PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deshun Harkless (ranked 5273 p4p, 3051 weight class) and India Best (ranked 0 p4p, 143 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harkless might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to hi my name- eninem. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Harkless
vs
Best

224 cm
21
289
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
28
300
5 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deshun Harkless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, India Best!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harkless forces Best back against the cage and clinches.
Best looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Best escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harkless fails with a takedown attempt.
Harkless throws a lazy head kick

and Best counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Best.
Best looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harkless not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harkless wants to hit a sweep here but Best passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Harkless there!
Harkless in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Best controlling from the full mount.
Harkless is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkless wants to control but Best is having none of it.
Harkless is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Best can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Harkless is looking to escape.
Harkless is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Harkless is looking to improve his position but Best isn't that keen on the idea.
Harkless takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Harkless tries to hold on but Best pushes him away.
Best controlling the pace for now.

Best looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Best prevents Harkless from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harkless sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Harkless trying to hold on to Best's head to control him but Best postures up.
Ground and pound from Best.
Harkless taking some punishment here, with Best in his half guard.
Best tries to pass the half guard into mount. Harkless knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Best keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Harkless looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Best slows the pace down in half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

India Best dominated that round.
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.

Harkless changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Best tries to avoid it but Harkless manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Best to the ground. Best escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Deshun Harkless is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harkless throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harkless darts in looking for a takedown but Best gets double underhooks and turns Harkless into the cage.
Best displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harkless up against the cage.
Harkless tries to pull guard but Best holds him up against the cage and eventually Harkless drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Deshun Harkless. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Best drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harkless postures up in Best's guard and throws a big left but Best blocks it.
Harkless has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Best is proving hard to escape from.
Harkless wants to control from the top but Best keeps moving.
Best is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkless has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Best is proving hard to escape from.
Harkless postures up.
Harkless being controlled here momentarily.
Harkless wants to control from the top but Best keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Best has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harkless tries a low kick but Best avoids it.

Best clinches up against the cage.
Best tries to break free but Harkless pushes him back against the cage.
Best is trying to pull guard but Harkless has him pressed against the cage.
Harkless blocks an elbow strike.
Best prevents a takedown attempt there.

Harkless escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Best looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Harkless!
Harkless can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Harkless!
Harkless gets back to half guard.
Harkless is trying to get back to full guard.
Best slips a nice elbow through Harkless's hands, connecting with Harkless's forehead.
Best slows the pace down in half guard.
Best tries to pass to full mount but Harkless defends it.
India Best has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkless is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harkless wants to control but Best is keeping busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Best tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Harkless trying to control but Best postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

India Best showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Best closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Harkless quickly recovers to half guard.
Harkless tries to kick Best off but Best keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Harkless slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Harkless controls Best momentarily but Best frees himself.
Harkless is really struggling to control Best but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Best tries to free his leg and advance position but Harkless is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Best controls from within his opponent's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkless is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Harkless shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Best.
Harkless trying to control but Best flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Best softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Harkless is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best controls the position.

Best looking for the choke from the back.
Best trying to control.
Best gets his hands free as Harkless looks to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Harkless defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Harkless is in bad spot here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harkless defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Harkless tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Harkless really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Best controlling the position easily from mount.
Best is continuing to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Best working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Harkless wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Best.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You get the feeling that Harkless really doesn't like being in this position too much.

And that's the end of the fight!
India Best comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Best 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... India Best!