PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Hara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Rogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hara comes to the cage accompanied by The Who - Eminence front. On his way into the cage it seems that Josh Hara has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Josh Hara seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Hara
vs
Rogan

185 cm
29
210 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

185 cm
25
212 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Hara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Rogan!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hara on the side of the head.
Rogan missing with a left hand there. Hara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Hara looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hara missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hara is looking to take a break and control but Rogan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rogan is trying to stand.

Hara is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rogan is just riding it out for now. Hara eventually gives up the hold.
Rogan is trying to stand up here but Hara is controlling him well.
Hara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hara not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Hara.
Hara throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rogan is trying to stand back up but Hara is controlling him
Rogan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hara.

Rogan is defending against the submission attempts here by Hara.
Nice strikes from Hara there.
Rogan is trying to stand back up but Hara is controlling him

Hara is working for a kimura but Rogan is defending it quite comfortably.
Rogan is trying to stand up here but Hara is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hara landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hara lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hara is keen to just control but Rogan is a slippery customer.
Hara throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hara prevents Rogan from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hara throwing shots but Rogan is blocking nicely.
Hara sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogan defending well though.
Rogan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hara.
Hara throwing shots but Rogan is blocking nicely.
Rogan is looking to escape.
Rogan wants to stand back up but Hara manages to pass into side control.

Hara thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hara wants to control but Rogan is keeping him busy.
Hara throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Hara is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rogan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hara has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rogan!
Hara landing strikes from the mount.
Rogan wants to get back to his feet.

Rogan bucks Hara off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogan misses the shot to the body.
Rogan scores with a jab.
Rogan misses with a combination
and Hara counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Rogan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Hara shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rogan is trying to defend but Hara finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hara not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hara missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hara looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rogan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rogan is not content to let Hara control the position.
Hara misses with a head shot. Rogan uses the momentum to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Hara dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rogan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rogan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rogan throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Hara counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Josh Hara overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rogan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hara stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rogan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hara trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hara thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hara postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hara wants to pass the guard but Rogan is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hara is controlling him.

Rogan is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Rogan working hard to break the clinch.
Rogan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hara tries to pull guard but Rogan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hara keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rogan's efforts to push away.

Rogan breaks from the clinch.
Rogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogan connects with a single shot there.
Rogan throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hara, right into the meat.
Hara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rogan.
Rogan throws a right hand that misses

and Hara counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rogan's guard now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hara chips away with some ground and pound.
Hara landing some decent shots from guard.
Hara pushes down on Rogan's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Hara seems to be looking for submissions.
Nice strikes from Hara there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hara sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogan defending well though.
Rogan is looking to escape.

Hara is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rogan is just riding it out for now. Hara eventually gives up the hold.
Rogan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hara.
Hara scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Hara is looking for a kimura here.
Rogan wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hara looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rogan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Hara has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Rogan defend it? Hara steps over the head and cranks it - Rogan is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hara!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Josh Hara!
Josh Hara took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 (5% Laundry SALE) for their support in the buildup to the fight.