PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Connor Lourens (ranked 1767 p4p, 257 weight class) and Knox Harrington (ranked 3101 p4p, 408 weight class). Harrington is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Be-I. Connor Lourens had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lourens
vs
Harrington

193 cm
26
210 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

189 cm
26
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Connor Lourens !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Knox Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lourens looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrington is just out of range.
Harrington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lourens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrington throws a poor cross that misses
and Lourens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lourens misses with a hook
and Harrington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrington lands with a hook. Lourens tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lourens with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harrington to score with a decent uppercut.
Lourens swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harrington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harrington misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Lourens misses.
Harrington lands a body shot.
Harrington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington lands a nice shot that snaps Lourens 's head back.
A head kick misses from Lourens .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lourens lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lourens takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harrington throws a poor cross that misses
and Lourens counters with a straight right hand.
Lourens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrington.
Nice jab there from Harrington.
Lourens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lourens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Harrington lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lourens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lourens .
Harrington thuds a left hand into Lourens 's body.
Harrington fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lourens looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harrington lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington catches Lourens with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lourens takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harrington has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Lourens throws a looping overhand right but Harrington ducks down to avoid it.
Harrington cracks a nice hook into Lourens 's ribs.
Harrington lands a nice shot to the body.
Harrington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lourens throws a looping overhand right but Harrington ducks down to avoid it.
Harrington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lourens misses with a jab to the body
and Harrington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lourens avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lourens takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lourens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lourens misses with an uppercut
and Harrington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lourens goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harrington lands an overhand right.
Lourens moves away from the strike by Harrington.
Some wild striking there from Lourens .
Harrington scores with a jab.
Harrington avoids the head kick by Lourens .
Harrington lands with a shot to the body.
Lourens misses with an uppercut.
Lourens throws a combination. Harrington tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lourens throws the kick towards the body but Harrington avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Harrington does no damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lourens .
Lourens misses with an uppercut
and Harrington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Harrington misses its intended target.
Harrington tries to move into range but Lourens moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harrington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lourens stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lourens just misses with a punch to the body.
Harrington fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lourens on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harrington. Lourens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lourens slips a jab from Harrington.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrington lands with a straight right. Lourens didn't see that one coming.
Lourens misses with a jab to the body
and Harrington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lourens on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knox Harrington dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lourens swings widly with a right hand
and Harrington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox Harrington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Lourens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrington lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Harrington lands with a good body shot.
Harrington takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harrington uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice straight punches there by Harrington. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harrington.
A jab from Harrington misses.
Lourens throws an off balance right hand
and Harrington counters with a straight right hand.
Harrington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lourens throws out the jab.
Harrington swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harrington moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lourens throws out a loose jab but Harrington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lourens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrington scores with a jab. Lourens acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Lourens throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrington lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Lourens will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lourens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lourens was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrington.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lourens might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Harrington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrington lands with a nice body punch.
Harrington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lourens stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harrington throws a combination. Lourens tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lourens looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harrington swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lourens .
Lourens throws a head kick that misses.
Lourens takes one to the side of the head.
Lourens throws a lazy right hand but Harrington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lourens slips a straight right by Harrington.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Harrington misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Lourens .
Harrington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lourens connects with a crisp jab.
Harrington scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington lands a nice hook to Lourens 's body. Lourens takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harrington misses with a hook. Lourens ducked under it nicely.
Lourens swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harrington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lourens stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harrington scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lourens misses with a body shot.
Harrington lands with a shot to the body.
Harrington throws a body shot but no joy.
Lourens throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrington counters with a straight right hand.
Harrington takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrington scores with a body shot.
Lourens throws an overhand right that lands on Harrington's shoulder, as Harrington tries to avoid the shot.
Harrington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harrington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lourens throws out the jab.
Lourens slips a straight right by Harrington.
Harrington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lourens .
Harrington works the jab nicely.
Harrington lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lourens misses with a left hand
and Lourens takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrington digs a good body shot into Lourens 's ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Lourens there.
Lourens on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harrington lands with a hook. Lourens tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lourens takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Harrington misses.
Harrington misses with a wild combination.
Lourens has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lourens misses with a lunging right hand
and Harrington counters with a nice uppercut.
Lourens scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lourens misses with a hook. Harrington ducked under it nicely.
Harrington slips under a jab from Lourens .
Left hook, right uppercut from Harrington.
Harrington throws a poor cross that misses
and Lourens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice straight punches there by Harrington. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harrington.
Harrington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lourens throws out the jab.
Harrington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Lourens misses the target.
Lourens throws a looping overhand right but Harrington ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Knox Harrington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Lourens .
Lourens 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harrington under the eye.
Lourens lands a lovely overhand right.
Harrington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrington lands a body shot.
Lourens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lourens closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Lourens misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harrington! But no joy.
Harrington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrington throws a hook but Lourens avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Harrington misses its intended target.
Lourens was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lourens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrington.
Lourens drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harrington connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lourens 's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington jabs Lourens right on the nose. Lourens blinks but takes it well.
A swing and a miss from Lourens .
Harrington slips a jab from Lourens .
We've been told by Lourens 's head coaches at Gizmo's Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Harrington punishes Lourens 's body with a nice straight punch.
Lourens connects with the punch.
A shot to the body from Lourens misses
and Lourens takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrington scores with a jab to the body.
Lourens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrington will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lourens is looking to counter punch.
Harrington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lourens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lourens misses with a lunging right hand
and Lourens takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrington lands a nice hook to Lourens 's body. Lourens takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lourens lands an overhand right.
A shot to the liver by Harrington. Beautiful body shot.
Harrington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrington jabs at Lourens 's body.
Harrington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of Lourens 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Lourens misses.
Lourens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrington.
Lourens misses with a hook. Harrington ducked under it nicely.
Lourens has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Knox Harrington is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lourens uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harrington.
Harrington lands with a nice body punch.
Jab by Harrington.
Lourens waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrington.
Harrington lands with a good body shot.
Harrington stuns Lourens with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harrington ducks under a wild hook from Lourens .
Harrington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lourens s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lourens misses with a hook. Harrington ducked under it nicely.
Lourens gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lourens takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harrington digs a good body shot into Lourens 's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrington cracks a nice hook into Lourens 's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lourens scores with a shot to the body.
Harrington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrington punishes Lourens 's body with a nice straight punch.
Harrington misses with a hook
and Lourens counters with a low kick, right behind Harrington 's knee.
Lourens moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harrington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lourens .
Lourens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harrington lands with a nice body punch.
Harrington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Connor Lourens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrington cracks Lourens with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Knox 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Knox Harrington!
A victorious Knox Harrington thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.