PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butch Harris Jr (ranked 3897 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Beaux (ranked 7511 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harris Jr
vs
Beaux

186 cm
23
225 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Butch Harris Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lee Beaux!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris Jr closes the distance and clinches.

Harris Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Beaux misses the target.
Harris Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Beaux should have avoided that one.

It looks like Lee Beaux has been cut.
Harris Jr scores with a hook.
Harris Jr jabs at Beaux's body.
Beaux throws a lazy uppercut
and Harris Jr counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beaux's knee momentarily.
Beaux has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Beaux throws the left hand but Harris Jr avoids the punch easily.

Harris Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harris Jr gets underhooks to prevent Beaux's takedown attempt.
Beaux is trying to break the clinch but Harris Jr has him pressed against the cage.

Harris Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beaux at a distance.
Harris Jr scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Harris Jr rushes Beaux and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Harris Jr has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Beaux is trying to keep an underhook but Harris Jr manages to get the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaux is looking to improve his position.
Beaux trying to control from the bottom.
Beaux looks winded!
Beaux wants to sweep but Harris Jr has passed to side control!
Harris Jr lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Harris Jr is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaux is looking to reverse the position.
Beaux tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Harris Jr presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Harris Jr controlling from the full mount.
Harris Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Harris Jr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris Jr scoring with strikes but Beaux is staying in there.
Harris Jr is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harris Jr tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harris Jr working the ground and pound effectively.
Harris Jr controlling the position easily from mount.
Beaux is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris Jr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Beaux really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harris Jr content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butch Harris Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Beaux's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Harris Jr throws a one two combo.

Harris Jr drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harris Jr is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Harris Jr wants to stand but Beaux is controlling his posture from full guard.
Harris Jr controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beaux is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris Jr is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Harris Jr has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Harris Jr drops Beaux with a beautiful combination! Beaux stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Harris Jr is looking for the KO!
Beaux with a lazy takedown attempt
and Harris Jr counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Beaux badly! Harris Jr follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Beaux out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Harris Jr finished him against the cage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Butch Harris Jr!