PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lester Neich (ranked 1655 p4p, 2197 weight class) and Alec Harvey (ranked 227 p4p, 278 weight class). Neich comes to the cage accompanied by Yot club. Harvey has chosen Lemonade - Yungblud & Denzel Curry as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Neich
vs
Harvey

168 cm
23
150
14 - 8 - 0

178 cm
23
155
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Neich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alec Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Neich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neich.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harvey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neich moves away.
Harvey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neich.
Neich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Decent striking displayed by Harvey there.
Neich looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.
Harvey misses with a hook. Neich ducked under it nicely.
Neich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Neich throws a big shot that misses.
Harvey is looking for the big counter here.
Neich misses with a straight left.
Neich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Neich misses its intended target.
Harvey moves away from the strike by Neich.
Neich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Neich misses its intended target.
Neich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been told by Neich's head coaches at Hotrod Express MMA Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Neich is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Harvey's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Neich throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey slips a straight right by Neich.
Neich drops his hands momentarily and Harvey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harvey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harvey has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Harvey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Neich.
A little feinted left hand from Neich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harvey staying out of range there.
Neich looks to land a left hand but Harvey moved out of range nicely.
Harvey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Neich misses with a straight right.
Harvey misses with a hook to the body
and Neich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Neich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harvey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey throws a jab when Neich was well out of range.
Harvey takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
Harvey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harvey misses with a lunging right hand
and Neich counters with a nice uppercut.
Harvey lands a nice shot that snaps Neich's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
Neich misses with a hook.
Harvey cracks Neich with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey slips under a jab.
Harvey slips a straight right by Neich.
Harvey drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Neich defends it well.
Harvey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harvey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harvey scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Neich throws a jab when Harvey was well out of range.
Neich with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harvey to score with a decent uppercut.
Harvey stuns Neich with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harvey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Neich scrambles back to his feet.
Neich connects with a single shot there.
Harvey defending well as Neich loads up on a big left hand.
Harvey is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Neich had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Neich walks into a straight right hand from Harvey.
Harvey misses with a two punch combination.
Neich is looking to counter punch.
Alec Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Neich's hands.
Harvey looks to score with a jab to the body but Neich is just out of range.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Neich.
Neich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Harvey slips a jab from Neich.
Neich lands a really nice looking cross but Harvey seems unphased.
Neich misses with a looping right.
Neich throws a lazy right hand but Harvey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Harvey.
Neich has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Neich there as he acknowledges the shot.
Neich looks to land a left hand but Harvey moved out of range nicely.
Harvey looks to score with a jab to the body but Neich is just out of range.
Harvey walks into a straight right hand from Neich.
Nice uppercut lands for Harvey. That snapped Neich's head back.
Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neich.
Neich throws a lazy right hand but Harvey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Neich misses its intended target.
Neich moves away from the strike by Harvey.
Neich misses with a hook. Harvey ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Harvey was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Neich looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.
Neich throws a jab when Harvey was well out of range.
Harvey jabs at Neich's body.
Harvey throws a series of punches but Neich avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Neich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A big right from Neich misses.
Nice cross by Harvey.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harvey misses the jab.
Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neich.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Neich misses with a hook.
Harvey tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Harvey scores with a jab to the body.
Neich throws a good cross that connects.
Harvey throws a body punch but Neich moves out of range.
Neich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Neich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Neich slips under a jab from Harvey.
Harvey cracks Neich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harvey moves out of range of the strikes.
Harvey throws the left hand but Neich avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Neich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Neich.
Harvey misses with a wild combination.
Neich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Neich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Neich moved out of range.
Neich throws a lazy right hand but Harvey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Neich is looking to counter punch.
Harvey lands a jab to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Harvey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Neich on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Neich looks to land a right hand but Harvey moved out of range.
Harvey takes one to the chin there.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alec Harvey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Neich on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A left lands for Harvey.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Neich moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Harvey. Those never looked like landing.
Harvey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harvey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harvey throws a shot to the body.
Neich has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Neich there as he acknowledges the shot.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neich scores with a sloppy right hand. Harvey should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Neich loads up on a big right hand but Harvey slips the punch.
A lazy left from Neich finds it's target.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neich manages to avoid it.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
Harvey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Neich might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Harvey scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey throws a right and a left that Neich avoids nicely.
Harvey moves away from the strike by Neich.
Neich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Neich lands an overhand right.
Harvey throws a big shot that misses.
Neich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Neich misses.
Neich misses with a looping right.
Harvey thuds his right hand into Neich's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Neich looks to land a right hand but Harvey moved out of range.
Harvey misses the body punch
and Neich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harvey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harvey misses with a looping left.
Neich connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harvey. Harvey circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Neich misses with a looping right.
Harvey throws a looping overhand right but Neich ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Harvey.
Neich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harvey has time to react.
Neich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harvey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neich.
Harvey misses with a lunging right hand
and Neich counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neich throws a looping overhand right but Harvey ducks down to avoid it.
Good shot there by Harvey.
A jab from Neich misses.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circle momentarily. Neich darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harvey throws a right hand that Neich ducks under and follows up with a left that Neich also avoids with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Neich misses the target.
Harvey throws a one two combo.
Neich throws a hook but Harvey blocks it.
Nice uppercut lands for Neich. That snapped Harvey's head back.
Harvey throws a body punch but Neich moves out of range.
Harvey's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Neich connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harvey scrambles back to his feet.
Harvey tests Neich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Neich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harvey throws out the jab.
Harvey ducks under a wild hook from Neich.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harvey throws a sloppy body shot
and Neich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harvey takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neich looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Harvey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Neich doesn't seem phased though.
Neich lands a jab to the nose.
Neich moves forwards but Harvey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Harvey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Neich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harvey works Neich's body with a nice hook.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice cross by Harvey.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harvey is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Neich throws a good cross that connects.
Neich moves out of range as Harvey strikes.
Neich throws a hook but Harvey blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by Neich. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Neich.
Harvey throws an off balance right hand
and Neich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Harvey's head.
A combination from Harvey does no damage.
Harvey lands a jab to the head.
Harvey connects with a nice looking jab.
Neich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Neich moved out of range.
Neich is looking to counter punch.
Harvey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Neich.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey throws a body punch but Neich moves out of range.
Neich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Neich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Neich looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.
Harvey lands a nice hook to Neich's body. Neich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harvey moves out of range as Neich strikes.
A big left from Neich misses.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Neich throwing a counter right hand but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Harvey.
A big left from Neich misses.
Harvey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Neich in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey connects with a crisp jab.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harvey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neich was well out of range. Poor timing from Harvey.
Harvey throws a lazy right hand but Neich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alec Harvey will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Neich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harvey swinging wildly here.
Neich walks into a left hand.
Neich looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.
Neich throws a looping overhand right but Harvey ducks down to avoid it.
Harvey staying out of range there.
Harvey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Harvey connects with a body shot that sends Neich's belly button to the back.
Harvey throws a body shot but no joy.
Neich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
Neich misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey moves out of range as Neich strikes.
Harvey misses with a wild combination.
Neich looks to land a right hand but Harvey moved out of range.
Neich needs to keep his hands up - Harvey had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Harvey coming out on top.
Harvey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Neich.
Harvey blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Harvey misses.
Harvey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Neich doesn't seem bothered though.
Harvey cracks Neich with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harvey slips a straight right by Neich.
Neich lands with a right hand.
Harvey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Neich.
Harvey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neich was well out of range. Poor timing from Harvey.
Neich misses with a hook. Harvey ducked under it nicely.
Harvey scores with a jab.
Neich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harvey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harvey throws a shot from downtown. Neich moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Harvey. Neich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harvey jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neich throws a hook but Harvey blocks it.
Neich throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Neich ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
Harvey throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harvey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harvey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neich.
Harvey throws a sloppy body shot
and Neich counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Neich does it's job there.
Harvey misses with a hook to the body
letting Neich counter with a right hand.
Neich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Neich bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harvey throws a jab when Neich was well out of range.
Neich misses with a straight right.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harvey misses with a few strikes there.
Neich misses with a looping left.
Harvey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harvey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harvey misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey misses with an uppercut.
Jab, jab by Neich - just one landing.
Harvey lands with an uppercut that bounces Neich off the cage and back into range.
Neich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harvey.
Harvey slips a straight right by Neich.
Harvey misses with an uppercut. Neich saw that one coming.
Neich was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Neich loads up on a big right hand but Harvey slips the punch.
Neich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harvey.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Harvey misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harvey. Neich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harvey takes a swing at Neich's ribcage but misses.
Harvey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Neich slips a straight right by Harvey.
A telegraphed right hand from Neich misses the target.
Harvey feints the counter takedown.
The crowd cheers as Harvey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Neich doesn't seem phased though.
Jab from Neich.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neich looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.
Harvey lands with an uppercut that bounces Neich off the cage and back into range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neich walks into a left hand.
Harvey throws an overhand right that lands on Neich's shoulder, as Neich tries to avoid the shot.
Harvey lands an overhand right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Neich.
Harvey scores with a hook.
Neich throws an overhand right that lands on Harvey's shoulder, as Harvey tries to avoid the shot.
Harvey scores with a jab to the body.
Neich lands a jab to the nose.
Harvey misses the jab.
Harvey misses with an uppercut.
Neich takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harvey blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey misses with an uppercut
and Neich counters with a stiff right hand.
Harvey moves out of range of the strikes.
Neich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lester Neich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neich throws a jab but it's blocked by Harvey.
Harvey misses with a straight left.
Neich is looking to counter punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Harvey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harvey 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alec Harvey!
Alec Harvey got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'