PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elliot Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Saunders
vs
Zinc Trumpet Harris

182 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elliot Saunders!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zinc Trumpet Harris throws out a powerful jab.
Zinc Trumpet Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zinc Trumpet Harris throws a series of punches but Saunders moves out of range.
Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zinc Trumpet Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zinc Trumpet Harris scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Saunders fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Zinc Trumpet Harris.
A right-left combo lands from Zinc Trumpet Harris.

Saunders looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Saunders working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Saunders keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zinc Trumpet Harris's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saunders accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saunders accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Zinc Trumpet Harris kicks Saunders off and gets to his feet.
Saunders dodges the punch combination from Zinc Trumpet Harris.
Zinc Trumpet Harris misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Zinc Trumpet Harris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saunders.
Zinc Trumpet Harris's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Zinc Trumpet Harris duly obliges.
Zinc Trumpet Harris misses with a wild combination.
Zinc Trumpet Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zinc Trumpet Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zinc Trumpet Harris tries to bum rush Saunders with a series of wild strikes but Saunders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zinc Trumpet Harris tries a low kick but Saunders avoids it.
Zinc Trumpet Harris looks to land a combination but Saunders avoids it well.
Zinc Trumpet Harris clobbers Saunders with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zinc Trumpet Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Zinc Trumpet Harris tries to bum rush Saunders with a series of wild strikes but Saunders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zinc Trumpet Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Zinc Trumpet Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Saunders tries to land a leg kick but Zinc Trumpet Harris saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinc Trumpet Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Saunders.
Saunders scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Zinc Trumpet Harris to see if he's OK.
Zinc Trumpet Harris parries the strikes from Saunders easily there. Saunders is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Zinc Trumpet Harris to escape.
Saunders misses with the ground and pound.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Saunders asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Saunders lands a few punches from side control.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is pushing Saunders's head away, looking to escape. Saunders manages to hold on to the position though.
Saunders working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Saunders throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zinc Trumpet Harris can do anything to dispel that myth.
Saunders cracks Zinc Trumpet Harris with a big right hand but Zinc Trumpet Harris just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zinc Trumpet Harris wants to get back to his feet but Saunders drags him back down.
Zinc Trumpet Harris looks gassed!
Zinc Trumpet Harris regains half guard there - taking advantage of Saunders's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Zinc Trumpet Harris wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zinc Trumpet Harris avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saunders.
Saunders takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Saunders is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Saunders not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Saunders working over Zinc Trumpet Harris with some ground and pound. Zinc Trumpet Harris looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Saunders wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zinc Trumpet Harris keeps working.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is looking to escape.
Saunders working the head and body with strikes.
Saunders missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saunders drops an elbow to the side of Zinc Trumpet Harris's head.
Saunders looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zinc Trumpet Harris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zinc Trumpet Harris looks like he's trying to stand up.
Saunders not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Saunders scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Zinc Trumpet Harris is rocked!

Zinc Trumpet Harris manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Zinc Trumpet Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Saunders finish him?
Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Saunders moves into range and clinches up with Zinc Trumpet Harris.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saunders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zinc Trumpet Harris seems to have recovered his senses.

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

Zinc Trumpet Harris uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Saunders feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Saunders is looking to work some ground and pound but Zinc Trumpet Harris has wrist control.
Saunders has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zinc Trumpet Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saunders loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Zinc Trumpet Harris manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Saunders dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zinc Trumpet Harris lands a head shot.
Zinc Trumpet Harris jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zinc Trumpet Harris tries to bum rush Saunders with a series of wild strikes but Saunders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saunders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zinc Trumpet Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Saunders shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Zinc Trumpet Harris's guard.
Saunders loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Saunders throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Zinc Trumpet Harris has his feet on Saunders's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Zinc Trumpet Harris looks to land a combination but Saunders avoids it well.
Zinc Trumpet Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zinc Trumpet Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saunders circles away quickly and effectively.

Saunders changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Zinc Trumpet Harris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is breathing heavily.
Saunders lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is trying to buck Saunders off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is not content to let Saunders control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zinc Trumpet Harris on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Saunders trying to control the action but Zinc Trumpet Harris is working from the bottom.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Saunders asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Saunders working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Zinc Trumpet Harris cracks Saunders with an open hand slap.
Saunders is looking to chop away at Zinc Trumpet Harris's legs.
Zinc Trumpet Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Zinc Trumpet Harris gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Saunders to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Saunders stops Zinc Trumpet Harris from standing up.
Saunders scoring with some ground and pound.
Saunders stops Zinc Trumpet Harris from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Saunders passes Zinc Trumpet Harris's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Zinc Trumpet Harris taking some punishment here, with Saunders in his half guard.
Elliot Saunders overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zinc Trumpet Harris is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Saunders scores with a couple of nice shots.
Saunders passes the guard and advances to mount!
Saunders lands a heavy elbow.
Saunders raining down shots from the mount!
Saunders postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Zinc Trumpet Harris bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Saunders and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elliot Saunders!
Elliot Saunders is the new light heavyweight champion!