PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aldo
vs
Harper

173 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Harper!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aldo blocks a head kick by Harper.
Harper lands with a right hand.
Aldo misses with a combination
and Harper counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aldo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harper circles away quickly and effectively.
Harper shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Aldo but Aldo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Harper gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harper misses the shot to the body.
Aldo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Harper counters by clinching up.

Harper manages to break the clinch.
Harper throws a hook but Aldo avoids it easily.
Harper throws a nice looking combination but Aldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aldo throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Aldo throws a shot to the body.
Aldo stalks Harper and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harper's face. Harper staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Chris Harper has been cut.
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!
Harper misses with a looping left.

Aldo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Harper to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harper stands up and waves to Aldo to follow him.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt

and Harper counters by clinching up.

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

Harper looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Aldo!
Harper looks gassed!
Harper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harper controlling from mount.
Aldo is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Harper controlling from mount.
Harper avoids the attempt from Aldo to control.
Harper scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Harper controlling his opponent.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harper looking to secure an arm triangle but Aldo defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Aldo tries to lock up and control but Harper gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Harper looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Harper controlling the pace for now.

Harper looking to secure an arm triangle but Aldo defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aldo swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo wants to control but Harper is having none of it.
Aldo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Harper controlling from mount.
Aldo trying desperately to get to his feet.
Harper working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Aldo is desperately trying to improve his position but Harper has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Harper's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Aldo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Aldo wants to clinch but Harper slips to the side

and Harper counters by clinching up.
Aldo tries to break the clinch but Harper is controlling the position.
Harper prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aldo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harper throws a series of punches but Aldo avoids them all with ease.
Aldo tries to clinch
and Harper makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harper thuds a left hand into Aldo's body.
Aldo cracks Harper with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harper throws a head kick that misses.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt

and Harper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Aldo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aldo misses with the head strike.

Harper manages to break the clinch.
That kick from Aldo tenderised Harper's leg. Harper is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aldo looks to clinch

and Harper holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Aldo is trying to push Harper away but Harper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aldo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harper blocks it with crossed arms.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper keeps control of Aldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jose Aldo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aldo lands with a nice combination. Harper backs away looking to recover.
Harper lands with an overhand left.

Harper pushes Aldo up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aldo has him pressed against the cage.

Harper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Harper misses with a double jab
and Aldo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Harper keeps it at a distance.
Aldo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aldo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Aldo!
Aldo tries to clinch but Harper is having none of it.
Aldo works over Harper's head and body with a nice combination.
Aldo works over Harper's head and body with a nice combination.
Aldo scores with a one two! Harper had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Aldo with a nice cross.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harper swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.
Aldo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harper counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Harper circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Harper 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aldo wants to clinch up but Harper keeps it at a distance.
Aldo works over Harper's head and body with a nice combination.
Aldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harper swats away the attempt to clinch by Aldo.
Aldo tries to clinch
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aldo wants to clinch.
Aldo darts in trying to clinch

and Harper counters with a single leg into guard. Aldo didn't expect that.
Harper's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Harper gets to his feet - Aldo follows without any prompting.
Aldo tries to clinch
and Harper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aldo tries to clinch but Harper moves out of range.
Aldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Harper is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
Aldo misses with the combination.
Aldo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Harper has managed to clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harper.

Harper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aldo tries to clinch

and Harper counters with a shoot takedown. Aldo fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aldo striking off his back but it's not causing Harper any problems.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper won't allow Aldo to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Harper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Harper's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Harper falls off balance throwing a combination

and Aldo moves into the clinch.
Aldo is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Harper prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Harper lands with a short shot to the head.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harper misses with a series of wild punches.
Aldo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Harper counters by clinching up.
Aldo prevents Harper from breaking the clinch.
Aldo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aldo has him pressed against the cage.
Harper prevents Aldo from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harper avoiding damage as Aldo throws knees to the body.
Harper has Aldo pressed against the cage, preventing Aldo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aldo counters with a body kick that stops Harper in his tracks momentarily.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Harper is avoiding it.
Harper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aldo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab, jab by Aldo - just one landing.
Jose Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Harper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aldo lands a head kick!
Aldo tries to clinch but Harper moves out of range.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo looks to clinch

and Harper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Aldo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Aldo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aldo tries to clinch up

and Harper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harper.
Aldo is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.

Harper breaks from the clinch.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Aldo does no damage.
Harper throws a head kick that misses.
Aldo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harper.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo looks to clinch
and Harper counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Aldo circles away.
Aldo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harper eats them both and turns towards Aldo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Aldo scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Harper moves into the clinch.
Aldo is trying to force a seperation but Harper has the dominant position.
Harper lands an uppercut.
Aldo can't break the clinch.

Harper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harper throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo tries to clinch but Harper is having none of it.
Harper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harper has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Aldo.
Aldo tries to clinch

and Harper counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Aldo is in trouble now - Harper has advanced to mount!

Harper has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Aldo is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chris Harper!