PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Earl Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris has chosen Tom Sawyer by Rush as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bird
vs
Harris

183 cm
21
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Twisted Soldier Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Earl Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Connor Harris!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Bird tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Harris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harris stops Bird from standing up.
Bird looking to control.
Bird looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bird doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harris stopping the sweep attempt from Bird.
Bird is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bird looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bird doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.

Bird gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bird wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is pushing down on Bird's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bird is fighting to maintain full guard but Harris has managed to sneak the leg through.

Harris is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bird doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Harris.
Bird wants to control but Harris is keeping busy.

Harris is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bird doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Harris.
Harris wants to pass the guard but Bird is defending well.
Nice strikes from Harris there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Harris has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bird is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bird flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Harris landing punches.
Bird is looking to get to half guard.

Harris is working for a guillotine from mount but Bird frees his head quite easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Harris is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bird is surviving well by controlling Harris's body position as best he can.
Harris looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird is looking to improve his position but Harris isn't that keen on the idea.
Harris trying to control but Bird is having none of it.
Bird wants to control but Harris is having none of it.
Bird tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Harris dominating with strikes here.
Harris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harris prevents Bird from getting the reversal.
Harris is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bird can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Harris lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bird tries to hold on but Harris postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Harris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bird is trying desperately to improve position.
Harris cracks Bird with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Harris dominating with strikes here.
Bird is trying to escape the mount.
Bird tries to hold on but Harris pushes him away.

Harris looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bird throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Harris dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Bird misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Bird.
Bird misses with a head kick.
Bird wants to clinch.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.

Harris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bird looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris distracts Bird with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harris trying to control but Bird is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris preventing the sweep.
Harris working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Harris is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bird keeping full guard, as Harris tries to pass.
Bird trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Harris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Harris wants to control from the top but Bird keeps moving.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harris passes into half guard.
Bird tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.

That's two 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.

Bird is defending against the submission attempts here by Harris.
Bird trying to control from the bottom.
Harris looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Harris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bird punching from the bottom.
Bird tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
Bird taking some punishment here, with Harris in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bird is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bird lands a high kick!

Harris is rocked!
Bird tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Bird finish him?

Bird closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Bird.
Bird connects with a knee to the head.
Bird lands a right hand.
Bird looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Bird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bird throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bird has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Harris - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Bird, and another! Harris is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Earl Bird!