PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Derek Harris (ranked 2016 p4p, 239 weight class) and Tei Yeily (ranked 20108 p4p, 696 weight class). Harris comes to the ring accompanied by Not again - You all ready dropped?. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Harris
vs
Yeily

173 cm
30
153 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

176 cm
26
160 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tei Yeily!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yeily misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Yeily throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Yeily sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yeily misses with a looping right.
Yeily throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yeily throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yeily.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Yeily throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yeily throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a left to the body.
Harris rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yeily moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yeily throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris stuns Yeily with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Harris throws a nice head kick!
Yeily's coach down at Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Yeily's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Yeily. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yeily lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris feints and then cracks Yeily's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yeily down.
Yeily thuds his right hand into Harris's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
Yeily takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris throws an off balance right hand
and Yeily counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Yeily flicks out a counter leg kick but Harris steps away.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yeily only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Yeily throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harris.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harris, as that shot connected.
Harris feints and then cracks Yeily's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yeily down.
Yeily scoring well with a low kick there.
We've been told by Harris's head coaches at Dark Corner that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeily fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Yeily throws a shot from downtown. Harris moves away and avoids it.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeily takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick from Yeily.
Harris is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yeily.
Harris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yeily throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Yeily throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Yeily takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yeily cracks a nice hook into Harris's ribs.
Yeily misses the jab.
Yeily throws a lazy body kick
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris misses with a double jab.
Yeily takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Yeily throws a right hand that misses
and Harris makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yeily sizes up Harris with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yeily connects with a solid leg kick.
Yeily wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Yeily tries to work over Harris's front leg with a kick but Harris checks it.
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 Derek Harris will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yeily takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Yeily wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yeily will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris tries a low kick but Yeily avoids it.
Derek Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yeily throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yeily.
Yeily misses with a straight left.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yeily just manages to avoid it.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yeily.
A nice side step and Yeily releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Yeily off balance momentarily.
Harris scores with a punch to the head.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Yeily misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Yeily 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeily looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Yeily takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Yeily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yeily scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Yeily just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Yeily misses with a body shot.
Yeily dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yeily moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris misses with a jab to the body
and Yeily makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yeily lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yeily's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Yeily tenderised Harris's leg. Harris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yeily attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Yeily fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yeily with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A jab from Harris finds it's way through Yeily's defenses.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Yeily shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yeily is looking to chop away at Harris's legs.
Good work by Yeily as he checks the leg kick.
Harris lands with a good body shot.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Yeily ducks down to avoid it.
Yeily misses with a left hand
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yeily takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris scores with a head kick. Yeily tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Harris dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Yeily scores with a leg kick.
Harris lands a nice hook to Yeily's body. Yeily takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A clash of legs there as Yeily blocks the low kick.
Yeily cracks Harris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Yeily tried to score with a low kick but Harris checks it.
Harris appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris misses with a low kick as Yeily jumps back.
Yeily throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Yeily keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Yeily with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris throws a leg kick that is checked
and Yeily counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands with a cross.
Yeily is looking to score with low kicks.
Harris is looking to counter punch.
Harris takes a swing at Yeily's ribcage but misses.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick by Yeily misses
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeily pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Yeily settles back down.
Yeily throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Yeily counters with a straight right hand.
Yeily blocks a head kick by Harris.
Yeily fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Derek Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A shot to the liver by Yeily. Beautiful body shot.
Yeily throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Tei Yeily has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yeily throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Harris misses its target.
Yeily avoids the body shot from Harris.
Yeily tries to move into range but Harris moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yeily lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Good leg kick by Harris there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harris cracks the inside of Yeily's front leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris throws the left hand but Yeily avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeily takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yeily scores with a nice strike.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yeily closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yeily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Yeily appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yeily.
Good leg kick by Yeily there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harris misses with a lunging right hand
and Yeily counters with a low kick, right behind Harris 's knee.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yeily lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harris has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harris and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harris looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Yeily looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Yeily throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Yeily misses with a low kick as Harris jumps back.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yeily tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tei Yeily.
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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Derek Harris!
A relieved looking Derek Harris thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.