PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alonzo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Buchanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harris
vs
Buchanan

183 cm
27
208 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alonzo Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matthew Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harris lands in his opponent's guard.
Buchanan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Buchanan's head.
Harris postures up and lands a big shot to Buchanan's brow.
Harris trying to control the position from guard on top but Buchanan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris postures up and lands a big shot to Buchanan's brow.
Harris works over Buchanan with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Buchanan is keeping the position for now.
Buchanan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Buchanan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Buchanan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harris scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan has his hands on Harris's head, controlling the position.
Harris passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harris sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Buchanan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Buchanan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Harris is putting a hurting on Buchanan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Buchanan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Harris scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Buchanan to see if he's OK.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but Buchanan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harris working the ground and pound but Buchanan is defending the strikes.
Harris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to take a break and control but Buchanan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Harris throws a strike aimed at the side of Buchanan's head but Buchanan avoids it well.
Harris looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Buchanan is avoiding damage well.
Buchanan wants to get back to his feet but Harris drags him back down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Harris.
Buchanan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Harris.
Buchanan struggling a bit here.
Buchanan tries to bench press Harris off him but Harris keeps the position.
Harris cracks Buchanan with a big right hand but Buchanan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Harris lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Buchanan down.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Buchanan keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buchanan gets back to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
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.
Buchanan manages to get to full guard.
Buchanan trying to control the position.
Harris pushes down on Buchanan's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands strikes from half guard.
Harris scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Harris working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Buchanan is trying to get back to full guard.
Buchanan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harris scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Harris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Buchanan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Buchanan trying to control the position.
Harris cracks Buchanan with a solid left hand.
Harris trying to control but Buchanan is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonzo Harris dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris thuds a left hand into Buchanan's body.
Harris lands with a hook. Buchanan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harris keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Buchanan shoots for a takedown but Harris saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Buchanan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harris lands the left hand.

Buchanan is rocked!

Harris gets a takedown into half guard.
Buchanan is still in real trouble! Can Harris finish him?
Harris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harris content to control rather than advance.
Buchanan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harris.
Buchanan seems to have recovered his senses.
Buchanan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harris.
Harris not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buchanan can do to turn this around?
Buchanan is looking to improve his position.
Harris looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Harris wants to take a breather but Buchanan is having none of it.
Harris thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Buchanan's head.
Buchanan wants to get back to full guard.
Harris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is nestled in close to Buchanan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Harris thows a huge punch but Buchanan dodges it nicely.
Harris lands strikes from half guard.
Alonzo Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Harris is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Buchanan tries to kick Harris off but Harris keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Buchanan wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
Harris thows a huge punch but Buchanan dodges it nicely.
Buchanan taking some punishment here, with Harris in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Harris there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Harris lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Buchanan! More strikes land and this one is all over! Harris jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alonzo Harris!
Our winner, Alonzo Harris, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.