PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Harris (ranked 1305 p4p, 177 weight class) and Faffa Ferreira (ranked 7271 p4p, 596 weight class). Ferreira is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Daddy Cool. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Harris
vs
Ferreira

177 cm
26
153 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

171 cm
26
167 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Faffa Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ferreira clinches up against the ropes.
Ferreira misses with a punch to the body.
Harris gets through Ferreira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira misses with the head strike.
Harris scores with a shoulder strike.
Harris lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ferreira.
Harris blocking some punches.
Ferreira wants to stall.
Harris blocks an uppercut.
Harris lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ferreira backwards.
Ferreira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris working aggressively here.
Ferreira throws a head punch that misses.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferreira's elbow.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferreira's elbow.
Ferreira can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ferreira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Harris scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ferreira has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Harris tries a body shot but Ferreira blocks it.
Harris lands a right hand.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harris.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira.
Harris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harris presses Ferreira against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ferreira taking a breather.
Ferreira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harris blocking some punches.
Ferreira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferreira misses with some punches.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Ferreira controls his hands.
Ferreira stalling in the clinch but Harris improves position.
Harris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harris lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris lands with a left to the head.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Harris blocks the low kick.
Harris quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harris - that will leave a mark!
Harris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harris cracks Ferreira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harris pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ferreira lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harris's sensitive parts.
Harris connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Ferreira's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Ferreira - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tom Harris!
After winning the bout, Tom Harris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Faffa Ferreira was interviewed post fight and said 'I think it was the cornish pie from last night.'.