PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Walden Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Condit has chosen RAWR as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Harper
vs
Condit

179 cm
27
157 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

175 cm
31
158 lbs
10 - 17 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Walden Harper !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Trevor Condit!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condit tests Harper 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harper walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Condit misses with a wild combination.
Condit lands with a good body shot.

Harper has closed the distance and engaged Condit in a clinch.
Condit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harper lands an elbow inside that Condit shrugs off.
Harper is trying to pull guard but Condit turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Condit is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper 's elbow.
Harper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Harper .
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Condit is trying to force a seperation but Harper has the dominant position.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harper can't get the takedown.
Condit is trying to break the clinch but Harper is controlling him.
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Harper looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walden Harper . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harper tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Condit just stands there and leans against the cage.
Harper is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Condit pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Condit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harper lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Condit takes an elbow to the temple.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Condit in his tracks for a moment.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a nice elbow.
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Condit won't want to take too many of those.
Harper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Condit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Harper jumps guard.

Harper uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Harper takes one to the side of the head.
Condit avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Condit moves into the clinch successfully.
Condit has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
A short body shot lands from Condit as the two fighters clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harper .
Nice elbow from Harper .
Harper is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Condit gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Condit.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Condit.
Condit wants to stall.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.
Condit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Condit in his tracks for a moment.
Harper tries to score a body lock takedown but Condit shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harper lands a nice elbow.
Condit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Condit takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.
Condit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Condit wants to break the clinch but can't.
Condit wants to break free but Harper has control.
Harper lands an elbow just above Condit 's eye.
Harper has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Condit after a bit of a struggle.
Condit trying to stall but Harper improves his position.
Harper scores a nice knee to the body.
Condit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Condit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Condit wants to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Condit is pressed up against the cage. Harper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Condit down to the mat. Condit avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Condit lands a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walden Harper dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Condit cracks Harper with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Condit connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Harper darts in and clinches Condit up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Harper .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper .
Harper has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Condit avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Harper drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Condit misses with a body punch.
Condit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walden Harper . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Condit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walden Harper has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Condit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Condit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Condit struggles to land a body shot inside as Harper controls his hands.
Harper blocks an uppercut.
Harper lands a nice elbow.
Harper crunches a lovely knee into Condit's ribcage.

Harper gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Harper thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Condit is trying to stand up here but Harper is controlling him well.
Harper sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Condit defending well though.
Harper working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harper missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Condit avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harper .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper trying to pass the guard but Condit defending well.
Harper slips a nice elbow through Condit's hands, connecting with Condit's forehead.

Condit kicks off Harper and gets to his feet.
Harper shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Condit but Condit pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Harper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harper is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Condit pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harper .
Harper lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands an elbow inside that Condit shrugs off.
Harper tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Condit just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Nice elbow from Harper .
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Condit avoids it.
Condit tries a body shot but Harper blocks it.
Condit can't break the clinch.
Condit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Condit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harper 's elbow.

Harper ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Harper no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Condit won't allow Harper to get back to his feet.
Condit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harper is keeping the position for now.
Harper wants to stand and escape but Condit is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper is trying to keep Condit in close.
Condit advances position into side control!
Harper on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Harper tries to get out of the position.
Harper parries the strikes from Condit easily there. Condit is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Harper to escape.
Harper tries to control but Condit manages to take his back.
Harper is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Condit is landing with strikes. Harper can't take much more of this.
Harper trying to control the hands but Condit won't let him.
Condit is hanging on to Harper 's back as he tries to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Condit gets his hands free as Harper looks to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walden Harper dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Condit throws a one two combo.
Condit works Harper 's body with a nice hook.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Condit paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice elbow from Harper .
Harper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harper lands a good knee to the midsection. Condit won't want to take too many of those.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harper lands an elbow just above Condit 's eye.
Harper tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harper working Condit over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Condit misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Condit.
Condit is pressed up against the cage. Harper has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Condit down to the mat. Condit avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Condit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Condit lands a jab-cross combination.

Condit gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Condit's defenses.
Harper missing with knees to the body.
Harper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Condit is defending well for now.
Harper is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Condit to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walden Harper . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Condit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harper lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harper tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Condit just stands there and leans against the cage.
Condit scores with a shot to the side of Harper 's head.
Condit takes an elbow to the temple.
Harper lands a damaging elbow.
Harper lands an elbow that stopped Condit in his tracks for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper jumps guard but Condit stands there with Harper around his waist. Harper gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Condit gets underhooks to prevent Harper 's takedown attempt.
Harper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Condit is trying to force a seperation but Harper has the dominant position.
Harper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Condit fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Condit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harper is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Condit.
Harper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Condit. Those never looked like landing.
Harper tries to close the distance and clinch up but Condit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Condit throws a right and a left that Harper avoids nicely.
Harper wants to clinch.
Condit swats away the attempt to clinch by Harper .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper moves in looking to clinch but Condit pushes him off.
Condit swinging wildly here.
Condit throws a series of punches but Harper avoids them all with ease.

Condit tries to keep at a distance but Harper has taken the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harper lands an elbow inside.
Trevor Condit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Condit can't break the clinch.
Walden Harper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Condit tries to work over Harper 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Harper pulls Condit into guard.

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 Walden Harper .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harper , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walden Harper !
During a confident post fight interview, Walden Harper thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.