PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mister Kipling (ranked 4135 p4p, 178 weight class) and Chris Harper (ranked 2148 p4p, 89 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kipling
vs
Harper

220 cm
25
284 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mister Kipling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Harper!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kipling misses with an uppercut

and Harper counters by moving into the clinch.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Kipling avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Harper.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Harper.
Harper presses Kipling against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kipling is breathing heavily.
Harper scores with a hook to the body.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kipling backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kipling backwards.
Harper lands a shot to the body.
Harper cracks Kipling with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Harper - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Harper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper pushes Kipling back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike.
Harper is working Kipling over against the cage.
Harper lands a shot to the body.
Harper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Harper.
A right handed body shot lands from Harper.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Harper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Harper - that landed with a thud.
Harper lands a body punch.
Harper works on Kipling's body with a couple of short punches.
Harper lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harper.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper works on Kipling's body with a couple of short punches.
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kipling backwards.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper gets through Kipling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kipling tries to pull guard but Harper holds him up against the cage and eventually Kipling drops back down to his feet.
Harper lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
Harper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
Harper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kipling or not.
Harper lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harper.
Harper lands a nice shot to the body.
Harper gets through Kipling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harper is working Kipling over against the cage.
Harper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kipling backwards.
Harper lands a body shot.
Harper looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harper lands a body shot.
Kipling has been working on his balance at JAG Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Harper.
Harper is working Kipling over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Harper.
A shot in the inside from Harper.
Harper cracks Kipling with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Harper.
A right hand to the body from Harper.
Harper presses Kipling against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Harper on the inside.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
A left hand lands to the body for Harper.
Harper is leaning against Kipling and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Harper.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper is leaning against Kipling and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harper cracks Kipling with a nice body shot.
Harper stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harper.
Harper presses Kipling against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harper scores with a hook to the body.
Harper digs a right hand into Kipling's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kipling's gas tank.
Harper lands a shoulder strike.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harper is leaning against Kipling and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harper.
Good body shot from Harper.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harper cracks Kipling with a nice body shot.
Harper scores with a hook to the body.
Harper works on Kipling's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hand to the body from Harper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Harper dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harper lands a hook that snaps the head of Kipling backwards.
Harper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chris Harper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kipling tries to pull guard but Harper forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kipling looking to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kipling.
Harper digs a right hand into Kipling's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kipling's gas tank.
A hook to the body from Harper.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Harper drops Kipling onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Kipling is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Kipling is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Kipling with a big uppercut! Kipling tries to clinch up but Harper pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Kipling to the mat! Kipling covers up and Harper unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chris Harper!
A very excited looking Chris Harper made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.