PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raiam Dos Santos (ranked 3050 p4p, 331 weight class) and Gordon Harper (ranked 4370 p4p, 409 weight class). Gordon Harper has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dos Santos
vs
Harper

187 cm
27
195 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

182 cm
27
190 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raiam Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Gordon Harper!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Harper.
Nice defenses there by Harper.
A big right from Harper misses.
Harper misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Dos Santos counters by clinching up.
Harper swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Dos Santos gets through Harper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dos Santos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harper scores with a shot to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dos Santos's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dos Santos lands a shoulder strike.
Dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Dos Santos gets through Harper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Dos Santos.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harper misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Dos Santos.
Harper's coach down at Pablo's Boxing Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Harper's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dos Santos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dos Santos lands with a left to the head.

Harper is rocked!

Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Dos Santos.
Harper is still on wobbly legs! Can Dos Santos finish him?
Harper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
BOOM! Dos Santos lands a beautiful left hook that drops Harper. Harper tries to recover but Dos Santos is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Harper lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raiam Dos Santos!