PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Head Coach (ranked 3578 p4p, 358 weight class) and Anselmo Harris (ranked 3760 p4p, 374 weight class). Anselmo Harris will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Coach
vs
Harris

170 cm
39
165 lbs
29 - 23 - 3

184 cm
33
184 lbs
18 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Head Coach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anselmo Harris!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coach moves forwards but Harris connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Coach takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Harris defending well as Coach loads up on a big left hand.
Coach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coach takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Coach throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Coach throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Coach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Coach.
Harris looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris throws a right hand that Coach ducks under and follows up with a left that Coach also avoids with ease.
Coach tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Coach moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris lands with an uppercut that bounces Coach off the cage and back into range.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris falls off balance throwing a combination
and Coach counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Harris is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coach ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Coach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coach tries a low kick but Harris avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Head Coach is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris tries to clinch but Coach is having none of it.
Coach takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Coach drives through and clinches with Harris against the cage.
Coach lands with a short shot to the head.
Coach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Coach avoids it really well and circles away.
Coach lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harris scores with a jab to the head.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coach is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Harris.
Harris connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Harris tries to keep at a distance but Coach has taken the fight into the clinch.
Coach misses with the head strike.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harris trying to stall but Coach improves his position.
Harris slows down the pace here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Coach presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harris is trying to pull guard but Coach turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Coach lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Coach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Coach tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Coach tries a knee to the head but Harris blocks it.
Harris pushes Coach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Coach tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coach lands a nice shot to the body.
Coach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Coach using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coach landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harris looks winded!
Coach is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harris takes a knee to the side of the body.
Coach is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Coach.
Coach lands with a left to the head.
Coach throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Coach lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
A short right from Coach on the inside.
Coach struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Coach throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Harris managing to block the knees to the body from Coach.
Coach connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Coach.

Harris is rocked!
Harris takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Coach finish him?
Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coach lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
Harris is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Coach to keep the fight standing.
Harris seems to have recovered his senses.
Head Coach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anselmo Harris.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harris jumps guard but Coach turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Coach throws a knee to the head but misses.
Coach pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris is stalling here.
Coach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Harris goes for a takedown attempt but Coach pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Coach throws a leg kick which misses Harris's front leg but catches the back leg as Harris tries to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris lands with a good body shot.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
Coach is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Head Coach dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Coach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Coach counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Coach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris checks a low kick from Coach.
Harris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Coach feints and then cracks Harris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harris down.
Coach is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A right-left combo lands from Harris.
Coach looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Anselmo Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Coach throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Coach blocks a jab.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Harris scores with a jab to the body.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coach.
Harris lands a lovely overhand right.
Coach is looking to wear down Harris with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coach scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach tries to work over Harris's front leg with a kick but Harris checks it.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Coach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Coach moved out of range nicely.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab by Harris.
Coach wants to clinch.
Harris tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Coach doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris moves forwards but Coach connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harris is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Coach's head but Coach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Coach. Coach obviously looking to wear him down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!
Harris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Coach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris tries to circle away but Coach has him pinned against the cage.
Coach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris throws a jab when Coach was well out of range.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris swings for the body but Coach moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Coach does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coach lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Coach clinches up against the cage.
Harris misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coach working aggressively here.
Coach throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Coach misses with a knee strike.
Coach trying to land knees to the body.

Harris pulls guard effortlessly.
Coach might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Harris looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Coach has picked Harris up and slammed him! Harris can't keep hold of the triangle and Coach manages to pass to side control!
Harris is looking to regain half guard here but Coach keeps moving and retains side control.
Coach just content to control the position.
Harris tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Coach wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris is holding Coach down, trying to stall.
Harris gets back to half guard.
Harris trying to control but Coach postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Anselmo Harris will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Coach.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coach.
Coach on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coach manages to avoid it.
As Harris tries to get set, Coach tries to push him back and clinch up but Harris manages to avoid the attempt.
Coach defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harris.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris falls off balance throwing a combination

and Coach counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Coach.
Harris is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Harris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Coach just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Coach working aggressively here.
Coach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coach landing knees to the body.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Coach with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coach putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Harris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coach scores with a hook to the body.
Coach looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Head Coach has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Coach landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harris.
Coach lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Coach.
Coach presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Coach creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Coach using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Coach.
A nice right hand lands inside from Coach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coach has Harris pressed against the cage. He pushes Harris back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Coach throws a beautiful elbow that sends Harris crashing to the floor! Coach piles on the pressure with more strikes! Harris is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Head Coach!
An out of breath Head Coach thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.