PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nasty Nate (ranked 4904 p4p, 4102 weight class) and Walter Harrison (ranked 469 p4p, 423 weight class). Harrison has chosen STORMZY - AUDACITY (feat. HEADIE ONE) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nasty Nate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nate
vs
Harrison

177 cm
25
160
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Northern Zombie

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nasty Nate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Walter Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Nate is just out of range.
Nate dives in for a single leg takedown but Harrison sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Harrison working hard to break the clinch.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch but Nate keeps him there for the moment.
Harrison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nate's efforts to push away.
Nate trying to control the position but instead, Harrison has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nate into the cage.

Nate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harrison misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison throws a low kick but Nate moves out of range easily.
Harrison looks to land a combination but Nate avoids it well.
Harrison misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Harrison does no damage.
Harrison dives in and grabs Nate's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nate pushes down on Harrison's head and hops out.
Nate throws a big counter combination but Harrison scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nate throws a nice head kick!
Nate tries to land a front kick but Harrison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harrison is looking for the big counter here.
Nate fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It seemed like Harrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nate avoids the body shot from Harrison.

Nate fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Harrison to the ground. Nate is now in Harrison's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nate trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
Harrison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nate. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harrison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nate trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
Nate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Harrison is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Nate presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Harrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.

Harrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some bone on bone action there as Nate checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nate.
Nate appears to be looking for a big counter.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nate or perhaps it was just good defense by Harrison, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nasty Nate. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nate avoids a punch combination nicely.

Harrison darts in and clinches Nate up against the cage.
Nate has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Harrison is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nate is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Harrison is defending well.
Nate has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Harrison after a bit of a struggle.
Nate is breathing heavily.

Nate breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrison goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harrison scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Nate is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Harrison.
Oh Nate is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrison cracks Nate's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Nate slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Harrison can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Walter Harrison!
Walter Harrison gave a mention to Northern Zombie in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).