PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anselmo Harris (ranked 1320 p4p, 175 weight class) and Robert Munson (ranked 1149 p4p, 160 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Harris
vs
Munson

184 cm
36
184 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

185 cm
35
185 lbs
23 - 10 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Anselmo Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Robert Munson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harris scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harris lands a jab to Munson's midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Munson 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.
A leg kick checked by Harris.
Harris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Munson moved out of range.
Munson lands with a good body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Harris 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Harris clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munson is trying to push Harris away but Harris has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Munson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Munson tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Munson has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Munson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris tries to work over Munson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munson looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Munson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Harris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Munson avoids it by throwing Harris back against the ropes.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Munson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.

Munson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Harris clinches.
A short left from Harris.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Munson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
Munson lands a damaging elbow.
Harris misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Munson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Munson's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Munson.

Munson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Munson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris avoids the body shot from Munson.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice uppercut there from Harris.

It looks like Robert Munson has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Harris rushes Munson and presses him up against the ropes.
Munson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Munson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Harris clinches up against the ropes.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Munson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Munson tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munson can do to turn this around?
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Munsons head.
A body shot lands from Harris.
Munson blocking some punches.
Munson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Munson's head.
Munson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Munson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harris has him pressed against the ropes.
Munson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Munson breaks from the clinch.

Harris moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Munson tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Munson avoids it by throwing Harris back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris prevents Munson from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Munson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris scores with a shot to the side of Munson's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munson.
A hook to the body from Harris.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Munson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Munson has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
Munson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Anselmo Harris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris is leaning against Munson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Munson is trying to break the clinch but Harris has him pressed against the ropes.
Munson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Munson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Munson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Munson prevents a body shot from Harris.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Munson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Munson is trying to break free.
Munson looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Munson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Munson scores with a kick to the body.
Harris tries to clinch but Munson moves away
and Munson counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris wants to clinch.
Munson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Harris misses.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris cracks Munson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Anselmo Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Munson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Munson throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Munson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Munson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris darts in trying to clinch
enabling Munson to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Harris.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Munson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Munson walks into a jab.

Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Harris.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Munson working hard to break the clinch.
Harris pushes Munson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Harris - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Munson fails to land.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Munsons head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
Munson struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Munson or not.
Munson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Munson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Munson.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Munson misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Harris.
Munson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris lands an uppercut.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Munson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Harris throws a body punch but Munson moves out of range.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Munson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris wants to clinch.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Munson moves away.

Harris pushes Munson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Munson scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Munson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris thuds his right hand into Munson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Harris closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Munson throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Munson has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris tries a body shot but Munson blocks it.
Munson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Munson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Harris wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a glancing blow to the side of Munson's head.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Munson.
Harris tries to counter by clinching up but Munson breaks away and moves out of range.
Munson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris closes the distance but Munson moves to the side
and Munson counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Munson's head.
Harris lands a slapping body shot.

Harris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Munson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris had his way with Robert Munson in that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Munson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robert Munson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Munson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harris is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Munson.
Munson takes one to the chin there.
Munson keeps the fight on the outside.
Munson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Munson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
Munson doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.

Harris clinches up against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Munson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Munson misses with a knee strike.
Harris stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Harris.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Munson working aggressively here.
Munson misses with some punches.
Munson pushes Harris back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Munson backwards.
Munson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Munson tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Munson tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Munson back against the ropes.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anselmo Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Munson throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Munson.
Munson throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Munson takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Munson wants to break free but Harris has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris keeps control of Munson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Munson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Munson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Munson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Munson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Munson throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
A nice right hand lands inside from Munson.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Munson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harris.
Harris lands a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Robert Munson.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Anselmo Harris!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Anselmo Harris!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Anselmo Harris!

Anselmo Harris wins by unanimous decision!
Anselmo Harris is the new welterweight champion!