PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Juanito Cortez (ranked 3050 p4p, 369 weight class) and Baby Boy Harris (ranked 24993 p4p, 687 weight class). Cortez comes to the ring accompanied by $$$. Baby Boy Harris will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cortez
vs
Boy Harris

184 cm
40
196 lbs
29 - 26 - 1

199 cm
41
197 lbs
30 - 42 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Dr Zoidberg Office

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 29 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juanito Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 42 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baby Boy Harris!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Harris.
Cortez throws a front kick aimed at Harris's knee but Harris avoids it well.
Cortez throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Cortez misses with a straight right.
Cortez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cortez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cortez throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Harris throws out a counter right but Cortez avoids it with no problem.
Juanito Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Cortez slips the punch.
Cortez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harris throws a hook but Cortez blocks it.
Harris stalks Cortez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cortez's face. Cortez staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Harris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cortez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cortez checks the leg kick.
Cortez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris scores with a sloppy right hand. Cortez should have avoided that one.
Cortez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Cortez down.
Cortez throws a quick inside leg kick.
A cross from Harris lands.
Cortez throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Harris lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cortez will feel that in the morning.
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Cortez throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Harris moves out of range as Cortez throws a body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Cortez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cortez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Cortez is looking to chop away at Harris's legs.
Harris blocks a leg kick.
Harris cracks Cortez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cortez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harris!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Cortez misses the target.
Donk. Cortez catches Harris right on the button with a cross.
Harris is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cortez tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris lands a nice hook to Cortez's body. Cortez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cortez connects with a nice looking jab.
Cortez throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cortez is looking to chop away at Harris's legs.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris delivers a nice body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Harris lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cortez. That's going to slow Harris down.
Good work by Harris as he checks the leg kick.
Harris scores with a head kick. Cortez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baby Boy Harris dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

A left and a right from Harris both land. Nice combination.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cortez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harris.
Cortez stalks Harris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harris's face. Harris staggers backwards, shaken.

Harris is rocked!
Cortez throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris counters with a body kick.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Cortez finish him?
Cortez throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Cortez only half commits.
Harris seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cortez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Baby Boy Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris drops his guard momentarily, allowing Cortez to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Harris! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Cortez takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Juanito Cortez!
After winning the bout, Juanito Cortez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.