PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bastien Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyrkilla Tapettava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Du Hast. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Harris
vs
Tapettava

180 cm
25
171 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
162 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.
SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bastien Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nyrkilla Tapettava!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapettava blocks a head kick by Harris.
Tapettava connects with an inside leg kick.
Tapettava throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tapettava tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harris is able to avoid easily.
Tapettava is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tapettava wants to slow Harris down by chopping away at his legs.
Harris has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A low kick from Tapettava is predictable there
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
Harris tried to score with a low kick but Tapettava checks it.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tapettava misses with a low kick as Harris jumps back.
Tapettava looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harris is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tapettava fakes the leg kick and cracks Harris in the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tapettava, right into the meat.
Tapettava goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tapettava avoids the body shot from Harris.
Harris takes a swing at Tapettava's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapettava cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Tapettava bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tapettava scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tapettava moves away from the strike by Harris.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris misses with a hook. Tapettava ducked under it nicely.
Tapettava fails with a takedown attempt.
Bastien Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tapettava feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Tapettava chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Harris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Tapettava moves away from the strike by Harris.
Tapettava feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tapettava misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tapettava was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Harris throws a head kick but Tapettava moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Tapettava blocks the leg kick.
Tapettava has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris throws a low kick but Tapettava avoids it.
Harris checks the leg kick nicely there.

Tapettava closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Harris's guard.
Tapettava trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Tapettava throws a big elbow that misses.
Tapettava postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tapettava throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.
Tapettava throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tapettava in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tapettava content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tapettava looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tapettava wants to stand and escape but Harris is having none of it.
Tapettava is looking to sweep but instead, Harris has passed into half guard.
Harris stops Tapettava from getting back to his feet.
Harris blocks the strikes from Tapettava.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapettava wants to get back to full guard but Harris has passed into side control.
Tapettava wants to control but Harris postures up.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Tapettava is trying to work for a sweep but Harris has mounted him!

Harris stands up from mount. Strange move.
Tapettava throws a wild body kick that Harris sees coming a mile off.
Tapettava throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Tapettava only half commits.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
Harris checks a low kick from Tapettava.
Tapettava chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tapettava was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Tapettava throws a low kick but Harris moves out of range easily.
Tapettava tries to land a leg kick but Harris saw it coming and moves away.
Harris is looking to wear down Tapettava with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tapettava uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Tapettava changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nyrkilla Tapettava will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tapettava feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tapettava.
Tapettava takes one to the chin there.
Tapettava lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tapettava throws a front kick aimed at Harris's knee but Harris avoids it well.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harris throws a body punch but Tapettava moves out of range.
Tapettava lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Harris misses with the combination.
Crunch! Tapettava slams his shin into Harris's torso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapettava cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
Tapettava lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tapettava buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tapettava lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harris there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapettava thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bastien Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tapettava throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tapettava.
A left and a right from Harris both land. Nice combination.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Tapettava off balance momentarily.
Harris lands an overhand right.
Tapettava thumps Harris with a low kick.
Harris tries to bum rush Tapettava with a series of wild strikes but Tapettava uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tapettava fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Nyrkilla Tapettava seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tapettava feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Tapettava lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tapettava buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tapettava fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Tapettava bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tapettava tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tapettava.
Tapettava fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Tapettava throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Harris tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Tapettava is in Harris's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Tapettava from controlling successfully.
Tapettava cracks Harris with a solid left hand.
Tapettava postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
Tapettava slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tapettava looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tapettava bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harris's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris pushes Tapettava off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Harris thumps Tapettava with a low kick.
Tapettava connects with an inside leg kick.
Tapettava throws a leg kick
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Tapettava tried to score with a low kick but Harris checks it.
Tapettava fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tapettava fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Harris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harris tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tapettava.
Tapettava lands with an uppercut that bounces Harris off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tapettava throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapettava keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Harris lands a two punch combo.
Tapettava scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Tapettava.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Tapettava is looking to chop away at Harris's legs.
Tapettava misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Tapettava scoring well with a low kick there.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harris throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tapettava is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Tapettava throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tapettava fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Tapettava throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harris avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tapettava tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyrkilla Tapettava showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tapettava.
Some bone on bone action there as Harris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An inside leg kick lands from Tapettava.

Tapettava forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.
Tapettava goes for a takedown attempt but Harris pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tapettava blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tapettava circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris works over Tapettava's head and body with a nice combination.
Tapettava turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tapettava dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
Tapettava dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
Harris looks to land a right hand but Tapettava moved out of range.
Harris throws a leg kick but Tapettava sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tapettava throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tapettava takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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!
Tapettava checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Tapettava slips the punch.
Tapettava turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tapettava misses with a body shot.
Tapettava throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tapettava.
Tapettava moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tapettava throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Tapettava blocks a head kick by Harris.
A leg kick checked by Tapettava.
Harris checks a low kick from Tapettava.
Harris scores with a one two! Tapettava had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short body shot lands from Tapettava as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tapettava is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Harris pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tapettava doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tapettava slowing the pace effectively.
Harris wants to stall.
Harris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tapettava holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tapettava has Harris pressed against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris has Tapettava pushed against the cage.
Harris pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Tapettava.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tapettava throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Nyrkilla Tapettava seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tapettava. That's going to slow Harris down.

Harris gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tapettava to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Harris wants to sweep but no luck.
Tapettava must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tapettava is looking to work some ground and pound but Harris has wrist control.

Harris looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tapettava throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Tapettava tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tapettava is trying to control the position but Harris postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tapettava pulls Harris in to control the position.
Tapettava has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Harris has passed into side control.
Harris in the domination position with Tapettava hanging on.
Tapettava is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Harris is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Bastien Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris avoids the attempt from Tapettava to control.
Tapettava can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bastien Harris.
I think Tapettava 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nyrkilla Tapettava!
Bastien Harris spoke after the fight, saying 'After this loss i think i will go home and hang myself now , goodbye'.