PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Khabib Harris (ranked 4264 p4p, 4886 weight class) and Pedro Paulo (ranked 231 p4p, 256 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Harris
vs
Paulo

175 cm
19
135
3 - 0 - 0

150 cm
22
135
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

HARDCORE Threads
Hardcore Alchemy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khabib Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Paulo!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Paulo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck for Harris with that takedown attempt.

Paulo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Harris's guard.
Paulo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Paulo postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
Paulo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harris will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Harris is trying to keep Paulo in close.
Harris has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Harris keeping full guard, as Paulo tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harris looking for a guillotine here but Paulo defends easily.
Paulo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Paulo preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paulo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harris wants to sweep but no luck.
Paulo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Paulo postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paulo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Harris has a closed guard, preventing Paulo from standing up.
Paulo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Paulo.
Paulo works over Harris with some ground and pound from guard.
Harris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Harris tries to get out of the position.
Paulo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Paulo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulo works over Harris with some ground and pound from guard.
Paulo scoring with punches to the head and body.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harris is on top in guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harris lands a couple of digs.

Harris stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Paulo throws up his legs and catches Harris in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Harris tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Paulo! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Pedro Paulo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Pedro Paulo waved his t-shirt featuring Hardcore Alchemy's logo in front of the cameras.