PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alonzo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Polite Efficient (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Harris
vs
Efficient

183 cm
27
208 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

180 cm
27
220 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alonzo Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Polite Efficient!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris throws a poor cross that misses

and Efficient holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Efficient.
Efficient lands a right hand.
Efficient doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Efficient throws an elbow but misses.
Efficient looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Efficient.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Efficient prevents a body shot from Harris.
Efficient throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Efficient lands a nice elbow.
Efficient blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Efficient tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Efficient scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Efficient.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Efficient.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Efficient bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice jab there from Harris.
Harris jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Efficient tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Efficient wants to clinch.
Efficient scores with a jab. Harris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Efficient misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Nice shot lands for Harris.
Efficient uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Efficient is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Efficient manages to avoid it.
Harris uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Efficient.
Harris bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Efficient's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alonzo Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris cracks Efficient with an open hand slap.
Harris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Efficient takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harris throws a jab when Efficient was well out of range.
Efficient looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris scores with a nice right hand.
Efficient tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Efficient wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Efficient tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a hook but Efficient avoids it easily.
Harris takes a swing at Efficient's ribcage but misses.
Harris is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Efficient ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Efficient slips a straight right by Harris.
Harris blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for Efficient.
Harris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Polite Efficient is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Harris.
Harris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Efficient moves into range and clinches up with Harris.
Harris wants to break free but Efficient has control.
Efficient misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Efficient, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Efficient lands with a light punch inside.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Efficient controls his hands.
Harris tries for a takedown. No joy.
Efficient lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Alonzo Harris has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Efficient, against the cage.
Efficient lands an elbow inside.
Efficient comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Efficient misses with an elbow over the top.
Efficient lands a damaging elbow.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Efficient tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Efficient after a bit of a struggle.
Efficient comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Polite Efficient will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alonzo Harris's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harris lands with an overhand left.
Harris misses the jab.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris lands a nice hook to Efficient's body. Efficient takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harris, as that shot connected.
Harris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harris lands a jab to Efficient's midsection.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris throws a lazy right hand but Efficient sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Efficient steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Efficient looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris lands a jab.
A big left from Efficient misses.
Harris takes a swing at Efficient's ribcage but misses.
Efficient misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Efficient showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harris.
Harris swinging wildly here.
Efficient wants to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch position.
Harris digs a good body shot into Efficient's ribs.
Harris misses with a looping right.

Efficient gets a clinch.
Efficient lands a damaging elbow.
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.
Efficient misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Efficient has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Efficient is controlling him.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Efficient creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Efficient prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right from Harris on the inside.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Efficient.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Efficient misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Efficient swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris scores with the left hand. Efficient knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Efficient tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Efficient.
Efficient blocks a leg kick.
Efficient throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.
Alonzo Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Efficient tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Efficient looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Efficient.
Efficient fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Efficient takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harris throws a combination. Efficient tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Efficient moves in looking to clinch but Harris pushes him off.
Efficient uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Efficient slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Efficient moves into the clinch.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Efficient won't allow it.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Efficient can do to turn this around?
Efficient lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Efficient scores with a nice short uppercut.
Efficient works on Harris's body with a couple of short punches.
Efficient pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alonzo Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Efficient lands with a light punch inside.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Efficient controls his hands.
Efficient tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Efficient is defending well.
Efficient can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonzo Harris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alonzo Harris's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Efficient tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Efficient doesn't seem phased though.
Nice uppercut there from Harris.
Efficient throws the left hand but Harris avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harris darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harris misses with a straight left.
Efficient throws a looping overhand right but Harris ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Efficient does a little dance to reset his feet.
Efficient tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Efficient.
Efficient throws a body shot but no joy.
Efficient takes one to the chin there.
Efficient avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Efficient throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Efficient wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Efficient misses with a body shot.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Efficient was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Efficient manages to avoid it.
Efficient looks to clinch
and Harris counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab, jab by Efficient - just one landing.
Efficient takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harris darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harris throws a jab when Efficient was well out of range.
Efficient lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Efficient missing with a left hand there. Harris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Efficient saw that one coming.
Efficient throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a nice body shot.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Efficient's shoulder, as Efficient tries to avoid the shot.
Efficient tries to counter by closing the distance.
Harris misses with a leg kick
and Efficient connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Efficient tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Harris misses the target.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Efficient scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Efficient misses with a looping left.
Harris tries to counter with a takedown but Efficient is quick to defend against it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Efficient ducks down to avoid it.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Efficient.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Efficient takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Efficient's head but Efficient sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Efficient paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harris scores with a hook to the body. Efficient takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harris throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Efficient wants to counter with a clinch but Harris pushes him away.
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Efficient scores with a nice head shot.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Efficient fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
It seemed like Efficient was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Efficient fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Efficient keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harris misses with a lunging right hand

and Efficient counters by clinching up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Efficient misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris avoiding damage.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Efficient keeps him there for the moment.
Efficient lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Harris can't break the clinch.
Efficient pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Efficient scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alonzo Harris clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alonzo Harris's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Efficient blocks a jab.
Harris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Efficient.
Harris slips a jab from Efficient.
Efficient takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Efficient misses with a straight right.
Harris misses with a few strikes there.
Efficient wants to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch position.
Decent striking displayed by Harris there.
Efficient tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Efficient tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Efficient slips a jab from Harris.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Efficient throws out a loose jab but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Efficient.
Efficient with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Efficient looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Efficient was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Efficient swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Efficient is looking to clinch.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Efficient manages to avoid it.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Efficient.
Harris slips a jab from Efficient.
Efficient checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd cheers as Harris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Efficient doesn't seem phased though.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Efficient.
Nice straight punches there by Harris. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harris.
Efficient wants to clinch
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
Harris connects with a looping right hand.
Efficient tries to clinch but Harris moves out of range.
Harris throws the left hand but Efficient avoids the punch easily.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Efficient.
Harris swings for the body but Efficient moves out of range.
Efficient swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Efficient misses the shot to the body.
Harris connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Efficient scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harris doesn't seem bothered though.
Efficient walks into a left hand.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Efficient is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a punch to the head.
Efficient is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Efficient tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harris counters with a left and a right... And another left! Efficient is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alonzo Harris!
Alonzo Harris is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Alonzo Harris thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.