PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams comes to the cage accompanied by Rihanna - So Hard. Harper has chosen Welcome To Jamrock as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Adams
vs
Harper

170 cm
30
170 lbs
8 - 15 - 1

175 cm
29
158 lbs
15 - 13 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Harper!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Adams moves into the clinch.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adams scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adams is trying to break free.
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adams blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
Adams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Adams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Harper.
Adams blocking some punches.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.

Adams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Adams darts in and clinches Harper up against the cage.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Harper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams has Harper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Adams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Adams dodges an elbow strike from Harper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
Adams can't break the clinch.
Harper has Adams pressed against the cage, preventing Adams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Adams won't want to take too many of those.
Adams is looking to control Harper's arms but Harper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Adams has his back to the cage.
Adams wants to break free but Harper has control.
Adams avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adams avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Adams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harper misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harper prevents Adams from breaking the clinch.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Adams.
Adams pushes Harper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Adams pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Harper avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Harper gets to his feet - Adams follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck for Adams with that takedown attempt.
Harper tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it.

Adams clinches.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Harper.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adams blocks it with crossed arms.
Adams can't break the clinch.
Harper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Harper dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Adams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harper.

Adams takes the fight into the clinch.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Adams breaks the clinch.
Adams fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Adams forces Harper back against the cage and clinches.
Adams is trying to push Harper away but Harper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Harper letting Adams take a breather here.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adams blocks it with crossed arms.
Ben Harper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Adams avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Harper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adams or not.
Harper keeps control of Adams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Adams manages to break the clinch.

Adams moves into range and clinches up with Harper.
Harper is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Adams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Harper.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Harper is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.

Adams breaks from the clinch.

Adams moves into range and clinches up with Harper.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Adams is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams avoids the elbow strike from Harper, against the cage.

Adams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harper tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.

Harper tries to keep at a distance but Adams has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Harper.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adams has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harper is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Adams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harper keeps control of Adams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Adams.
Harper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Adams managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Harper.
Adams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harpers head.
Adams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Harper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick lands from Adams.
Adams misses with a low kick as Harper jumps back.
Harper avoids the head kick by Adams.

Adams pushes Harper up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper landing knees to the body.
Adams stalling the fight.
Harper misses with a knee strike.

Adams breaks the clinch.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Harper moves into the clinch.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper presses Adams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Adams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Adams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Adams blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adams is defending well for now.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adams avoids it.
Harper lands with a left to the head.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams looking to slow down the pace here.
Harper blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams is trying to pull guard but Harper turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
Adams tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adams is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Adams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harper smiles and moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Adams. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Adams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off.
Adams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams throws a leg kick

and Harper counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Adams trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Adams is adopting a defensive guard.
Adams throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Harper engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Harper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Adams is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harper stands up and waves to Adams to follow him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ben Harper is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Adams gets tackled into the cage by Harper. Harper maintains the clinch.
Adams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Tim Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harper has Adams pressed against the cage, preventing Adams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Adams's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Harper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Harper winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Harper!
Ben Harper was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.