PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alojz Sanel (ranked 344 p4p, 52 weight class) and Cochise Harris (ranked 2458 p4p, 311 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sanel
vs
Harris

175 cm
28
220 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

187 cm
21
220 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alojz Sanel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cochise Harris!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Bruno Hogan and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Sanel does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Harris.

It looks like Alojz Sanel has been cut.
Sanel lands with a good body shot.
Harris lands a nice looking body shot.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Sanel drives through and clinches with Harris against the cage.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Sanel keeps him there for the moment.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Harris breaks from the clinch.
Sanel staying out of range there.
Sanel tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
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!

Sanel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harris tries to circle away but Sanel has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Sanel.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanel throws a body shot but no joy.

Sanel has managed to clinch.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Sanel has him pressed against the cage.
Sanel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.

Sanel takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sanel prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanel.
Sanel tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanel throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Sanel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Cochise Harris has been cut.
Harris lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Cochise Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harris lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanel circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Sanel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanel staying out of range there.
Sanel tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris unleashes a big counter combination but Sanel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sanel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanel tries to counter by clinching up but Harris breaks away and moves out of range.
Sanel lands with a good body shot.
Sanel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Sanel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harris smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanel cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanel punishes Harris's body with a nice straight punch.

Sanel pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris has had enough of the clinch but Sanel keeps him there for the moment.
Sanel scores with a hook to the body.
Sanel tries to throw a body punch but Harris avoids it by throwing Sanel back against the cage.

Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris scores with the left hand. Sanel knows he should have avoided that one.
Sanel is looking to wear down Harris with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanel lands a body shot.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanel is just out of range.
Harris misses with a wild combination.
Harris looks winded!
Harris throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris swings for the body but Sanel moves out of range.
Sanel slips a jab from Harris.
Sanel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris misses with a low kick.
Harris looks to land a left hand but Sanel moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by Sanel.
Sanel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
Sanel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanel ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Sloppy strikes from Harris. Those never looked like landing.
Sanel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanel stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanel throws a body shot but no joy.
Harris takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanel with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris misses with a body shot.

Sanel forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.
Sanel misses with a punch to the body.
Harris blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alojz Sanel will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sanel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Sanel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harris.
Harris pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sanel back to the cage. Harris follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harris's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanel under the eye.
Harris misses with a straight right.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanel wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Harris misses with a body kick.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanel tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Harris manages to circle out of the way.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanel is looking to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch.
Harris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Harris was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanel tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanel doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Harris misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanel is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
Cochise Harris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanel misses with a hook to the body
and Sanel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harris, right into the meat.
Sanel staying out of range there.
Decent striking displayed by Sanel there.
Harris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanel ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanel.

Sanel takes the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sanel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Harris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harris stuns Sanel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris tried to score with a low kick but Sanel checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanel is looking to clinch but Harris is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harris misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanel.
Sanel is looking to counter the offense by Harris and move into the clinch.
Sanel misses with a wild body shot.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanel.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanel is able to avoid easily.
Sanel wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanel.
Harris throws a looping overhand right but Sanel ducks down to avoid it.
Harris wants to land a leg kick but Sanel is out of range.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanel.
Harris lands a nice hook to Sanel's body. Sanel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanel.
Sanel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanel as he connects with a hook.
Sanel slips under a jab from Harris.
Sanel thuds a left hand into Harris's body.
Harris misses with the combination.
Harris throws a jab when Sanel was well out of range.
Sanel tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Harris manages to circle out of the way.
Harris just misses with a punch to the body.
As Harris tries to get set, Sanel tries to push him back and clinch up but Harris manages to avoid the attempt.
Sanel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sanel counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sanel.

Harris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sanel gets a clinch.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanel won't allow it.
Sanel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanel tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanel prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Sanel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Sanel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Sanel lands a right hand.

Harris is rocked!
Harris prevents a body shot from Sanel.

Harris manages to break the clinch.
Jab, jab by Sanel - just one landing.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanel finish him?
Harris swinging wildly here.
Harris is breathing heavily.

Sanel instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanel.
Sanel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Sanel.
Sanel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Sanel.
Sanel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harris or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanel.
Sanel pushes Harris against the cage. Sanel is working some dirty boxing. Sanel pushes off with a quick right hook! Harris goes down! Harris tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sanel moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alojz Sanel!
Alojz Sanel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.