|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cliff Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
 |
|
 |
| 175 cm
19
141 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
|
165 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
|
Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cliff Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taylor Bates!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bates takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris dodges the punch combination from Bates.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris fails with the takedown.
Harris thuds his shin into the meat of Bates's side.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bates. That did some damage!
Some bone on bone action there as Bates checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bates misses with a body shot.
Harris lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harris closes the distance and clinches up with Bates, looking for a takedown. Harris pushes Bates against the cage but Bates circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cliff Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Harris keeps Bates at a distance using the push kick.
Bates throws a sloppy head kick
and Harris counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nice body kick there by Harris.
Bates blocks a head kick by Harris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harris.
Harris throws a head kick but Bates moves out of range.
Bates checks the leg kick.
Harris throws a nice inside leg kick.
Harris throws a head kick that half lands.
Harris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Harris pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bates takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harris moves out of range as Bates strikes.
Bates looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Taylor Bates is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bates's sensitive parts.
Bates closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bates just misses with a punch to the body.
Bates takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Bates misses the target.
Bates stuffs the takedown attempt from Harris. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
Bates checks a low kick from Harris.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris throws a lazy head kick
and Bates counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Harris thinking.
Cliff Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris is looking to chop away at Bates's legs.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Bates wants to clinch.
Harris throws a chopping leg kick but Bates manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Bates.
Harris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Harris lands a high kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harris, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris throws a chopping leg kick but Bates manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harris throws a head kick that Bates semi-blocks.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Bates misses with a looping right.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harris.
A good leg kick by Harris.
Bates rushes Harris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bates breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris shoots for a takedown but Bates saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bates manages to avoid it.
Harris throws a low kick but Bates avoids it.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Bates misses the shot to the body.
Harris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice shot lands for Bates.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bates misses with a looping right.
Bates tries to bum rush Harris with a series of wild strikes but Harris uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bates throws a leg kick that misses.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bates. That did some damage!
Harris looks for the body kick but Bates saw that one coming.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but Bates sprawls well. He's pushed Harris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bates takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bates scores with a jab to the body.
Bates takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bates takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bates comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bates checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris feints and then cracks Bates's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bates down.
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bates.
Harris throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bates looks to land a body kick but Harris moved away.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bates.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cliff Harris dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bates throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris feints and then cracks Bates's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bates down.
Harris staying out of range there.
Harris throws a low kick but Bates moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Harris goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bates swinging wildly here.
Bates comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bates moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris looking to stall.
Bates lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
Harris trying to stall but Bates improves his position.
Bates softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris wants to break free but Bates has control.
Bates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bates lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Bates cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Harris being controlled against the cage.
Bates lands a body punch.
Bates tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bates lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Bates.
Come on Harris - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bates tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Bates back against the cage.
Bates tries to land a knee to the head but Harris blocks with his arms.
Harris looking to stall.
Bates misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harris is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bates pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Bates.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Bates trying to land knees to the body.
Bates tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Bates gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Bates lands an uppercut.
Bates misses with a punch on the inside.
Bates has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris blocking some punches.
Bates lands with a short shot to the head.
Bates lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bates tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bates lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bates as Harris tries to tie him up.
Bates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bates.
Bates misses with a punch on the inside.
Bates lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bates comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bates scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris blocks a body shot from Bates.
Bates stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bates throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bates doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bates lands a body punch.
Harris tries to stall but Bates uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bates working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bates manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Bates.
Bates working aggressively here.
Bates scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bates scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bates manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bates.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Bates showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bates misses with a body shot.
Harris moves away from the strike by Bates.
Harris throws a leg kick that misses.
Bates rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bates.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A hook to the body from Bates.
A body shot lands from Bates.
Harris is trying to stall.
Bates throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Bates lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
Bates stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bates scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bates lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Bates.
Bates is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harris is defending well for now.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bates pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bates lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harris.
A right handed body shot lands from Bates.
Bates lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris is pushing Bates up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Come on Bates - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hand to the body from Bates.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Bates lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bates as Harris tries to tie him up.
Harris can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Bates tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Bates.
Harris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bates tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harris avoids it.
Harris is trying to stall.
Bates lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bates misses with some punches.
Bates lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bates.
Bates working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Taylor Bates seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bates.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris is rocked!
Bates lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Harris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right hook to the body lands for Bates.
Bates lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bates.
Bates lands a shoulder strike.
Harris tries to stall but Bates uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bates lands a nice uppercut.
Bates pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Bates.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bates lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Harris to his knees! Bates keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taylor Bates!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
81% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
