PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Debo Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze has chosen great balls of fire! as his entrance music. Debo Blaze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harrington
vs
Blaze

195 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
211 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Debo Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrington gets tackled into the cage by Blaze. Blaze maintains the clinch.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Harrington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Debo Blaze has been cut.
Harrington connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blaze's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harrington as Blaze tries to tie him up.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Harrington lands a nice knee to the body.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harrington looking to throw knees to the head but Blaze is blocking nicely.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
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!
Blaze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrington is breathing heavily.
Blaze landing knees to the body.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrington avoids it.
Blaze missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
Blaze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrington is defending well for now.
Harrington landing knees to the head.
Blaze is looking to control Harrington's arms but Harrington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blaze has his back to the cage.
Blaze trying to land knees to the body.
Blaze is trying to push Harrington away but Harrington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but Harrington blocks it.
Blaze lands a knee to the body.
Blaze tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrington avoids the damage to the body.
Blaze looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blaze.
Blaze unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blaze is trying to push Harrington away but Harrington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaze connects with a knee to the head.
Blaze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrington is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrington avoiding damage as Blaze throws knees to the body.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Blaze is looking to control Harrington's arms but Harrington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Blaze has his back to the cage.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
A knee to the head by Blaze.

It looks like Chris Harrington has been cut.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrington avoids it.
Blaze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blaze working hard to break the clinch.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington avoiding damage as Blaze throws knees to the body.
Harrington misses with a knee to the head.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Blaze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Blaze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harrington swats away the attempt to clinch by Blaze.
Blaze will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chris Harrington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrington wants to clinch.
Blaze looks to land a combination but Harrington avoids it well.
Blaze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrington moves in looking to clinch but Blaze pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze wants to clinch up but Harrington keeps it at a distance.
Harrington throws a head kick that half lands.

Harrington clinches up with Blaze and pushes him back against the cage.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
Blaze landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harrington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaze is defending well for now.
Blaze lands a knee to the head.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrington looking to throw knees to the head but Blaze is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Blaze.
Harrington keeps control of Blaze as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blaze using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blaze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Debo Blaze will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Blaze tries to clinch there but Harrington circles away.
A head kick misses from Blaze.
Harrington tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blaze counters with a head kick.
Harrington throws a sloppy head kick and Blaze moves out of range easily.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blaze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harrington avoids the head kick by Blaze.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Blaze swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze shoots in looking for a takedown. Harrington tries to sprawl out of it but Blaze keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harrington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blaze is breathing heavily.

Harrington drives through and clinches with Blaze against the cage.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Debo Blaze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blaze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze taking a breather.
Blaze misses with an elbow strike.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Harrington.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harrington blocks it with crossed arms.
Harrington is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrington scores a nice knee to the body.
Blaze lands a good knee to the midsection. Harrington won't want to take too many of those.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington prevents Blaze from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harrington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Blaze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrington tries to clinch but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Harrington as he avoids it easily.
Harrington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Blaze manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chris Harrington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harrington misses with a head kick.
Harrington wants to clinch
and Blaze counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to clinch up but Harrington circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrington tries to clinch but Blaze moves out of range.
Blaze tries to clinch but Harrington moves out of range.
Blaze swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrington.
Blaze tries to clinch there but Harrington circles away.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt.
Chris Harrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Debo Blaze.

Harrington moves into the clinch successfully.
Harrington avoids the elbow strike from Blaze, against the cage.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrington avoids it.
Blaze is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington landing knees to the head.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrington avoids it.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
Blaze tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrington avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harrington landing knees to the head.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Harrington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrington is defending well for now.
Blaze takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze stalling in the clinch.
Blaze wants to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chris Harrington will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Blaze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Harrington is looking to clinch but Blaze is avoiding it.
Harrington tries to clinch but Blaze is having none of it.
Harrington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harrington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blaze shoots in looking for a takedown. Harrington tries to sprawl out of it but Blaze keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harrington manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Blaze tries to keep at a distance but Harrington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
Blaze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harrington blocks an elbow strike from Blaze.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Blaze is trying to maintain a safe position but Harrington gets an underhook and turns Blaze into the cage.
A knee to the head by Harrington.
Blaze is trying to break free.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
Blaze lands a knee to the head.
Blaze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Blaze's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Blaze missing with knees to the body.
Blaze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrington is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington scores with a knee to the head.
Blaze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the head but Harrington blocks with his arms.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrington avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington scores with a knee to the head.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze trying to land knees to the body.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blaze missing with knees to the body.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blaze misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrington avoids the damage to the body.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington connects with a knee to the head.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrington throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harrington avoids it.
Harrington using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
Harrington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
Blaze is trying to break the clinch but Harrington has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blaze.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
Blaze has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Blaze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harrington circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaze fails to land the takedown.
Chris Harrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Debo Blaze.
Blaze throws a sloppy head kick

and Harrington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harrington.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
Blaze with a knee to the head.
Harrington misses with a knee strike.
Harrington misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze wants to break free but Harrington has control.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harrington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze looking to throw knees to the head but Harrington is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrington managing to block the knees to the body from Blaze.
Harrington scores with a knee to the head.
Blaze trying to control the position but instead, Harrington has worked for underhooks and has pushed Blaze into the cage.
Harrington avoids the elbow strike from Blaze, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Harrington showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harrington has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Harrington!
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