PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joel Kinney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Harris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kinney
vs
Harris

155 cm
24
151 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

184 cm
24
146 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joel Kinney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Harris!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris controlling the action here for a moment.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Kinney shrugs off.

It looks like Joel Kinney has been cut.
Kinney could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kinney wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kinney jumps guard but Harris turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Harris slows down the pace here.
Kinney is looking to control Harris's arms but Harris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kinney has his back to the cage.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris stalling in the clinch.

Kinney breaks from the clinch.
Harris tries to clinch there but Kinney circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harris moves to clinch but Kinney breaks away

and Kinney counters by moving into the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kinney struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Kinney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harris gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kinney's defenses.
Kinney wants a takedown.
Harris slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Harris lands a damaging elbow.
Kinney fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joel Kinney. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris stalling the fight.
Harris receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ethan Harris.

Kinney rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.

Kinney has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Harris is trying to keep an underhook but Kinney manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kinney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kinney is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Harris!

Kinney is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Harris is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Harris flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Kinney anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Harris and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Kinney slips an arm under Harris chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Kinney has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Kinney is squeezing on Harris like an anaconda would it's prey. Harris fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Joel Kinney!