PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Lima (ranked 4522 p4p, 5379 weight class) and Greg Redman (ranked 481 p4p, 541 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Lima
vs
Redman

188 cm
18
213
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
215
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harrison Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greg Redman!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lima shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Redman eats them both and turns towards Lima to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Redman misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Lima misses its target.
Redman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lima to score with a decent uppercut.
Lima lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lima jabs Redman right on the nose. Redman blinks but takes it well.
Lima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Redman is looking for the big counter here.
Lima lands a right hook to the body.
Redman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lima lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lima scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice straight punches there by Lima. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lima.
Lima scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Redman doesn't seem bothered though.
Redman throws a combination that misses
and Lima counters with a nice uppercut.
Lima scores with a crisp jab that stopped Redman in his tracks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lima looks to land a combination but Redman avoids it well.
Redman shapes to counter with a head kick.
Redman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lima lands a right hook to the body.
Lima scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lima misses with a body shot.
Lima lands a jab-cross combination.
Redman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lima throwing a counter right hand but Redman manages to avoid it.
Lima lands with an uppercut that bounces Redman off the cage and back into range.
Redman throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redman throws a head kick that misses.
Lima swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lima lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Lima drops Redman with a beautiful combination! Redman stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lima is looking for the KO!

Redman is rocked!

It looks like Greg Redman has been cut.
Redman looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lima scores with a jab to the body.
Redman is still on wobbly legs! Can Lima finish him?
Lima bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lima darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Redman seems to have recovered his senses.
A punch combination from Lima misses.
Redman throws a nice looking combination but Lima bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Lima was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Redman.
Lima scores with a hook to the body. Redman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Redman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lima works Redman's body with a nice hook.
Lima works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lima lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Redman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lima fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lima works the jab nicely.
Lima scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lima lands a nice shot to the body.
Lima digs a good hook to Redman's body.
Nice shot by Lima.
Harrison Lima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redman needs to keep his hands up - Lima had a free shot at his head there.
Lima connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Redman's hands.
Lima uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lima throws a combination. Redman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oooooh!!! Lima has knocked Redman down with a huge combo! Lima steps away and waves a wobbly Redman back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lima connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Redman! He's out on his feet! Lima rushes in and drops Redman with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Harrison Lima!
After the fight, Harrison Lima was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.