PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Harris (ranked 2849 p4p, 331 weight class) and Trent Cotchin (ranked 2179 p4p, 253 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Not again - You all ready dropped?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harris
vs
Cotchin

173 cm
32
161 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

177 cm
38
162 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Trent Cotchin!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Harris blocks a head kick by Cotchin.
Harris throws a head kick but Cotchin moves out of range.
Harris 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.
Derek Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Cotchin misses.
Good exchange - Cotchin coming out on top.
Cotchin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harris scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Cotchin.
Cotchin swings for the body but Harris moves out of range.
Cotchin ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Cotchin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harris walks into a straight right hand from Cotchin.
Harris with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harris throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cotchin counters with an outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cotchin scores with a head kick.
Harris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've been informed that Cotchin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cotchin checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotchin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harris misses with a hook
and Cotchin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harris uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harris tries to move into range but Cotchin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cotchin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harris - the referee stops the clock and Cotchin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harris. Cotchin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cotchin wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Harris blocks a jab.
Cotchin throws an off balance right hand
and Harris counters with a left to the body.
Harris throws a sloppy body shot
and Cotchin counters with a stiff right hand.
Harris is looking to wear down Cotchin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cotchin was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris.
Cotchin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Harris works Cotchin's body with a nice hook.
Harris checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harris throws a counter high kick but Cotchin was just alert enough to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Cotchin.
Harris throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Harris with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris scores with a punch to the head.
Cotchin throws a sloppy head kick
and Cotchin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harris misses with a straight right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cotchin.
Cotchin connects with a single shot there.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cotchin is able to avoid easily.
Cotchin lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
Cotchin scores with a decent looking hook.
Harris scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harris misses with the body kick
and Cotchin counters with a leg kick.
Harris lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cotchin connects with a crisp jab.
Cotchin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harris had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nice defenses there by Cotchin.
A big left from Cotchin misses.
Cotchin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cotchin looks to land a left hand but Harris moved out of range nicely.
Cotchin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cotchin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cotchin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harris scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cotchin throws an off balance right hand

and Harris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harris.
Cotchin blocks a body shot from Harris.
Cotchin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cotchin.
Cotchin is trying to push Harris away but Harris has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Harris lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cotchin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cotchin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cotchin blocks an uppercut.
Harris prevents a body shot from Cotchin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harris blocking some punches.
Harris tries a body shot but Cotchin blocks it.
Harris lands a body punch.
Harris throws a punch but it's blocked by Cotchin.
Cotchin can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Cotchin has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harris.
A body shot lands from Cotchin.
Harris tries to work over Cotchin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cotchin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cotchin is trying to break the clinch but Harris is controlling him.
Harris throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cotchins head.
Harris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harris misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cotchin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from Harris misses.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Harris dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Cotchin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harris.
A head kick by Harris misses
and Cotchin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cotchin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cotchin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harris makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cotchin misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a straight right hand.
Harris throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harris.
Harris throws a body punch but Cotchin moves out of range.
Cotchin throws a leg kick
and Harris counters with a leg kick.
Harris tests Cotchin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Cotchin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cotchin shapes to counter with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cotchin throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Harris digs a good body shot into Cotchin's ribs.
Cotchin blocks a jab.
Cotchin only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Harris fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cotchin checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotchin cracks Harris with an open hand slap.
An inside leg kick lands from Harris.
Harris throws a big shot that misses.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cotchin is able to avoid easily.
Cotchin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Cotchin misses.
Cotchin throws a big shot that misses.
Cotchin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harris fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cotchin just manages to avoid it.
Cotchin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Harris is out of range and Cotchin settles back down.
Harris slips a jab from Cotchin.
Harris swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harris fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cotchin is out of range.
Cotchin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris throws out a loose jab but Cotchin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotchin cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harris swings widly with a right hand
and Cotchin counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin misses with a right hand
and Harris counters with a nice leg kick.
Cotchin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harris.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Harris misses the shot to the body.
Cotchin misses with a hook.
Cotchin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
Cotchin throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Cotchin misses.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cotchin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harris moves out of range as Cotchin strikes.
Cotchin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harris.
Cotchin misses with a low kick.
Harris blocks a leg kick.
Harris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cotchin can do to turn this around?
A shot to the body from Harris misses
and Cotchin counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin avoids the body shot from Harris.
Cotchin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harris's head.
Nice straight punches there by Cotchin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cotchin.
Harris tries to land a front kick but Cotchin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harris scores with a jab.
Harris takes a jab right on the kisser.
Harris lunges at Cotchin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cotchin's hand.
A slow jab from Cotchin misses its intended target.
Cotchin looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Cotchin throws a big shot that misses.
Harris throws a head kick that misses.
Cotchin blocks the body kick.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Cotchin.
Harris swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cotchin works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Cotchin does it's job there.
Harris takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harris misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A jab from Harris does it's job there.
Harris with a nice cross.
Harris gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cotchin.
Harris scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cotchin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris connects with a solid leg kick.
Harris tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cotchin is able to avoid easily.
Harris connects with a nice looking jab.
Harris throws a hook but Cotchin avoids it easily.
Harris feints and then cracks Cotchin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cotchin down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Harris dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cotchin swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Harris to counter with a crisp jab.
Harris lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cotchin at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harris.
Harris throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cotchin counters with a straight right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harris.
Cotchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris half committed to a counter leg kick.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cotchin.
Harris digs a good body shot into Cotchin's ribs.
Cotchin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris counters with a right hand to the body.
Harris avoids the body shot from Cotchin.
Cotchin misses with a looping right.
Cotchin blocks a head kick by Harris.
Cotchin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harris's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris throws a head kick that misses
and Cotchin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotchin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab by Cotchin.
Harris throws a low kick but Cotchin avoids it.
Cotchin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cotchin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harris moves out of range of the leg kick from Cotchin.
Harris tries to clinch but Cotchin moves away
and Cotchin counters with a nice uppercut.
Cotchin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harris throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cotchin misses with a series of wild punches.
Cotchin moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Cotchin blocks a low kick nicely.
Cotchin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cotchin throws a leg kick but Harris checks it.
Trent Cotchin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Harris misses with a jab to the body
and Cotchin counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cotchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harris moves away.
Harris checks a leg kick nicely.
Harris throwing a counter right hand but Cotchin manages to avoid it.
Cotchin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice shot by Cotchin.
Cotchin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cotchin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harris is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Cotchin.
Cotchin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Harris misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Harris. Beautiful body shot.
Cotchin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cotchin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands with a right hand.
Cotchin loads up on a big right hand but Harris slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Cotchin.
Harris swings for the body but Cotchin moves out of range.
Cotchin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Derek Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cotchin throws an overhand right that lands on Harris's shoulder, as Harris tries to avoid the shot.
Harris tries to clinch
and Cotchin counters with a nice body shot.
Harris thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cotchin if he has to take too many more of those.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cotchin throws out the jab.
Cotchin misses with a body kick.
Derek Harris is winning the standup battle so far.
Harris cracks Cotchin with an open hand slap.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harris. That's going to slow Cotchin down.
Harris cracks the inside of Cotchin's front leg.
Harris chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab lands there for Harris.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cotchin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cotchin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cotchin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
No joy there for Cotchin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cotchin tries a head kick but it misses.
Cotchin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris throws a leg kick which misses Cotchin's front leg but catches the back leg as Cotchin tries to avoid it.
Harris throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cotchin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harris digs a good hook to Cotchin's body.
Harris blocks the body kick.
Cotchin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cotchin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cotchin throws out the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Derek Harris.
Well Harris has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Harris!
A victorious Derek Harris thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.