PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Omar Raharu (ranked 970 p4p, 1555 weight class) and Scooter Ham (ranked 116 p4p, 180 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Raharu
vs
Ham

186 cm
21
185
6 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
191
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omar Raharu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scooter Ham!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raharu lands with an overhand left.
Raharu throws a looping overhand right but Ham ducks down to avoid it.
Raharu moves to clinch but Ham breaks away
and Ham connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ham is looking to land body kicks.
Ham lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Raharu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ham.
Raharu checks a leg kick nicely.
Raharu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ham takes a swing at Raharu's ribcage but misses.
Ham walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Raharu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Raharu misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raharu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Omar Raharu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raharu clobbers Ham with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Raharu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raharu moves away from the strike by Ham.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raharu throws the left hand but Ham avoids the punch easily.
Raharu definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ham misses with an uppercut. Raharu saw that one coming.
Raharu connects with a nice looking jab.

Raharu closes the distance and clinches.
Ham is leaning against Raharu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Ham - that landed with a thud.
Ham has a couple of punches blocked by Raharu.
Ham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ham tries to work over Raharu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raharu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ham lands with a light punch inside.
Raharu misses with a punch on the inside.
Raharu misses with a punch to the body.
Raharu blocking some punches.
Ham is trying to break the clinch but Raharu has him pressed against the cage.
Ham can't break the clinch.
Ham tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ham prevents a body shot from Raharu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raharu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ham can't find room to land a body shot as Raharu controls the action.
Raharu has Ham pressed against the cage, preventing Ham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raharu working aggressively here.
Ham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Raharu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Raharu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ham misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raharu tries to work over Ham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Ham fails to land.
Ham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raharu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ham.
Raharu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ham backwards.

Ham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raharu tries to clinch
and Ham counters with a nice uppercut.

Raharu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ham is trying to break the clinch but Raharu has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raharu misses with the head strike.
Raharu lands with a right to the head.
Raharu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raharus head.
Ham pushes Raharu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raharu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raharu backwards.
Raharu working aggressively here.
Raharu can't find room to land a body shot as Ham controls the action.

Ham's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ham takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raharu.
Ham throws a big shot that misses.
Ham throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ham scores with a sloppy right hand. Raharu should have avoided that one.
Raharu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raharu wants to clinch
and Ham counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Raharu misses.
Raharu throws an overhand right that lands on Ham's shoulder, as Ham tries to avoid the shot.
Raharu misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Raharu moves to clinch but Ham breaks away
and Ham counters with a nice body shot.
Jab from Ham.
A telegraphed right hand from Raharu misses the target.
Raharu tries to clinch
and Ham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Raharu is rocked!
Raharu tries to clinch up.
Oh Raharu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raharu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Raharu seems to have got his legs back now.
Ham misses the jab.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Raharu misses with a body shot.
Ham waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raharu.
Raharu is looking to counter the offense by Ham and move into the clinch.
Raharu tries to clinch but Ham moves out of range.
Ham throws out a counter right but Raharu avoids it with no problem.
Raharu throws a right hand that misses
and Ham counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Raharu badly! Ham follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Raharu out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Ham finished him against the cage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Scooter Ham!