PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Harris (ranked 2841 p4p, 3248 weight class) and Tom Eli (ranked 366 p4p, 414 weight class). Terrance Harris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Eli

178 cm
23
177
9 - 7 - 0

176 cm
24
178
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Terrance Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Eli!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Eli, right into the meat of the thigh.
Eli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Both fighters circling a little - Eli finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eli.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Eli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Eli moves away and avoids it.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Eli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eli blocks a leg kick.
A left lands for Harris.
Eli moves out of range as Harris strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Eli.

It looks like Terrance Harris has been cut.
Harris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eli finds it's way round the side to connect with Harris's head.
Eli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eli with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Eli throws a lazy right hand but Harris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eli throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Harris tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Eli manages to circle out of the way.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Jab from Eli.
A swing and a miss from Eli.
Harris is looking to chop away at Eli's legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Eli! But no joy.
Eli throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harris punishes Eli's body with a nice straight punch.
Eli looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Eli checks a low kick from Harris.
Eli misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Eli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harris. Harris circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Harris throws a push kick but Eli slaps the foot to one side.
Harris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Eli uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eli moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eli lands with a slapping head kick.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Eli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harris avoids the head kick by Eli.
Eli moves out of range of the strikes.
Jab by Eli.
Eli with a nice cross.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eli.
Eli misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A head kick misses from Eli.
Harris wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Harris is looking to chop away at Eli's legs.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eli was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
As Harris backs off Eli throws a huge counter combo but Harris manages to avoid it all.
Eli misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Eli misses with a straight right.
Harris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Eli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Eli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eli is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harris had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Eli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Eli slips the punch.
Tom Eli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eli throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eli moves away.
Eli throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Eli scores with a nice body kick.
Eli looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eli wants to land a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
It looked like Harris wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Eli throws a low kick but Harris avoids it.
Eli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A left lands for Harris.
Eli takes one to the chin there.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eli tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eli.
Eli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Eli manages to avoid it.
Eli misses with a straight left.
Eli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Eli 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.
Harris tries to score with a low kick but Eli moves his leg out of the way.
Harris connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Eli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Eli catches Harris with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eli misses with a looping left.
A bone on bone clash there as Harris blocks the leg kick.
Eli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Eli misses with a head kick.
Harris tries to counter by clinching up but Eli breaks away and moves out of range.
Harris lands a right hook to the body.
Harris blocks a head kick by Eli.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Harris might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Eli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris throws a solid leg kick but Eli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harris.
Eli throws a hook to the side of Harris's head but Harris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eli tries to land a body kick
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eli scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Eli's head.
Eli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little jabbing left from Eli on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eli throws a head kick that misses.
Eli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eli looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Eli misses with a looping left.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Eli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris misses with a right hand
and Eli counters with a straight right hand.
Eli lands a nice shot to the body.
Eli connects with a solid leg kick.
Eli throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harris's head.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Eli has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eli misses with an attempted mid kick.
Eli throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Eli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Eli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eli throws a one two combo.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Eli throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Harris counters with a stiff right hand.
Eli scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harris avoids the head kick by Eli.
Eli throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Eli slips a straight right by Harris.
Harris throws a leg kick but Eli sees it coming and moves out of range.
Eli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Harris misses.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris feints and then cracks Eli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Eli down.
Eli lands a head kick!
Eli goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eli manages to avoid it.
A big left from Harris misses.
Eli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Eli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harris slips under a jab.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Eli moves away and avoids it.
Eli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris takes one on the button.
Eli is looking to land body kicks.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Eli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Harris feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Elis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Eli throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eli throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harris's head.

Terrance Harris's cut is getting worse.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eli misses with a few strikes there.
Harris keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harris was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Eli misses with a few strikes there.
Eli misses with a jab to the body
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris tries a low kick but Eli avoids it.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Harris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Eli.
Eli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Eli moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris throws a leg kick but Eli moved away.
Eli blocks the body kick.
Eli is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Eli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A big left from Harris misses.
Harris has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eli finds it's way round the side to connect with Harris's head.
Harris is looking to chop away at Eli's legs.
Harris throws a right hand that Eli ducks under and follows up with a left that Eli also avoids with ease.
Eli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Eli thinking.
Harris lands with a good body shot.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eli.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice cross by Eli.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there
enabling Eli to counter with a crisp jab.
A leg kick checked by Harris.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eli misses with a jab to the body
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris throws a body punch but Eli moves out of range.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eli throws a wild body kick that Harris sees coming a mile off.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Eli throws a fast counter high kick but Harris manages to duck under it in time.
Harris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A slow jab from Harris misses its intended target.
Eli misses with a body kick.
Eli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris is looking to counter the offense by Eli and move into the clinch.
Eli fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Eli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eli takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Eli ducks down to avoid it.
Eli missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Eli just manages to avoid it.
Eli misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Eli.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Eli's sensitive parts.
Tom Eli is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eli.
A jab lands there for Harris.
Eli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Eli checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Eli.
Eli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Eli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris throws a leg kick that misses.
Terrance Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eli throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris misses with a leg kick
and Eli counters with a straight right hand.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eli was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Eli lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Good standup being displayed there by Eli as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Eli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Harris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Eli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Harris holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Eli blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Eli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eli throws a head kick that misses
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eli slips under a jab.
Harris smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Eli misses.
A little feinted left hand from Harris on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good shot there by Eli.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eli lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Eli doesn't seem phased though.
Eli throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice cross by Eli.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Eli throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Eli thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Harris if he has to take too many more of those.
Eli throws a poor cross that misses
and Harris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eli tests Harris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Eli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Eli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Eli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Tom Eli has been cut.
Harris throws a lazy uppercut
and Eli counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Eli checks it well.
Eli doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harris lands a jab to the nose.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Terrance Harris.
I think Eli has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Eli!