PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Lesley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alonzo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alonzo Harris acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Lesley
vs
Harris

187 cm
26
190 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
200 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stephen Lesley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alonzo Harris!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris looks to land a left hand but Lesley moved out of range nicely.
Lesley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lesley lands a nice shot to the body.
Lesley misses with a wild body shot.
Harris is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lesley cracks Harris with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harris darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harris punishes Lesley's body with a nice straight punch.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lesley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lesley seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Harris closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lesley misses with a straight right.
Lesley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Lesley throws a nice head kick!
Harris connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lesley momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Harris gets a clinch.

Lesley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lesley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lesley thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lesley.
Lesley staying out of range there.
Lesley throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harris avoids the body shot from Lesley.
Stephen Lesley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lesley throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lesley jabs at Harris's body.
Lesley misses with a looping right.
Harris cracks Lesley with a good jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lesley.
Lesley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harris's hands.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Lesley is just out of range.
Harris takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harris cracks Lesley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lesley misses with a wild body shot.

Harris looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lesley has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harris is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harris seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Lesley is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Alonzo Harris!
Alonzo Harris was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.