PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Zarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Harris is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zarco
vs
Harris

172 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
32
186 lbs
12 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Zarco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Harris!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarco takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab, jab by Zarco - just one landing.
Zarco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zarco.
Zarco stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Zarco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Zarco throws a head kick that misses
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Zarco scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Zarco swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harris.
Zarco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zarco misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a low kick, right behind Zarco 's knee.
Zarco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris scores with the left hand. Zarco knows he should have avoided that one.
Harris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarco throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zarco tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zarco connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zarco pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zarco misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Zarco tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zarco. Zarco obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zarco. That's going to slow Harris down.
Nice cross by Zarco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarco scores with a jab.

Harris is rocked!
Harris is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Zarco doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Harris crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Harris's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Zarco!
After the fight, Antonio Zarco was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.