PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Rewell (ranked 3001 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenuichio Harada (ranked 3253 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Rewell
vs
Harada

198 cm
30
245 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

199 cm
34
250 lbs
19 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Rewell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Kenuichio Harada!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rewell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rewell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rewell throws a lazy right hand but Harada sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harada feints and then cracks Rewell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rewell down.
A jab from Rewell misses.
Harada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick lands from Rewell.
Rewell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rewell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot lands for Rewell.
Rewell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rewell avoids the body shot from Harada.
Rewell checks a low kick from Harada.
Harada swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rewell misses with a looping left.
Rewell throws a low kick but Harada avoids it.
Harada takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as Rewell blocks the leg kick.
Rewell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rewell misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rewell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice side step and Harada releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harada swings for the body but Rewell moves out of range.
Rewell misses with a low kick as Harada jumps back.
Harada works the jab nicely.
Harada thows a body kick. Rewell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Harada misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rewell connects with a body shot that sends Harada's belly button to the back.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rewell, as that shot connected.
Rewell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harada throws a jab when Rewell was well out of range.
Rewell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harada throws a front kick that sends Rewell stumbling back into the cage.
Harada slips under a jab from Rewell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rewell ducks under a wild hook from Harada.
Rewell throws a low kick, looking for Harada's leg but Harada calmly moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Rewell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice uppercut there from Rewell.
Rewell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harada defending well as Rewell loads up on a big left hand.
Rewell lands the left hand.
Harada scores with a leg kick.
Harada scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harada lands with a nice combination. Rewell backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Alexander Rewell has been cut.

Harada has closed the distance and engaged Rewell in a clinch.
Harada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harada.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rewell.
Harada lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rewell lands a right hand.
Rewell misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rewell fails to land.
Harada is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rewell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rewell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harada backwards.
Harada misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Harada fails to land.
Rewell throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harada.
Rewell tries to land a knee to the head but Harada blocks with his arms.
Rewell misses with a punch to the body.
Rewell trying to land knees to the body.
Harada blocking some punches.
Rewell scores with a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Harada.
Harada throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rewells head.
Rewell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harada backwards.
Harada digs a right hand underneath Rewell's ribcage. Rewell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rewell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harada working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rewell misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Harada gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Rewell regains guard.
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!
Harada stays in close to Rewell's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harada in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harada throwing strikes from guard but Rewell blocks nicely.
Harada works over Rewell with some ground and pound from guard.
Harada is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Harada pushes down on Rewell's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Harada throwing shots but Rewell is blocking nicely.
Harada trying to control the pace.
Harada has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rewell is looking to improve his position.
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 Alexander Rewell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Rewell'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.

Rewell avoids a kick to the body.
Rewell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rewell misses the shot to the body.
Harada throws out a leg kick but Rewell moves out of range and Harada only half commits.
Rewell tries to clinch but Harada is having none of it.
Rewell throws out a loose jab but Harada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harada doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rewell tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harada throws a head kick but Rewell moves out of range.
Rewell throws a lazy right hand but Harada sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harada feints a counter leg kick.
Rewell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harada throws a nice head kick!
Harada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rewell. Rewell obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harada works Rewell's body with a nice hook.
Rewell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harada looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A left lands for Rewell.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rewell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harada lands a leg kick that knocks Rewell off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rewell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harada walks into a left hand.
Harada uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rewell.
Harada throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harada staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Harada on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rewell moves out of range of the body kick from Harada.
Rewell thows a body kick. Harada tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rewell throws a lazy uppercut
and Harada counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harada takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rewell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harada.
Harada ducks under a wild hook from Rewell.
Harada scores with a sloppy right hand. Rewell should have avoided that one.
Harada takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rewell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rewell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harada moves out of range of the body kick from Rewell.
Rewell throws a body shot but no joy.
Rewell scores with a jab. Harada acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rewell punishes Harada's body with a nice straight punch.
Harada misses the shot to the body.
Rewell lands a nice looking body kick.
Harada is breathing heavily.
Rewell scores with a push kick.
Harada takes one on the button.
Harada moves forwards but Rewell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rewell moves out of range of the body kick from Harada.
Alexander Rewell is winning the standup battle so far.
Rewell just misses with a punch to the body.
Rewell misses with a hook. Harada ducked under it nicely.
Rewell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harada connects with the punch.
Harada tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rewell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rewell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harada wants to counter the offense by Rewell and move into the clinch position.
Rewell fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harada pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harada throws a wild body kick that Rewell sees coming a mile off.
Harada throws a head kick that misses.
Rewell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rewell throws an off balance right hand
and Harada counters with a leg kick.

Harada rushes Rewell and presses him up against the cage.
Rewell can't find room to land a body shot as Harada controls the action.
Rewell digs a right hand underneath Harada's ribcage. Harada let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rewell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rewell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Rewell breaks from the clinch.
Rewell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harada swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harada shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Jab, jab by Harada - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rewell connects with a jab.
Harada walks into a jab.
A head kick misses from Harada.
Harada avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rewell keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harada lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rewell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rewell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rewell throws a looping overhand right but Harada ducks down to avoid it.
Harada feints a counter leg kick.
Rewell sizes up Harada with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rewell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harada momentarily.
Harada takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harada moves away from the strike by Rewell.
Harada flicks out a counter leg kick but Rewell steps away.
Alexander Rewell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rewell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harada throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harada buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rewell throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rewell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Rewell'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. This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Rewell there.
Harada feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rewell's calf.
Rewell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harada.
Harada walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rewell checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rewell loads up on a big right hand but Harada slips the punch.
Harada gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rewell.
Rewell throws a leg kick
and Harada counters with a nice leg kick.
Harada lands with a kick to the ribs.
Harada bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rewell's head backwards.
Rewell slips under a jab from Harada.
Rewell throws a sloppy head kick
and Rewell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rewell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harada's calf.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harada lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rewell takes a step back to recover.
A lazy left from Harada finds it's target.
Harada turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harada scores with a spinning back kick!
Harada explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rewell takes one on the button.
Harada has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rewell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Harada finds it's way through Rewell's defenses.

Rewell is rocked!
Harada cracks the inside of Rewell's front leg.
Oh Rewell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rewell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rewell seems to have got his legs back now.
Harada ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rewell throws a poor cross that misses
and Harada counters with a left and a right... And another left! Rewell is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenuichio Harada!
A relieved looking Kenuichio Harada thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.