PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harding has chosen Hit 'em Up as his entrance music. Doug Harding has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wright
vs
Harding

180 cm
22
192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
245 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Doug Harding!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harding chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A bone on bone clash there as Wright blocks the leg kick.
Harding is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wright checks a low kick from Harding.

Wright closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wright throwing shots but Harding is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Wright there.
Harding is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wright working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Harding is looking for a sweep. Wright is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harding really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wright. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wright lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wright passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harding is in a horrible position here. Wright smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wright has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Harding's face.
Harding working to try and regain half guard.
Harding is in a horrible position here. Wright smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wright lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wright is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harding is in a horrible position here. Wright smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to control but Harding wriggling away.
Wright lands a big elbow.
Harding taking shots to the head.
Wright pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wright looking to finish Harding with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harding!
Wright lands a big elbow.
Wright wants to control the pace but Harding is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wright landing strikes from the mount and Harding is in trouble!
Harding keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wright lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands with some strikes.
Harding is desperately trying to improve his position but Wright has a good base and remains in mount.
Wright trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wright 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.
Wright is landing with some decent strikes but Harding is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harding looks gassed!
Wright breaks from Harding's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wright in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wright landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wright is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harding can't escape the position.
Wright with good strikes from the mount here!
Wright is landing with some decent strikes but Harding is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright scoring with strikes but Harding is staying in there.
BOOM! Wright connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wright takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wright in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wright with shots to the head and body - Harding looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wright cracks Harding with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wright is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harding can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Harding in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harding is in a horrible position here. Wright smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wright landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Wright dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harding with a lazy takedown attempt

and Wright counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wright lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wright postures up and lands a big shot to Harding's brow.
Wright is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Harding wants to sweep here but Wright controlling him for the moment.
Wright pushing down on Harding's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wright lands with a punch from half guard.
Jake Wright overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wright wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harding keeps working.
Wright is thwarting Harding's attempts to control the position.
Wright scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright working over Harding with some ground and pound. Harding looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Harding is breathing heavily.
Wright wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harding keeps working.
Wright working over Harding with some ground and pound. Harding looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wright lands with a punch from half guard.
Harding on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wright looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wright drops an elbow to the side of Harding's head.
Wright winds up and cracks Harding with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wright is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wright lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Harding has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wright is working away from the top position though.
Wright winds up and cracks Harding with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wright working the head and body with strikes.
Wright trying to control the action but Harding is working from the bottom.
Wright scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wright working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Harding is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wright lands a nice short elbow.
Wright slips a nice elbow through Harding's hands, connecting with Harding's forehead.
Wright landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wright lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wright lands a nice short elbow.
Wright works his way into full mount!
The referee warns Harding that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wright landing strikes from the mount and Harding is in trouble!
Wright scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harding?
Harding working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Wright.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wright lands a heavy elbow.
Wright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wright raining down shots from the mount!
Wright punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wright is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harding can do to turn this around?
Wright fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wright unloading with bombs!
Harding takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wright is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harding can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Wright dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Wright closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wright lands in his opponent's guard.
Wright distracts Harding with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harding looking to control.
Wright postures up and lands a big shot to Harding's brow.
Wright trying to control the position from guard on top but Harding is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wright is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harding takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wright postures up and lands a big shot to Harding's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wright's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wright scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wright passes Harding's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright winds up and cracks Harding with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Harding is looking for a sweep. Wright is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wright winds up and cracks Harding with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wright is nestled in close to Harding, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wright is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wright looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wright looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harding with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wright seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wright has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wright scoring with strikes but Harding is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright landing strikes from the mount.
Wright landing punches.
Wright with a couple of short strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright breaks from Harding's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Harding is desperately trying to improve his position but Wright has a good base and remains in mount.
Wright lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harding hang on?
Wright unloading with bombs!
Wright dominating with strikes here.
Harding tries to hold on but Wright postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wright with good strikes from the mount here!
Wright fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Wright.
Wright breaks from Harding's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wright landing strikes from the mount and Harding is in trouble!
Harding takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wright dominating with strikes here.
Wright with shots to the head and body - Harding looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wright landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wright scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Harding?
Wright in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wright controlling from the full mount.
Wright raining down shots from the mount!
Wright landing shots from mount.
Jake Wright is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wright controlling his opponent.
Doug Harding has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Wright showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wright, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Wright!