PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bjergan Fjordfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gerald Harris will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Fjordfoot
vs
Harris

175 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bjergan Fjordfoot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerald Harris!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fjordfoot shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fjordfoot throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fjordfoot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fjordfoot looking to pass the guard.
Fjordfoot is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fjordfoot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fjordfoot trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Harris manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Fjordfoot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harris.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.

Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Harris is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fjordfoot wants to get back to his feet but Harris is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris gets to his feet - Fjordfoot follows without any prompting.

Fjordfoot feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Harris wants to get back to his feet but Fjordfoot is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fjordfoot looking to pass the guard.
Harris wants to stand up but Fjordfoot is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harris pushes Fjordfoot off and scrambles back to his feet.

Fjordfoot moves into the clinch successfully.
Harris can't break the clinch.

Fjordfoot gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Harris tries to kick Fjordfoot off but Fjordfoot keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fjordfoot wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Fjordfoot not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fjordfoot controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fjordfoot is looking to advance position but Harris won't allow it.
Fjordfoot lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris pushes Fjordfoot off looking to stand but Fjordfoot dives back in and keeps control.
Fjordfoot throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Harris clinches.
Harris tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fjordfoot smiles and moves away.
Fjordfoot tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Harris.
Harris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fjordfoot. That did some damage!
Fjordfoot checks a leg kick nicely.
Harris connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Fjordfoot shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Harris manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fjordfoot landing with the ground and pound.
Fjordfoot throws a big right hand that misses.
Fjordfoot throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.
Fjordfoot postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.
Fjordfoot trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fjordfoot throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely.

Harris pushes Fjordfoot off and scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bjergan Fjordfoot will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harris tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fjordfoot sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harris somewhat.
Harris misses with a takedown attempt

and Fjordfoot counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harris's guard now.
Fjordfoot tries to free his leg and advance position but Harris is retaining full guard.
Fjordfoot distracts Harris with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fjordfoot trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harris wants to stand and escape but Fjordfoot is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fjordfoot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fjordfoot trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Harris avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harris is breathing heavily.
Fjordfoot looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fjordfoot won't allow Harris to get back to his feet.
Fjordfoot postures up in Harris's guard and throws a big left but Harris blocks it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A left and a right from Harris both land. Nice combination.

Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fjordfoot holds on to Harris as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Fjordfoot is desperately trying to improve his position but Harris has a good base and remains in mount.
Fjordfoot is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harris thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Fjordfoot holds on, trying desperately to control.
Fjordfoot's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris landing strikes from the mount.

Harris has control of Fjordfoot's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Fjordfoot regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fjordfoot tries to hold on but Harris pushes him away.
Harris working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fjordfoot tries to hold on but Harris postures up.
Fjordfoot is desperately trying to improve his position but Harris has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris cracks Fjordfoot with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fjordfoot can't escape the position.
Fjordfoot tries to lock up and control but Harris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Fjordfoot really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harris is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fjordfoot can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Harris throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Harris goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Fjordfoot is on top in guard.
Fjordfoot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harris's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Fjordfoot pushes Harris off and scrambles back to his feet.
Fjordfoot wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Fjordfoot shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harris sprawls well. Harris wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fjordfoot gets slowly back to his feet.

Fjordfoot drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fjordfoot creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Harris sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjergan Fjordfoot dominated that second round.
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 fight moves into the clinch position.
Fjordfoot tries to land knees in the clinch but Harris avoids the damage to the body.

Fjordfoot tightens his grip and picks Harris up, before dumping him to the ground. Harris manages to land in guard.
Harris wants to stand up but Fjordfoot is controlling him.
Fjordfoot trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fjordfoot trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Harris is looking to stand up but Fjordfoot isn't so interested in that idea.
Harris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Fjordfoot from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Fjordfoot drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fjordfoot throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Harris is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Fjordfoot working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Harris takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Harris managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Fjordfoot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot trying to control the action but Harris is working from the bottom.
Harris is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Fjordfoot trying to control the position but Harris is working away.
Harris takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fjordfoot is looking to take a break and control but Harris is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fjordfoot looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harris is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot scores with a couple of short elbows.
Harris is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Fjordfoot has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Harris is not content to let Fjordfoot control the position.
Harris wants to get back to his feet but Fjordfoot drags him back down.
Harris is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fjordfoot connects with a decent elbow.
Fjordfoot wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Fjordfoot misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fjordfoot lands some shots froms side control.
Harris taking a bit of punishment here - Fjordfoot scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Harris is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fjordfoot staying calm.
Fjordfoot working the ground and pound from side control.
Harris is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fjordfoot is controlling him well.
Fjordfoot looks up at the clock and then as Harris takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fjordfoot smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fjordfoot working the body and head with strikes.
Fjordfoot wants to control but Harris is keeping him busy.
Harris is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fjordfoot connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjergan Fjordfoot clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harris tries to close the distance and clinch but Fjordfoot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice cross by Fjordfoot.
Harris does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Fjordfoot drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fjordfoot postures up and lands a big shot to Harris's brow.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Fjordfoot from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fjordfoot accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fjordfoot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fjordfoot prevents Harris from getting back to his feet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Fjordfoot from controlling successfully.
Fjordfoot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harris manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fjordfoot tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris tries to clinch but Fjordfoot moves out of range.
Fjordfoot tries for a takedown but Harris sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harris goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harris throws the kick towards the body but Fjordfoot avoids it.

Harris gets caught flat footed, as Fjordfoot shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fjordfoot throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fjordfoot wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.
Fjordfoot prevents Harris from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fjordfoot scoring with some ground and pound.
Harris has momentary wrist control but Fjordfoot slips an elbow through the middle.
Fjordfoot landing with the ground and pound.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Fjordfoot from controlling successfully.
Fjordfoot pushing down on Harris's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Harris is trying to stand back up but Fjordfoot is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fjordfoot lands with a punch from half guard.
Fjordfoot takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fjordfoot seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fjordfoot throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harris on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fjordfoot trying to control from half guard but Harris is working away.
Fjordfoot scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fjordfoot wants to pass to mount but Harris is defending the position.
Fjordfoot is working hard here to advance position.

That's four 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.
Fjordfoot thows a huge punch but Harris dodges it nicely.
Fjordfoot stalling away here and it's allowed Harris to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Harris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fjordfoot.
Fjordfoot trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Fjordfoot feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fjordfoot throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Harris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjergan Fjordfoot had his way with Gerald Harris in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Fjordfoot has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Harris tries for a takedown but Fjordfoot sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Fjordfoot decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Harris is trying to stand up here but Fjordfoot is controlling him well.
Fjordfoot sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harris defending well though.
Fjordfoot lands with a punch from half guard.
Fjordfoot lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Harris taking some punishment here, with Fjordfoot in his half guard.
Fjordfoot lands with a punch from half guard.
Fjordfoot working the head and body with strikes.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Fjordfoot is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bjergan Fjordfoot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nice strikes from Fjordfoot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Harris is not content to let Fjordfoot control the position.
Harris avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fjordfoot.
Harris blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fjordfoot.
Fjordfoot throwing shots but Harris is blocking nicely.
Fjordfoot wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harris keeps working.
Fjordfoot tries to pass the half guard into mount. Harris knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harris shoots in and drives through. Fjordfoot sprawls well.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Bjergan Fjordfoot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Fjordfoot closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fjordfoot slows the pace down.
Fjordfoot trying to control the action but Harris is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Harris feints and as Fjordfoot raises his hands in defense, Harris changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fjordfoot lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harris!
Fjordfoot controlling from the full mount.
Fjordfoot's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerald Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bjergan Fjordfoot showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fjordfoot, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bjergan Fjordfoot!
Bjergan Fjordfoot is the new middleweight champion!