PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brady Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Rando (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brady Harrison has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harrison
vs
Rando

185 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brady Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Rando!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rando throws a nice head kick!

Harrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rando did well to prevent Harrison getting side control.

Harrison stands up out of the half guard.

Rando lands a big head kick that sends Harrison tumbling to the mat! Rando takes a step backwards and waves Harrison back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Harrison is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rando throws a head kick that misses.
Rando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Rando.
Rando tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrison tries to clinch there but Rando circles away.
Rando throws a head kick that misses.
Harrison looks to land a right hand but Rando moved out of range.
No joy there for Rando, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rando stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison throws a right hand that Rando ducks under and follows up with a left that Rando also avoids with ease.
Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rando is fending him off so far but Harrison persists. Nope, Rando circles away and we're back to standing.
Rando throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dan Rando is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rando works Harrison's body with a nice hook.

Harrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rando did well to prevent Harrison getting side control.
Harrison controlling the pace.
Rando is trying to stand up here but Harrison is controlling him well.
Harrison is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harrison stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Rando to get to his feet.
Rando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrison closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rando circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brady Harrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison misses with a double jab
and Rando counters with a big head kick but Harrison shrugs it off.
Rando throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rando dodges the punch combination from Harrison.
Harrison closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rando circles away.
No luck for Harrison with that takedown attempt.
Harrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harrison darts in trying to clinch
and Rando counters with a low kick, right behind Harrison 's knee.
Rando lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rando lands with a slapping head kick.
Harrison blocks a head kick by Rando.
Rando misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rando pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rando 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.
Harrison lands a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rando tries to clinch there but Harrison circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Rando dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rando scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rando throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harrison.
Rando bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rando throws a head kick that misses.
Harrison fails to land the takedown.
Rando misses with a body shot.

Harrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rando!
Harrison throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Rando because Harrison loaded up on that one.
Harrison putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rando holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Harrison tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Harrison controlling the position easily from mount.
Harrison has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Harrison won't let Rando get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Harrison lands a nice shot to the head.
Harrison looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrison seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rando for as long as he can get away with.
Rando avoids a series of strikes thrown by Harrison.
Rando is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison looking to control and managing it successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rando can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harrison won't let Rando get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Harrison takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Brady Harrison just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Rando rushes Harrison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rando wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
Rando looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rando wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brady Harrison will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Harrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Rando.

Harrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rando's guard.
Harrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Harrison throwing strikes from guard but Rando blocks nicely.
Harrison throwing strikes from guard but Rando blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison won't allow Rando to get back to his feet.
Harrison slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Harrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harrison slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Harrison stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rando tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Harrison counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Harrison stands and steps away. Rando gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Dan Rando seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Rando checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rando moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harrison tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rando tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rando throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harrison shoots for a double leg takedown but Rando sprawls well. He's pushed Harrison's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rando is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rando throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Rando misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Rando.
Harrison shoots in looking for a takedown. Rando tries to sprawl out of it but Harrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rando manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rando clinches but Harrison breaks the clinch

and Harrison counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rando takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Rando keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Harrison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harrison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Harrison!