PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kabu Loso (ranked 12872 p4p, 726 weight class) and Derek Harris (ranked 2459 p4p, 291 weight class). Harris has chosen Not again - You all ready dropped? as his entrance music. Derek Harris acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Loso
vs
Harris

171 cm
39
156 lbs
31 - 15 - 1

173 cm
31
153 lbs
20 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Sully's Bar & Grill

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 31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kabu Loso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loso connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harris momentarily.
Harris works Loso's body with a nice hook.
Loso throws a solid leg kick but Harris takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Loso.
Harris cracks Loso with a right hand to the side of the head.
Loso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harris's sensitive parts.
Loso has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Loso takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Loso throws a hook but Harris blocks it.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loso manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Good work by Harris as he checks the leg kick.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loso looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Loso misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
Loso tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Loso avoids the head kick by Harris.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loso has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harris.
Loso tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Loso.
Loso throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Loso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loso attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Harris looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Loso misses with a low kick.
Harris motions for Loso to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Loso looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Loso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris motions for Loso to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Loso connects with a body shot.
Loso tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harris is able to avoid easily.
Loso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donk. Harris catches Loso right on the button with a cross.
Harris has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Harris lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Harris lands with a cross.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loso throws a leg kick
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris takes a swing at Loso's ribcage but misses.
Loso takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Loso misses with a right hand
and Harris makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loso tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Loso doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Loso throws a low kick but Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Loso jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Loso takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Harris paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Loso misses with a looping right.
Harris blocks a leg kick.
Harris throws a body punch but Loso moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harris.
Loso looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Loso throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kabu Loso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Both fighters circling a little - Loso finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Loso scoring well with a low kick there.
Loso scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris throws a leg kick
enabling Loso to counter with a crisp jab.
Loso lands with a thumping leg kick.
Loso throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Loso only half commits.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Loso. That did some damage!
Loso throws a quick inside leg kick.
Loso blocks a leg kick.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Derek Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Loso wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
Harris throws out a counter right but Loso avoids it with no problem.
Loso swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Loso wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Loso wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris cracks a nice hook into Loso's ribs.
Loso is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris takes a swing at Loso's ribcage but misses.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Loso is looking to land body kicks.

Loso moves into the clinch.
Loso misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harris working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harris.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loso misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loso blocks a body shot from Harris.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loso misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Loso avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris pushes Loso back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loso.
A nice left hand lands by Harris.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Loso obliges.
Loso lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Loso misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Loso fails to land.
Loso digs a right hand underneath Harris's ribcage. Harris let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Derek Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Loso controls his hands.
Loso misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Loso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Derek Harris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Loso's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Loso misses with a leg kick
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Kabu Loso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Loso doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Harris misses.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick
and Loso counters with a slapping leg kick.
Loso is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Loso.
Loso takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Loso cracks Harris with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Loso slips under a jab.
Harris lands a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loso tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris lands a jab to the head.
Loso lands with a nice body kick.
Harris catches Loso with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Loso connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harris lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loso lunges at Harris with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harris's hand.
Loso moves out of range as Harris strikes.

Harris gets tackled into the ropes by Loso. Loso maintains the clinch.
Loso avoiding damage as Harris throws knees to the body.
Loso tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Loso.
Derek Harris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Loso scores with a hook to the body.
Loso connects with a knee to the head.
Loso tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Loso throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris tries to work over Loso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loso working Harris over with knees to the body.
Loso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loso throws an elbow that misses.
Loso lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loso lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Loso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Loso throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Loso.
Loso softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Loso goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Loso blocks an uppercut.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Loso.
Loso unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Loso using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Loso lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loso tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Loso pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loso.
Harris connects with a nasty looking knee right to Loso's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kabu Loso showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Harris!
Derek Harris seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.