PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Leo Cox enters the cage!

Harris
vs
Cox

204 cm
31
289 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

200 cm
25
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raven Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leo Cox!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harris has managed to clinch.
I was talking to Harris's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cox tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris digs a good hook to Cox's body.
Nice body kick from Harris.
Harris throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cox looks winded!

Harris clinches up against the cage.
Harris lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Leo Cox has been cut.
Cox told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Harris has closed the distance and engaged Cox in a clinch.

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

Harris lands a left and a right that send Cox crashing to the mat, dazed. Harris thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Cox is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Harris engages and cracks Cox with a massive lead left hook - Cox tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Harris is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raven Harris!