PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gegard Sipowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sipowicz comes to the cage accompanied by Opeth - Deliverance. Gegard Sipowicz had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sipowicz
vs
Harris

176 cm
20
166 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gegard Sipowicz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Harris!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Sipowicz.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.

Harris looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Harris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Harris is controlling the pace.
Harris throwing shots but Sipowicz is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Harris content to control rather than advance.
Sipowicz is looking to improve his position.
Harris is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sipowicz is staying active underneath Harris, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harris thows a huge punch but Sipowicz dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sipowicz is trying to maintain the position but Harris is very close to passing his half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Good leg kick by Sipowicz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sipowicz misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sipowicz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harris dodges the punch combination from Sipowicz.
Some wild striking there from Sipowicz.
No joy there for Sipowicz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sipowicz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sipowicz looks for the body kick but Harris saw that one coming.
Sipowicz scores with a jab.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sipowicz.
Sipowicz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Sipowicz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sipowicz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harris gets the takedown into side control.
Harris just content to control the position.
The ground and pound from Harris seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
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 Gegard Sipowicz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sipowicz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Sipowicz shows good takedown defense.
Sipowicz throws a body kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Sipowicz. No joy for Harris on that attempt.
Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sipowicz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Sipowicz lands with a shot to the body.
Sipowicz connects with a looping right hand.
Nice body punch from Sipowicz.
Gegard Sipowicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Sipowicz.
Sipowicz scores with the left hand. Harris knows he should have avoided that one.
Sipowicz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harris is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sipowicz misses with a double jab.
Sipowicz misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sipowicz scores with a jab to the body.
Sipowicz fails to land with a series of punches.
Sipowicz misses with a few strikes there.
Sipowicz swinging wilding here.
Gegard Sipowicz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sipowicz misses with a double jab.
Harris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sipowicz's waist but Sipowicz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harris off to one side.
Gegard Sipowicz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Harris.
Sipowicz sizes up Harris with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sipowicz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Sipowicz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sipowicz fails to land with a series of punches.
Sipowicz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sipowicz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harris takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sipowicz.
Sipowicz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sipowicz.
Sipowicz misses with a wild combination.
Sipowicz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sipowicz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gegard Sipowicz is winning the standup battle so far.
Sipowicz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sipowicz misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Sipowicz pushes him off.
Harris checks a low kick from Sipowicz.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sipowicz.
Harris looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sipowicz throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Sipowicz.
Sipowicz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Gegard Sipowicz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sipowicz ducks under a wild hook from Harris.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sipowicz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Sipowicz.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sipowicz.
Harris moves away from the strike by Sipowicz.
Sipowicz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Sipowicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Sipowicz shows good takedown defense.
Sipowicz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Harris shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sipowicz's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris is looking to work some ground and pound but Sipowicz has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gegard Sipowicz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sipowicz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Sipowicz.
Sipowicz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sipowicz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sipowicz tries to score with a low kick but Harris moves his leg out of the way.
Sipowicz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Sipowicz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sipowicz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harris is able to avoid easily.
Harris misses with a hook. Sipowicz ducked under it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sipowicz throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sipowicz.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt - Sipowicz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sipowicz throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sipowicz tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Harris bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Harris is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sipowicz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Harris throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Harris throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sipowicz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sipowicz tries to get out of the position.
Sipowicz is looking for a sweep.
Harris controlling the position.
Sipowicz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Harris.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris trying to control the position but Sipowicz is working away.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sipowicz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris fails with the takedown.
Sipowicz throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
Sipowicz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sipowicz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Harris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sipowicz swivels and escapes.
Gegard Sipowicz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Harris.
Nice jab there from Sipowicz.
Harris fails to land the takedown.
Sipowicz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sipowicz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sipowicz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sipowicz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harris throws a hook but Sipowicz blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gegard Sipowicz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sipowicz, 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight for Gegard Sipowicz!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Gegard Sipowicz!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Gegard Sipowicz!

Gegard Sipowicz wins by unanimous decision!