PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Downdin (ranked 2295 p4p, 318 weight class) and Knox Harrington (ranked 1573 p4p, 220 weight class). Harrington has chosen Be-I as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sasha Downdin could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Knox Harrington's chin.

Downdin
vs
Harrington

184 cm
21
214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
220 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sasha Downdin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Knox Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Downdin.
Harrington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Downdin.
Harrington fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Downdin on the side of the head.
Harrington looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harrington misses with a wild combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Downdin.
Downdin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harrington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Downdin.
Downdin misses with a hook. Harrington ducked under it nicely.
Downdin slips a straight right by Harrington.
Harrington takes a swing at Downdin's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Downdin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Downdin jabs Harrington to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harrington throws a hook to the side of Downdin's head but Downdin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harrington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Downdin.
Harrington appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Downdin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington throws a jab when Downdin was well out of range.
Downdin connects with an inside leg kick.
Downdin misses with a hook.
Harrington throws a looping overhand right but Downdin ducks down to avoid it.
Downdin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A lazy body kick from Downdin
and Harrington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Downdin misses.
A little jabbing left from Harrington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Downdin throws a leg kick which misses Harrington's front leg but catches the back leg as Harrington tries to avoid it.
Harrington shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Knox Harrington has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Downdin.
Sasha Downdin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrington misses with a jab, cross combination.
Downdin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Downdin scores with a leg kick.
Downdin cracks Harrington with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harrington throws out a loose jab but Downdin uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Downdin misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Downdin lands a big head kick that sends Harrington tumbling to the mat! Downdin takes a step backwards and waves Harrington back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Harrington is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Downdin lands a big uppercut and Harrington crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Harrington looks OK. Downdin waves Harrington back to his feet!
Harrington is still on wobbly legs! Can Downdin finish him?
Harrington looks up at the clock. Bad move! Downdin lands a right hand from hell, dropping Harrington. Downdin pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sasha Downdin!
A very excited looking Sasha Downdin 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.
In defeat, Knox Harrington stepped up to the mic, saying 'I.....I hate the world! *slams microphone down in anger and storms off*'.