PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Malverde (ranked 4507 p4p, 436 weight class) and Anselmo Harris (ranked 3483 p4p, 364 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Malverde
vs
Harris

179 cm
32
176 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

184 cm
39
184 lbs
25 - 15 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Malverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Anselmo Harris!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malverde misses with a looping left.
Harris needs to keep his hands up - Malverde had a free shot at his head there.

Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Malverde tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Malverde as the two fighters clinch.
Malverde cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Malverde looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malverde throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Malverde fails to land.
Harris tries to work over Malverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malverde looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Malverde lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Malverde tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malverde lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malverde.
Harris prevents a body shot from Malverde.
Malverde tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Malverde back against the cage.
Malverde lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Malverde blocks an uppercut.
Malverde tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Malverde back against the cage.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Malverde controls his hands.
Malverde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Malverde.
Malverde blocks a body shot from Harris.
Malverde lands a right hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Malverde throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Malverde.
Harris presses Malverde against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Malverde lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Harris.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malverde misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Harris.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Malverde.
Malverde prevents a body shot from Harris.
Harris tries a body shot but Malverde blocks it.
Harris tries to work over Malverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malverde tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malverde blocks a body shot from Harris.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris cracks Malverde with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harris creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Malverde misses with the head strike.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Malverde avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Malverde misses with some punches.
Malverde lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Malverde gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Malverde working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Harris.
Harris misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Malverde.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Malverde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malverde misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Malverde pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Malverde throws a punch but it's blocked by Harris.
Malverde stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Malverde lands an elbow inside that Harris shrugs off.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Malverde controls the action.
Malverde misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harris keeps control of Malverde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris prevents a body shot from Malverde.
A body shot lands from Harris.
Malverde is working Harris over against the cage.
Malverde misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Malverde pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malverde swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malverde comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Malverde misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Malverde works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Malverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris checks the leg kick.
Malverde lands with a right hand.
A cross from Harris lands.
Malverde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Malverde throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Malverde misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Malverde lands a head shot.

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
Malverde misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Malverde dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Harris scores with a punch to the head.
Harris uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Malverde.
Harris avoids the body shot from Malverde.
Malverde sets himself, and Harris steps forward looking for the clinch! Malverde avoids it this time.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Malverde misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Harris blocks a jab.
Malverde sets himself, and Harris steps forward looking for the clinch! Malverde avoids it this time.
Malverde keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Harris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Malverde, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Malverde to work.
Malverde misses with an elbow strike.
Malverde stops a takedown attempt from Harris.
Malverde throws an elbow but it misses.
Malverde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malverde blocks an uppercut.
Jesus Malverde has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harris can't find room to land a body shot as Malverde controls the action.
Malverde tries a body shot but Harris blocks it.
Malverde fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris wants a takedown but no success here.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malverde.
Malverde struggles to land a body shot inside as Harris controls his hands.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Malverde swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris tries to stall but Malverde uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harris lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Malverde tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Malverde, against the cage.
Malverde misses with a body punch.
Harris tries to work over Malverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Malverde.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Malverde misses with an elbow over the top.
Malverde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Malverde throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harris tries to score a body lock takedown but Malverde shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jesus Malverde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anselmo Harris.
A short left from Malverde.

Malverde manages to break the clinch.
Malverde is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Malverde lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harris doesn't seem phased though.
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!
Harris loads up on a big right hand but Malverde slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Malverde.
Malverde lands with a cross.
Malverde jabs at Harris's body.
Malverde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris missing with a left hand there. Malverde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malverde looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Harris tries to counter with a clinch but Malverde shakes him off and moves away.
Harris closes the distance but Malverde moves to the side
and Malverde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Malverde misses with a hook. Harris ducked under it nicely.
We've been told by Malverde's head coaches at King's Cross MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Harris won't allow Malverde to sweep him here.
Harris looking to pass the guard.
Harris engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Malverde is trying to control the position but Harris postures up.

Harris is sitting in close to Malverde's body. Malverde has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Harris is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Harris is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Malverde.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jesus Malverde!
In his post fight interview, Jesus Malverde started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.