PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baby Boy Harris (ranked 3545 p4p, 417 weight class) and Don Glover (ranked 2841 p4p, 350 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Boy Harris
vs
Glover

199 cm
31
197 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

184 cm
31
195 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baby Boy Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Don Glover!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Glover won't allow it.
Glover is trying to drag Harris to the mat but Harris just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harris - that will leave a mark!
Glover pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harris misses with a double jab
enabling Glover to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris misses with a hook. Glover ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Glover on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harris connects with the punch.
Baby Boy Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glover walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harris connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Harris misses.
Harris's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Harris duly obliges.
Harris looks for the body kick but Glover saw that one coming.
Glover throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Glover looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Glover moved away.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Glover scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glover. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Glover there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harris wants to clinch.
Glover shapes to counter with a head kick.
Glover wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body punch but Glover moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Glover's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glover throws a right and a left that both miss.
Glover throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.

Glover tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Glover can't get the takedown.
Harris can't break the clinch.
Glover tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Glover back against the cage.
Glover misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glover pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Glover can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Glover lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover taking a breather.
Glover prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Glover.
Glover scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Glover manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Glover taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Glover misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Glover throws an elbow but misses.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Glover has double underhooks.
Glover lands a body punch.
Glover tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Glover to work.
Harris pushes Glover back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Glover.
Harris manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Glover throws a head punch that misses.
Harris is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.
Glover misses with a punch to the body.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Glover.
Nice body punch from Glover.
Harris is breathing heavily.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Harris is trying to break free.
Glover goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Glover tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Glover has Harris pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harris manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Don Glover will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Glover fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris lands a lovely overhand right.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Glover's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A telegraphed right hand from Glover misses the target.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Glover counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harris blocks a body shot from Glover.
Don Glover seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Glover tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover misses with a punch on the inside.
Glover can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris controlling the action here for a moment.
Glover tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Glover lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Glover lands a nice shot to the body.
Glover working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harris is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Glover lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Glover lands an uppercut.

Harris is rocked!
Glover working aggressively here.
Oh Harris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Glover fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Glover swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Glover tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Glover misses with a short punch on the inside.
Glover working aggressively here.
Glover has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Glover working aggressively here.
Glover throws a head punch that misses.
Glover misses with a short punch on the inside.
Glover misses with some punches.
Glover working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Glover has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Glover keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harris's efforts to push away.
Glover has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.
A head punch on the inside from Glover fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Glover fails to land.
Glover digs a right hand into Harris's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harris's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glover throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Glover tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Glover misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glover throws a head punch that misses.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Glover unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Glover working aggressively here.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Glover fails to land.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Glover fails to land.
Glover tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Glover throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Glover has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Glover swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris seems to have got his legs back now.
Glover throws an elbow but it misses.
Glover working aggressively here.
Glover lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Baby Boy Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris connects with a leg kick. Glover looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Glover being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Glover throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Glover lands a nice uppercut.
Come on Harris - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Glover working aggressively here.
Glover lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Glover takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Glover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris looking to stall.
Glover has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Glover looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to break free but Glover pushes him back against the cage.
Glover pushes Harris against the cage. Glover is working some dirty boxing. Glover pushes off with a quick right hook! Harris goes down! Harris tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Glover moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Glover!