PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by somebody call my momma. Brad Harris has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Jones
vs
Harris

188 cm
26
194 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

185 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Harris!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Jones manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Harris is proving a slippery customer.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harris stops Jones from standing up.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jones trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harris working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harris tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.

Harris drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jones looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jones looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jones!
Harris looks gassed!
Harris tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.

Jones tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to control but Jones postures up.

Jones is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Harris is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris gets back to half guard.
Harris is trying to get back to full guard.
Harris is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Jones is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Jones seems to be looking for submissions.
Harris wants to get back to full guard.
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.
Jones seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Jones wants to take a breather but Harris is having none of it.
Harris is trying to stand up here but Jones is controlling him well.

Jones is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Harris is looking to improve his position.
Harris is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jones's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jones's back!
Harris throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Jones looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jonny Jones will probably get the nod.
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.

Jones catches Harris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jones connects with a body shot that sends Harris's belly button to the back.
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harris eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones scores with a one two! Harris had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Brad Harris has been cut.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Harris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
A jab lands there for Jones.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jonny Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Harris.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
No luck for Harris with that takedown attempt.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
No luck for Harris with that takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brad Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Harris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Harris working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Harris is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jones has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jones is pushing Harris's head away, looking to escape. Harris manages to hold on to the position though.
Jones manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Harris in his half guard.
Jones is looking to control Harris's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jones avoid being mounted?
Jones tries to kick Harris off but Harris keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Harris in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Jones tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Harris!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brad Harris!
Our winner, Brad Harris, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.