PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fxonaliti Fxovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ethan Harris has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Harris
vs
Fxovich

190 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

215 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fxonaliti Fxovich!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fxovich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harris's waist but Harris gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fxovich off to one side.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris throws a good cross that connects.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Fxovich shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Harris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harris lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fxovich keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harris lands a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fxovich manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fxovich misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ethan Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fxonaliti Fxovich.
Harris misses with a low kick.

Harris clinches up with Fxovich and pushes him back against the cage.
Harris wants to break free but Fxovich has control.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Fxovich controls his hands.
Fxovich has Harris pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Harris manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris tries to circle away but Fxovich has him pinned against the cage.
Fxovich blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fxovich tries to score a body lock takedown but Harris shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harris is trying to stall.
Fxovich has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harris after a bit of a struggle.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Harris clinches with his opponent.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Harris has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Fxovich regains guard immediately.
Harris won't allow Fxovich to get back to his feet.

Fxovich pushes Harris off and scrambles back to his feet.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Fxovich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fxovich looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Fxovich in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris taking a breather.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Harris pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fxovich postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Fxovich throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harris is looking to stand up but Fxovich isn't so interested in that idea.
Fxovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harris is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fxovich is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Harris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ethan 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 misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Fxovich in a clinch.
Fxovich goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harris prevents it.
Harris lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fxovich backwards.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Fxovich is controlling him.

Harris manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Harris is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fxovich is controlling him.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fxovich.
Harris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fxovich on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is looking to stand up but Fxovich isn't so interested in that idea.
Fxovich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fxovich.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Fxovich is having none of it.
Fxovich throws a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fxovich loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fxovich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fxovich distracts Harris with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fxovich won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.
Fxovich scoring with some ground and pound.
Fxovich postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Fxovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fxovich scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fxovich chips away with some ground and pound.
Fxovich postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Fxovich works over Harris with some ground and pound from guard.
Fxovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harris wants to stand but Fxovich is controlling the position.
Fxovich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harris's head.
Fxovich postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Fxovich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fxovich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harris has momentary wrist control but Fxovich slips an elbow through the middle.
Fxovich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fxovich working some strikes from top position.
Fxovich scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fxovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fxovich postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Fxovich lands a couple of digs.
Fxovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fxovich lands a couple of elbows.
Fxovich makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fxovich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fxovich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fxovich is working Harris over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Harris might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fxovich with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fxovich won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.
Fxovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fxovich connects with a couple of short punches.
Fxovich makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fxovich keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harris's head.
Fxovich stops Harris from standing up.
Fxovich landing with the ground and pound.
Harris is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fxovich is controlling him.
Fxovich lands a couple of elbows.
Fxovich scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fxovich chips away with some ground and pound.
Fxovich scoring with some ground and pound.
Fxovich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harris has momentary wrist control but Fxovich slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fxonaliti Fxovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ethan Harris's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Harris instigates a clinch.
Fxovich tries to score a body lock takedown but Harris shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harris wants to stall.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fxovich gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fxovich misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fxovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fxovich moves out of range of the body kick.
Harris lands with a nice body punch.
Fxovich shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Harris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ethan Harris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fxonaliti Fxovich.
Fxovich shoots in for a takedown but Harris shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fxovich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fxovich doesn't seem bothered though.
Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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 Fxovich has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fxovich and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harris!

It looks like Fxonaliti Fxovich has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris swinging wildly here.
Harris lands a jab-cross combination.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fxovich gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.

Fxovich is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Harris can't fight it off and eventually Fxovich manages to take the fight to the floor. Harris looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harris is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fxovich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fxonaliti Fxovich has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fxovich scoring with some ground and pound.
Harris wants to stand up but Fxovich is controlling him.
Fxovich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fxovich lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fxovich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fxovich stops Harris from standing up.
Fxovich with a nice head shot there.
Fxovich lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris wants to get back to his feet but Fxovich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fxovich scoring with some ground and pound.
Harris is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fxovich is controlling him.
Fxovich connects with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fxovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fxovich landing some decent shots from guard.
Fxovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ethan 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

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