PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven McTowlie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Kiss Me I'm Shit Faced. Steven McTowlie will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Harris
vs
McTowlie

196 cm
21
225 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

225 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marshall Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven McTowlie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTowlie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but McTowlie sprawls well. He's pushed Harris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Harris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McTowlie's waist but McTowlie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harris off to one side.
Jab from McTowlie.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and McTowlie moves out of range easily.
Harris slips under a jab from McTowlie.
McTowlie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McTowlie wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for McTowlie.
McTowlie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McTowlie connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris shoots in and drives through. McTowlie sprawls well.
Harris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A nice leg kick lands there from McTowlie.
Harris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McTowlie is fending him off so far but Harris persists. Nope, McTowlie circles away and we're back to standing.
McTowlie thows a body kick. Harris tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTowlie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris staying out of range there.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McTowlie.
Harris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McTowlie swivels and escapes.
McTowlie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Harris lands a big head kick that sends McTowlie tumbling to the mat! Harris takes a step backwards and waves McTowlie back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Steven McTowlie has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTowlie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McTowlie motions for Harris to come forward. McTowlie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McTowlie stuffs the takedown attempt from Harris. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
Steven McTowlie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but McTowlie sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
McTowlie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris closes the distance looking to clinch
and McTowlie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McTowlie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and McTowlie settles back down.
Harris fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marshall Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steven McTowlie'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.

McTowlie connects with a solid leg kick.
Harris checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harris tries to clinch there but McTowlie circles away.
McTowlie keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McTowlie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harris tries for a takedown but McTowlie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harris shoots in for a double leg but McTowlie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris dives in and grabs McTowlie's left leg, looking for a takedown. McTowlie pushes down on Harris's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McTowlie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. McTowlie defends it nicely.
Harris tries to clinch but McTowlie moves away
and McTowlie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harris's knee momentarily.
McTowlie looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
McTowlie throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.

Harris closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into McTowlie's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harris drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Harris jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Harris is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! McTowlie is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! McTowlie has escaped and now he's on top!

McTowlie stands up and waves to Harris to follow him.
McTowlie misses with a body shot.
Marshall Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris checks a low kick from McTowlie.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
McTowlie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but McTowlie sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McTowlie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McTowlie misses with a two punch combination.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McTowlie as he jumps to the side.
McTowlie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but McTowlie sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven McTowlie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steven McTowlie'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

McTowlie misses with a jab, cross combination.

McTowlie gets caught flat footed, as Harris shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Harris drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and McTowlie dives on top into guard.
McTowlie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.

McTowlie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Harris dives on top into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Harris postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! McTowlie is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Harris, into his guard.
McTowlie wanted to stand there but Harris had control of the position.
Harris wants to stand and escape but McTowlie is having none of it.

McTowlie gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
McTowlie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Harris.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
McTowlie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McTowlie trying to stall but Harris improves his position.

McTowlie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McTowlie.
McTowlie is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McTowlie scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but McTowlie sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McTowlie throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but McTowlie sprawls well. He's pushed Harris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McTowlie stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and McTowlie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris misses with a head kick.
McTowlie throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steven McTowlie.
I think McTowlie 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven McTowlie!
In his post fight interview, Steven McTowlie started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.