PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Killer Elite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Harrington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Elite
vs
Harrington

190 cm
27
170 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

178 cm
20
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Killer Elite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Elite manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrington tries to clinch up
and Harrington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrington tries to clinch up but Elite circles away and keeps his distance.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Elite swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harrington wants to clinch up but Elite keeps it at a distance.
Harrington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Elite throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Elite!
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite moves away
and Elite counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harrington thinking.
Harrington moves to clinch but Elite breaks away
and Elite counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrington looks to clinch
letting Elite counter with a right hand.
Harrington needs to keep his hands up - Elite had a free shot at his head there.
Harrington tries to clinch
and Elite counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Elite swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrington.
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Elite swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Elite is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Elite swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrington.
Elite changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite is having none of it.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Elite is avoiding it.
Elite really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harrington darts in trying to clinch
and Elite counters with a one-two to the body.
Elite throws an overhand right that lands on Harrington's shoulder, as Harrington tries to avoid the shot.
Elite avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elite is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Harrington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harrington wants to clinch.
Elite swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrington.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elite lands with a right hand.
Elite circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Elite avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrington wants to clinch.
Elite ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Elite.
Harrington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Elite.
Harrington closes the distance but Elite moves to the side
and Elite counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left and a right from Elite both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Dan Harrington has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington wants to clinch
and Elite counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrington takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harrington is looking to clinch.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Elite is avoiding it.
Elite is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Elite lands a jab-cross combination.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Elite swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Elite keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrington moves in looking to clinch but Elite pushes him off.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Elite is avoiding it.
Elite's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Elite duly obliges.
Harrington looks gassed!
Harrington tries to clinch up but Elite circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Elite, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Elite paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Elite throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab by Elite.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington wants to clinch.
Elite connects with a right hand. Harrington shakes it off.
Harrington closes the distance but Elite moves to the side
letting Elite counter with a right hand.
Harrington tries to clinch up.
A right-left combo lands from Elite.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Elite is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington doesn't manage to clinch there - Elite circles away.
Elite connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Elite paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harrington tries to clinch
letting Elite counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Elite dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Harrington's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Elite moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harrington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Elite misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harrington has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sloppy strikes from Elite. Those never looked like landing.
Elite lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A shot to the liver by Elite. Beautiful body shot.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Elite swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Elite looks to throw the jab but Harrington is out of range.
Harrington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harrington wants to clinch.
Killer Elite is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Elite swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Elite.
Harrington wants to clinch.
A nice combination there by Elite.
Harrington doesn't manage to clinch there - Elite circles away.
Elite lands a jab to Harrington's midsection.
Harrington is breathing heavily.
Elite with a nice cross.
A lazy left from Elite finds it's target.
Elite waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrington.
Elite keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrington takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That has opened up Dan Harrington's cut even more.
Harrington moves in looking to clinch but Elite pushes him off.
Dan Harrington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elite avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrington wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrington closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harrington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Elite goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite moves out of range.
Elite slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrington's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Elite connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harrington scrambles back to his feet.
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Elite manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrington darts in trying to clinch
enabling Elite to counter with a crisp jab.
Elite fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harrington looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Harrington might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Elite has got the better of the exchanges.
Harrington tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Elite counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elite lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Elite fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Elite is avoiding it.
Elite is working the combinations to good effect here.
Elite darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harrington slips a jab and a cross from Elite.
Elite swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrington.
Killer Elite is winning the standup battle so far.
Harrington moves in looking to clinch but Elite pushes him off.
Harrington is looking to clinch.
Harrington moves in looking to clinch but Elite pushes him off.
Harrington tries to clinch there but Elite circles away.
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite moves out of range.
Harrington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Elite keeps the fight on the outside.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Elite paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harrington walks into a straight right hand from Elite.
Harrington tries to clinch but Elite moves out of range.
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Elite manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrington fails with an attempt to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Elite.
Elite waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrington.
Elite keeps the fight on the outside.
Elite looks to land a combination but Harrington avoids it well.
Harrington moves to clinch but Elite breaks away
and Elite counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Elite is avoiding it.
Elite is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrington can do to turn this around?
Elite throws a combination. Harrington tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Elite dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Harrington's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Harrington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Harrington.
Harrington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Elite wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elite tries to break the clinch but Harrington is controlling the position.
Harrington trying to land knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Elite blocks with his arms.
Harrington throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Harrington in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Elite.
Elite misses with some punches.
Harrington has Elite pressed against the cage, preventing Elite from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harrington working Elite over with knees to the body.
Elite tries to circle away but Harrington has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harrington keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elite's efforts to push away.
Elite working hard to break the clinch.
Elite wants to break free but Harrington has control.
Harrington trying to stall but Elite improves his position.
Elite misses with some punches.
Harrington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Elite misses with a short punch on the inside.
Elite wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Elite blocks it.
Elite wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Elite working hard to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Elite wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elite's efforts to push away.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Elite blocks with his arms.
Elite tries to break free but Harrington pushes him back against the cage.
Harrington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elite.
Elite working aggressively here.
Elite wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Elite fails to land.
Elite working hard to break the clinch.
Elite wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Harrington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harrington prevents Elite from breaking the clinch.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Harrington looking to throw knees to the head but Elite is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harrington.
Harrington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Elite throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrington.
Harrington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Elite is trying to break free.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Elite wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harrington has Elite pressed against the cage, preventing Elite from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Elite is trying to force a seperation but Harrington has the dominant position.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Elite is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrington has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harrington misses with an elbow over the top.
Elite is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Elite is trying to break free.
Elite tries to circle away but Harrington has him pinned against the cage.
Elite tries to circle away but Harrington has him pinned against the cage.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elite has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Harrington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Elite blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Elite's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Elite.
Elite tries to break free but Harrington pushes him back against the cage.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Elite blocks it.
Harrington is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harrington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Elite on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Elite's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Elite managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.
Elite misses with a short punch on the inside.
Elite is trying to push Harrington away but Harrington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Elite wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harrington.
Harrington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Elite.
Elite wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harrington has Elite pressed against the cage, preventing Elite from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Elite working hard to break the clinch.
Harrington landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harrington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Elite blocks with his arms.
Harrington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Elite's face.
Elite is trying to break the clinch but Harrington is controlling him.
Elite is trying to push Harrington away but Harrington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
Elite working hard to break the clinch.
Harrington utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Elite wants to break free but Harrington has control.
Elite can't break the clinch.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Elite blocks with his arms.
Elite has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harrington holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Elite wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Harrington stalling in the clinch.
Harrington landing knees to the body.
Elite tries to circle away but Harrington has him pinned against the cage.
Harrington tries to stall but Elite uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harrington keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Elite's efforts to push away.
Harrington content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Elite wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalling in the clinch from Harrington.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Elite tries to break free but Harrington pushes him back against the cage.
Harrington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Elite's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Elite tries to break the clinch but Harrington is controlling the position.
Harrington trying to land knees to the body.
Harrington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Elite wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Elite can't break the clinch.
Harrington keeps control of Elite as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harrington misses with an elbow over the top.
Elite is trying to break the clinch but Harrington is controlling him.
Harrington is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Elite is trying to break the clinch but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Elite misses with a hook from the clinch.
Elite is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrington has double underhooks.
Harrington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Elite blocks with his arms.
Elite tries to break free but Harrington pushes him back against the cage.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Elite tries to break free but Harrington pushes him back against the cage.
Harrington trying to land knees to the body.
Harrington working Elite over with knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Elite working hard to break the clinch.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Elite has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Elite has had enough of the clinch but Harrington keeps him there for the moment.
Harrington crunches a lovely knee into Elite's ribcage.
Elite is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dan Harrington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Killer Elite is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harrington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Elite managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Harrington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Elite has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Killer Elite!