PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adio Harris (ranked 4317 p4p, 4714 weight class) and Reid Bloom (ranked 562 p4p, 595 weight class). Adio Harris has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Harris
vs
Bloom

210 cm
22
189
0 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adio Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reid Bloom!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Bloom has managed to clinch.

Bloom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bloom thows a leg kick but Harris checks it
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloom thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bloom misses with a few strikes there.
Harris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A shot to the body from Bloom misses
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris tried to counter with a leg kick but Bloom avoided it.
Bloom misses with a wild body shot.
Bloom misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
Bloom misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with a big head kick but Bloom shrugs it off.

Bloom forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.

Bloom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bloom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Bloom clinches with his opponent.
Bloom looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Bloom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bloom closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bloom. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bloom lands a head shot.
Bloom misses the body punch
and Harris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bloom falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with a big head kick but Bloom shrugs it off.
Bloom misses with a series of wild punches.

Bloom drives through and clinches with Harris against the cage.

Bloom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bloom throws a body kick that misses.
It appears Harris was looking to counter with a kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bloom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bloom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris is looking to counter with head kicks.
Bloom throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris tried to counter with a leg kick but Bloom avoided it.

Bloom rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.

Bloom breaks from the clinch.
Bloom swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bloom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Bloom misses with a combination
and Harris counters with a good low kick that Bloom was not able to check.
Bloom looks winded!
Bloom misses with a double jab
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloom throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Harris looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

Bloom gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bloom breaks from the clinch.
Reid Bloom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bloom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bloom misses with a few strikes there.

Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Bloom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bloom misses with the combination.
Bloom falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with an outside leg kick.
Bloom is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
Bloom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harris thumps Bloom with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bloom gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bloom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bloom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris is trying to break free.

Bloom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bloom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloom thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A low kick lands for Harris.
A big left from Bloom misses.
Harris is looking to counter with head kicks.
Bloom throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters with a low kick, right behind Bloom 's knee.

Bloom tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.

Harris breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Reid Bloom will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Bloom takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bloom misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a thumping low kick.
Reid Bloom is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bloom looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Bloom takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bloom looks to throw a body kick
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloom thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bloom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bloom's knee momentarily.
Bloom chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
Bloom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
Bloom throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
As Bloom looks to move away, Harris throws a big counter combo but Bloom just gets out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloom throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
Bloom misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Bloom misses with a body shot
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bloom throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a two punch combo.
Bloom is breathing heavily.
Bloom swings widly with a right hand
and Harris counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bloom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Bloom is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Bloom gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Bloom keeps him there for the moment.

Bloom breaks the clinch.
Bloom throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Bloom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but Bloom shrugs it off.
Reid Bloom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloom misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bloom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris feints and then cracks Bloom's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bloom down.
Bloom misses with an uppercut
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a high kick!

Harris gets a takedown into half guard.
Bloom is trying to escape back to his feet but Harris uses the scramble to pass into side control.

Harris stands up.
Bloom misses with a combination
and Harris counters with a low kick, right behind Bloom 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloom misses with a combination
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bloom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a head kick.
Bloom misses with a lunging right hand
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bloom throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris counters with a thumping low kick.
Bloom throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a nice body kick.
No joy there for Bloom, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bloom just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarris.
Bloom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Bloom misses
and Harris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bloom's knee momentarily.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bloom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bloom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harris counters with a good, hard body kick but Bloom shrugs it off.
Bloom throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harris counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bloom has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Harris breaks the clinch.

Bloom has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bloom as Harris tries to tie him up.

Bloom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Bloom moves into the clinch.

Bloom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Bloom misses
and Harris counters with an inside leg kick.
Bloom misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bloom is fending him off so far but Harris persists. Nope, Bloom circles away and we're back to standing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adio Harris dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bloom misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bloom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Bloom.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bloom's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bloom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bloom misses with a lunging right hand
and Harris counters with a good low kick that Bloom was not able to check.
Bloom connects with a body shot that sends Harris's belly button to the back.
Bloom misses with a wild body shot.
Bloom misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bloom is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bloom swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Bloom misses with a combination
and Harris counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bloom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloom misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bloom's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Bloom down.
Bloom misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bloom can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Harris was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Bloom forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.

Bloom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Harris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bloom looks like he's trying to stand up.

Harris stands up from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloom falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bloom really felt that one!
Bloom throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a good low kick that Bloom was not able to check.

Harris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bloom was covering up waiting for the punch and Harris finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bloom is wriggling around but Harris manages to pass to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Harris decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloom throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Bloom looks to move away, Harris throws a big counter combo but Bloom just gets out of the way.
Bloom misses with a few strikes there.
Harris throws a counter high kick but Bloom was just alert enough to avoid it.
Bloom misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a leg kick.

Bloom pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Bloom misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
Bloom throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloom thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Bloom clinches up with Harris and pushes him back against the cage.
Harris wants to break free but Bloom has control.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Bloom misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a one-two to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bloom forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Bloom breaks the clinch.
Bloom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bloom misses the body punch
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
Bloom misses with a hook to the body
and Harris counters with a head kick. That will keep Bloom thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Bloom throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bloom.
Bloom swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
Bloom throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adio Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adio Harris!
Our winner, Adio Harris, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.