PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baby Boy Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Malkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Boy Harris
vs
Malkin

199 cm
29
208 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

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 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baby Boy Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruslan Malkin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Malkin wants to clinch.
Malkin avoids a punch combination nicely.

Malkin has Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.

Harris breaks the clinch.

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Malkin pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malkin trying to land knees to the body.
Malkin content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malkin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Malkin continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Malkin up against the cage.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Malkin, against the cage.
Malkin lands a knee to the body.
Harris prevents the takedown attempt.
Malkin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.

Harris breaks the clinch.

Harris has Malkin up against the cage in a clinch.

Harris manages to break the clinch.

Harris darts in and clinches Malkin up against the cage.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Malkin.
Malkin 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malkin missing with knees to the body.
Harris stalling.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Malkin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Malkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Malkin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harris prevents it.
Harris tries to break free but Malkin pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris scores with a kick to the body.
Baby Boy Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Malkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Malkin 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.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Malkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malkin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harris after a bit of a struggle.
Baby Boy Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruslan Malkin.
Malkin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Malkin closes the distance and clinches.
Malkin wants a takedown but no success here.
Malkin misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malkin looking to slow down the pace here.
Malkin throws an elbow that misses.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Malkin walks into a stiff left hand from Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malkin doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.

Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Malkin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Malkin takes a shot to the head.
Malkin stalling in the clinch but Harris improves position.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Malkin has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harris throws an elbow but misses.
Harris landing knees to the body.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Malkin, against the cage.
Harris lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ruslan Malkin has been cut.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baby Boy Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Malkin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Harris connects with a body shot that sends Malkin's belly button to the back.
Harris digs a good hook to Malkin's body.

Harris rushes Malkin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malkin shoots in for a double leg but Harris sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Harris closes the distance and clinches.
Harris is pressed up against the cage. Malkin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harris down to the mat. Harris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baby Boy Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harris avoiding damage as Malkin throws knees to the body.
Malkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baby Boy Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris stalling the fight.
Harris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Malkin has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Malkin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Malkin has Harris pressed against the cage.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malkin is looking to clinch.
Malkin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Malkin somewhat.
Baby Boy Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruslan Malkin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Baby Boy Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harris, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malkin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Malkin fails with the takedown.
Malkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malkin can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Harris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harris connects with a looping right hand.
Malkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Harris has managed to clinch.
Harris is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malkin is looking to clinch.

Harris moves into the clinch.
Malkin trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Malkin gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Malkin tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Harris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Malkin is looking for a takedown.
Malkin blocks a body shot from Harris.
Malkin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Malkins head.
Malkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Malkin trying to control the position but instead, Harris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malkin into the cage.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Malkin backwards.
Malkin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Malkin prevents a body shot from Harris.
Malkin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malkin missing with knees to the body.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Malkin forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
Harris tries a knee to the head but Malkin blocks it.
Malkin wants to take the fight to the mat but Harris manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Malkin lands a knee to the body.
Malkin looking to stall.
Harris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Malkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Malkin.
Malkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Baby Boy Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Malkin'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. This is the final round!

Harris gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Malkin.
Harris managing to block the knees to the body from Malkin.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Malkin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Malkin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Malkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Malkin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris wants to stall.
Malkin has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Harris goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Malkin is looking to clinch.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Malkin.
Harris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Malkin's hands.
Harris lands a jab to the nose.
Harris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Harris closes the distance and pushes Malkin back into the cage.
Malkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harris as Malkin tries to tie him up.
Harris blocks a body shot from Malkin.
Malkin tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Malkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Malkin.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Harris lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malkin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Malkin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Harris forces Malkin back against the cage and clinches.
Malkin tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Harris gets tackled into the cage by Malkin. Malkin maintains the clinch.
Malkin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.

Harris breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.

Malkin closes the distance and pushes Harris back into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Malkin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Malkin misses with a knee strike.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.

Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Baby Boy Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Harris is looking to slow Malkin down with leg kicks.
Harris throws a low kick, looking for Malkin's leg but Malkin calmly moves out of range.
Harris lands an overhand right.
Ruslan Malkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Malkin tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Malkin is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Malkin off balance momentarily.
Malkin moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off.

Harris clinches up against the cage.
Malkin trying to control the position but instead, Harris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malkin into the cage.
Malkin taking a breather.
Malkin leaning against his opponent.
Malkin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harris gets the underhooks and prevents it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Baby Boy Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harris has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baby Boy Harris!