PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Omar Harrak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ante Gotovina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ante Gotovina has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Harrak
vs
Gotovina

189 cm
28
195 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

185 cm
25
203 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omar Harrak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ante Gotovina!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrak on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gotovina is looking to slow Harrak down with leg kicks.
Gotovina just misses with a punch to the body.
Harrak takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Harrak misses with a hook to the body
and Gotovina counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gotovina has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Harrak is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Harrak throws a shot to the body.
Gotovina throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gotovina throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harrak counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gotovina looks to land a right hand but Harrak moved out of range.
It looked like Harrak was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gotovina.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gotovina cracks the inside of Harrak's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrak misses with a left hand
and Gotovina counters with a good low kick that Harrak was not able to check.
Gotovina tries a head kick but it misses.
Gotovina throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrak misses with a body shot.
Gotovina tests Harrak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harrak throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gotovina counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gotovina moves away.
Harrak swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Gotovina counter with a right hand.
Harrak misses with an uppercut.
Gotovina throws an off balance right hand
and Harrak connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gotovina lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gotovina lands a jab to Harrak's midsection.
A slow jab from Gotovina misses its intended target.
Gotovina buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gotovina misses with a jab to the body
and Gotovina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gotovina lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harrak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gotovina.
Gotovina throws a big shot that misses.
Gotovina dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrak cracks a nice hook into Gotovina's ribs.
Gotovina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrak has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harrak there as he acknowledges the shot.
Harrak looks to score with a jab to the body but Gotovina is just out of range.
Gotovina let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gotovina punishes Harrak's body with a nice straight punch.
Gotovina misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harrak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gotovina lands a jab to Harrak's midsection.
Harrak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ante Gotovina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gotovina throws out a loose jab but Harrak uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left and a right from Harrak both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Ante Gotovina has been cut.
Harrak 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.
Harrak throws a jab when Gotovina was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gotovina throws a low kick but Harrak avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Harrak.
Harrak takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gotovina.
Harrak avoids the body shot from Gotovina.
Harrak is looking to counter punch.
Gotovina connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gotovina throws the left hand but Harrak avoids the punch easily.
Harrak lands the left hand.
Gotovina lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Gotovina dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ante Gotovina's cut.
That's time! Harrak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gotovina fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harrak on the side of the head.
Ante Gotovina seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gotovina rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Harrak counter with a right hand.
Gotovina swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harrak appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gotovina ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrak moves away.
Harrak throws a body punch but Gotovina moves out of range.
Harrak takes a swing at Gotovina's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gotovina.
Gotovina lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gotovina throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gotovina tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gotovina throws a looping overhand right but Harrak ducks down to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Harrak tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Gotovina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gotovina throws a shot from downtown. Harrak moves away and avoids it.
Gotovina takes a swing at Harrak's ribcage but misses.
Harrak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gotovina is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harrak with a body shot.
Gotovina throws a head kick that misses
and Harrak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gotovina misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrak.
Gotovina has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gotovina throws a leg kick but Harrak sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gotovina dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harrak. That did some damage!
Gotovina scores with a nice right hand.
Gotovina jabs at Harrak's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrak misses the shot to the body.
Gotovina misses with a straight left.
Harrak is looking to wear down Gotovina with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Harrak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gotovina doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gotovina, right into the meat.
Gotovina lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Harrak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gotovina sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gotovina! But no joy.
Gotovina throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrak is looking for a counter combo.
Harrak misses with a body punch
and Gotovina counters with a good low kick that Harrak was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gotovina on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harrak moves forwards but Gotovina connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gotovina scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gotovina throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harrak misses with a hook
and Gotovina counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gotovina lands a nice shot to the body.
Gotovina connects with a solid leg kick.
Gotovina throws a lazy right hand but Harrak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gotovina misses with a right hand
and Harrak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harrak misses with a looping left.
Harrak misses the shot to the body.
Gotovina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Harrak misses.
Gotovina tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrak was well out of range. Poor timing from Gotovina.
Gotovina misses with a shot to the body
and Harrak counters with a stiff right hand.
Gotovina misses with a wild body shot.
Gotovina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harrak.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gotovina lands a lovely overhand right.
Gotovina uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrak.
Gotovina scoring well with a low kick there.
Harrak moves out of range as Gotovina strikes.
It looked like Harrak wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Harrak throws a body punch but Gotovina moves out of range.
Harrak blocks a leg kick.
Harrak avoids the body shot from Gotovina.
A little feinted left hand from Harrak on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gotovina moves away from the strike by Harrak.
Harrak walks into a straight right hand from Gotovina.
Gotovina just misses with a punch to the body.
Gotovina scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gotovina.
Gotovina fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harrak has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gotovina throws a body punch but Harrak moves out of range.
Gotovina slips under a jab from Harrak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gotovina counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrak throws a jab when Gotovina was well out of range.
A jab from Gotovina misses.
Harrak misses with a body shot.
Harrak looks to throw the jab but Gotovina is out of range.
Harrak throws a lazy uppercut
and Gotovina counters with a leg kick.
Gotovina darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gotovina lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gotovina misses with a looping right.
Harrak was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Harrak dips to his left and cracks Gotovina with an uppercut!
Omar Harrak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrak swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harrak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gotovina scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harrak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gotovina.
Harrak throws a big counter combination but Gotovina scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Harrak is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gotovina throws a big shot that misses.
Harrak was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Gotovina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrak swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gotovina.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gotovina. That's going to slow Harrak down.
Harrak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Harrak cracks Gotovina with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Gotovina looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Harrak finish him?

Gotovina is rocked!
Gotovina lands a leg kick that knocks Harrak off balance momentarily.
Gotovina is still on wobbly legs! Can Harrak finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotovina thumps Harrak with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Gotovina.
A quick step to the side and Harrak tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gotovina seems to have recovered his senses.
Gotovina uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrak.
Gotovina is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harrak with a body shot.
Harrak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gotovina counters with a leg kick.
Gotovina connects with an inside leg kick.
Harrak swings widly with a right hand
and Gotovina makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gotovina jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Gotovina. Beautiful body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gotovina.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gotovina counters with an outside leg kick.
Gotovina thumps Harrak with a low kick.
Harrak on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Gotovina.
Ante Gotovina is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gotovina throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gotovina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harrak's calf.
Gotovina lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice jab there from Gotovina.
Harrak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gotovina scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ante Gotovina comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gotovina has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ante Gotovina!
A very excited looking Ante Gotovina made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.