PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Weimin Liaw (ranked 2341 p4p, 62 weight class) and Anselmo Harris (ranked 5150 p4p, 124 weight class). Weimin Liaw is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Liaw
vs
Harris

187 cm
31
187 lbs
7 - 7 - 1

184 cm
40
184 lbs
25 - 16 - 2

Excellent boxer
Very quick

World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Weimin Liaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Anselmo Harris!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liaw throws a hook but Harris avoids it easily.

Harris has taken the fight to the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Harris scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Liaw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harris lands with a short shot to the head.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liaw blocks an uppercut.
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Liaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liaw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Harris drives through and clinches with Liaw against the ropes.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liaw's elbow.

Liaw pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harris misses with a looping left.
Harris connects with a right hand. Liaw shakes it off.
Harris moves to clinch but Liaw breaks away
and Liaw connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Liaw throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with the head strike.
Harris swings wildly with an uppercut but Liaw uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Liaw controls his hands.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Liaw blocks an uppercut.

Liaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Liaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Harris clinches.
Liaw holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Liaw tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Liaw with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harris to score with a decent uppercut.

Harris rushes Liaw and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Harris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Liaw blocks a body shot from Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Liaw.
Our sources have told us that Liaw has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Harris prevents a body shot from Liaw.

Liaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harris tries to clinch but Liaw moves away
and Liaw counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liaw closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Harris moves into range and clinches up with Liaw.
Liaw looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris tries a body shot but Liaw blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Liaw's elbow.
Liaw wants to stall.
Harris lands with a right to the head.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Liaw controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Liaw.
Liaw takes a shot to the head.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Liaw avoids it by throwing Harris back against the ropes.
Liaw misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a left hand.
The referee calls for Liaw to work.
Harris lands a nice uppercut.
Harris misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harris.
Harris lands a hook that snaps the head of Liaw backwards.
Liaw blocking some punches.
Liaw controlling the action here for a moment.
Anselmo Harris seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anselmo Harris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Liaw misses with a straight right.
Anselmo Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Liaw misses the target.
Nice uppercut there from Harris.
A big right from Harris misses.
Liaw throws a body punch but Harris moves out of range.
Weimin Liaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Liaw on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Harris takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Harris.
Harris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Liaw backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Liaw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Harris fails to land.
Liaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Harris has double underhooks.
Liaw takes a shot to the head.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Liaw.
Anselmo Harris is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Liaw looking to slow down the pace here.
Liaw misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liaw taking a breather.
Liaw cracks Harris with a nice body shot.
Liaw misses with a punch to the body.
Liaw working aggressively here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Liaw tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anselmo Harris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Harris winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anselmo Harris!
A relieved looking Anselmo Harris thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.