PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Jomoney (ranked 887 p4p, 1515 weight class) and Terrance Harris (ranked 115 p4p, 205 weight class). Terrance Harris has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jomoney
vs
Harris

176 cm
32
173
18 - 13 - 1

178 cm
28
176
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Jomoney!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terrance Harris!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jomoney misses with a takedown attempt
and Harris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harris avoids the body shot from Jomoney.
Jomoney has a takedown stuffed.
Harris swings for the body but Jomoney moves out of range.
Jomoney throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harris lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jomoney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jomoney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harris misses with a hook. Jomoney ducked under it nicely.
Jomoney thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Jomoney misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jomoney throws a poor cross that misses
and Jomoney takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harris walks into a left hand.
Harris throws a right hand that Jomoney ducks under and follows up with a left that Jomoney also avoids with ease.
Jomoney misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
Jomoney looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jomoney scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jomoney counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harris thinking.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Jomoney misses the shot to the body.
Harris takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jomoney throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Jomoney missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Jomoney in a clinch.
Jomoney drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harris gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Jomoney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jomoney has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harris is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Jomoney blocks the elbow strike.
Jomoney tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is pressed up against the cage. Jomoney has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harris down to the mat. Harris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harris scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jomoney slips under a jab.
Jomoney punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Jomoney.
Jomoney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jomoney connects with a crisp jab.

Jomoney shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jomoney is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Harris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harris has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jomoney is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Harris gets back to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jomoney in particular looking to stall.
Harris wants to control but Jomoney is keeping busy.
Jomoney perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Jomoney definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jomoney is thwarting Harris's attempts to control the position.
Harris is staying active underneath Jomoney, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jomoney is thwarting Harris's attempts to control the position.
Harris tries to get to full guard but Jomoney has control of the leg.
Jomoney is looking to advance position but Harris won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris trying to control here.
Harris is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jomoney scores with a couple of nice shots.
Harris trying to control here.
Jomoney content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jomoney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jomoney with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jomoney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jomoney controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Jomoney dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jomoney blocks the body kick.
Jomoney tries to counter with a takedown but Harris is quick to defend against it.

Jomoney darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harris wants to get back to full guard.
Harris trying to hold on to Jomoney's head to control him but Jomoney postures up.
Jomoney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jomoney controlling the action here.
Harris is pressing down on Jomoney's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jomoney stays in close to Harris's body and controls the position.
Harris looking for a sweep. Not yet Harris, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jomoney controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jomoney won't allow Harris to sweep him here.
Jomoney engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jomoney working some strikes from top position.
Harris pulls Jomoney in to control the position.
Harris is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jomoney throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harris is trying to control the position but Jomoney postures up.
Jomoney controlling from the top position.
Jomoney postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
Jomoney is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Terrance Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jomoney.
Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris scores with a jab. Jomoney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harris throws a series of punches but Jomoney moves out of range.
Jomoney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a right hand to the body.
Harris is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jomoney rather than just go for the knockout.
A nice combination there by Jomoney.

It looks like Terrance Harris has been cut.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jomoney, as that shot connected.
Jomoney misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.
Harris walks into a left hand.
Harris throws a body punch but Jomoney moves out of range.
Jomoney fails with a takedown attempt.
Jomoney swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jomoney defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Jomoney uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Ivan Jomoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jomoney cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jomoney counters with a nice body shot.
Jomoney fails with the takedown
and Harris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris jabs Jomoney to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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 tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jomoney is able to avoid easily.
Ivan Jomoney is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jomoney moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jomoney lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Jomoney changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Harris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jomoney controls the position.
Harris is trying to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.
Jomoney has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jomoney wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Jomoney staying calm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Jomoney dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jomoney sizes up Harris with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jomoney.
Jomoney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Terrance Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris throws out a leg kick but Jomoney moves out of range and Harris only half commits.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harris.
Jomoney scores with a shot to the body.
Jomoney tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harris defends well and Jomoney ends up having to push Harris into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris taking a breather.
Jomoney blocks an elbow strike.
Harris gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jomoney.
Harris is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris wants to stall.
Jomoney is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harris gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Jomoney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jomoney is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Harris tries a body shot but Jomoney blocks it.

Jomoney has Harris pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jomoney pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Harris tumbling to the mat - Jomoney dives into Harris's guard.
Harris is trying to control the position but Jomoney postures up.
Jomoney slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Harris manages to get back to half guard.
Ivan Jomoney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney controlling the pace.
Jomoney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris wants to control but Jomoney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jomoney with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Harris slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jomoney lands a couple of digs.
Jomoney seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jomoney wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Jomoney from controlling successfully.
Harris wants to control the position but Jomoney says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Jomoney trying to control the action but Harris is working from the bottom.
Harris wants to improve his position but Jomoney is controlling well.
Harris wants to control but Jomoney is keeping busy.
Jomoney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Harris trying to control but Jomoney postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jomoney controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris trying to control here.
Harris keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Harris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harris wants to control but Jomoney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jomoney works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jomoney controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris taking shots to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Jomoney clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Good standup being displayed there by Jomoney as he connects with a hook.
Harris swings for the body but Jomoney moves out of range.
Harris works the jab nicely.
Jomoney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jomoney at a distance.
Jomoney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jomoney fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harris doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jomoney misses the jab.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there
letting Jomoney counter with a right hand.
Jomoney moves away from the strike by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jomoney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jomoney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jomoney thinking.
Jomoney is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Harris throws a counter combo.
Jomoney walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris wants to land a leg kick but Jomoney is out of range.
Harris swings for the body but Jomoney moves out of range.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jomoney to score with a decent uppercut.
A big left from Jomoney misses.
Harris let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Jomoney looks for a takedown but Harris sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Jomoney. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Harris gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harris pulls Jomoney in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris controls Jomoney momentarily but Jomoney frees himself.
Jomoney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jomoney is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Harris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harris being controlled here, momentarily.
Harris is trying to keep Jomoney in close.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jomoney scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney distracts Harris with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Harris looking for subs off his back but Jomoney has passed one foot through into half guard.
Harris has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jomoney is working away from the top position though.
Jomoney is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jomoney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jomoney sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jomoney is pressing down on Harris's thigh, looking to free his foot. Harris is holding on for now.
Harris is looking to improve his position.
Jomoney sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Jomoney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harris's head.
Harris trying to control but Jomoney postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jomoney is keen to just control but Harris is a slippery customer.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Harris misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Jomoney had his way with Terrance Harris in that round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
That's time! Jomoney's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jomoney manages to avoid it.
It looked like Jomoney was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Good leg kick by Harris.
Jomoney misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Harris moves out of range as Jomoney strikes.
Jomoney fails with a takedown attempt.
Jomoney slips a straight right by Harris.
Harris cracks Jomoney with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jomoney.
Jomoney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Jomoney pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harris back to the cage. Jomoney follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jomoney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jomoney. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jomoney shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jomoney showed some decent athleticism there.
Jomoney looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harris has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jomoney is working away from the top position though.
Harris is trying to control but Jomoney passes into side control!
Jomoney scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Harris to see if he's OK.
Jomoney postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
You can see the frustration on Harris's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jomoney in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Harris is looking to regain half guard here but Jomoney keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney working the ground and pound but Harris is defending the strikes.
Harris tries to buck Jomoney off but Jomoney is having none of it.
Jomoney advances to full mount.
Jomoney avoids the attempt from Harris to control.
Jomoney sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jomoney connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jomoney is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jomoney avoids the attempt from Harris to control.
Harris taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney looking to finish Harris with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harris!
Jomoney pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jomoney controlling his opponent.
Harris is in a horrible position here. Jomoney smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jomoney content just to control the position here.
Jomoney working Harris over with strikes here.
Harris wants to control but Jomoney is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Jomoney.
Harris can't escape the position.
Harris wants to control but Jomoney is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jomoney dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Jomoney connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jomoney postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Harris badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Jomoney around the waist but Jomoney pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Jomoney is the winner by TKO! Jomoney jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Jomoney!
Ivan Jomoney retains his welterweight title!
Ivan Jomoney made sure to mention his sponsor, Stoner's Killer Apparel in his post fight interview.