PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frito Lei (ranked 9509 p4p, 0 weight class) and Padraig Harrington (ranked 3039 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrington's choice of entrance music: The Game feat. Skrilex - El Chapo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lei
vs
Harrington

170 cm
52
170 lbs
37 - 143 - 3

186 cm
24
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 143 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frito Lei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrington throws a nice head kick!
Harrington lands a leg kick that knocks Lei off balance momentarily.
Lei throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harrington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harrington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Harrington lands with a nice body punch.
Harrington turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lei throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Harrington to counter with a crisp jab.
Harrington connects with a looping right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Harrington.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington lands with an uppercut that bounces Lei off the cage and back into range.
Lei's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harrington connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lei scrambles back to his feet.
A low kick from Lei is predictable there
and Harrington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lei tries to clinch
and Harrington counters with a straight right hand.
Lei tries to clinch but Harrington moves away
and Harrington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harrington has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Lei closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harrington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lei looks to throw a body kick
and Harrington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Harrington closes the distance and clinches.
Harrington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrington breaks the clinch.
Lei throws an off balance right hand
and Harrington counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrington looks to land a combination. Lei sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lei throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lei wants to clinch but Harrington slips to the side
and Harrington counters with a nice uppercut.
Lei misses with a hook
and Harrington counters with a nice uppercut.

Lei is rocked!
Harrington lands a head shot.
Oh Lei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrington is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lei had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Harrington goes for a small jab and connects. Now Harrington goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Lei stumbles back but Harrington runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Lei to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Lei will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Padraig Harrington!
After winning the bout, Padraig Harrington thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.