PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Nathan (ranked 2311 p4p, 282 weight class) and Baby Boy Harris (ranked 2222 p4p, 270 weight class). Baby Boy Harris will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Nathan
vs
Boy Harris

175 cm
29
189 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

199 cm
36
197 lbs
26 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Nathan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baby Boy Harris!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris has Nathan up against the cage in a clinch.
Nathan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nathan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Harris is defending well.
Nathan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Nathan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nathan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Nathan.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Nathan controls his hands.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Nathan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nathan gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nathan blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nathan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nathan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nathan digs a right hand underneath Harris's ribcage. Harris let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris lands a right hand.
Nathan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Nathan avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Harris.

It looks like Ray Nathan has been cut.
Harris misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Harris.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Nathan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nathan.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nathan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nathan is working Harris over against the cage.
Nathan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris blocks a body shot from Nathan.
Harris gets underhooks to prevent Nathan's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Nathan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nathan scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Nathan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Nathan.
Nathan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nathan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Nathan tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Nathan.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nathan blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Nathan controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nathan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nathan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nathan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Nathan avoids the damage to the body.
Nathan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nathan tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
I was talking to Nathan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nathan misses with a body punch.
Nathan looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Nathan blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nathan prevents a body shot from Harris.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Nathan avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nathan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nathan misses with a punch to the body.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Nathan throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Nathan wants the takedown. Harris is fighting it off but Nathan persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Harris's guard against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nathan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.
Nathan throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.
Nathan throws an elbow that misses. Harris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nathan's guard. Nice move by Harris!

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baby Boy Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Nathan's cut.
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.

Nathan lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Nathan lands a slapping body shot.

Nathan moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Nathan controls his hands.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Nathan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Harris is defending well.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Nathan misses with a punch to the body.
Harris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nathan backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nathan avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Nathan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Nathan blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nathan scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Nathan.
Nathan blocks an uppercut.
Nathan working aggressively here.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Nathan.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nathan presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nathan can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nathan backwards.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nathan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nathan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Nathan avoids the damage to the body.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nathan blocks it with crossed arms.
Baby Boy Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nathan.
Nathan blocking some punches.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris blocks a body shot from Nathan.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harris working aggressively here.
Nathan lands with a light punch inside.
Nathan blocks a body shot from Harris.
Nathan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Nathan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nathan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nathan stalls.
Nathan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Harris pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nathan tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nathan.
Nathan misses the shot to the body.

Nathan clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nathan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nathan tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nathan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Nathan avoids the damage to the body.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Nathan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nathan blocks an uppercut.
Harris blocks a body shot from Nathan.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Nathan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nathan blocks it with crossed arms.
Nathan prevents a body shot from Harris.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Nathan has Harris pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Nathan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Harris tumbling to the mat - Nathan dives into Harris's guard.
Nathan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nathan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris pulls Nathan in close to prevent any damage.
Nathan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nathan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nathan trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Baby Boy Harris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ray Nathan'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. This is the final round!

Nathan dodges the punch combination from Harris.

Harris closes the distance and pushes Nathan back into the cage.
Nathan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Nathan.
Nathan wants a takedown but no success here.
Nathan avoiding damage.
Nathan tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Nathan back against the cage.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nathan blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Nathan presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nathan lands a left hand.
Nathan is trying to maintain a safe position but Harris gets an underhook and turns Nathan into the cage.
Nathan stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nathan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Nathan avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Nathan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Nathan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harris after a bit of a struggle.
Nathan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nathan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Nathan.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Harris blocks a body shot from Nathan.
Nathan cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Harris blocks a body shot from Nathan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nathan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nathan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nathan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nathan lands with a short shot to the head.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Nathan.
Harris lands a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Still in the clinch, Nathan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ray Nathan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris stops a takedown attempt from Nathan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Nathan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nathan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Nathan can't get the takedown.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nathan tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nathan pushes Harris back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a knee strike.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris working aggressively here.
Nathan misses with a body punch.
Harris working aggressively here.
Nathan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Harris fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Harris on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nathan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nathan tried to counter with a leg kick but Harris avoided it.
Baby Boy Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nathan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baby Boy Harris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harris on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Nathan.
Nathan tries to counter with a takedown but Harris is quick to defend against it.
Harris takes a swing at Nathan's ribcage but misses.
Nathan takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Harris misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nathan counters with a left right combination that sends Harris crashing to the mat - Nathan wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Harris out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Nathan!
Ray Nathan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.