PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bapp (ranked 2310 p4p, 311 weight class) and Bann Harrow (ranked 2981 p4p, 373 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bapp
vs
Harrow

225 cm
21
209 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

191 cm
24
213 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scotty Bapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bann Harrow!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bapp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harrow tries to clinch but Bapp is having none of it.
Bapp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrow.
As Harrow tries to get set, Bapp tries to push him back and clinch up but Harrow manages to avoid the attempt.
Bapp connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrow throws a low kick but Bapp moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Bapp is predictable there
and Harrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the liver by Bapp. Beautiful body shot.
Bapp throws a jab when Harrow was well out of range.
Harrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harrow misses with a body shot.
Bapp connects with the punch.
Harrow takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A jab from Bapp misses.
Harrow thuds a left hand into Bapp's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrow lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Harrow.
Harrow misses with a right hand
and Bapp counters with a nice body shot.

Bapp fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrow, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Bapp.
Bapp is trying to pull guard but Harrow has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Bapp.
Bapp misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Bapp.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bapp.
Harrow misses with the head strike.
Harrow misses with a punch to the body.

Bapp jumps guard and drags Harrow to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Bapp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harrow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrow looking to pass the guard.
Bapp wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Bapp throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bapp tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Bapp throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Bapp working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Harrow doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Harrow manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Bapp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harrow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bapp seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bapp keeping moving, preventing Harrow from controlling successfully.
Harrow slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Bapp throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bapp can't keep his opponent in guard - Harrow advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bapp is staying active underneath Harrow, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Harrow is looking for a kimura but Bapp is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Harrow to get the leverage.

Bapp looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bapp moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Harrow trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Bapp is looking for a triangle here but Harrow uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Bapp is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Harrow looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bapp is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harrow is trying to get an arm triangle but Bapp is defending well.
Bapp is looking to reverse the position.
Harrow wants to control but Bapp is keeping him busy.

Harrow is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bapp has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bapp tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harrow wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bapp gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bapp moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Bapp had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harrow defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Scotty Bapp will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bapp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harrow throws out a leg kick but Bapp moves out of range and Harrow only half commits.
Harrow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bapp blocks a jab.
Bapp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harrow throws a sloppy head kick and Bapp moves out of range easily.
Harrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bapp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harrow tries a head kick but it misses.
Harrow throws a sloppy head kick and Bapp moves out of range easily.
Bapp throws a jab but it's blocked by Harrow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bapp tries to clinch
and Harrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrow checks a leg kick nicely.
Bapp moves away from the strike by Harrow.
Harrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bapp seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrow checks a low kick from Bapp.
Bapp throws a sloppy body shot
and Harrow counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Harrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bapp works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harrow lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harrow ducks under a wild hook from Bapp.
Bapp staying out of range there.
Harrow throws a sloppy head kick and Bapp moves out of range easily.
Harrow misses with a lunging right hand
and Bapp counters with a good, hard body kick but Harrow shrugs it off.
Harrow tries to clinch up.
Bapp tried to counter with a leg kick but Harrow avoided it.
Bapp works Harrow's body with a nice hook.
Bapp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrow tries to clinch but Bapp is having none of it.
Bapp getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bapp misses with a looping left.
Harrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bapp.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bapp throws a head kick that misses
and Bapp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Bapp darts in and clinches Harrow up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Harrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harrow scores with a shot to the side of Bapp's head.
Bapp digs a right hand underneath Harrow's ribcage. Harrow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harrow throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Bapp as the two fighters clinch.
Bapp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bapp lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrow misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Bapp.
Harrow is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Bapp.
Harrow fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bapp.
Bapp jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harrow walks away with a smile on his face. Bapp gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bapp slips a jab from Harrow.
Bapp rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harrow counters with a nice uppercut.
Bapp lands an overhand right.
Bapp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bapp is looking to chop away at Harrow's legs.
Bapp tries a head kick but it misses.
Bapp slips under a jab from Harrow.
Bapp throws a hook but Harrow blocks it.
Bapp tries to clinch up but Harrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Harrow moves forwards but Bapp connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Harrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bapp misses with a looping right.
Bapp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrow checks the leg kick.
Harrow on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
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!
Harrow throws a good cross that connects.
A head kick misses from Harrow.
Bapp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrow.
Bapp wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bapp doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrow circles away.
Bapp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bapp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harrow cracks Bapp with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bann Harrow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bapp scores with a sloppy right hand. Harrow should have avoided that one.
Bapp clobbers Harrow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bapp misses with a looping left.
Harrow lands a really nice looking cross but Bapp seems unphased.
Bapp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrow misses with a head kick.
Harrow lands a leg kick that knocks Bapp off balance momentarily.
Bapp misses with a lunging right hand
and Harrow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bapp.
Harrow throws a poor cross that misses

and Bapp holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bapp lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bapp lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Harrow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bapp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harrow tries to work over Bapp's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bapp gets through Harrow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harrow lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bapp misses with a punch to the body.
Bapp working aggressively here.
Harrow blocks a body shot from Bapp.
Bapp has a couple of punches blocked by Harrow.
Bapp is leaning against Harrow and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Bapp.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bapp.
Harrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Bapp controls his hands.
Bapp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harrow has a couple of punches blocked by Bapp.

Bapp jumps into guard, dragging Harrow to the mat.
Harrow tries to free his leg and advance position but Bapp is retaining full guard.

Bapp is looking for a triangle but Harrow pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bapp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harrow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Bapp escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harrow gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrow wants to pass the guard but Bapp is keeping the position.
Bapp will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Harrow stopping the sweep attempt from Bapp.

Bapp is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Harrow rolls with it to try and escape but Bapp cranks on the arm and Harrow is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Scotty Bapp!
A very excited looking Scotty Bapp made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.