PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harper comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To Jamrock. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Harper
vs
Carter

175 cm
29
158 lbs
16 - 13 - 1

168 cm
32
164 lbs
16 - 10 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brent Carter!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harper clinches up against the cage.
Carter just leaning against Harper, taking a breather.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Harper lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Brent Carter has been cut.
Carter takes a knee right on the jaw!
A bit of stalling here from Carter.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Carter has Harper pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harper manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Harper with a knee to the head.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Carter's ribcage.
Harper with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Harper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper trying to land knees to the body.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper misses with an elbow over the top.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Carter tries to pull guard but Harper forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Carter trying to control the position but instead, Harper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carter into the cage.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter blocks an elbow strike.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.

Carter breaks the clinch.

Harper clinches up with Carter and pushes him back against the cage.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Carter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Harper.
Harper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper is breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Harper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brent Carter's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Harper clinches.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Carter.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Carter avoiding damage as Harper throws knees to the body.
Ben Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Carter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Harper.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter trying to control the position but instead, Harper has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carter into the cage.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Harper.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Carter trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper lands a knee to the body.
Carter dodges an elbow strike from Harper.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Harper lands a knee to the head.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Harper.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carter's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Carter lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Harper misses with a knee to the head.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Harper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Carter clinches.

Carter successfully pulls guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Harper dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brent Carter's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Harper drives through and clinches with Carter against the cage.
Carter looking to stall.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Carter ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Carter no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Harper has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Carter is proving hard to escape from.

Harper gets to his feet. Carter looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Carter has closed the distance and engaged Harper in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harper throws an elbow but misses.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Harper.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harper tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carter looking to slow down the pace here.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harper tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Carter works on Harper's body with a couple of short punches.
Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harper misses with a knee strike.
Carter taking a breather.

Carter breaks the clinch.

Harper moves into range and clinches up with Carter.
Harper throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Carter blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper looking to throw knees to the head but Carter is blocking nicely.
Harper with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harper pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harper tries a knee to the head but Carter blocks it.
Carter taking a breather.
Harper using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Carter pulls guard.
Harper trying to stand up but can't free himself from Carter's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harper is one step ahead there.
Carter has a closed guard, preventing Harper from standing up.
Carter 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.
Ben Harper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Harper stands up from Carter's guard - Harper perhaps looking for a knockout.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Harper!
Ben Harper decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.