PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christiano Eskenaldo (ranked 8219 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Harrington (ranked 6256 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eskenaldo
vs
Harrington

180 cm
18
158 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christiano Eskenaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eskenaldo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Eskenaldo misses with a head kick.
Eskenaldo ducks right into an uppercut from Harrington.

It looks like Christiano Eskenaldo has been cut.
Christiano Eskenaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eskenaldo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Harrington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Harrington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harrington stuns Eskenaldo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harrington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington cracks a nice hook into Eskenaldo's ribs.
Eskenaldo is breathing heavily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harrington, as that shot connected.
Eskenaldo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harrington finds it's way round the side to connect with Eskenaldo's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eskenaldo moves forwards but Harrington connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Eskenaldo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harrington connects with a single shot there.

Eskenaldo is rocked!
Eskenaldo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oh Eskenaldo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrington scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harrington connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrington clinches.
Harrington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eskenaldo seems to have got his legs back now.
Eskenaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Harrington.
Harrington blocks an uppercut.
Eskenaldo taking a breather.
Harrington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eskenaldo is defending well for now.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Eskenaldo avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Harrington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Eskenaldo blocks a body shot from Harrington.
Harrington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eskenaldo.
A right hand to the body from Harrington.
Harrington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eskenaldo is defending well for now.
Eskenaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Eskenaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Harrington.
Eskenaldo has had enough of the clinch but Harrington keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Harrington.
Eskenaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harrington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Eskenaldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eskenaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eskenaldo avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Harrington.
Harrington gets through Eskenaldo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrington blocking some punches.
Harrington lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harrington.
Eskenaldo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harrington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eskenaldo backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Harrington.
Eskenaldo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Eskenaldo takes a shot to the head.
Eskenaldo tries to land knees in the clinch but Harrington avoids the damage to the body.
Harrington scores with a hook to the body.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Harrington.
Harrington digs a right hand underneath Eskenaldo's ribcage. Eskenaldo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harrington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington tries to throw a body punch but Eskenaldo avoids it by throwing Harrington back against the cage.
Harrington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Eskenaldo tries to pull guard but Harrington forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christiano Eskenaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eskenaldo backwards.
Harrington blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Harrington.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
We've been informed that Harrington has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Harrington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Harrington - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Harrington.
Harrington lands a nice uppercut.
Harrington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harrington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harrington missing with knees to the body.
Eskenaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Eskenaldo tries to work over Harrington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Harrington.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Eskenaldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harrington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Eskenaldos head.
A body shot lands from Harrington.
Eskenaldo managing to block the knees to the body from Harrington.
A hook to the body from Harrington.
Still in the clinch, Harrington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harrington is working Eskenaldo over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Harrington.
A short left from Harrington.
Harrington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eskenaldo avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Harrington.
Harrington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harrington lands with a short shot to the head.
Harrington lands with a light punch inside.
Eskenaldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrington scores a nice knee to the body.
Harrington tries to land knees in the clinch but Eskenaldo avoids the damage to the body.
Harrington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Eskenaldo backwards.
Harrington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Harrington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christiano Eskenaldo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Harrington lands with an uppercut that bounces Eskenaldo off the cage and back into range.
Harrington getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Eskenaldo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Harrington counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrington lands a body shot.
Harry Harrington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eskenaldo with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Harrington counter with a right hand.
Harrington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harrington with a nice cross.
Eskenaldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Eskenaldo goes for a double leg but Harrington avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Harrington continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christiano Eskenaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrington connects with a looping right hand.
Harrington scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Eskenaldo doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Eskenaldo doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Harrington does it's job there.
Eskenaldo gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Harrington gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Eskenaldo is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Harrington!