PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Harris (ranked 5251 p4p, 5679 weight class) and Okuda Hoshiko (ranked 566 p4p, 584 weight class). Terrance Harris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Hoshiko

178 cm
18
177
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
170
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terrance Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Okuda Hoshiko!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hoshiko.
Hoshiko tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.

Harris pushes Hoshiko up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Hoshiko controls his hands.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Hoshiko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Terrance Harris has been cut.
Harris tries to break free but Hoshiko pushes him back against the cage.
Hoshiko misses with a knee strike.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hoshiko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harris. Harris obviously looking to wear him down.
Harris's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hoshiko under the eye.
Hoshiko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hoshiko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Okuda Hoshiko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoshiko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hoshiko checks a leg kick.
Hoshiko wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoshiko throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Hoshiko closes the distance but Harris moves to the side
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hoshiko moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off.

Hoshiko gets a clinch.
Hoshiko leaning his opponent against the cage.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris thumps Hoshiko with a low kick.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Hoshiko tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Hoshiko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hoshiko is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Harris lunges at Hoshiko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hoshiko's hand.

Hoshiko clinches.
Hoshiko lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoshiko misses with a punch to the body.
Hoshiko lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Hoshiko tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Hoshiko back against the cage.
Harris wants to break free but Hoshiko has control.
Harris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hoshiko up against the cage.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harris.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harris holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hoshiko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Harris's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Hoshiko is controlling him.
Hoshiko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Harris's face.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Hoshiko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Hoshiko digs a right hand into Harris's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harris's gas tank.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Hoshiko has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harris tries to break free but Hoshiko pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harris as Hoshiko tries to tie him up.
Hoshiko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoshiko leaning against his opponent.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Hoshiko tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Hoshiko closes the distance but Harris moves to the side
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Hoshiko darts in and clinches Harris up against the cage.
Hoshiko has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Hoshiko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good work by Harris as he checks the leg kick.
Hoshiko tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hoshiko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hoshiko clinches up with Harris and pushes him back against the cage.
Hoshiko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Harris breaks the clinch.
Harris sizes up Hoshiko with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoshiko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Hoshiko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hoshiko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Terrance Harris will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris'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 slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris feints and then cracks Hoshiko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hoshiko down.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoshiko wants to clinch.
Harris throws a low kick, looking for Hoshiko's leg but Hoshiko calmly moves out of range.

Hoshiko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harris, pushing him back against the cage.
Hoshiko looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris tries a body shot but Hoshiko blocks it.
Hoshiko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Harris.
Harris displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hoshiko up against the cage.
Harris works on Hoshiko's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Hoshiko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hoshiko steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Harris.
Hoshiko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris throws a body punch but Hoshiko moves out of range.
Hoshiko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Hoshiko tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harris connects with a looping right hand.
Hoshiko tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Hoshiko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoshiko tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Harris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harris.
Harris scores with a hook.
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoshiko manages to avoid it.
Harris scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Hoshiko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Terrance Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoshiko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harris swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice cross by Harris.
Hoshiko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hoshiko wants to counter with a clinch but Harris pushes him away.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.

Harris gets tackled into the cage by Hoshiko. Hoshiko maintains the clinch.
Harris is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hoshiko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hoshiko.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoshiko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hoshiko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Harris.
Harris blocks a body shot from Hoshiko.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoshiko tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Harris lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hoshiko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Harris counter with a right hand.

Harris moves into the clinch successfully.
Hoshiko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoshiko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hoshiko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hoshiko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoshiko.
Hoshiko wants to stall.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Hoshiko backwards.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Hoshiko is controlling him.
Hoshiko being controlled against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Hoshiko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hoshiko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harris's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Harris tries to work over Hoshiko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoshiko lands a damaging elbow.
Hoshiko has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hoshiko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donk. Harris catches Hoshiko right on the button with a cross.
Harris misses with a hook.
Hoshiko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoshiko is looking to clinch.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hoshiko moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoshiko can do to turn this around?
Hoshiko tries to clinch up.

Hoshiko moves into the clinch.
Hoshiko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hoshiko tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoshiko throws an elbow that misses.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hoshiko trying to control the position but instead, Harris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoshiko into the cage.
Hoshiko is trying to maintain a safe position but Harris gets an underhook and turns Hoshiko into the cage.
Hoshiko tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Hoshiko lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Hoshiko.
Okuda Hoshiko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short body shot lands from Harris as the two fighters clinch.
Hoshiko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harris is pushing Hoshiko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Hoshiko has the dominant position.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Hoshiko misses with a head kick.
It looked like Harris was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hoshiko.
Hoshiko wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Hoshiko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris connects with a right hand. Hoshiko shakes it off.
Hoshiko checks a leg kick.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hoshiko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harris 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 Hoshiko has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hoshiko and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hoshiko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoshiko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hoshiko doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hoshiko misses with a low kick.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris sets himself, and Hoshiko steps forward looking for the clinch! Harris avoids it this time.
Hoshiko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Okuda Hoshiko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoshiko tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
A good leg kick by Harris.
Hoshiko wants to clinch
and Harris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hoshiko moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off.
Harris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hoshiko wants to clinch but Harris slips to the side
and Harris counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hoshiko moves into the clinch.
Harris is struggling to control the position.
Harris tries to break the clinch but Hoshiko is controlling the position.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Hoshiko has double underhooks.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hoshiko has him pressed against the cage.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Hoshiko has the dominant position.
Hoshiko prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Harris is pushing Hoshiko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hoshiko misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoshiko won't allow it.
Okuda Hoshiko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terrance Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoshiko's elbow.
Hoshiko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harris blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terrance Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harris, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terrance Harris!