PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 14986 p4p, 182 weight class) and Anselmo Harris (ranked 6066 p4p, 162 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cotto
vs
Harris

186 cm
39
215 lbs
34 - 19 - 1

184 cm
40
184 lbs
27 - 19 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

Dr Zoidberg Office

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 2, fighting out of New York, Anselmo Harris!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotto ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris wants to clinch up but Cotto keeps it at a distance.
Cotto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harris is looking to clinch but Cotto is avoiding it.
Harris lands the left hand.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris lands a glancing blow to the side of Cotto's head.
Harris jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Cotto pushes him off.
It looked like Cotto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cotto throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cotto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Harris moves to clinch but Cotto breaks away
and Cotto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Cotto moves away from the strike by Harris.
It looked like Cotto was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Cotto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cotto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cotto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cotto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harris throws out the jab.

Harris closes the distance and pushes Cotto back into the ropes.
Cotto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris blocks an uppercut.

Harris breaks from the clinch.

Harris darts in and clinches Cotto up against the ropes.
Cotto misses with a short punch on the inside.

Cotto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cotto misses with a looping right.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Cotto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cotto is looking for a counter combo.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Cotto counter with a right hand.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Cotto in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cotto.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cotto works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cotto's elbow.
Nice body punch from Cotto - that landed with a thud.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cotto throws a head punch that misses.
Cotto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cotto tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Cotto scores with a nice hook to the head.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Harris darts in and clinches Cotto up against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cotto obliges.
Cotto cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cotto has him pressed against the ropes.
Cotto struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cotto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cotto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Cotto.
Cotto tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Cotto can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Cotto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harris misses with an uppercut.
Cotto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cotto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Cotto scores with a jab.
Cotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Anselmo Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cotto throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cotto.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Cotto quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Miguel Cotto is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Cotto throws a quick counter head kick but Harris was just out of range.
Harris swings for the body but Cotto moves out of range.
Cotto looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A punch lands to the side of Cotto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Cotto is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Cotto looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Harris looks to land a combination but Cotto avoids it well.
It looked like Cotto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Cotto circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses the body punch
and Cotto counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Harris misses.
Cotto scores with a three punch combo!
Harris tests Cotto's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Cotto takes the fight into the clinch.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cotto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from Cotto.

Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cotto blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Cotto controls his hands.
Cotto has Harris pressed against the ropes, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto misses with a body punch.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cotto.
Harris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cotto misses with a punch to the body.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Cotto.
Cotto is working Harris over against the ropes.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cotto can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cotto.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris lands a shot to the body.
Cotto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cotto swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Anselmo Harris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Harris feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cottos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cotto lands a front kick.
Cotto missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Cotto was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris throws an off balance right hand
and Cotto counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris throws the left hand but Cotto avoids the punch easily.
Harris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harris takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Cotto finds it's way through Harris's defenses.
Cotto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Cotto throws a quick counter head kick but Harris was just out of range.
Cotto slips a straight right by Harris.
Cotto lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cotto looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Cotto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harris tries to clinch but Cotto is having none of it.
Cotto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris tries to counter with a clinch but Cotto shakes him off and moves away.
Harris dips to his left and cracks Cotto with an uppercut!
Cotto lands the left hand.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cotto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Harris tries to clinch but Cotto moves out of range.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris wants to counter with a clinch but Cotto pushes him away.
Harris scores with a hook.
Cotto slips under a jab.
Cotto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harris looks to clinch
and Cotto counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cotto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Cotto counters with a nice body shot.
Cotto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris throws a body punch but Cotto moves out of range.

Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cotto tries to clinch up.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cotto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Cotto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cotto needs to keep his hands up - Harris had a free shot at his head there.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anselmo Harris.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anselmo Harris!
Anselmo Harris decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.