PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Jansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harper might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sex on fire. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harper
vs
Jansen

184 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

Attliction

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathan Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jan Jansen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jansen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Nathan Harper has been cut.

Harper gets a takedown into half guard.
Harper not doing much here.
Harper is looking to pass Jansen's guard but actually Jansen recovers to full guard.
Jansen keeping full guard, as Harper tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harper wants to stand but Jansen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Harper slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Harper stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jansen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two 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.
Harper wants to control from the top but Jansen keeps moving.
Jansen wants to stand but Harper is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Harper fails with a takedown attempt.
Harper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jansen swivels and escapes.
Jansen cracks Harper with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jansen misses with the combination.
Jansen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Jansen throws a leg kick which misses Harper's front leg but catches the back leg as Harper tries to avoid it.
Jan Jansen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jansen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jansen is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jansen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jansen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jansen breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jansen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jansen duly obliges.
A nice combination there by Jansen.
Jansen throws a right and a left that Harper avoids nicely.
Harper wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jansen avoids the head kick by Harper.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch but Jansen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harper throws a head kick but Jansen moves out of range.
Harper slips a jab and a cross from Jansen.

Harper closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harper lands in his opponent's guard.

Harper thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Harper controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper passes into half guard.
Harper controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jan Jansen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nathan Harper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jansen throws a right and a left that Harper avoids nicely.
Jansen scores with a nice head shot.
Jansen clinches but Harper breaks the clinch

and Harper decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jansen's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Harper decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Harper fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jansen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harper walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harper throws a series of punches but Jansen avoids them all with ease.
Jansen throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Harper shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jansen as he avoids it easily.
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Harper takes the fight into the clinch.
Jansen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jansen is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Jansen crunches a lovely knee into Harper's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jansen.
Jansen can't break the clinch.

Jansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansen swats away the attempt to clinch by Harper.
Jansen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harper backs up against the cage.
Harper shoots for a takedown but Jansen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harper takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jansen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harper circles away from the clinch attempt.

Harper gets the takedown into side control.

Harper tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Harper tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jansen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harper. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harper controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Harper has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Nathan Harper just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Harper tries a head kick but it misses.

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

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

Harper closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jansen to the mat! Jansen manages to get full guard.
Harper sitting in guard here, content to control.

Harper drops back looking for a leg! Jansen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jansen manages to kick Harper off! Harper jumps back into Jansen's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper trying to control the position from guard on top but Jansen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harper controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Harper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Harper's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Harper shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jansen but Jansen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jansen wants to clinch but Harper slips to the side

and Harper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harper.
Jansen tries to land knees in the clinch but Harper avoids the damage to the body.
Jansen has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
The referee calls for Harper to work.
Harper is trying to break free.
Harper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jansen scores a nice knee to the body.
Jansen lands a nice knee to the body.
Jansen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harper wants a takedown.
Harper gets through Jansen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jansen is trying to break free.
Harper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jansen throws an elbow but it misses.
Harper prevents Jansen from breaking the clinch.

Harper manages to break the clinch.
Jansen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jansen misses with a series of wild punches.
Harper throws a nice looking combination but Jansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Harper drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harper slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Harper sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jansen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harper has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jansen throws a right and a left that Harper avoids nicely.

Jansen closes the distance and clinches.
Jansen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Jansen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jansen with a nice cross.
Harper swinging wilding here.
Harper shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jansen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Harper moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jansen stuffs the takedown.
Harper shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jansen pinned against the cage. Jansen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice sprawl there from Jansen as Harper shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Jansen.
Jansen looks to land a combination. Harper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harper looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jansen is fending him off so far but Harper persists. Nope, Jansen circles away and we're back to standing.
Jan Jansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jansen misses with a jab, cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harper.
Harper is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jansen.

Harper is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jansen throws a head kick that half lands.
Oh Harper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jansen throws a good cross that connects.
Jansen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jansen tries to clinch but Harper moves away
and Harper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Harper scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Harper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Harper is trying to take his opponent's back.
Harper seems to have got his legs back now.

Harper working for a guillotine from mount but Jansen is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harper has control of Jansen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jansen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Harper controlling his opponent.
Jansen wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harper sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harper connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harper controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jan Jansen.
I think Jansen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Jansen!