PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Turtle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastien Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Du Hast. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Turtle
vs
Harris

185 cm
20
189 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
32
193 lbs
26 - 27 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mister Turtle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bastien Harris!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws out a leg kick but Turtle moves out of range and Harris only half commits.

Harris gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Harris manages to break the clinch.

Harris rushes Turtle and presses him up against the cage.
Turtle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Turtle tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Harris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turtle backwards.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Turtle throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Turtle moves away and avoids it.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harris defending well as Turtle loads up on a big left hand.
Harris feints a counter leg kick.

Harris forces Turtle back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Harris creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Turtle's defenses.

It looks like Mister Turtle has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris stalling.
Turtle tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Turtle's head.
Turtle struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've been informed that Harris has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Harris lands an elbow just above Turtle 's eye.
Turtle tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Turtle's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Turtle takes an elbow to the forehead.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Turtle throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
Harris finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Turtle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Turtle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turtle moves away.
Turtle swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Turtle misses with a low kick.
Turtle misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turtle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turtle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a double jab.
As Harris backs away, Turtle returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A lazy left from Turtle finds it's target.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.

Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harris.
Turtle working hard to break the clinch.
Harris digs a right hand underneath Turtle's ribcage. Turtle let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Turtle seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Harris scores with a jab to the body.
Turtle misses with a hook.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turtle.
Harris now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harris takes a swing at Turtle's ribcage but misses.
Turtle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Harris has Turtle up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris avoiding damage.
Turtle is trying to break the clinch but Harris is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris blocks a body shot from Turtle.
Turtle is trying to push Harris away but Harris has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A hook to the body from Harris.
Nice elbow from Harris.
Harris lands an elbow that stopped Turtle in his tracks for a moment.
Harris lands a nice elbow.
Turtle being controlled against the cage.

Turtle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Turtle gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Harris digs a right hand into Turtle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Turtle's gas tank.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turtle's head.
Turtle lands a slapping body shot.

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Harris prevents a body shot from Turtle.
Turtle takes an elbow to the temple.
Turtle tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Turtle takes an elbow to the forehead.

Mister Turtle's cut is getting worse.
Turtle looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harris is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Turtle is defending well.
Turtle looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Harris lands a body punch in the clinch.
Turtle tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turtle working hard to break the clinch.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turtle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris misses with a leg kick.

Harris forces Turtle back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bastien Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mister Turtle's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A solid leg kick lands there for Harris.
Turtle scores with a jab. Harris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Turtle gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Harris taking a breather.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Turtle moved out of range nicely.
Turtle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Turtle takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Harris darts in and clinches Turtle up against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turtle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from Turtle does it's job there.
Harris throws a combination. Turtle tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bastien Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turtle throws out the jab.
Harris is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Turtle rather than just go for the knockout.

Turtle gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Turtle throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harris.
Turtle misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris blocks a body shot from Turtle.
Turtle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turtle misses with a punch to the body.
Harris stalling.
Harris prevents a body shot from Turtle.

Harris has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Turtle is trying to keep an underhook but Harris manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Turtle is looking to get back to is feet but Harris passes into side control.
Turtle pushes Harris away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harris gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Harris decides to stand back up.
Harris checks a low kick from Turtle.
Turtle throws a head kick that misses.
Bastien Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turtle throws a chopping leg kick but Harris manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Turtle off balance momentarily.

Harris moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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 has Turtle pressed against the cage.
Come on Harris - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Turtle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harris stalls.
Turtle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Turtle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Turtle, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turtle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris displaying some good clinch control by pressing Turtle up against the cage.
Harris lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turtle just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Turtle, against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Turtle shrugs off.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.

Mister Turtle's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harris lands an elbow inside.
Harris putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turtle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Turtle or not.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harris obliges.
Harris is working Turtle over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Harris manages to break the clinch.

Harris rushes Turtle and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Turtle lands with a nice body punch.

Harris drives through and clinches with Turtle against the cage.
Harris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turtle backwards.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow inside that Turtle shrugs off.
Turtle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turtle tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Bastien Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harris manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jeez, Mister Turtle's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A big left from Turtle misses.
Turtle throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bastien Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mister Turtle's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Turtle looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Turtle in a clinch.
Harris lands a right hand.
Harris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turtle throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turtle throws out the jab.
Turtle walks into a left hand.
Turtle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Harris closes the distance and pushes Turtle back into the cage.
Turtle with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
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 chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris misses with a double jab
and Turtle counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turtle misses with a looping left.
Turtle throws a big shot that misses.
Turtle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harris feints and then cracks Turtle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turtle down.
Harris slips under a jab.
Harris avoids the head kick by Turtle.
Harris stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Turtle throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Turtle pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Turtle settles back down.

Harris gets a clinch.
Harris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.
Harris prevents a body shot from Turtle.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Turtle slips a jab from Harris.
Turtle throws a quick counter kick to the body but Harris avoids it.

Harris has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtle takes an elbow to the forehead.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mister Turtle's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bastien Harris!
Post fight, Bastien Harris stared into the camera and said 'Hey Joe Rogan lets go get drunk and high and pick up some hookers, i feel on top of the world right now.'.