PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aung San Suu Kyi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suu Kyi comes to the cage accompanied by Peace Prize Speech. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

San Suu Kyi
vs
Harris

193 cm
29
220 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

185 cm
28
222 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aung San Suu Kyi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Harris!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suu Kyi connects with a jab.

It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Suu Kyi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris slips a jab from Suu Kyi.
Harris's jab looks to have found its range, popping Suu Kyi under the eye.
Suu Kyi is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Harris has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Suu Kyi scores with a nice body kick.
Suu Kyi throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suu Kyi.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Suu Kyi clobbers Harris with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Suu Kyi throws the kick towards the body but Harris avoids it.
Suu Kyi throws a sloppy head kick and Harris moves out of range easily.
Suu Kyi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Suu Kyi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suu Kyi lands with an uppercut that bounces Harris off the cage and back into range.
Harris thows a body kick. Suu Kyi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Suu Kyi misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harris moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harris wants to slow Suu Kyi down by chopping away at his legs.
Suu Kyi is looking to counter punch.
Suu Kyi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harris is out of range.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Suu Kyi motions for Harris to come forward. Suu Kyi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Suu Kyi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suu Kyi wants to slow Harris down by chopping away at his legs.
Suu Kyi looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Suu Kyi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Suu Kyi walks into a jab.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.

Suu Kyi clinches up with Harris and pushes him back against the cage.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Harris manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a hook but Suu Kyi avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Suu Kyi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Suu Kyi.
Harris moves out of range of the leg kick from Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Suu Kyi looks for the body kick but Harris saw that one coming.
Harris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Suu Kyi throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Harris scores with a jab.
Suu Kyi defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Suu Kyi tries to work over Harris's front leg with a kick but Harris checks it.
A head kick by Suu Kyi misses
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Suu Kyi throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a hook. Suu Kyi ducked under it nicely.
Harris slips a straight right by Suu Kyi.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harris slips a jab from Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi walks into a stiff left hand from Harris.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Harris lands a jab to Suu Kyi's midsection.
Suu Kyi misses with a straight left.
Suu Kyi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suu Kyi scores with a nice head shot.
Paul Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suu Kyi throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good shot there by Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi scores with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Harris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harris on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suu Kyi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Suu Kyi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Harris gets tackled into the cage by Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi maintains the clinch.
Suu Kyi lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Suu Kyi lands a hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Paul Harris's cut even more.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Suu Kyi has double underhooks.
Harris working aggressively here.
Harris tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Suu Kyi is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suu Kyi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Suu Kyi gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Aung San Suu Kyi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Harris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Suu Kyi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Suu Kyi throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Suu Kyi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Suu Kyi misses with a kick to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Suu Kyi.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Suu Kyi.
A jab from Suu Kyi misses.
Harris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harris moves out of range of the body kick.
Suu Kyi looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suu Kyi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Harris walks into a jab.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suu Kyi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suu Kyi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good shot there by Suu Kyi.
Harris shoots in for a takedown but Suu Kyi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Harris looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harris.
Harris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suu Kyi.
Harris cracks Suu Kyi with a good jab.
Aung San Suu Kyi is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suu Kyi moves away.
Harris swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Suu Kyi.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Suu Kyi manages to avoid it.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Suu Kyi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harris.
Suu Kyi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Suu Kyi looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Harris is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Suu Kyi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Suu Kyi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suu Kyi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Suu Kyi misses.
Harris is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Suu Kyi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aung San Suu Kyi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Suu Kyi on the side of the head.
Harris throws a body punch but Suu Kyi moves out of range.
Suu Kyi misses the shot to the body.
Suu Kyi blocks the body kick.
Suu Kyi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Suu Kyi slips a straight right by Harris.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris scores with a jab to the head.
Suu Kyi tries to land a front kick but Harris steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Suu Kyi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Suu Kyi misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Harris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harris.
Suu Kyi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harris ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Suu Kyi scores with a hook to the body. Harris takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A head kick misses from Harris.
A counter left hand to the body from Suu Kyi misses its target.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Suu Kyi avoids a kick to the body.
Suu Kyi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Suu Kyi avoids a kick to the body.
Suu Kyi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harris. That did some damage!
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!
Suu Kyi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Suu Kyi delivers a nice body kick.
Suu Kyi motions for Harris to come forward. Suu Kyi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suu Kyi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Harris with the counter takedown but Suu Kyi avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Suu Kyi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Suu Kyi jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Suu Kyi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suu Kyi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris walks into a jab.

The cut above Paul Harris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Suu Kyi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crunch! Suu Kyi slams his shin into Harris's torso.
Suu Kyi misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Suu Kyi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Suu Kyi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris misses with a kick to the body
and Suu Kyi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aung San Suu Kyi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul 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!

Suu Kyi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris jabs at Suu Kyi's body.
Harris tries to land a leg kick but Suu Kyi saw it coming and moves away.
Suu Kyi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Suu Kyi throws a body shot but no joy.
Suu Kyi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Suu Kyi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Suu Kyi lands a right hook to the body.
Suu Kyi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Suu Kyi.
Harris defending well as Suu Kyi loads up on a big left hand.
Harris's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Suu Kyi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harris scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suu Kyi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Harris throws a sloppy head kick and Suu Kyi moves out of range easily.
Suu Kyi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harris's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suu Kyi moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off.
Suu Kyi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tests Suu Kyi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris motions for Suu Kyi to come forward. Harris throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Suu Kyi misses with a straight right.
Suu Kyi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harris can pounce on him.
Suu Kyi misses with an uppercut.
Harris tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Suu Kyi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jab, jab by Harris - just one landing.
Suu Kyi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harris.
Suu Kyi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Suu Kyi throws a good cross that connects.
Harris pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Suu Kyi back to the cage. Harris follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
An inside leg kick from Suu Kyi misses.
Suu Kyi checks a low kick from Harris.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Suu Kyi, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Suu Kyi blocks the body kick.
Suu Kyi misses the jab.
Harris misses with a looping right.
Nice cross by Suu Kyi.

Harris is rocked!

Paul Harris's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Harris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Suu Kyi counters with a good low kick that Harris was not able to check.
Suu Kyi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harris sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harris drops his hands momentarily and Suu Kyi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Paul Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Suu Kyi finish him?
Suu Kyi looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
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 Suu Kyi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Suu Kyi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harris seems to have recovered his senses.
Harris misses with the body kick
and Suu Kyi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harris throws the left hand but Suu Kyi avoids the punch easily.
Suu Kyi moves away from the strike by Harris.
Suu Kyi just misses with a punch to the body.
Harris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris moves out of range as Suu Kyi strikes.
Suu Kyi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a nice head shot.
Harris fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Suu Kyi throws a push kick but Harris slaps the foot to one side.
Harris jabs at Suu Kyi's body.
Suu Kyi throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris feints the counter takedown.
Harris misses with an uppercut
and Suu Kyi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circle momentarily. Suu Kyi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paul Harris's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Aung San Suu Kyi!
Our winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.