PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Vick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charlie Harper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harper
vs
Vick

187 cm
18
216 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charlie Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Micheal Vick!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Harper instigates a clinch.
Vick wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Harper landing knees to the head.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Vick has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Vick wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vick is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harper tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harper.
Harper finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harper misses with a head kick.
Harper throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Harper is looking to clinch.
Harper fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vick moves out of range as Harper strikes.
Harper tries to clinch there but Vick circles away.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vick throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harper counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Vick is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Harper is looking to clinch but Vick is avoiding it.
Vick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vick lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harper backs up against the cage.

It looks like Charlie Harper has been cut.
Vick closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vick scores with a nice strike.
Vick scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Vick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harper dodges the punch combination from Vick.
Vick scores with the left hand. Harper knows he should have avoided that one.
Harper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vick keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper is looking to clinch but Vick is avoiding it.
Harper takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vick lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harper backs up against the cage.
Harper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Vick counters with a series of strikes. Harper will be more careful next time no doubt.
Harper clinches but Vick breaks the clinch
and Vick makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vick blocks a head kick by Harper.
Harper darts in trying to clinch
and Vick counters with a nice uppercut.
Harper tries to clinch
and Vick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harper tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vick makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vick slips a jab and a cross from Harper.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Vick to counter with a crisp jab.
Harper closes the distance but Vick moves to the side
and Vick counters with a series of strikes. Harper will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four 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.
Harper tries to clinch there but Vick circles away.
Charlie Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harper throws a sloppy head kick and Vick moves out of range easily.
Harper pushes Vick away with a front kick.
Vick throws a series of strikes that have Harper backpedaling.
Vick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Harper instigates a clinch.

Vick breaks the clinch.
Vick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harper throws a right and a left that Vick avoids nicely.
Harper darts in trying to clinch
and Vick counters with a nice uppercut.
Vick misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micheal Vick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Harper'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.

Harper closes the distance but Vick moves to the side
and Vick counters with a two punch combo.
Charlie Harper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harper throws a head kick but Vick moves out of range.
Harper tries a head kick but it misses.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harper tries to clinch up.
Harper has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vick misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harper thinking.
A left and a right from Vick both land. Nice combination.
Harper tries to clinch but Vick moves away
and Vick counters with a three punch combo that has Harper backing up. Harper nods at Vick to acknowledge the strikes.
Harper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vick is out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper tries to clinch up
and Vick counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vick blocks the body kick.
Harper slips a jab and a cross from Vick.
Harper lands with a thumping leg kick.

Harper has Vick up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Vick is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Harper.

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

Harper rushes Vick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vick tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Vick is blocking nicely.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Vick finds it's target.
Harper throws a head kick that misses.
Vick moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Harper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harper tries to work over Vick's front leg with a kick but Vick checks it.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Vick lands a slapping body shot.
Harper closes the distance but Vick moves to the side
and Vick counters with a left and a right that stings Harper.

Harper forces Vick back against the cage and clinches.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Vick is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vick managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Vick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vick wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper landing knees to the head.

Harper breaks from the clinch.
Vick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Harper rushes Vick and presses him up against the cage.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper keeps control of Vick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harper breaks from the clinch.
Harper tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Vick counter with a right hand.
Harper tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vick counters with a three punch combo that has Harper backing up. Harper nods at Vick to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four 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 tries to clinch up
and Vick counters with a two punch combo.
A head kick misses from Harper.
Harper wants to clinch but Vick slips to the side
and Vick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harper thinking.
Vick throws a shot to the body.
Vick swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Harper counters by moving into the clinch.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Vick is blocking nicely.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Vick blocks it.
Harper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vick's efforts to push away.

Harper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Charlie Harper will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charlie Harper's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Vick swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harper counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vick's knee momentarily.
Harper closes the distance but Vick moves to the side
and Vick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Vick.
Harper misses with a jab to the body
and Harper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harper tries to clinch but Vick moves out of range.
Harper is looking to clinch but Vick is avoiding it.
Harper tries to clinch but Vick moves away
and Vick counters with a two punch combo.
Harper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vick.
Harper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper tries to clinch up.
Harper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harper tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper wants to clinch but Vick slips to the side
and Vick counters with a one-two to the body.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vick counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vick avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harper gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vick.
Harper tries a head kick but it misses.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harper.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vick paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vick swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vick misses with a double jab.
Vick keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper doesn't manage to clinch there - Vick circles away.
Harper wants to clinch up but Vick keeps it at a distance.
A nice combination there by Vick.
Harper throws a sloppy head kick and Vick moves out of range easily.
Vick misses with a jab, cross combination.

Harper has Vick up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vick is trying to break free.
Vick is looking to break free of the clinch but Harper has double underhooks.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Vick is blocking nicely.
Vick tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper misses with a knee strike.

Harper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vick is working the combinations to good effect here.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harper wants to clinch.
Harper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harper tries to clinch up.
Vick throws a nice looking combination but Harper bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harper throws a series of punches but Vick moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harper is looking to clinch.
Vick moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vick!
Harper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch but Vick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harper looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harper pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Danga de danga de dang - Vick scores with a four punch combination!
Vick throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harper on the side of the head.
Harper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vick counters with a nice uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vick connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vick counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Micheal Vick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vick 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micheal Vick!