PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Healy (ranked 1954 p4p, 64 weight class) and Chris Harper (ranked 1732 p4p, 59 weight class). Chris Harper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Healy
vs
Harper

195 cm
26
230 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

187 cm
26
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Giuseppe Healy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Harper!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper misses with a looping left.
Healy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Healy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harper! But no joy.
Healy slips a jab from Harper.
Healy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harper takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chris Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Healy missing with a left hand there. Harper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harper is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Healy with a body shot.
Harper throws a sloppy body shot
and Healy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Healy throws a body shot but no joy.
Harper has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Healy takes a swing at Harper's ribcage but misses.
Healy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harper misses with a wild body shot.
Harper scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper misses with a straight left.
Healy throws a body punch but Harper moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Healy drops his hands momentarily and Harper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harper swings widly with a right hand
and Healy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Healy. Beautiful body shot.
Healy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harper counters with a straight right hand.
Healy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harper.

Healy is rocked!

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Healy in a clinch.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Healy avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
A short left from Harper.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Healy's head.
Harper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Healy backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Healy blocks a body shot from Harper.
Harper lands a body shot.
Healy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Harper tries to work over Healy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harper.
Harper cracks Healy with a nice body shot.
Healy is breathing heavily.
Harper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harper lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
Harper lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
Harper is working Healy over against the cage.
Harper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Harper.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Harper.
Harper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Healy backwards.
Oh Healy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harper works on Healy's body with a couple of short punches.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper digs a right hand underneath Healy's ribcage. Healy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harper lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Harper.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Healy's head.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Healy backwards.
Healy swings wildly with an uppercut but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Harper.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
Harper works on Healy's body with a couple of short punches.
Harper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Healy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harper.
Harper lands a body shot.
Harper lands a shot to the body.
Healy seems to have got his legs back now.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Healy or not.
Harper dips a shoulder and cracks Healy with a mighty uppercut! Healy falls back against the cage and Harper unloads with a barrage of strikes! Healy is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Harper screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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.