PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Neponen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alonzo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Neponen
vs
Harris

180 cm
30
177 lbs
15 - 17 - 0

195 cm
30
183 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Neponen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alonzo Harris!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Harris connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Harris feints a jab promting Neponen to slip. Harris then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Neponen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Neponen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Neponen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Harris has escaped the position, nice work there.
Neponen trying to control the action but Harris is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from Neponen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neponen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Harris is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Neponen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harris is avoiding damage well.
Neponen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Neponen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Harris is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Neponen goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Harris rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Neponen's guard! Nice work there by Harris!
Harris landing with the ground and pound.
Neponen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Harris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Neponen's head.
Harris is looking to work some ground and pound but Neponen has wrist control.
Neponen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neponen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harris is looking to work some ground and pound but Neponen has wrist control.
Harris cracks Neponen with a solid left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Harris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Harris postures up.
Neponen has Harris pulled in close to control his posture.
Neponen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neponen is working for a submission of some sort.

Neponen seems to be looking for submissions.
Neponen with the ground and pound but Harris uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Neponen wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Neponen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neponen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Neponen from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alonzo Harris will probably get the nod.
That's time! Neponen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harris throws the left hand but Neponen avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Neponen.
Neponen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harris to score with a decent uppercut.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice shot by Harris.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
Harris stalls.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.

Neponen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Neponen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris lands a jab-cross combination.

Neponen is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris lands a jab.
Oh Neponen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harris steps in with a hook that catches Neponen right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Harris follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Neponen looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alonzo Harris!
In his post fight interview, Alonzo Harris started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.