PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harper kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Welcome To Jamrock. Gonzales is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Himno Nacional Mexicano. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Harper
vs
Gonzales

175 cm
29
158 lbs
17 - 13 - 1

171 cm
29
157 lbs
15 - 20 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enrique Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales missing with a left hand there. Harper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonzales throws a low kick, looking for Harper's leg but Harper calmly moves out of range.

Harper pushes Gonzales up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzales is trying to push Harper away but Harper has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Harper landing knees to the body.
Harper lands a knee to the body.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Harper.
Harper landing knees to the head.

It looks like Enrique Gonzales has been cut.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Gonzales looks gassed!
Harper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonzales takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper lands a knee to the head.
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Gonzales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper lands a knee to the body.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzales won't want to take too many of those.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Gonzales takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Gonzales tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harper.
Gonzales avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.
Harper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harper landing knees to the body.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzales avoids it.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Gonzales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gonzales takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Gonzales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harper with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gonzales tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
Gonzales wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gonzales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
Gonzales avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Gonzales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks it.
Gonzales tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzales has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
Gonzales wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
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!
Gonzales avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Harper has Gonzales pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzales from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harper has Gonzales pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzales from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands a knee to the head.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Gonzales's ribcage.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Gonzales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Gonzales tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Harper is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Enrique Gonzales's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Harper tries to clinch up but Gonzales circles away and keeps his distance.

Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Gonzales takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzales can do to turn this around?
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzales won't want to take too many of those.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harper scores with a knee to the head.
Ben Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gonzales is trying to force a seperation but Harper has the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Gonzales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Gonzales is blocking nicely.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzales is defending well for now.
Harper misses 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 prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.

Gonzales manages to break the clinch.
A left lands for Gonzales.

Gonzales closes the distance and clinches.
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzales blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gonzales's brow.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Gonzales tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
Harper lands a knee to the body.
Harper landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper keeps control of Gonzales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Gonzales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harper prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Gonzales is blocking nicely.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzales avoids it.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Gonzales is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Gonzales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gonzales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Gonzales avoids the elbow strike from Harper, against the cage.
Harper has Gonzales pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzales from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.
Gonzales is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gonzales takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gonzales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Harper.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gonzales tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzales takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks with his arms.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Gonzales tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gonzales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Gonzales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gonzales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Gonzales's ribcage.
Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzales is trying to force a seperation but Harper has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Harper.
Harper landing knees to the head.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzales dodges an elbow strike from Harper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Harper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Enrique Gonzales's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harper is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harper tries to clinch up but Gonzales circles away and keeps his distance.
Harper is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
Harper fails in his attempt to clinch.

Harper clinches with his opponent.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harper.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harper obliges.
Harper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper connects with a knee to the head.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzales blocks it with crossed arms.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Harper has Gonzales pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzales from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gonzales wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper lands a knee to the head.
Gonzales tries to break the clinch but Harper is controlling the position.
Harper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gonzales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks it.
Gonzales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gonzales is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Harper connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzales's face.
Gonzales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper drops his hands momentarily and Gonzales takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gonzales tries to score with a low kick but Harper moves his leg out of the way.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
A swing and a miss from Gonzales.
Gonzales circles away from the clinch attempt.

Harper gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzales avoids the damage to the body.
Harper landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harper working Gonzales over with knees to the body.
Harper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Gonzales blocks it.
Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gonzales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a knee to the head.
Gonzales is trying to break free.

Gonzales breaks the clinch.
Gonzales tests Harper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzales circles away.
Harper is looking to clinch but Gonzales is avoiding it.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzales paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzales throws a big shot that misses.
Enrique Gonzales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Gonzales misses.
Harper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzales swivels and escapes.
Harper fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gonzales thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Harper. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harper ducks under a wild hook from Gonzales.
A big right from Gonzales misses.
Enrique Gonzales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzales scores with a jab. Harper acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harper tries to clinch there but Gonzales circles away.
Gonzales scores with a jab to the jaw.
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!
Gonzales misses with a straight left.
Ben Harper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circling - Gonzales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzales throws out a loose jab but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harper wants to clinch.
Harper tries to clinch there but Gonzales circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Harper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harper, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Harper!
Ben Harper decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.