PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and luis eduardo almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). almeida has chosen strawberry swing as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harper
vs
eduardo almeida

176 cm
24
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
202 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, luis eduardo almeida!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Harper.
Harper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harper avoids the body shot from almeida.
almeida misses with the combination.
almeida defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harper.
Harper defends well against a solid takedown attempt from almeida.
almeida scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Harper gets a takedown into half guard.
Harper not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harper trying to pass the guard but almeida defending well.
Harper looks to land a strike but almeida avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Harper 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
almeida can't keep his opponent in guard - Harper advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida is trying to control but can't.
Harper is looking to advance position but almeida won't allow it.
Harper missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Harper passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for almeida!
Harper misses with a head shot.
Harper sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Harper tries to control but almeida wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
almeida wants to control but Harper is having none of it.
Harper tries to control but almeida wriggling away.

Harper wants to finish this one by submission but almeida is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Harper.
almeida is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Harper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper looking to ground and pound but almeida is blocking nicely.
almeida blocking the ground and pound.
almeida wants to control but Harper is having none of it.
almeida working to try and regain half guard.
almeida looks gassed!
Harper lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Harper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harper dominating with strikes here.
Harper working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper controlling from mount.
almeida is in a horrible position here. Harper smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harper landing strikes, looking to finish!
Harper looking to control but almeida is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
almeida taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Harper dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harper shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
almeida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harper seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
almeida trying to control from the bottom.
Harper looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Harper wants to lay and pray for a moment but almeida keeps working.
almeida is breathing heavily.

Harper is working for an americana but almeida has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Harper was thinking about the submission.
Harper postures up and lands a big shot to almeida's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harper trying to control but almeida is working from the bottom.
Harper tries to free his leg and advance position but almeida is retaining full guard.
Harper keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of almeida's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Harper is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

almeida had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harper defends it easily.
almeida keeping moving, preventing Harper from controlling successfully.
Harper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harper postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper throwing strikes from guard but almeida blocks nicely.
Harper passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harper scores with a couple of short elbows.
almeida taking a bit of punishment here - Harper scoring with strikes.
Harper has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Harper trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harper is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. almeida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper scoring with strikes but almeida is staying in there.
John Harper overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harper postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. almeida looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of almeida's face.
A nice elbow there by Harper.

Harper working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
almeida is bucking up trying to escape but Harper cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
almeida is squirming around, avoiding Harper's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Harper dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

almeida walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
almeida takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

almeida scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
almeida throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
almeida moves into full mount! Harper won't be happy about that!
Harper working to try and regain half guard.
almeida tries to control but Harper wriggling away.
Harper is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harper is working to get back to half guard.
Harper is working hard here to advance position.
almeida trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harper is looking to get to half guard.
Harper regains half guard.
Harper tries to get to full guard but almeida has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harper makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Harper.
almeida trying to control but Harper is working from the bottom.
almeida throws a big right hand that misses.
almeida trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harper striking off his back but it's not causing almeida any problems.
Harper 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harper throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harper lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice jab there from Harper.

Harper feints and as almeida raises his hands in defense, Harper changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
almeida can't keep his opponent in guard - Harper advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Harper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that almeida can do to turn this around?
almeida wants to get back to his feet.
Harper missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
almeida is in trouble now - Harper has advanced to mount!
almeida takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Harper with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almeida is squirming around, avoiding Harper's attempts to control the action.
Harper lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Harper controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Harper.
Harper scoring with strikes but almeida is staying in there.
luis eduardo almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harper punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
almeida is bucking up trying to escape but Harper cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Harper showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harper has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Harper!