PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koos Koekemoer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Harrington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Koekemoer
vs
Harrington

173 cm
26
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koos Koekemoer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrington closes the distance and clinches.
Harrington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Koekemoer tries to work over Harrington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koekemoer is trying to break free.
Koekemoer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Harrington on the inside.
Harrington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harrington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koekemoer managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.
A short body shot lands from Harrington as the two fighters clinch.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Koekemoer avoids the damage to the body.
Harrington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Koekemoer is trying to force a seperation but Harrington has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koekemoer takes a shot to the head.
Koekemoer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrington lands a nice uppercut.
Koekemoer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harrington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrington scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koekemoer blocks an uppercut.
Harrington scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harrington lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Harrington.

Koekemoer is rocked!
A short left from Harrington.
Oh Koekemoer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koekemoer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harrington lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Harrington.
Harrington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koekemoer's elbow.
A short right from Harrington.
Harrington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harrington is leaning against Koekemoer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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!
Harrington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Harrington.
A short body shot lands from Harrington as the two fighters clinch.
Koekemoer is breathing heavily.
Harrington landing knees to the body.
Harrington lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koekemoer backwards.
Harrington pushes Koekemoer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koekemoer managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Harrington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harrington unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Koekemoer! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Harrington is unloading with more strikes now! Koekemoer drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Harrington!