PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rabban Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harkonnen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down. Kuure has chosen Mark Tyler - London Let's 'Ave Yer! as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harkonnen
vs
Kuure

183 cm
25
180 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
186 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rabban Harkonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuure!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harkonnen throws out a leg kick but Kuure moves out of range and Harkonnen only half commits.
Kuure scores with a leg kick.
Kuure fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kuure blocks a jab.
Kuure with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kuure tests Harkonnen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kuure counters with a right hand to the body.
Harkonnen tries a low kick but Kuure avoids it.
Harkonnen lands a right hook to the body.
Harkonnen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Kuure has been cut.
Kuure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Harkonnen is predictable there
and Kuure makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kuure throws a hook but Harkonnen blocks it.
Harkonnen jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Kuure clinches with his opponent.
A right hand to the body from Kuure.
Kuure throws an elbow but it misses.
Kuure lands an elbow just above Harkonnen 's eye.
Harkonnen wants to break free but Kuure has control.
Kuure has Harkonnen pressed against the cage, preventing Harkonnen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harkonnen breaks from the clinch.
Harkonnen misses with a wild body shot.
Harkonnen missing with a left hand there. Kuure was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harkonnen works Kuure's body with a nice hook.
Harkonnen works the jab nicely.
Harkonnen misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Kuure.
Kuure slips a straight right by Harkonnen.
Kuure checks a leg kick.
Kuure loads up on a big right hand but Harkonnen slips the punch.
Kuure connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A low kick from Harkonnen misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harkonnen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harkonnen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuure.
Harkonnen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kuure.
Harkonnen slips under a jab.
Kuure throws a leg kick but Harkonnen sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harkonnen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuure.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.
Kuure fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuure fails with an attempt to clinch.
A leg kick checked by Kuure.
Harkonnen looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harkonnen throws a right hand that Kuure ducks under and follows up with a left that Kuure also avoids with ease.
Kuure scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kuure.
Kuure doesn't manage to clinch there - Harkonnen circles away.
Kuure buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harkonnen cracks Kuure with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kuure tries to clinch up.
Kuure looks to land a left hand but Harkonnen moved out of range nicely.
Kuure fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harkonnen.
Harkonnen misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harkonnen takes one on the button.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kuure.
Harkonnen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harkonnen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kuure swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harkonnen lands a jab to the head.
Kuure falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Harkonnen to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuure cracks the inside of Harkonnen's front leg.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.
Harkonnen slips a jab and a cross from Kuure.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a nice body shot.
Harkonnen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a nice uppercut.
Harkonnen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuure cracks Harkonnen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harkonnen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kuure on the side of the head.
Kuure takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harkonnen misses with a few strikes there.
Kuure fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kuure keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kuure tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harkonnen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kuure moves out of range as Harkonnen throws a body kick.
Harkonnen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harkonnen wants to slow Kuure down by chopping away at his legs.
Harkonnen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuure.
Harkonnen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kuure moves out of range of the leg kick from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuure moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuure scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harkonnen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harkonnen avoids the head kick by Kuure.
Harkonnen thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kuure will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kuure's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kuure takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A solid body kick from Kuure.
Harkonnen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kuure uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harkonnen.
Nice defenses there by Kuure.
A telegraphed right hand from Harkonnen misses the target.
Kuure checks a leg kick.
Kuure lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harkonnen takes a step back to recover.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuure misses the target.
Kuure falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harkonnen counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuure misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harkonnen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An inside leg kick from Harkonnen misses.
Kuure lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kuure throws a leg kick
and Harkonnen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Harkonnen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws a low kick but Kuure moves out of range easily.
Harkonnen lands a head kick. Kuure smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Harkonnen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuure sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harkonnen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Kuure drives through and clinches with Harkonnen against the cage.
Harkonnen wants to break free but Kuure has control.
Harkonnen can't break the clinch.
Kuure tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harkonnen avoids it.
Harkonnen tries to break free but Kuure pushes him back against the cage.
Harkonnen has had enough of the clinch but Kuure keeps him there for the moment.
Kuure is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harkonnen is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kuure trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Kuure.
Kuure using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harkonnen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kuure is looking to control Harkonnen's arms but Harkonnen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kuure has his back to the cage.
Kuure tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuure tries a knee to the head but Harkonnen blocks it.
Kuure missing with knees to the body.
Kuure is trying to stall.
Kuure missing with knees to the body.
Kuure is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuure lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harkonnen is trying to break the clinch but Kuure has him pressed against the cage.
Harkonnen is trying to force a seperation but Kuure has the dominant position.
Harkonnen has had enough of the clinch but Kuure keeps him there for the moment.
Harkonnen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kuure looking to throw knees to the head but Harkonnen is blocking nicely.
Kuure keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harkonnen's efforts to push away.
Kuure with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Harkonnen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuure moves out of range of the strikes.
Harkonnen misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Harkonnen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harkonnen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuure tries to clinch but Harkonnen is having none of it.
Harkonnen looks to land a combination. Kuure sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kuure uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harkonnen.
Kuure scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuure throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuure checks a low kick from Harkonnen.
Kuure misses with a few strikes there.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harkonnen misses with a straight right.
Kuure throws a leg kick which misses Harkonnen's front leg but catches the back leg as Harkonnen tries to avoid it.
A low kick from Kuure is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kuure throws a lazy right hand but Harkonnen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuure scores with a crisp jab that stopped Harkonnen in his tracks.
Harkonnen misses with a head kick.
Harkonnen lands with an overhand left.
Harkonnen misses with a low kick.
Harkonnen throws a body punch but Kuure moves out of range.
Harkonnen lands a nice shot to the body.
Kuure wants to clinch up but Harkonnen keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuure staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuure misses the target.
Harkonnen scores with a jab to the head.
Harkonnen lands with a straight right. Kuure didn't see that one coming.
Kuure tries to bum rush Harkonnen with a series of wild strikes but Harkonnen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harkonnen thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it
and Kuure counters with a body kick that stops Harkonnen in his tracks momentarily.
Harkonnen looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuure is just out of range.
Kuure fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuure lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harkonnen at a distance.
Rabban Harkonnen is winning the standup battle so far.
Harkonnen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kuure.
Harkonnen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kuure. That one must have hurt.
Kuure misses with the combination.
Kuure scores with a nice strike.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a thumping low kick.
Harkonnen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rabban Harkonnen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kuure's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Harkonnen throws a sloppy body shot
and Kuure counters with a low kick, right behind Harkonnen 's knee.
Kuure digs a good hook to Harkonnen's body.
Kuure chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kuure misses with a head kick.
Kuure throws a head kick but Harkonnen moves out of range.
Harkonnen staying out of range there.
Harkonnen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Harkonnen thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it
and Kuure counters with an outside leg kick.
Kuure connects with a solid leg kick.
Harkonnen tried to score with a low kick but Kuure checks it.
Harkonnen throws a body punch but Kuure moves out of range.
Kuure darts in trying to clinch
and Harkonnen counters with a stiff right hand.
Harkonnen takes a swing at Kuure's ribcage but misses.
Kuure tries to clinch but Harkonnen moves away
and Harkonnen counters with an outside leg kick.
Harkonnen misses with a leg kick
letting Kuure counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuure lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harkonnen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kuure throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Harkonnen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kuure.
Kuure lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harkonnen's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Kuure.
A low kick from Harkonnen misses
and Kuure counters with an outside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Harkonnen. Beautiful body shot.
Kuure uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harkonnen.
Kuure connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuure looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harkonnen throws a jab when Kuure was well out of range.
Harkonnen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kuure ducks under a wild hook from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuure drops his hands momentarily and Harkonnen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harkonnen misses with a straight left.
Harkonnen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kuure dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuure throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kuure displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harkonnen throws out the jab.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a thumping low kick.
Kuure connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kuure uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harkonnen.
Kuure wants to clinch up but Harkonnen keeps it at a distance.
Kuure wants to clinch up but Harkonnen keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuure. Harkonnen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuure looks to score with a jab to the body but Harkonnen is just out of range.
Kuure slips a straight right by Harkonnen.
A bone on bone clash there as Kuure blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A leg kick checked by Kuure.
Kuure takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A good leg kick by Kuure.
Kuure wants to clinch.
Harkonnen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harkonnen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuure manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Harkonnen is predictable there
and Harkonnen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kuure sizes up Harkonnen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kuure pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good leg kick by Kuure there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kuure fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harkonnen manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Kuure.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen thuds a left hand into Kuure's body.
Harkonnen throws the left hand but Kuure avoids the punch easily.
Harkonnen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuure manages to avoid it.
Kuure throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.
Kuure wants to clinch but Harkonnen slips to the side
and Harkonnen counters with a straight right hand.
Kuure lands with a good body shot.
Kuure checks a low kick from Harkonnen.
Kuure wants to clinch.
Harkonnen just misses with a punch to the body.
Harkonnen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kuure walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harkonnen lands a jab to Kuure's midsection.
Harkonnen misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kuure comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kuure 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuure!