PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Harris (ranked 2628 p4p, 3363 weight class) and Calan Smith (ranked 332 p4p, 404 weight class). Calan Smith is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Harris
vs
Smith

178 cm
25
176
10 - 9 - 0

187 cm
22
185
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

AVALON

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 10 - 9 - 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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Calan Smith!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith moves away from the strike by Harris.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harris swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Terrance Harris has been cut.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Smith throws out a counter right but Harris avoids it with no problem.
Harris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand

and Harris counters by clinching up.
Smith just leaning against Harris, taking a breather.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Harris wants to break free but Smith has control.
Harris is trying to break free.
Smith has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harris tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Harris throws an elbow but it misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harris displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Harris has Smith pressed against the cage.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick from Harris misses.
Smith throws a leg kick but Harris moved away.
Harris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a slapping body shot.
Smith takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Harris.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smith.
Harris throws a front kick that sends Smith stumbling back into the cage.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Harris connects with a leg kick.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Harris tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris misses with a body shot.
Smith avoids the body shot from Harris.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Harris throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harris scores with a push kick.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrance Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terrance Harris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Harris misses with a two punch combination.
Smith let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Smith connects with a looping right hand.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Smith misses with an uppercut.
A counter left hand to the body from Harris misses its target.
Terrance Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Harris slips under a jab.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As Smith looks to move away, Harris throws a big counter combo but Smith just gets out of the way.
Harris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harris misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harris - that will leave a mark!

Harris moves into the clinch.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris throws a body kick that misses.
Smith moves out of range as Harris strikes.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harris throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Harris lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith clobbers Harris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harris.
Harris misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Harris tries to counter by clinching up but Smith breaks away and moves out of range.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a left to the body.
Terrance Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris connects with the punch.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris with the inside leg kick.
Smith throws a right hand that Harris ducks under and follows up with a left that Harris also avoids with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Smith is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harris with a body shot.
Calan Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harris, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harris lands a jab.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Harris connects with a body shot.
Harris scores with a kick to the midsection.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Harris backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Harris manages to avoid it all.
Harris cracks Smith with a good jab.
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.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A lazy body kick from Harris
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left lands for Harris.
Harris takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Harris moves into the clinch.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith looks to land a combination but Harris avoids it well.
Nice body punch from Harris.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Harris backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Harris manages to avoid it all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harris misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Terrance Harris's cut is getting worse.
Harris scores with a nice right hand.
Harris lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.

Terrance Harris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Harris fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Harris quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Smith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Harris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harris!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Harris.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Harris scores with a jab.
Harris takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Harris is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Smith misses.
Harris is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harris wants to land a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Smith on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Terrance Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Calan Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris pushes Smith away with a front kick.

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.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terrance Harris!
Terrance Harris thanked the fans post fight for their support.