PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Full Flavor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harris
vs
Flavor

177 cm
22
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Full Flavor!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flavor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harris tries to avoid it but Flavor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harris to the ground. Harris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Flavor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flavor stuffs the takedown attempt from Harris. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
Harris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kyle Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flavor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by Harris.
Some wild striking there from Harris.
Harris misses with a combination

and Flavor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Flavor is pushing down on Harris's leg trying to pass to half guard. Harris is fighting to maintain full guard but Flavor has managed to sneak the leg through.
Harris misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Harris looks like he's trying to stand up.
Harris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Harris tries to get out of the position.
Flavor throwing shots but Harris is blocking nicely.
Harris has hold of Flavor's hands but Flavor slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Flavor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flavor uses his free foot to push down on Harris's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Harris.

Flavor is going olschool here, as he tries to force Harris to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Harris shrugs it off.

Flavor looking to secure an arm triangle but Harris defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flavor looks gassed!
Harris is desperately trying to improve his position but Flavor has a good base and remains in mount.
Harris flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Harris is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Flavor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Flavor scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harris?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Flavor is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Harris has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Harris wants to try and get back to his feet.

Flavor is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Flavor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Flavor misses with a looping left.
Harris scores with a leg kick.
Flavor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harris to score with a decent uppercut.
Flavor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris takes a swing at Flavor's ribcage but misses.
Harris swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Flavor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris pulls Flavor in to control the position.
Harris is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Harris striking off his back but it's not causing Flavor any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flavor wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Flavor is having none of it.
Harris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Flavor on the ground.
Flavor controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harris throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Flavor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Flavor lands with a nice combination. Harris backs away looking to recover.
Flavor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flavor lands the left hand.
Harris is looking to clinch but Flavor is avoiding it.
Harris wants to clinch

and Flavor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Flavor drops back looking for a leg! Harris is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Harris manages to kick Flavor off! Flavor jumps back into Harris's guard.
Flavor tries to free his leg and advance position but Harris is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harris throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Flavor looking to pass the guard.

Harris escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Flavor gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Harris can't keep his opponent in guard - Flavor advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Flavor stops Harris from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Flavor throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Harris pushes Flavor up against the cage in a clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Flavor is trying to trip Harris. He has hold of a leg but Harris is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Flavor persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Flavor drops back looking for a leg! Harris is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Harris manages to kick Flavor off! Flavor jumps back into Harris's guard.
Flavor stopping the sweep attempt from Harris.
Harris is striking but Flavor is not phased and passes to half guard.

Flavor seems to be looking for submissions.
Harris flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Harris looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Harris is staying active underneath Flavor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Harris has a hand on Flavor's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Flavor takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

Flavor looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Flavor working the ground and pound effectively.
Flavor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Flavor is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Harris has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Harris is trying desperately to improve position.
Flavor wants to control the pace but Harris is squirming around nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Flavor with good strikes from the mount here!
Harris is bucking up trying to escape but Flavor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Flavor with the ground and pound from mount.
Harris is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Flavor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Flavor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Flavor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harris looks a forlorn figure.

Flavor is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Harris has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Flavor wants to control the pace but Harris is squirming around nicely.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Flavor with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Harris slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Flavor is working for a kimura but Harris is defending it quite comfortably.
Flavor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harris is looking to improve his position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Flavor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Flavor prevents Harris from standing back up.

Flavor gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Harris wants to clinch
and Flavor counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flavor lands a jab to the head.
Flavor fails to land with a series of punches.
Flavor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flavor throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flavor moves out of range of the leg kick from Harris.
Harris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss

and Flavor counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harris's guard now.
Flavor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Full Flavor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Flavor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 9:10
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 9:10
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Full Flavor!