Abstract. Suppose M and N are complete Riemannian manifolds; M with Ricci curvature bounded below by -A, A > 0, N with sectional curvature bounded above by a positive constant K. Let u: M -N be a harmonic map such that u(M)C BR(yn). If B"(y0) lies inside the cut locus of yn and R < ■n/"b¡K, then the energy density e( u ) of u is bounded by a constant depending only on A, K and R. If A = 0, then « is a constant map.