PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Luis Sanchez (ranked 22920 p4p, 2597 weight class) and Alec Harvey (ranked 398 p4p, 240 weight class). Sanchez comes into the arena with Kodak Black - Super Gremlin blaring out of the sound system. Harvey has chosen I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Choke as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sanchez
vs
Harvey

173 cm
26
145
10 - 14 - 1

178 cm
27
155
13 - 6 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alec Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harvey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Harvey does no damage.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harvey catches Sanchez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jab from Harvey.
Harvey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Harvey throws out a counter right but Sanchez avoids it with no problem.

Harvey rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harvey is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Harvey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harvey momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harvey clinches.
Harvey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harvey scores with a hook to the body.
Harvey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Harvey cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Harvey won't allow it.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Harvey won't allow it.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Harvey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sanchez at a distance.
Harvey tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Harvey avoids nicely.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Luis Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Harvey moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanchez wants to break free but Harvey has control.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
I was talking to Sanchez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harvey works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Still in the clinch, Harvey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harvey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Harvey leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Harvey is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harvey scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Harvey.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Harvey has the dominant position.
Harvey tries to stall but Sanchez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harvey has Sanchez pressed against the ropes, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harvey lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Harvey dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harvey, as that shot connected.
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Harvey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harvey circles away quickly and effectively.
Harvey looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harvey connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harvey circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanchez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harvey.
Sanchez thuds a left hand into Harvey's body.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Harvey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harvey.

Harvey drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the ropes.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Harvey won't allow it.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harvey lands a left hand.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harvey effectively controlling the action here.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.
Harvey scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Harvey won't allow it.
Harvey is trying to stall.
Harvey looking to stall.
Harvey seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Harvey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harvey is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
Sanchez tries to break free but Harvey pushes him back against the ropes.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to break free but Harvey has control.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harvey stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Harvey prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harvey.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Harvey has the dominant position.
Harvey tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Harvey back against the ropes.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harvey misses with the head strike.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling him.
Harvey has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Harvey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harvey lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Harvey on the inside.
Harvey lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harvey.
Harvey lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Harvey.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harvey has him pressed against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Harvey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Harvey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luis Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Harvey avoids nicely.
Harvey lands a body shot.
A big left from Harvey misses.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.

Harvey has managed to clinch.
Harvey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez wants to break free but Harvey has control.
A right hand to the body from Harvey.
Alec Harvey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Harvey.
Harvey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harvey lands a body punch.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harvey has Sanchez pressed against the ropes, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harvey just leaning against Sanchez, taking a breather.
Harvey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harvey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Harvey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Harvey has him pressed against the ropes.
Harvey prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Harvey.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Harvey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Come on Harvey - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harvey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanchez tries to break free but Harvey pushes him back against the ropes.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling the position.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling him.
Harvey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harvey is working Sanchez over against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Harvey has him pressed against the ropes.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey lands a left hand.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Harvey.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harvey.
Harvey has Sanchez pressed against the ropes, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Harvey is controlling the position.
Harvey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from Harvey.
Harvey prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Harvey lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harvey.
Harvey scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Harvey pushes Sanchez back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Harvey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Harvey winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alec Harvey!
Our winner, Alec Harvey, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.