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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skender Baruti (ranked 8519 p4p, 626 weight class) and William Harrison (ranked 23736 p4p, 672 weight class). Skender Baruti has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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255 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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216 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Skender Baruti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baruti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrison.
Harrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baruti.
Nice defenses there by Baruti.
Harrison has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Baruti is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Harrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baruti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baruti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Baruti 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison throws a looping overhand right but Baruti ducks down to avoid it.
Harrison tries to clinch but Baruti moves away
and Baruti counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like William Harrison has been cut.
Harrison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baruti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harrison misses with a lunging right hand
and Baruti counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrison swings widly with a right hand
and Baruti counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baruti throws a hook but Harrison avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Harrison.
Harrison throws a big shot that misses.
Harrison throws an off balance right hand
and Baruti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That has opened up William Harrison's cut even more.
Baruti moves out of range of the strikes.
Harrison lands with a right hand.
Harrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harrison cracks Baruti with a good jab.
Baruti looks to land a left hand but Harrison moved out of range nicely.
Baruti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrison.
Harrison lands a nice hook to Baruti's body. Baruti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harrison misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baruti ducks under a wild hook from Harrison.
Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baruti.
Good standup being displayed there by Baruti as he connects with a hook.
Harrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baruti.
The fighters circling - Harrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Baruti misses the target.
Harrison misses with an uppercut
and Baruti counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrison throws a body punch but Baruti moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Baruti.
Harrison throws a jab when Baruti was well out of range.
Baruti scores with a jab to the body.
Harrison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baruti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baruti was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Harrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Baruti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baruti is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Baruti counters with a right hand to the body.
William Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrison throws a hook but Baruti blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Baruti misses the target.
Harrison misses with a hook
and Baruti counters with a straight right hand.
Harrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baruti manages to avoid it.
Baruti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harrison misses with a lunging right hand
and Baruti counters with a nice uppercut.
The cut above William Harrison's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Harrison looks to land a right hand but Baruti moved out of range.
Harrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baruti feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Baruti throws a solid leg kick but Harrison takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Baruti.
Baruti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harrison finds it's way round the side to connect with Baruti's head.
Harrison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baruti.
Harrison avoids the body shot from Baruti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a wild body shot.
Harrison looks to land a right hand but Baruti moved out of range.
A quick step to the side and Baruti tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Baruti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harrison.
Baruti misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baruti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Baruti throws a shot to the body.
Baruti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harrison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baruti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harrison thinking.
Baruti throws a right hand that Harrison ducks under and follows up with a left that Harrison also avoids with ease.
Harrison is looking to clinch.
Baruti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it.
Baruti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrison.
Baruti moves away from the strike by Harrison.
A counter left hand to the body from Baruti misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Skender Baruti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on William Harrison's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Harrison connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baruti. Baruti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harrison misses with a right hand
and Baruti makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harrison misses with a combination
and Baruti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Harrison throws a lazy right hand but Baruti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Harrison misses its intended target.
As Harrison looks to move away, Baruti throws a big counter combo but Harrison just gets out of the way.
Skender Baruti is winning the standup battle so far.
Baruti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrison.
Baruti throws a big counter combination but Harrison scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Harrison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Baruti is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baruti scores with a one two! Harrison had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Harrison has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baruti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harrison taking a breather.
Harrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harrison.
Harrison misses with some punches.
Baruti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Harrison misses with a punch on the inside.
Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Baruti.
Baruti manages to break the clinch.
Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baruti slips under a jab from Harrison.
Harrison clinches up with Baruti and pushes him back against the cage.
Harrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Baruti controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a body punch.
Harrison misses with a punch on the inside.
Harrison throws a head punch that misses.
Harrison misses with the head strike.
Harrison scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baruti struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrison controls his hands.
Baruti stalling in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Baruti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrison looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baruti.
William Harrison's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison blocking some punches.
Baruti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
Baruti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrison is pushing Baruti up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Baruti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harrison throws a shot from downtown. Baruti moves away and avoids it.
Baruti lands with a hook. Harrison tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Baruti sizes up Harrison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at William Harrison's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Skender Baruti!
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hype
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RATING
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