PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Harper (ranked 2197 p4p, 270 weight class) and Idriss Bizihwaeile (ranked 2251 p4p, 273 weight class). Bizihwaeile comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Waka Flocka Flame - Workin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Harper
vs
Bizihwaeile

187 cm
29
205 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

190 cm
22
193 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idriss Bizihwaeile!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harper instigates a clinch.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bizihwaeile is trying to pull guard but Harper turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Bizihwaeile jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harper walks away with a smile on his face. Bizihwaeile gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bizihwaeile ducks under a wild hook from Harper.
Bizihwaeile uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harper.
Bizihwaeile pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Harper wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Bizihwaeile tries to keep at a distance but Harper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bizihwaeile is trying to pull guard but Harper has him pressed against the ropes.
Chris Harper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Idriss Bizihwaeile.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Bizihwaeile uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bizihwaeile's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bizihwaeile blocks a body shot from Harper.
Bizihwaeile tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harper just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Bizihwaeile tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harper smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bizihwaeile counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Harper closes the distance and pushes Bizihwaeile back into the ropes.
A body shot lands from Harper.
Harper tries to work over Bizihwaeile's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Harper.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harper lands a hook that snaps the head of Bizihwaeile backwards.
Bizihwaeile jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harper walks away with a smile on his face. Bizihwaeile gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice jab there from Bizihwaeile.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harper.
Bizihwaeile avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harper misses the shot to the body.
Harper takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Bizihwaeile jumps guard but Harper stands there with Bizihwaeile around his waist. Bizihwaeile gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bizihwaeile jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harper walks away with a smile on his face. Bizihwaeile gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bizihwaeile blocks a jab.
Bizihwaeile just misses with a punch to the body.
Harper with a jab.

Harper moves into range and clinches up with Bizihwaeile.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper lands a left hand.
Harper tries to work over Bizihwaeile's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Bizihwaeile controls the action.
Bizihwaeile blocking some punches.
Harper misses with a body punch.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.

Bizihwaeile jumps guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bizihwaeile wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Harper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bizihwaeile on the ground.
Bizihwaeile is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harper has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Harper got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bizihwaeile has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harper has managed to get both his arms back between Bizihwaeile's legs - danger averted.
Bizihwaeile trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bizihwaeile lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Bizihwaeile is looking to work some ground and pound but Harper has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile is looking to work some ground and pound but Harper has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bizihwaeile accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bizihwaeile working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harper's head.
Bizihwaeile working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bizihwaeile in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bizihwaeile loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harper working a defensive guard here.
Harper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bizihwaeile wants to control from the top but Harper keeps moving.
Bizihwaeile is looking to work some ground and pound but Harper has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper has momentary wrist control but Bizihwaeile slips an elbow through the middle.
Bizihwaeile keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harper's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bizihwaeile accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bizihwaeile trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
Bizihwaeile throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bizihwaeile postures up and lands a big shot to Harper's brow.
Bizihwaeile postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bizihwaeile lands a couple of digs.
Bizihwaeile throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bizihwaeile postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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 Chris Harper will probably get the nod.
That's time! Harper's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bizihwaeile walks into a stiff left hand from Harper.
Bizihwaeile ducks under a wild hook from Harper.
Bizihwaeile feints and then cracks Harper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harper down.
Bizihwaeile is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harper.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harper ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harper bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bizihwaeile's head.
Harper throws a lazy uppercut
and Bizihwaeile counters with a nice uppercut.
Harper misses the body punch
and Bizihwaeile cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Harper there.
Chris Harper is winning the standup battle so far.
Harper swings widly with a right hand
and Bizihwaeile counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper throws a shot from downtown. Bizihwaeile moves away and avoids it.
Bizihwaeile slips under a jab from Harper.
Bizihwaeile walks into a jab.
Bizihwaeile jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Bizihwaeile in a clinch.
Harper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bizihwaeile is trying to pull guard but Harper turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Harper lands with a left to the head.

Bizihwaeile drags the fight down to the ground.

Bizihwaeile looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Harper passes into half guard.
Bizihwaeile missing with punches from the bottom.
Bizihwaeile gets back to full guard.
Bizihwaeile thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bizihwaeile has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Harper doesn't defend quickly enough and Bizihwaeile has managed to lock this one up! Can Harper escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Bizihwaeile on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Idriss Bizihwaeile!
Idriss Bizihwaeile got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'