PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaime Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Harris has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harris
vs
Sanchez

185 cm
26
195 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaime Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Harris scores a takedown into full mount!
Harris controlling his opponent.
Sanchez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sanchez prevents Harris from getting back to his feet.
Harris wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Harris thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sanchez won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.
Harris has his hands on Sanchez's head, controlling the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sanchez won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jaime Sanchez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Harris changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sanchez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sanchez struggling a bit here.
Sanchez being controlled for a moment.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
Sanchez wants to control but Harris is keeping busy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris prevents Sanchez from improving his position.
Harris controlling the pace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Harris scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Harris throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sanchez was covering up waiting for the punch and Harris finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Harris is breathing heavily.
Sanchez looking to control.
Harris has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harris wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Harris stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez trying to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Harris.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Harris dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Chris Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Harris dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Jaime Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Harris looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Harris attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harris.
Sanchez lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanchez's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Harris here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez blocks the body kick.
Sanchez slaps away a takedown attempt from Harris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harris fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
Sanchez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harris.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harris shoots in for a double leg but Sanchez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a one two combo.

It looks like Chris Harris has been cut.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Harris avoids nicely.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris shoots for a takedown but Sanchez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jaime Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Harris does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harris stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Harris avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez feints a jab promting Harris to slip. Sanchez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harris slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris shoots for a double leg takedown but Sanchez sprawls well. He's pushed Harris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaime Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chris Harris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Harris throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sanchez moves out of range of the leg kick from Harris.
Sanchez checks the leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Harris or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
Harris misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez throws a right hand that misses

and Harris counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sanchez trying to control from the bottom.

Sanchez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sanchez is trying to maintain the position but Harris is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanchez trying to control here.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
Harris wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harris is working away from the top position though.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jaime Sanchez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Harris throws a low kick, looking for Sanchez's leg but Sanchez calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.

Harris decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanchez pushes Harris off looking to stand but Harris dives back in and keeps control.
Sanchez is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sanchez tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
Sanchez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sanchez.
Sanchez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanchez wants to pass to mount but Harris is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris pushes Sanchez off looking to stand but Sanchez dives back in and keeps control.
Harris is staying active underneath Sanchez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harris is looking to control Sanchez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Harris avoid being mounted?
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

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