PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cosmo Oarsman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cosmo Oarsman is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Oarsman
vs
Harris

190 cm
27
222 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
27
222 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cosmo Oarsman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Harris!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Oarsman on his heels. He'll look to pass Oarsman's guard now, I'm sure.
Harris stands and throws Oarsman's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Harris is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Oarsman knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Harris has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Oarsman!
Oarsman wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Harris.
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oarsman tries to hold on but Harris postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oarsman holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Harris tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Harris sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Oarsman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harris throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Oarsman because Harris loaded up on that one.
Harris avoids the attempt from Oarsman to control.
A nice elbow there by Harris.
Harris working Oarsman over with strikes here.
Oarsman tries to hold on but Harris postures up.
Oarsman working to try and regain half guard.
Oarsman avoids a series of strikes thrown by Harris.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Harris sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oarsman holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Harris tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Harris scoring with strikes but Oarsman is staying in there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris controlling his opponent.
Oarsman tries to lock up and control but Harris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oarsman is trying to escape the mount.
Harris throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Harris throws some wild stikes that Oarsman manages to avoid easily.
Harris lands a big shot there that rocks Oarsman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris controlling the position easily from mount.
Oarsman is trying to escape the mount.
Harris scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Oarsman?
Oarsman is looking to get to half guard.
Harris working Oarsman over with strikes here.
Harris thowing shots but they're missing.
Harris trying to control but Oarsman is having none of it.
Harris unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Oarsman holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Harris tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Oarsman is trying to escape the mount.
Harris connects with a bit shot that sees Oarsman covering up! More strikes from Harris and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Harris is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Harris!
An out of breath Paul Harris thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.