PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramses Bradshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Harper
vs
Bradshaw

186 cm
26
180 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

185 cm
28
180 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

BHP's Shaolin Nutrition & Laundry (One Stop Shop)
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramses Bradshaw!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper's corner calls for a 1-2. Harper obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A lazy left from Bradshaw finds it's target.
Harper connects with a nice looking jab.
Harper will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bradshaw misses with a lunging right hand
and Harper counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bradshaw throws a shot from downtown. Harper moves away and avoids it.
Harper cracks a nice hook into Bradshaw's ribs.
Bradshaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Harper scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bradshaw in his tracks.
Harper throws a low kick but Bradshaw avoids it.
Bradshaw misses with a hook.
Harper scores with a one two! Bradshaw had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Harper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bradshaw defending well as Harper loads up on a big left hand.
Harper connects with a body shot that sends Bradshaw's belly button to the back.
Bradshaw misses with a body shot.
Harper slips a jab and a cross from Bradshaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harper. Bradshaw does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harper misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradshaw is just out of range.
Bradshaw throws a combination that misses
and Harper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bradshaw lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harper backs up against the cage.
Harper checks a leg kick.
Harper misses with an uppercut. Bradshaw saw that one coming.
Harper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bradshaw throws a low kick, looking for Harper's leg but Harper calmly moves out of range.
Harper throws the kick towards the body but Bradshaw avoids it.
The fighters circling - Bradshaw throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harper throws out a loose jab but Bradshaw uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bradshaw throws a big shot that misses.
Harper misses the shot to the body.
Bradshaw moves out of range of the body kick.
Harper lands with a nice body punch.
Bradshaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harper moves away.
Good shot there by Bradshaw.
Bradshaw leaves Harper with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bradshaw throws a jab but it's blocked by Harper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper slips a straight right by Bradshaw.
Bradshaw chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harper can pounce on him.
Ramses Bradshaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harper throws a shot from downtown. Bradshaw moves away and avoids it.
Bradshaw misses with a right hand
and Harper counters with a stiff right hand.
Harper throws a low kick, looking for Bradshaw's leg but Bradshaw calmly moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Harper misses.
Harper connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bradshaw is able to avoid easily.
Bradshaw has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bradshaw there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slow jab from Bradshaw misses its intended target.
Harper takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harper throws a series of punches but Bradshaw moves out of range.
No joy there for Harper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bradshaw misses with the combination.
Harper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw looks to score with a jab to the body but Harper is just out of range.
Harper throws an off balance right hand
and Harper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bradshaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bradshaw jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bradshaw lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harper circles away quickly and effectively.
Bradshaw throws a hook but Harper blocks it.
Harper with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bradshaw misses with a body punch
and Harper counters with a right hand to the body.
Bradshaw misses with a double jab.
Harper misses with a wild body shot.
Harper throws a hook to the side of Bradshaw's head but Bradshaw sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harper checks the leg kick.
Bradshaw has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harper.
Bradshaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Harper misses with a body punch
and Bradshaw connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harper scores with a kick to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bradshaw, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw throws an overhand right that lands on Harper's shoulder, as Harper tries to avoid the shot.
Bradshaw connects with a right hand. Harper shakes it off.
Harper chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bradshaw.
Harper bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harper lands a jab to the head.
Bradshaw throws out a loose jab but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bradshaw moves out of range of the strikes.
Bradshaw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harper delivers a nice body kick.
Bradshaw lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bradshaw bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bradshaw avoids it really well and circles away.
Bradshaw waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harper.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Harper dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bradshaw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradshaw throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bradshaw dips to his left and cracks Harper with an uppercut!
Harper swings for the body but Bradshaw moves out of range.
Bradshaw misses with a lunging right hand
and Harper counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bradshaw throws a series of punches but Harper moves out of range.
Bradshaw 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.
Harper looks to throw the jab but Bradshaw is out of range.
Bradshaw throws a jab when Harper was well out of range.
Harper is looking to clinch but Bradshaw is avoiding it.

Harper clinches with his opponent.

Harper manages to break the clinch.
Harper throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bradshaw. Harper does a little dance to reset his feet.

Harper scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
You can see the frustration on Bradshaw's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Bradshaw will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Bradshaw explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Harper slips a jab from Bradshaw.
Bradshaw looks to land a combination but Harper avoids it well.
Bradshaw just misses with a punch to the body.
Harper checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bradshaw misses with a hook
enabling Harper to counter with a crisp jab.
Bradshaw stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harper.
Bradshaw lands a nice shot to the body.
Bradshaw's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bradshaw tests Harper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bradshaw misses with an uppercut. Harper saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bradshaw misses with a body punch
and Harper counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Daniel Harper is winning the standup battle so far.
Harper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harper lands a body shot.
Bradshaw throws a poor cross that misses
and Harper makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bradshaw connects with a crisp jab.
Bradshaw lands a nice looking body shot.
Bradshaw takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harper throws a looping overhand right but Bradshaw ducks down to avoid it.
Harper throws a push kick but Bradshaw slaps the foot to one side.
Harper wants to land a leg kick but Bradshaw is out of range.
Harper takes one to the side of the head.
Bradshaw throws a right hand that Harper ducks under and follows up with a left that Harper also avoids with ease.
Harper throws a chopping leg kick but Bradshaw manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harper.
Harper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw misses with a hook to the body

and Harper counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Harper working the ground and pound but Bradshaw is defending the strikes.
Bradshaw manages to get back to half guard.

Bradshaw makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Harper throws a sloppy head kick and Bradshaw moves out of range easily.
Nice body punch from Bradshaw.
Harper throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bradshaw's head.
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bradshaw blocks a leg kick.
Bradshaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harper.
Bradshaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Bradshaw missing with a left hand there. Harper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harper misses with a body shot
and Bradshaw counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bradshaw misses with a body shot.
Bradshaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harper tries to land a leg kick but Bradshaw saw it coming and moves away.
Harper throws a jab but it's blocked by Bradshaw.
Bradshaw scores with a hook.
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!
Harper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bradshaw.
Harper slips under a jab from Bradshaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bradshaw throws a hook but Harper avoids it easily.
Harper lands a nice hook to Bradshaw's body. Bradshaw takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big left from Harper misses.
Harper moves out of range as Bradshaw strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Harper dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bradshaw moves out of range of the body kick from Harper.
Bradshaw tests Harper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bradshaw misses with a two punch combination.
Bradshaw takes a swing at Harper's ribcage but misses.
Harper lands a slapping body shot.
Harper throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bradshaw counters with a straight right hand.
Bradshaw swings for the body but Harper moves out of range.
Harper cracks Bradshaw with an open hand slap.
Harper looks to score with a jab to the body but Bradshaw is just out of range.
Bradshaw lands a right hook to the body.
Harper takes a swing at Bradshaw's ribcage but misses.
Harper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harper drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harper moves out of range of the strikes.
Bradshaw misses with an uppercut. Harper saw that one coming.
Bradshaw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradshaw thows a body shot but no joy.
Bradshaw waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harper.
Harper misses with a low kick.
Bradshaw slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bradshaw just misses with a punch to the body.
Bradshaw works the jab nicely.
Harper lands a body shot.
Harper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice jab there from Bradshaw.

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Bradshaw in a clinch.
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.
Bradshaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Bradshaw.
Bradshaw tries to break free but Harper pushes him back against the cage.
Bradshaw looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Bradshaw fails to land.
A short left from Bradshaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw blocks a body shot from Harper.

Bradshaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harper lands a jab to the head.
Nice body punch from Bradshaw.
Bradshaw on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bradshaw on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bradshaw connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harper's hands.
Bradshaw finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bradshaw throws a combination that misses

and Harper counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bradshaw tries to kick Harper off but Harper keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bradshaw wants to control but Harper is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bradshaw tries to get to full guard but Harper has control of the leg.
Bradshaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bradshaw trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradshaw suckers Harper into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Bradshaw is now in Harper's guard!
Bradshaw trying to control the position from guard on top but Harper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bradshaw won't allow Harper to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Harper keeping moving, preventing Bradshaw from controlling successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ramses Bradshaw wasn't active enough on the ground.
Harper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harper throws a body punch but Bradshaw moves out of range.
Harper throws a looping overhand right but Bradshaw ducks down to avoid it.
Bradshaw scores with a nice head shot.
Harper shoots for a takedown but Bradshaw saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bradshaw throws an overhand right that lands on Harper's shoulder, as Harper tries to avoid the shot.
Bradshaw missing with a left hand there. Harper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bradshaw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harper moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bradshaw misses with a double jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Daniel Harper.
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 Chad Campbell scores the fight for Daniel Harper!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Daniel Harper!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Daniel Harper!

Daniel Harper wins by unanimous decision!