PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronan Harvey (ranked 3178 p4p, 4018 weight class) and Bailey Horne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Harvey
vs
Horne

192 cm
25
205
2 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronan Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bailey Horne!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Harvey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Harvey tries to counter by clinching up but Horne breaks away and moves out of range.
Harvey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horne throws a body punch but Harvey moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Horne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harvey seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Horne fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Harvey with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horne misses with a takedown

and Harvey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ronan Harvey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bailey Horne.
Harvey is pressed up against the cage. Horne has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harvey down to the mat. Harvey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harvey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
As Harvey backs off Horne throws a huge counter combo but Harvey manages to avoid it all.
Harvey shoots in for a double leg but Horne sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey shoots for a takedown but Horne saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Horne tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horne fails with a takedown attempt.

Horne looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Harvey!
Horne trying to control the action but Harvey is working from the bottom.
Harvey is trying to control Horne's posture but Horne avoids it.
Harvey prevents Horne from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey sneaks back into half guard.
Horne is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Harvey manages to get to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Harvey holds on and takes a little breather.
Horne preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Horne manages to get himself to full guard.

Harvey content to stall in guard here.
Harvey advances position into side control!
Horne really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harvey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Horne is trying to work for a sweep but Harvey has mounted him!
Harvey wants to get back to his feet but Horne is holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Harvey controlling his opponent.
Horne wants to control but Harvey is having none of it.
Harvey forces the positional change into back control.

Harvey looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Horne taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ronan Harvey!