PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between WIllie Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JJ Media (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harris
vs
Media

174 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, WIllie Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, JJ Media!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Media jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Media misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Jab, jab by Media - just one landing.
A jab from Harris misses.
Media lands a jab.
Media ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Media's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harris connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Media scrambles back to his feet.
Nice shot by Media.
A big left from Media misses.
Media just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Media manages to avoid it.
Harris clobbers Media with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Media was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab from Media.
Media bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harris's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Media misses with a looping right.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Media connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harris momentarily.
Harris slips a jab from Media.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Media lands a really nice looking cross but Harris seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Media scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Media throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
letting Media counter with a right hand.
Media looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Media throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Media ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Media goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Media scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
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!
Media throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Media moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Media misses.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Media misses the shot to the body.
Media has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Media there as he acknowledges the shot.
Media misses with a body shot.
Media uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harris has time to react.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Media.
Media just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Media scores with a nice strike.
Media loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Media is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harris had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Media throws a body shot but no joy.
Media slips under a jab from Harris.
Harris is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Media.
A telegraphed right hand from Media misses the target.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Media scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Media was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Media connects with a crisp jab.
Media looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Media misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Media as he connects with a hook.
Media takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Media.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris throws a hook but Media blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris's jab looks to have found its range, popping Media under the eye.
Media throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Media ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Media throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Media avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris works Media's body with a nice hook.
Media looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Media steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Media looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Media connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harris moves away from the strike by Media.
Harris was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Media misses with a hook.
Media fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Media ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Media avoids the body shot from Harris.
Media just misses with a punch to the body.
Media slips a jab from Harris.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Media throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Media scores with a jab to the body.
Media connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harris. Harris circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Media misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Media uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Media swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Media scores with a nice head shot.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Media slips under a jab.
Media appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Media throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Media lands a slapping body shot.
Media takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Media throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Media looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris scores with a body shot.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Media looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Harris misses with a straight left.
A little jabbing left from Media on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JJ Media dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Media moves out of range of the strikes.
Media slips under a jab from Harris.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Media lands the left hand.
Harris slips under a jab.
Media throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Media has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Media throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Media takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Media.
Media staying out of range there.
Media slips a jab from Harris.
Harris throws the left hand but Media avoids the punch easily.
Media looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Media sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Media let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Media lands a nice shot to the body.
Media uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
A shot to the liver by Media. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Media fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Media scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Media takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Media keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Media throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Media stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Media fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Media fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Media slips a jab from Harris.
The crowd cheers as Media lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harris doesn't seem phased though.
Media throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
JJ Media seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Media throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Media lands a slapping body shot.
Media changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Media lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Media moves away from the strike by Harris.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Media fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Media misses with a jab to the body
and Harris counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Media takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Media keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Media moved out of range.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab lands there for Media.
Harris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Media misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Media swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Media.
Harris cracks Media with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Media throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Media lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Media slips under a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Media misses.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Media.
Media uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Media moves away from the strike by Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a hook.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Media slips the punch.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Media.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Media sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Media lands with a shot to the body.
Media misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Media.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Media uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Media sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Media connects with a crisp jab.
Good exchange - Media coming out on top.
A shot to the liver by Media. Beautiful body shot.
Media digs a good body shot into Harris's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Harris drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Media fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
A cross from Media lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Media uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Media was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Media throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris slips under a jab from Media.
Media lands a really nice looking cross but Harris seems unphased.
Media fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Media is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harris with a body shot.
Media moves out of range of the strikes.
Media avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Media moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Media misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Media works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Media ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Media throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Media throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JJ Media showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Media fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris blocks a jab.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Media manages to avoid it.
Media lands the left hand.
Harris takes a swing at Media's ribcage but misses.
Media is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harris with a body shot.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Media was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris throws a jab when Media was well out of range.
Harris slips a jab from Media.
Harris stuns Media with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Media is just out of range.
Jab by Harris.
Media fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Media missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Media finds it's way through Harris's defenses.
Media throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Media throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Media slips the punch.
Media tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Media.
Harris was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Media slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a jab to the body
enabling Media to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris takes a jab right on the kisser.
Media comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Media connects with a body shot.
Good shot there by Harris.
Media throws a shot to the body.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Media uses good head movement to avoid it.
Media with a hook.
Media looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Media moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Media lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Media uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Media misses.
Media misses with an uppercut.
JJ Media is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Media lands a jab to the nose.
Harris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Media.
Media takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Media is out of range.
Media throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Media scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big left from Harris misses.
A big left from Media misses.
Harris slips under a jab.
Media takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Media cracks Harris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Media. Those never looked like landing.
Media walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Media was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Media throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Media steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Media scores with a jab to the body.
Media lands a nice looking body shot.
Media throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Media connects with a jab.
Harris takes one on the button.
Media avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Media misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris defending well as Media loads up on a big left hand.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Media.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Media takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Media defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
A big left from Harris misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
A big left from Harris misses.
Media scores with a crisp jab that stopped Harris in his tracks.
Media throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Media avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Harris coming out on top.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Media's head but Media sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Media digs a good body shot into Harris's ribs.
Media scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Media slips under a jab.
Media lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Media looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris throws a hook but Media blocks it.
Media lands a jab to the nose.
Media wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
WIllie Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Media catches Harris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

And that's the end of the fight!
JJ Media comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Media has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JJ Media!
JJ Media was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.