PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ambrogio Ballestrazzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballestrazzi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Foxes - Holding Onto Heaven kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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
Ballestrazzi

185 cm
26
222 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

195 cm
32
220 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ambrogio Ballestrazzi!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Paul Harris has been cut.
Nice body kick from Harris.
Ambrogio Ballestrazzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ballestrazzi's sensitive parts.
Ballestrazzi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ballestrazzi throws a sloppy body shot
and Harris counters with a thumping low kick.
Ballestrazzi throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Ballestrazzi only half commits.
Ballestrazzi checks a low kick from Harris.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ballestrazzi.
Ballestrazzi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris looks for the body kick but Ballestrazzi saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ballestrazzi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harris.
Ballestrazzi throws a nice looking combination but Harris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ballestrazzi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A cross from Ballestrazzi lands.
Ballestrazzi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ballestrazzi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Harris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Ballestrazzi. That snapped Harris's head back.
Ballestrazzi scores with a hook.

Paul Harris's cut is getting worse.
Harris seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ballestrazzi checks a low kick from Harris.
Ballestrazzi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ballestrazzi circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Harris drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Ballestrazzi follows Harris to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ambrogio Ballestrazzi!
After winning the bout, Ambrogio Ballestrazzi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.