PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between alexander harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

harris
vs
Jung

197 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
219 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, alexander harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Jung!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jung is looking to clinch but harris is avoiding it.

harris rushes Jung and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jung creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like alexander harris has been cut.
Jung is trying to work for a single leg takedown but harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Jung works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
harris looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Jung got a little sloppy there for a moment and harris has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jung has managed to get both his arms back between harris's legs - danger averted.
harris trying to control the position.
Jung scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jung trying to control but harris is working from the bottom.
Jung with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jung trying to control the position from guard on top but harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
harris wants to stand but Jung is controlling the position.
Jung preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung is in close to harris's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jung throws and elbow that misses. harris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jung's guard. Nice move by harris!
harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Jung is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jung preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
harris will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jung is adopting a defensive guard.

Jung uses the cage to get back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jung misses with the combination.
Jung darts in trying to clinch

and harris counters by clinching up.
Jung working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jung tries to break the clinch but harris is controlling the position.

Jung turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Jung working away.
harris is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
harris gets back to half guard.
harris is breathing heavily.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
harris actively working from the bottom here.
Jung scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jung.
Jung should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Jung sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. harris defending well though.
Jung takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jung thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed harris's head.
Jung working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jung lands a nice short elbow.
Jung throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jung scoring with strikes to the body and head.
harris is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jung scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jung winds up and cracks harris with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
harris regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Jung.
harris lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jung!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung is looking to improve his position but harris isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
harris wants to control the pace but Jung is squirming around nicely.
harris fails to move to back control.
harris avoids the attempt from Jung to control.
harris trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice uppercut lands for Jung. That snapped harris's head back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jung.
harris looks for a takedown but Jung sprawls well.
harris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jung avoids it really well and circles away.

harris bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jung is trying to buck harris off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jung manages to work his way to half guard, despite harris's best efforts.
harris prevents Jung from standing back up.
Jung wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
harris trying to control from half guard but Jung is working away.
Jung is trying to stand up here but harris is controlling him well.
Jung has hold of harris's hands but harris slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Jung takes the fight into the clinch.
harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Jung has double underhooks.
Jung wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but harris has him pressed against the cage.
harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
harris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jung smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for alexander harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Jung moves into range and clinches up with harris.

That's two 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.
A right hand to the body from Jung.

Jung's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
harris slips a jab and a cross from Jung.

Jung closes the distance and pushes harris back into the cage.

harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jung fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

harris closes the distance and clinches.

harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jung throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
harris fails with the takedown.
Jung tries to clinch up
and harris counters with a nice uppercut.
harris shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jung but Jung pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jung is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jung fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with harris, pushing him back against the cage.

harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
harris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jung's waist but Jung gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing harris off to one side.
harris moves in looking to clinch but Jung pushes him off.
Jung tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jung throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and harris counters by clinching up.

Jung breaks the clinch.

Jung shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jung pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
harris slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jung is looking to stall here but harris recovers full guard.
harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jung working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jung throwing strikes from guard but harris blocks nicely.

harris wriggles free and stands up.
alexander harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jung misses with a series of wild punches.
Jung misses with a two punch combination.
harris shoots in but Jung avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Jung moves into the clinch.

Jung's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jung looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for harris!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshihiro Jung showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on alexander harris's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jung looks to land a combination but harris avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Jung as harris shoots in.
harris wants to clinch

and Jung counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jung must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
harris is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
harris throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jung with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yoshihiro Jung has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jung working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jung wants to control from the top but harris keeps moving.
harris is adopting a defensive guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jung stands up from harris's guard - Jung perhaps looking for a knockout.
harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jung.

harris has managed to clinch.

Jung pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jung lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
harris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jung avoids it really well and circles away.
Jung lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but harris circles away quickly and effectively.

Jung has harris up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jung has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but harris regains guard immediately.
Jung trying to control but harris is working from the bottom.

harris looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
harris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jung trying to control the position from guard on top but harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
harris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
harris wants to get back to his feet but Jung passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung trying to control the action but harris is working from the bottom.
harris is looking for a sweep. Jung is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
harris on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
harris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jung.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jung throws a head kick that misses.
harris throws a combination. Jung tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Jung misses with a double jab

and harris counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by harris.
Jung is adopting a defensive guard.
harris trying to control but Jung is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
harris's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jung is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
harris pushing down on Jung's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Jung comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jung has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshihiro Jung!