PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bastien Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Gregorovitsj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Du Hast. Gregorovitsj comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pink Panther Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harris
vs
Gregorovitsj

180 cm
30
193 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

175 cm
35
181 lbs
31 - 22 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 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 31 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boris Gregorovitsj!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gregorovitsj gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Gregorovitsj working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris tries to stall but Gregorovitsj uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gregorovitsj avoids the body shot from Harris.
Gregorovitsj has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Harris is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gregorovitsj throws a leg kick but Harris checks it.
Harris wants to clinch up but Gregorovitsj keeps it at a distance.
Gregorovitsj steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Harris.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Gregorovitsj swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gregorovitsj gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Gregorovitsj pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Gregorovitsj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gregorovitsj lands an uppercut.
Gregorovitsj tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.
Gregorovitsj misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj misses with an elbow strike.
Gregorovitsj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gregorovitsj lands a right hand.

Harris breaks from the clinch.

Gregorovitsj gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Gregorovitsj jabs at Harris's body.

Harris rushes Gregorovitsj and presses him up against the cage.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gregorovitsj tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris throws a leg kick that is checked

and Gregorovitsj counters by moving into the clinch.
Gregorovitsj wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harris managing to block the knees to the body from Gregorovitsj.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gregorovitsj lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gregorovitsj misses with some punches.
Gregorovitsj connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.
Gregorovitsj can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Gregorovitsj throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Gregorovitsj presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastien Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gregorovitsj throws a good cross that connects.
Some bone on bone action there as Harris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A counter left hand to the body from Harris misses its target.
Harris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gregorovitsj's calf.
That kick from Gregorovitsj tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
Harris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harris, right into the meat.
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Gregorovitsj moves into range and clinches up with Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj misses with a punch on the inside.
Gregorovitsj gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Gregorovitsj breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj blocks a head kick by Harris.
Harris bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harris throws a front kick aimed at Gregorovitsj's knee but Gregorovitsj avoids it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gregorovitsj keeps the fight on the outside.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Gregorovitsj leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gregorovitsj is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
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 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Gregorovitsj's shoulder, as Gregorovitsj tries to avoid the shot.
Gregorovitsj throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Harris takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gregorovitsj lands with a good body shot.
Harris looks to throw a body kick
and Gregorovitsj counters with a straight right hand.
Harris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gregorovitsj to score with a decent uppercut.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Gregorovitsj.

Harris moves into the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gregorovitsj throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gregorovitsj cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj swings widly with a right hand
and Harris counters with a right hand to the body.

Harris moves into range and clinches up with Gregorovitsj.
Nice body punch from Gregorovitsj - that landed with a thud.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gregorovitsj backwards.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gregorovitsj lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Some bone on bone action there as Harris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gregorovitsj chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
A left lands for Gregorovitsj.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gregorovitsj scores with a counter punch that sends Harris to the canvas! Gregorovitsj smells blood - he's punishing Harris with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Harris has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Gregorovitsj!
Boris Gregorovitsj took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
Bastien Harris spoke after the fight, saying 'After this loss i think i will go home and hang myself now , goodbye'.