PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thommy Harinck (ranked 317 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Styles (ranked 4068 p4p, 0 weight class). Harinck comes to the cage accompanied by Juno Reactor. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Harinck
vs
Styles

192 cm
27
172 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

183 cm
26
177 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thommy Harinck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joshua Styles!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Styles lands with a hook. Harinck tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Styles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Styles wants to clinch.
Harinck definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Harinck jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Styles uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harinck.
Harinck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Styles swings widly with a right hand
enabling Harinck to counter with a crisp jab.
Harinck avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Styles misses with a lunging right hand
and Harinck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harinck tries to move into range but Styles moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Styles lands with a right hand.
Harinck just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harinck wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles throws a lazy uppercut
and Harinck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Styles throws a combination that misses
and Harinck counters with a left to the body.
Styles swings widly with a right hand
and Harinck counters with a nice body shot.
Styles looks winded!
Styles takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Styles misses with a lunging right hand

and Harinck counters by moving into the clinch.
Harinck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harinck.
Harinck lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harinck makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harinck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Styles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harinck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Styles tries to work over Harinck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Styles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harinck pushes Styles back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Styles misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Harinck on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harinck.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harinck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Harinck.
A short left from Harinck.
Harinck lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harinck throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harinck lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Styles or not.
Harinck lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Harinck breaks the clinch.
Styles takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Styles is rocked!
Harinck cracks Styles with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Styles falls to his knees and Harinck doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thommy Harinck!
Thommy Harinck tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.