PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Kobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kanye West - Jesus Walks. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kobra
vs
Harris

195 cm
25
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

190 cm
26
193 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, King Kobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Harris!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kobra.
Kobra throws out a powerful jab.
Harris misses with a hook. Kobra ducked under it nicely.
Kobra scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harris has a takedown stuffed.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Harris takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kobra. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kobra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kobra misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harris counters with a right hand to the body.
Kobra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Kobra.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
Kobra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kobra throws a head kick that half lands.
Kobra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Kobra throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Harris slips under a jab.

Kobra closes the distance and pushes Harris back into the cage.
Kobra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris avoiding damage as Kobra throws knees to the body.
Kobra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kobra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.
Kobra blocks a body shot from Harris.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kobra backwards.
Harris lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Harris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris tries a body shot but Kobra blocks it.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Kobra, against the cage.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Kobra comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Harris.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Kobra, against the cage.
Kobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Kobra.
Kobra looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris working aggressively here.
Kobra lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Kobra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Harris working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kobra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Kobra effectively controlling the action here.
Kobra blocking some punches.
Kobra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kobra.
Kobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kobra backwards.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Kobra.
Kobra connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.
Harris lands a left hand.
Kobra lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kobra lands a damaging elbow.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Kobra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kobra landing knees to the body.
Kobra lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Kobra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kobra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kobra lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Kobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Kobra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Kobra controls the action.
Harris pushes Kobra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobra taking a breather.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Kobra controls his hands.
Kobra blocks a body shot from Harris.
Kobra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kobra lands a knee to the head.
Kobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kobra's elbow.
Kobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Kobra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kobra tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris blocks a head kick by Kobra.
Harris's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kobra connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harris scrambles back to his feet.
Kobra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris avoids the head kick by Kobra.
Kobra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kobra misses with a head kick.
Kobra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kobra lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Kobra with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kobra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Kobra.
Kobra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Kobra misses with an uppercut.
Kobra throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kobra.
Harris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kobra throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kobra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kobra misses with a body shot.
Good shot there by Harris.
Kobra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kobra loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Kobra connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harris's hands.
Kobra throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kobra slips a straight right by Harris.
Kobra tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Kobra.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kobra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kobra cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harris slips under a jab.
King Kobra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kobra scores with a nice right hand.
Kobra misses with a wild combination.
King Kobra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kobra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Kobra.
Harris avoids the head kick by Kobra.
Kobra tries a head kick but it misses.
Kobra fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobra lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harris at a distance.
Kobra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Kobra.
Kobra throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Kobra misses with the combination.
Kobra throws a right and a left that both miss.
A slow jab from Kobra misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kobra wants to clinch but Harris slips to the side
and Harris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harris moves away from the strike by Kobra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Kobra dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Harris thows a body shot but no joy.
Kobra swinging wildly here.
Kobra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Kobra.
Kobra tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kobra tries a head kick but it misses.
Kobra tries a head kick but it misses.
Kobra scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris moves out of range as Kobra strikes.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Kobra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kobra misses with a head kick.
Kobra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kobra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Kobra tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kobra lands an elbow inside.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kobra.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Kobra controls the action.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Kobra tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kobra's elbow.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Kobra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paul Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King Kobra has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris tries a body shot but Kobra blocks it.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kobra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Kobra won't allow it.
Kobra lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Kobra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kobras head.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kobra scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harris.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Kobra.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kobra looking to slow down the pace here.
Kobra pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris tries to work over Kobra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kobra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kobra looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kobra.
Kobra blocks a body shot from Harris.
Kobra lands an elbow inside.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kobra's elbow.
Kobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Kobra blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kobra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kobra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.
Kobra landing knees to the head.
A short right from Harris.
Kobra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Kobra controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris avoiding damage as Kobra throws knees to the body.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Kobra.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Kobra, against the cage.
Kobra stalling in the clinch but Harris improves position.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris lands a right hand.
Kobra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King Kobra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Harris.
Well Kobra has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Kobra!