PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conor Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Preuss Skura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Harris
vs
Skura

190 cm
21
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

181 cm
21
184 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Conor Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Preuss Skura!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Skura misses with a two punch combination.
Skura misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters circling a little - Harris finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Skura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris cracks a nice hook into Skura's ribs.

Harris rushes Skura and presses him up against the cage.
Harris avoiding damage.
A right hand to the body from Harris.
Skura is trying to push Harris away but Harris has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Skura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Skura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Skura.
Harris tried to counter with a leg kick but Skura avoided it.

Harris moves into range and clinches up with Skura.
A bit of stalling here from Harris.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skura stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Skura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Skura has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harris.
Skura fails to land with a series of punches.

Harris clinches up against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Skura has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Skura is looking to break free of the clinch but Harris has double underhooks.
Skura has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Harris clinches.
Skura wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Skura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Skura backwards.
Harris works on Skura's body with a couple of short punches.
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skura is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the cage.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris leaning against his opponent.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Skura.
Skura throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Skura takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harris.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Skura.
Some wild striking there from Skura.
Skura just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarris.

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Harris keeps control of Skura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Skura tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Skura.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skura misses with a looping left.
Harris throws a nice head kick!

Harris moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Harris.
Harris lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Skura.
Skura looks winded!
Harris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Skura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A hook to the body from Harris.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Preuss Skura has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Skura or not.
Skura being controlled against the cage.
Harris has Skura pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to drag Skura to the mat but Skura just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Skura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Skura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris is looking to counter punch.

Harris clinches.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Harris as the two fighters clinch.

Harris manages to break the clinch.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skura is trying to push Harris away but Harris has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Harris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Preuss Skura'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.

Skura throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.

Harris rushes Skura and presses him up against the cage.
Skura wants to break free but Harris has control.
Skura tries to pull guard but Harris holds him up against the cage and eventually Skura drops back down to his feet.
Skura has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris digs a right hand into Skura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skura's gas tank.
Harris can't get the takedown.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skura can do to turn this around?

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skura 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 cracks a nice hook into Skura's ribs.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Skura in a clinch.
Harris digs a right hand into Skura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skura's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss Skura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Skura, pushing him back against the cage.
Conor Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skura is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Skura misses with a few strikes there.

Harris clinches.
Harris stalling.
Skura has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.

Harris jumps guard and drags Skura to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Harris has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Harris's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Harris has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Skura got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harris has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Skura has managed to get both his arms back between Harris's legs - danger averted.
Harris seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Harris will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Skura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Skura does no damage.
Skura looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Skura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Harris lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Skura throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Skura throws a combination that misses
and Harris counters with a two punch combo.
Skura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Harris clinches up against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Harris.
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 closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harris has Skura pressed against the cage, preventing Skura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Skura's front leg but catches the back leg as Skura tries to avoid it.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skura is trying to force a seperation but Harris has the dominant position.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've been told by Harris's head coaches at The Pitbull Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Harris moves into the clinch.
Harris has Skura pressed against the cage.
Harris is pushing Skura up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Skura is trying to break free.
Skura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Harris.
Harris stalling the fight.
Harris putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Skura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harris slowing the pace effectively.
Harris has Skura pressed against the cage, preventing Skura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Preuss Skura's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris with a jab.

Harris rushes Skura and presses him up against the cage.
Harris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Skura wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harris presses Skura against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harris lands a hook to the side of the head.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skura misses with a combination
and Harris counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Harris scores with a four punch combination!

Skura is rocked!
Skura takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris and Skura are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Harris throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Skura into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Harris knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Conor Harris!