PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skinny Pete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison comes to the cage accompanied by The Warrior Song. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Skinny Pete enters the cage!

Harrison
vs
Pete

150 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chuck Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Skinny Pete!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Harrison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pete moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Chuck Harrison has been cut.
Pete lands a really nice looking cross but Harrison seems unphased.
Pete closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pete fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Pete, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harrison wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Pete throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrison.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Pete looks to move away, Harrison throws a big counter combo bu Pete just gets out of the way.
Pete throws a hook to the side of Harrison's head but Harrison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pete darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pete throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pete misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrison.
Sloppy strikes from Pete. Those never looked like landing.
Harrison is looking for a counter combo.
Pete lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pete scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Harrison is rocked!
Some wild striking there from Pete.
Harrison appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pete.
Harrison could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A jab from Pete misses.
Pete lands a jab to the nose.
Pete is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pete misses with the combination.
Harrison half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Harrison slips a jab and a cross from Pete.
Pete misses with a two punch combination.
Pete throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range.
Pete lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Pete throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pete misses with the combination.
Pete misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harrison feinted with a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pete throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pete.
Pete misses with a body shot.
Harrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pete sprawls and moves away.
Pete looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pete missing with a left hand there. Harrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harrison tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pete manages to circle out of the way.
Pete throws a jab when Harrison was well out of range.
Pete swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harrison tried to counter with a leg kick but Pete avoided it.
Pete looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pete swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Harrison moves into the clinch.

Harrison manages to break the clinch.
Pete throws a looping overhand right but Harrison ducks down to avoid it.
Pete tries to bum rush Harrison with a series of wild strikes but Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pete sprawls and moves away.
Pete misses the jab.
Pete takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
Harrison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pete throws a big shot that misses.
Pete throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pete throws a nice looking combination but Harrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harrison jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Pete fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harrison tries to counter with a takedown but Pete is quick to defend against it.
Pete looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range.
Pete sizes up Harrison with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pete misses with a double jab.
Harrison looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A big left from Pete misses.
Pete swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
As Pete looks to move away, Harrison throws a big counter combo bu Pete just gets out of the way.
Pete throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Pete, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pete sprawls and moves away.
Pete misses the jab.
Harrison is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pete.
Pete rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pete swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pete thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harrison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete throws a poor cross that misses
and Harrison counters with a head kick. That will keep Pete thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A swing and a miss from Pete.
Nice body punch from Pete.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pete throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pete pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harrison back to the cage. Pete follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pete throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Skinny Pete seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pete misses with a few strikes there.
Pete throws a left and a right that both miss

and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch.
Harrison fails to pull guard.
Pete tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pete has a couple of punches blocked by Harrison.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrison is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pete gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pete misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pete is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pete looks to land a right hand but Harrison moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skinny Pete dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Harrison's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pete looks to land a right hand but Harrison moved out of range.
As Pete tries to get set, Harrison tries to push him back and clinch up but Pete manages to avoid the attempt.
Pete misses with a straight left.
Pete looks to land a left hand but Harrison moved out of range nicely.
Harrison seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Harrison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pete cracks a nice hook into Harrison's ribs.
Pete misses with a few strikes there.
Harrison half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pete throws a series of punches but Harrison avoids them all with ease.
Skinny Pete seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A left and a right from Pete both land. Nice combination.
Pete throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pete ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Chuck Harrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pete throws a series of punches but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pete swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Pete is breathing heavily.
Pete looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harrison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pete fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Pete misses.
Harrison is looking for a counter combo.
Pete loads up on a big right hand but Harrison slips the punch.
Harrison is looking for a counter combo.
Pete throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pete ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Harrison is looking for a counter combo.
Skinny Pete is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pete misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harrison tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pete manages to circle out of the way.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pete.
Pete misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Pete misses.
It looked like Harrison was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A punch combination from Pete misses.
Pete fails to land with a series of punches.
Pete throws a lazy right hand but Harrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harrison throws a big counter combination but Pete scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pete fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrison manages to avoid it.
Harrison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pete scores with the left hand. Harrison knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pete fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harrison went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pete throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrison.
Harrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pete sprawls and moves away.
A punch combination from Pete misses.
Harrison is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pete.
Pete misses the shot to the body.
As Pete looks to move away, Harrison throws a big counter combo bu Pete just gets out of the way.
Pete misses the jab.
Harrison is looking to counter with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Pete. Those never looked like landing.
Pete fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pete.
Harrison lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Pete misses the jab.
Harrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pete sprawls and moves away.
Pete has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pete misses with a wild body shot.
Harrison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Pete. Those never looked like landing.
Pete swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pete misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Harrison misses its target.
Pete misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pete.
Harrison dodges the punch combination from Pete.
A punch combination from Pete misses.
Harrison attempts a counter takedown but Pete avoids it well and moves away.
A combination from Pete does no damage.
A jab from Pete misses.
Some wild striking there from Pete.
Pete tries to bum rush Harrison with a series of wild strikes but Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Pete.
Harrison throws a big counter combination but Pete scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pete throws a series of punches but Harrison avoids them all with ease.
Pete fails to land with a series of punches.
Harrison appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Harrison is looking for a counter combo.
Pete misses with a body shot.
Harrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrison appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Harrison. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pete pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pete will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pete tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Pete.
Pete misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pete throws a series of punches but Harrison moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pete misses with a wild combination.
Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pete.
Harrison attempts a counter takedown but Pete avoids it well and moves away.
Pete is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harrison.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skinny Pete showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chuck Harrison's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pete swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harrison fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pete just manages to avoid it.
Pete takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
Pete looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pete misses with a looping right.
Harrison half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pete takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
Pete waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrison.
As Pete backs away, Harrison returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A swing and a miss from Pete.
Some wild striking there from Pete.
Harrison is looking to counter with head kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pete will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harrison feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pete pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrison feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pete misses the jab.
Harrison is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pete.
Pete ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Pete.
Pete takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slow jab from Pete misses its intended target.
Harrison tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pete manages to circle out of the way.
Pete looks to land a left hand but Harrison moved out of range nicely.
Harrison throws a big counter combination but Pete scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pete misses with a combination
and Harrison counters with a thumping low kick.
Pete throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harrison slips under a jab from Pete.
Pete just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarrison.
Harrison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pete misses with a hook. Harrison ducked under it nicely.
Pete looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pete misses the shot to the body.
Pete misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrison.
Harrison feinted with a counter takedown.
Chuck Harrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pete swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
Pete looks to land a left hand but Harrison moved out of range nicely.
Harrison drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pete sprawls and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Harrison.
Pete slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Pete misses.
Harrison tried to counter with a leg kick but Pete avoided it.
Harrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrison slips a jab and a cross from Pete.
Pete misses the shot to the body.
Harrison appears to be looking for a big counter.
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!
Pete ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Pete throws a jab but it's blocked by Harrison.
Harrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pete tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Pete.
Harrison half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harrison moves out of range as Pete strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pete tries to bum rush Harrison with a series of wild strikes but Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrison changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
No joy there for Pete, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pete throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Harrison feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pete throws a looping overhand right but Harrison ducks down to avoid it.
Pete throws a left and a right that both miss

and Harrison counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Harrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pete defends it well.
Harrison thows a huge punch but Pete dodges it nicely.
Harrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pete's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pete is in trouble now - Harrison has advanced to mount!
Harrison lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Harrison with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Harrison sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

And that's the end of the fight!
Skinny Pete comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pete 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 25:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skinny Pete!