PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tor Pellinore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashley Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellinore comes to the cage accompanied by Alpha King. 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.

Pellinore
vs
Harrington

205 cm
28
277 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

198 cm
27
257 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tor Pellinore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashley Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tor Pellinore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrington tries to close the distance and clinch but Pellinore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harrington tries to land a leg kick but Pellinore saw it coming and moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Pellinore.
That kick from Pellinore tenderised Harrington's leg. Harrington is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pellinore tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pellinore tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harrington is able to avoid easily.
Harrington misses with a body kick.
Harrington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pellinore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrington was well out of range. Poor timing from Pellinore.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Pellinore.
Pellinore misses with a body punch
and Harrington counters with a nice leg kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick which misses Pellinore's front leg but catches the back leg as Pellinore tries to avoid it.
Pellinore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington scores with a jab to the head.

It looks like Tor Pellinore has been cut.
The fighters circling - Pellinore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pellinore tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harrington blocks a head kick by Pellinore.
Pellinore throws a head kick that misses.
Harrington lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pellinore will feel that in the morning.
Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pellinore throws out a loose jab but Harrington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrington drops his hands momentarily and Pellinore takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Ashley Harrington has been cut.
Pellinore looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrington is just out of range.
Pellinore misses with a combination
and Harrington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pellinore thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harrington feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pellinore's calf.
Pellinore looks to land a combination but Harrington avoids it well.
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!
Harrington attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pellinore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pellinore is looking to chop away at Harrington's legs.
Pellinore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick from Harrington misses.
Pellinore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. Pellinore looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harrington.
Harrington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore checks a leg kick.
Harrington attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harrington misses with a low kick.
Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pellinore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pellinore throws a right hand that misses
and Harrington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harrington throws a chopping leg kick but Pellinore manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pellinore waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrington.
Jab from Pellinore.
Pellinore blocks a head kick by Harrington.
Pellinore just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore moves in looking to clinch but Harrington pushes him off.
Pellinore tries a head kick but it misses.
Harrington does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An inside leg kick lands from Pellinore.
Pellinore misses the jab.
Harrington connects with an inside leg kick.
Pellinore misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harrington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrington blocks a head kick by Pellinore.
Pellinore lands with a nice body punch.
Harrington ducks under a wild hook from Pellinore.
Pellinore tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Pellinore checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tor Pellinore will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pellinore blocks the body kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick that misses.
Pellinore goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pellinore is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harrington avoids the body shot from Pellinore.
Harrington checks the leg kick.
Harrington tries a head kick but it misses.
Pellinore gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Harrington counters with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrington checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harrington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pellinore connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellinore scores with a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pellinore lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harrington has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harrington and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pellinore misses with a shot to the body
and Harrington counters with a nice leg kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Pellinore checks it.
Pellinore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harrington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Pellinore.
Harrington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Harrington.
Pellinore throws a head kick that Harrington semi-blocks.
Pellinore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Pellinore misses.
Harrington feints and then cracks Pellinore's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pellinore down.
Pellinore throws a head kick but Harrington moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Harrington.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrington scores with a nice body kick.
Harrington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pellinore.
Pellinore chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrington can pounce on him.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Pellinore sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Harrington chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pellinore misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Pellinore misses
and Harrington counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pellinore's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harrington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pellinore throws a hook to the side of Harrington's head but Harrington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pellinore misses with a right hand
and Harrington counters with a slapping leg kick.
Pellinore is looking to wear down Harrington with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A good leg kick by Harrington.
Pellinore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harrington shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harrington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harrington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pellinore.
Pellinore throws an overhand right that lands on Harrington's shoulder, as Harrington tries to avoid the shot.
Pellinore throws a head kick that half lands.
Harrington misses with a series of wild punches.
Pellinore misses with a low kick as Harrington jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore throws the kick towards the body but Harrington avoids it.
Pellinore wants to land a leg kick but Harrington is out of range.
Harrington dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pellinore. That did some damage!
Pellinore misses with a leg kick
and Harrington counters with a nice kick to the body.
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!
Pellinore throws a body punch but Harrington moves out of range.
Pellinore throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harrington staying out of range there.
Harrington buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick by Pellinore misses
and Harrington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harrington lands a jab to Pellinore's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ashley Harrington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Harrington lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pellinore throws a body punch but Harrington moves out of range.
Harrington throws a leg kick which misses Pellinore's front leg but catches the back leg as Pellinore tries to avoid it.
Harrington throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pellinore throws a head kick that misses.
Pellinore throws a right hand that misses
and Harrington counters with an outside leg kick.
Pellinore tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harrington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pellinore.
Pellinore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pellinore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harrington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pellinore's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Harrington slams his shin into Pellinore's torso.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pellinore throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harrington counters with a low kick, right behind Pellinore 's knee.
Harrington bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pellinore takes one to the chin there.
Harrington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pellinore has time to react.

Tor Pellinore's cut is getting worse.
Pellinore throws a poor cross that misses
and Harrington counters with a straight right hand.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. Pellinore looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Harrington throws a push kick but Pellinore slaps the foot to one side.
Pellinore connects with a high kick.
That kick from Harrington tenderised Pellinore's leg. Pellinore is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A slapping body kick lands there for Harrington.
Harrington misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harrington fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pellinore is out of range.
Harrington with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pellinore swings for the body but Harrington moves out of range.
Pellinore misses with a looping left.
Pellinore's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Pellinore throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ashley Harrington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrington thumps Pellinore with a low kick.
Harrington throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harrington blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pellinore bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harrington's head backwards.
Pellinore throws a head kick that misses
and Harrington counters with a low kick, right behind Pellinore 's knee.
Harrington moves away from the strike by Pellinore.
Pellinore throws a looping overhand right but Harrington ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Harrington is predictable there
and Pellinore counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pellinore moves in looking to clinch but Harrington pushes him off.
Pellinore swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harrington counters with a head kick. That will keep Pellinore thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Harrington will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pellinore misses with a jab to the body
and Harrington counters with a head kick.
Harrington throws a solid leg kick but Pellinore takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Harrington.
Harrington lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pellinore throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pellinore misses the body punch
and Harrington counters with a nice leg kick.
Pellinore throws a sloppy head kick and Harrington moves out of range easily.
Harrington misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harrington throws a leg kick which misses Pellinore's front leg but catches the back leg as Pellinore tries to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Pellinore.
Pellinore misses with a low kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Pellinore might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A good leg kick by Harrington.
Pellinore throws a hook but Harrington avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ashley Harrington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harrington has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ashley Harrington!
Our winner, Ashley Harrington, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.