WBA XXIII PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage 's entrance music is What a Rush. A fine choice. Randy Savage has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Savage
vs
Harris

215 cm
27
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
29
278 lbs
11 - 16 - 0

Dangerous knees
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Randy Savage !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Harris!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage misses with a series of wild punches.
Harris takes a swing at Savage 's ribcage but misses.
Harris tries to move into range but Savage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harris slips a jab and a cross from Savage .
Harris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Savage moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Savage .
Savage slips under a jab.
It looked like Savage was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Harris.
Savage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harris circles away quickly and effectively.
Harris avoids the body shot from Savage .
Savage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Savage on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Savage . Those never looked like landing.
Savage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Savage scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Savage rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris counters with a one-two to the body.
Savage looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harris counters with a series of strikes. Savage will be more careful next time no doubt.
Harris takes one to the chin there.
Savage falls off balance throwing a combination

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

Savage 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Savage throws a series of punches but Harris avoids them all with ease.
Savage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harris counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Savage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harris misses with an uppercut. Savage saw that one coming.
Savage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Savage is rocked!
Savage takes a swing at Harris's ribcage but misses.
Savage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harris counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Savage goes down! Harris rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Savage is up to one knee.... 8,9....10! He didn't make it! This fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Brian Harris!
In defeat, Randy Savage stepped up to the mic, saying 'Grabs mic: I will be back '.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
74%

Main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kevin Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Short
vs
Bates

190 cm
21
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Short!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Bates!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Short throws an overhand right that lands on Bates's shoulder, as Bates tries to avoid the shot.
Short is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bates.
Jab, jab by Short - just one landing.
Short closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Short connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Bates onto his butt! Bates bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Short throws a body punch but Bates moves out of range.

Short moves into the clinch.

Short breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Short punishes Bates's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab lands there for Bates.
Bates scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
BAM! Short delivers a spinning backfist that drops Bates like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Kevin Short!
Kevin Short made sure to mention his sponsor, GREEN!160 in his post fight interview.