PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Forrest Bickleback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickleback kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is You're the best!. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Brad Harris was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bickleback
vs
Harris

180 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Counter striker
Good chin

Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Forrest Bickleback!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Harris!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris gets a clinch.
Bickleback looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Bickleback avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Bickleback trying to land knees to the body.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bickleback lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bickleback avoids it.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Bickleback blocks it.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickleback missing with knees to the body.
Harris creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bickleback avoids it.
Harris landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bickleback blocks an elbow strike from Harris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickleback leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Harris is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickleback has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Bickleback avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harris.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Forrest Bickleback has been cut.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Bickleback has Harris pressed against the ropes, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Bickleback improves position.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickleback has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Bickleback blocks it.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Bickleback gets an underhook and turns Harris into the ropes.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bickleback misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris lands an elbow inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bickleback lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bickleback's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Forrest Bickleback's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Bickleback 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 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris lands a damaging elbow.
Bickleback dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Brad Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Harris breaks from the clinch.

Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harris.
Bickleback blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Bickleback avoids the damage to the body.
Harris lands a knee to the head.
Bickleback blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bickleback blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bickleback misses with a knee strike.
Harris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bickleback.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickleback leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Harris is trying to stall.
Bickleback misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harris taking a breather.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bickleback blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickleback blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Bickleback avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Forrest Bickleback's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris trying to land knees to the body.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris avoiding damage as Bickleback throws knees to the body.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bickleback blocks it with crossed arms.
Bickleback on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bickleback 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.
Bickleback avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris missing with knees to the body.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Bickleback shrugs off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickleback connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Brad Harris has been cut.
Bickleback managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Harris lands a good knee to the midsection. Bickleback won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harris.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bickleback throws a head punch that misses.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bickleback is defending well for now.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickleback has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Bickleback dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Harris using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Harris.

Forrest Bickleback's cut is getting worse.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bickleback dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
Harris avoiding damage as Bickleback throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Harris really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bickleback blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bickleback avoids it.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickleback has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harris lands an elbow inside.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris avoiding damage as Bickleback throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Bickleback lands with a left to the head.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bickleback blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Bickleback avoids the damage to the body.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Bickleback blocks with his arms.
Harris throws an elbow that misses.
Harris lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Bickleback comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harris throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bickleback blocks it with crossed arms.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Bickleback has the dominant position.
Bickleback blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bickleback missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris misses with an elbow strike.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickleback has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Harris dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Harris closes the distance and pushes Bickleback back into the ropes.
Harris connects with a knee to the head.
Bickleback blocks an elbow strike.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bickleback is defending well for now.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bickleback is defending well for now.
Harris looking to throw knees to the head but Bickleback is blocking nicely.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A right hand to the body from Bickleback.
Bickleback misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickleback leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Bickleback blocks it.
Bickleback 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 avoiding damage as Bickleback throws knees to the body.
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bickleback lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harris looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Bickleback managing to block the knees to the body from Harris.
Harris is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bickleback is defending well for now.
Bickleback avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the ropes.
Harris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bickleback has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris landing knees to the head.
Bickleback avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the ropes.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickleback leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bickleback avoids a wild elbow strike from Harris.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Bickleback leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Harris throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harris crunches a lovely knee into Bickleback's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bickleback blocks the elbow strike.
Forrest Bickleback has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bickleback blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Brad Harris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Harris takes a knee right on the jaw!

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 45:50
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 45:50
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Harris!
An out of breath Brad Harris thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.