PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastien Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sin comes to the cage accompanied by Don't stop. Harris has chosen Du Hast as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Sin
vs
Harris

185 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
182 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Sin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bastien Harris!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris lands a nice hook to Sin's body. Sin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sin shoots in and drives through. Harris sprawls well.
Sin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harris as he jumps to the side.

Sin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Harris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sin trying to control the position but Harris is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sin tries to advance to mount but Harris denies him.
Sin working the head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sin has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Harris is not content to let Sin control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Harris can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harris tries to buck Sin off but Sin is having none of it.
Harris defending against the ground and pound.
Sin throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Sin wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sin tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Harris wants to control but Sin postures up.
Sin misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sin throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Sin throws a strike aimed at the side of Harris's head but Harris avoids it well.
Sin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harris down.
Sin wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Harris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sin grinds an elbow into Harris's temple.
Sin sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Harris is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Harris is trying to get back to half guard.
The strikes coming from Sin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris looks to move to half guard but instead Sin has passed into mount! Damn!
Sin misses with a head shot.
Sin controlling his opponent.
Sin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Sin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harris circles away.
Sin avoids the head kick by Harris.
Bastien Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Sin.
Harris pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sin back to the cage. Harris follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Lee Sin has been cut.
Sin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harris slaps away a takedown attempt from Sin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Sin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Harris lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sin at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
Harris defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sin.
Harris moves out of range as Sin throws a body kick.
Jab by Harris.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Sin tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harris throws a one two combo.
Good exchange - Harris coming out on top.
Harris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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!
Sin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harris pinned against the cage. Harris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harris connects with a looping right hand.
Bastien Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sin checks it well.
Harris shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sin pinned against the cage. Sin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Harris checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harris lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sin doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sin needs to keep his hands up - Harris had a free shot at his head there.
Sin blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bastien Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Sin with that takedown attempt.
Harris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Harris looks for a takedown but Sin sprawls well.
Harris scores with a sloppy right hand. Sin should have avoided that one.
Sin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sin connects with a leg kick. Harris looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harris!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a solid leg kick but Sin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harris.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sin shoots in looking for a takedown. Harris tries to sprawl out of it but Sin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harris tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there

so Sin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris keeping moving, preventing Sin from controlling successfully.
Harris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bastien Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lee Sin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Harris stuffs the takedown.
A bone on bone clash there as Sin blocks the leg kick.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but Sin 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 Sin's waist but Sin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Harris off to one side.
Harris lands a jab-cross combination.
Sin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sin avoids a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harris.
Harris keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Sin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sin.
Harris connects with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown by Sin or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris which made him look bad.
Sin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
Harris cracks a nice hook into Sin's ribs.
Harris cracks the inside of Sin's front leg.
Sin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harris shoots in but Sin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harris shoots in but Sin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harris cracks a nice hook into Sin's ribs.
Harris misses with a leg kick.
Sin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harris defends it nicely.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Sin or perhaps it was just good defense by Harris which made him look bad.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harris.
Sin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harris defends it nicely.
Sin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sin checks a leg kick nicely.
Sin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a series of punches but Sin avoids them all with ease.
Sin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sin throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
No joy there for Harris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sin fails with a takedown attempt.
Sin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris fails with the takedown.
Sin misses with a body kick.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Sin gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Harris's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sin working the ground and pound.
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!
Harris is trying to buck Sin off.
The ground and pound from Sin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris is not content to let Sin control the position.
Sin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bastien Harris really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Sin'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.

Sin looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
Sin tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sin backs up against the cage.
Sin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A solid body kick from Sin.
Harris misses with a kick to the body.

Sin scores with a takedown into Harris's guard.
Sin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harris looking for a sweep. Not yet Harris, not yet.
Sin trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sin postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Harris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sin throws a big right hand that misses.
Sin slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sin in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ground and pound from Sin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sin wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Sin throws a strike aimed at the side of Harris's head but Harris avoids it well.
Sin in side control, throwing shots but Harris defends.
Harris parries the strikes from Sin easily there. Sin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Harris to escape.
Sin landing a few strikes.
Sin is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sin working the body and head with strikes.
Sin tries to score with some ground and pound. Harris controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sin looks up at the clock and then as Harris takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sin is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sin tries to score with some ground and pound. Harris controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sin advances nicely into full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sin lands a couple of good shots and Harris has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Harris covering up well and avoiding damage.
Harris tries to escape but Sin has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Sin missing with punches from the back.
Sin struggling to keep hold of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris covers up after that shot from Sin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Sin had his way with Bastien Harris in that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Sin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Sin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sin goes for a takedown attempt but Harris pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris lands with a nice body punch.
Harris throws a front kick aimed at Sin's knee but Sin avoids it well.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
Sin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sin's hands.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sin circles away.
Good shot there by Harris.
Harris throws a leg kick

and Sin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harris's guard now.
Sin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lee Sin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sin is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control.
Harris is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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!
Sin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harris is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Harris keeping full guard, as Sin tries to pass.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harris avoids the head kick by Sin.
Sin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Harris lands a body shot.
Sin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sin throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.

Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sin shoots in and drives through. Harris sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Sin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris lands with a nice combination. Sin backs away looking to recover.
Harris pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sin is out of range and Harris settles back down.
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sin doesn't seem bothered though.
No joy there for Harris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harris fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sin.
Sin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harris scores with a body shot.

Harris darts in and clinches Sin up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harris has Sin pushed against the cage.
Sin tries for a takedown. No joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bastien Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Harris 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bastien Harris!
Bastien Harris is the new middleweight champion!