage accompanied by Will Smith - The Fresh Prince. James Toby has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Toby
vs
Harris

198 cm
32
275 lbs
14 - 11 - 2

204 cm
36
289 lbs
29 - 21 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 14 - 11 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Toby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raven Harris!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Harris - just one landing.
Harris misses with a body shot.

Toby shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Harris is trying to defend but Toby finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Harris wants to improve his position but Toby is controlling well.

Toby escapes and gets back to his feet.
Toby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris cracks Toby with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Toby counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris digs a good body shot into Toby's ribs.
Harris throws a low kick but Toby avoids it.

Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Toby.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Toby takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Toby counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris throws a head kick that misses
and Toby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toby.
Raven Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toby swinging wildly here.
We've been informed that Harris has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Toby rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
Toby working aggressively here.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Toby prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Toby moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Toby appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harris misses with a body shot.

Toby scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Toby in side control, throwing shots but Harris defends.

Toby decides to stand back up. Toby steps back and let's Harris get back to his feet.
Harris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Toby is looking for a counter combo.
Toby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toby misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a series of strikes that have Toby backpedaling.
Toby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A lazy body kick from Harris
and Toby counters with a three punch combo that has Harris backing up. Harris nods at Toby to acknowledge the strikes.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Harris throws a push kick but Toby slaps the foot to one side.
Harris throws an off balance right hand
and Toby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Toby.
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!
Toby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toby swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toby throws a head punch that misses.
Toby lands a hook that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Toby lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.
Harris is stalling here.
Toby misses with the head strike.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Toby lands a nice shot to the body.

Toby clinches.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Toby has him pressed against the cage.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Toby has him pressed against the cage.
Harris is trying to break free.
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 James Toby will probably get the nod.
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.

A punch combination from Toby misses.

Toby clinches up against the cage.
Toby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris stalling the fight.
Toby has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toby misses with a punch on the inside.
James Toby has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a left hand
and Toby counters with a nice uppercut.

Toby closes the distance and clinches.
Toby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toby being controlled against the cage.
Harris blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Raven Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris tries to land a body kick
and Toby counters with a nice uppercut.
Toby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris throws a chopping leg kick but Toby manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Toby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Toby won't allow it.
Harris tries to break free but Toby pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.
Toby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
Toby throws a head punch that misses.
Toby misses with some punches.
Toby working aggressively here.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
Toby working aggressively here.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a hook
and Toby counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris pushes Toby away with a front kick.
Toby misses with a body punch
and Toby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris looks to land a combination but Toby avoids it well.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss
and Toby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Toby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Toby moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toby is looking for a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Toby does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Harris.

Toby scores with a takedown into Harris's guard.

Toby decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harris, up you get!

Toby dives in and scores a takedown into Harris's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Harris manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Toby gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Toby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Toby dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Toby cracks a nice hook into Harris's ribs.
Toby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harris tries to avoid it but Toby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harris to the ground. Harris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Toby lands a nice shot to the body.

Toby instigates a clinch.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Toby keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toby stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Toby counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Toby moves out of range easily.
Toby is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Toby misses.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Toby circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris throws a one two combo.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Toby misses with a jab, cross combination.

Toby throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Harris tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Toby is in Harris's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toby.
Toby has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Harris is proving hard to escape from.
Toby slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toby tries to free his leg and advance position but Harris is retaining full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toby loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Toby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toby trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Toby loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Raven Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris digs a good body shot into Toby's ribs.
Harris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toby fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice combination there by Toby.
Toby changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
James Toby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toby tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toby goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harris lands a head kick!
James Toby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toby swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Toby closes the distance and pushes Harris back into the cage.
Harris is trying to break free.
Toby throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Toby with a body shot.
Toby tries to clinch but Harris is having none of it.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Toby counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Toby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harris tries to avoid it but Toby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harris to the ground. Harris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Toby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toby misses with a double jab.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Toby counters with a left to the body.
Toby blocks the body kick.
Toby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

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 James Toby.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Toby, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Toby!
As James Toby got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Thanks Bobby B. And The SkrapBox '.