PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alistair Hari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Potter
vs
Hari

190 cm
23
285 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

150 cm
23
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alistair Hari!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hari tries to clinch up but Potter circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut there from Hari.

It looks like Harry Potter has been cut.
Hari throws a hook but Potter blocks it.
Hari tries to clinch but Potter is having none of it.

Hari fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Potter, pushing him back against the cage.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Hari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Hari.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Hari prevents a body shot from Potter.
Hari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter stalling in the clinch.
Hari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Potter can't break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Potter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hari has Potter pressed against the cage, preventing Potter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Potter lands a nice shot to the body.
Potter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Potter.
Potter throws an elbow that misses.
Potter wants to break free but Hari has control.
Hari pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Potter to work.
Potter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hari has him pressed against the cage.
Potter cracks Hari with a nice body shot.
Hari looks winded!
Potter taking a breather.
Potter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hari misses with an elbow over the top.
Potter tries to circle away but Hari has him pinned against the cage.
A short uppercut from Potter.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Hari controls the action.
Potter leaning against his opponent.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
Hari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Potter has Hari pressed against the cage.
Potter taking a breather.
Potter lands with a right to the head.
Hari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Potter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Hari moves into the clinch.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Potter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Potter on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Potter's efforts to push away.
Potter misses with some punches.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter wants to get back to striking at distance but Hari won't allow it.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
Hari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Potter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Haris head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hari throws an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Hari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potter slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Potter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harry Potter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Potter slips under a jab from Hari.
Potter slips a straight right by Hari.
Hari wants to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Hari.
Hari tries to clinch there but Potter circles away.

Potter gets tackled into the cage by Hari. Hari maintains the clinch.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Hari has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the cage.
Nice elbow from Hari.
Harry Potter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Potter lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Hari.
Potter wants to stall.
Hari misses with an elbow strike.
Potter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hari throws an elbow that misses.
Hari misses with an elbow over the top.
Hari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Hari lands an elbow inside.
Hari misses with the head strike.
Hari lands a damaging elbow.

Harry Potter's cut is getting worse.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter is leaning against Hari and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hari is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Hari controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Potter taking a breather.
Potter takes an elbow to the temple.
Hari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Hari.
Potter is trying to break the clinch but Hari is controlling him.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hari's elbow.
Hari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from Hari, against the cage.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Potter trying to stall but Hari improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Hari controls the action.
Potter blocks an elbow strike from Hari.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Potter just leaning against Hari, taking a breather.
Hari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Hari pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Potter misses with a knee to the head.
Potter gets through Hari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potter has Hari pushed against the cage.
Potter taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hari throws an elbow but misses.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Hari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Hari uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hari throws an elbow but misses.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Potter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hari lands an elbow just above Potter 's eye.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
Hari creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
Hari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Hari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alistair Hari will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Harry Potter's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Hari missing with a left hand there. Potter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hari doesn't manage to clinch there - Potter circles away.
Potter is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hari looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hari closes the distance but Potter moves to the side
and Potter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hari missing with a left hand there. Potter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hari tries to clinch up but Potter circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hari tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Potter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Potter swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hari forces Potter back against the cage and clinches.
Potter lands with a light punch inside.
Hari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potter lands an uppercut.
Hari misses with an elbow strike.
Hari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Potter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter trying to stall but Hari improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Potter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hari is keeping busy.
Potter seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Hari is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Hari blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter working hard to break the clinch.
Hari keeps control of Potter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hari lands an elbow inside that Potter shrugs off.
Hari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Hari prevents a body shot from Potter.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hari's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hari lands a nice elbow.

Harry Potter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hari.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Hari creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Potter missing with knees to the body.
Hari lands an elbow inside that Potter shrugs off.
Hari pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Potter looking to stall.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from Hari.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hari throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from Hari.

Potter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Hari misses.
Hari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hari tries to clinch but Potter is having none of it.
Alistair Hari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter dodges the punch combination from Hari.
Potter ducks under a wild hook from Hari.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Potter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alistair Hari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hari 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 William Gold scores the fight for Alistair Hari!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Harry Potter!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Harry Potter!

Harry Potter wins by split decision!