PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Wiley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Harding
vs
Wiley

185 cm
20
230 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

201 cm
24
277 lbs
4 - 4 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clayton Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bob Wiley!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiley lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Clayton Harding has been cut.
Harding moves in looking to clinch but Wiley pushes him off.
Wiley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wiley throws a head kick but Harding moves out of range.
Bob Wiley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harding forces Wiley back against the cage and clinches.
Wiley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Wiley misses with an elbow over the top.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harding.
Wiley landing knees to the head.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wiley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harding is defending well for now.
Harding lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wiley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harding takes an elbow to the temple.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but Harding blocks with his arms.
Harding blocks the elbow strike.
Harding landing knees to the body.
Wiley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wiley lands an elbow just above Harding 's eye.
Wiley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Wiley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harding is defending well for now.
Wiley lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wiley throws an elbow but it misses.
Wiley avoiding damage as Harding throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wiley throws an elbow that misses.
Harding tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiley avoids the damage to the body.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiley.
Wiley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harding has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding blocks an elbow strike.
Wiley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harding is breathing heavily.
Wiley avoiding damage as Harding throws knees to the body.
Wiley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harding is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wiley throws an elbow but misses.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wiley lands an elbow just above Harding 's eye.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley working Harding over with knees to the body.
Wiley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harding has had enough of the clinch but Wiley keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Harding.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harding.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Wiley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wiley throws an elbow that misses.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harding.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harding.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wiley.
Harding throws an elbow but it misses.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wiley looking to slow down the pace here.
Wiley misses with the head strike.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wiley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wiley misses with a knee strike.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Harding working Wiley over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Wiley.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harding lands a damaging elbow.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Wiley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harding landing knees to the body.
Harding using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harding tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiley avoids the damage to the body.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Wiley crunches a lovely knee into Harding's ribcage.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harding effectively controlling the action here.
Wiley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harding's elbow.
Harding trying to land knees to the body.
Wiley lands a nice knee to the body.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
Wiley trying to land knees to the body.
Harding tries to stall but Wiley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harding avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding lands an elbow inside.
Harding prevents a body shot from Wiley.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Wiley misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiley takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiley misses with an elbow strike.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.

Harding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harding tries to clinch but Wiley moves out of range.
Wiley goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wiley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Harding blocks the leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harding looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harding tries to clinch there but Wiley circles away.
Wiley misses with a low kick.
Harding tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wiley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Harding dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clayton Harding's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Harding instigates a clinch.
Wiley lands an elbow that stopped Harding in his tracks for a moment.
Harding's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
Harding blocks the elbow strike.
Wiley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harding.
Clayton Harding has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Harding stalling against the cage.
Harding dodges an elbow strike from Wiley.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
Wiley tries to land knees in the clinch but Harding avoids the damage to the body.
Harding avoiding damage as Wiley throws knees to the body.
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Wiley.
Harding gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harding is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wiley throws an elbow but it misses.
Wiley looking to stall.
Wiley misses with an elbow strike.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Wiley.
Wiley is breathing heavily.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harding avoids it.
Harding is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harding lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Harding scores a nice knee to the body.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Harding.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Wiley.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Wiley's ribcage.
Harding lands an elbow inside that Wiley shrugs off.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harding.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harding lands a knee to the head.
Harding lands an elbow inside.
Wiley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harding looking to throw knees to the head but Wiley is blocking nicely.
Wiley takes an elbow to the temple.
Wiley working Harding over with knees to the body.
Harding creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wiley's defenses.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Wiley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harding throws an elbow but misses.
Harding is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wiley is keeping busy.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harding landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Harding.
Wiley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Wiley breaks the clinch.
Harding blocks a head kick by Wiley.
Wiley looks for the body kick but Harding saw that one coming.
Harding tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wiley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clayton Harding is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wiley misses with a head kick.
Harding wants to clinch up but Wiley keeps it at a distance.
Wiley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wiley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harding tries to clinch up.
Harding fails with the takedown.
Wiley lands with a kick to the temple. Harding shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Harding tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harding looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harding avoids the elbow strike from Wiley, against the cage.
Harding blocks the elbow strike.
Harding stalling in the clinch but Wiley improves position.
Wiley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harding is defending well for now.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harding missing with knees to the body.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wiley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wiley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harding's brow.
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Wiley.

Harding manages to break the clinch.
Harding fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Wiley.
Wiley throws a chopping leg kick but Harding manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Harding has managed to clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Harding here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Wiley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding tries a knee to the head but Wiley blocks it.
Harding is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Harding trying to land knees to the body.
Harding lands an elbow inside that Wiley shrugs off.
Harding avoiding damage as Wiley throws knees to the body.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wiley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harding.
Wiley misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but Harding blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Wiley.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harding.
Harding is looking to control Wiley's arms but Wiley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harding has his back to the cage.
Nice elbow from Harding.
Wiley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wiley takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clayton Harding dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clayton Harding's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Harding moves out of range as Wiley throws a body kick.
Wiley tries to land a front kick but Harding steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Harding is looking to clinch but Wiley is avoiding it.
Harding tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wiley counters with a body kick that stops Harding in his tracks momentarily.
Harding tries to clinch but Wiley moves out of range.
Harding tries to clinch up but Wiley circles away and keeps his distance.
Harding checks a leg kick.
Wiley doesn't manage to clinch there - Harding circles away.
Wiley throws a head kick that misses.
Wiley throws a wild body kick that Harding sees coming a mile off.
Harding wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Harding clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but Harding blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harding wants to stall.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiley throws a head punch that misses.
Wiley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harding is defending well for now.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harding avoids it.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wiley avoids a wild elbow strike from Harding.
Wiley taking a breather.
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Harding misses with a knee strike.
Harding has Wiley pressed against the cage, preventing Wiley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiley throws an elbow that misses.
Wiley tries a knee to the head but Harding blocks it.
Harding taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Harding.
Harding crunches a lovely knee into Wiley's ribcage.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the head but Harding blocks with his arms.
Wiley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harding utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harding blocks an elbow strike.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiley tries a knee to the head but Harding blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harding obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harding dodges an elbow strike from Wiley.
Wiley missing with knees to the body.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Wiley avoids the elbow strike from Harding, against the cage.
Wiley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but Wiley blocks with his arms.
Wiley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harding lands an elbow inside.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Wiley.
Harding unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wiley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harding misses with a knee to the head.
Wiley working Harding over with knees to the body.
Wiley lands an elbow that stopped Harding in his tracks for a moment.
Wiley scores a nice knee to the body.
Harding looking to stall.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding has Wiley pushed against the cage.
Wiley trying to land knees to the body.
Harding avoiding damage as Wiley throws knees to the body.
Harding connects with a knee to the head.
Harding connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wiley's face.
Harding tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiley avoids the damage to the body.
Wiley lands a nice knee to the body.
Wiley trying to land knees to the body.
Harding is trying to maintain a safe position but Wiley gets an underhook and turns Harding into the cage.
Harding managing to block the knees to the body from Wiley.
Harding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wiley blocks it with crossed arms.
Harding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harding avoids it.
Wiley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harding avoids it.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wiley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harding's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Harding avoids the elbow strike from Wiley, against the cage.
Harding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bob Wiley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wiley connects with a knee to the head.
Harding blocks an elbow strike from Wiley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harding lands a nice elbow.
Harding landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley throws an elbow but it misses.
Wiley tries to land knees in the clinch but Harding avoids the damage to the body.
Wiley tries a knee to the head but Harding blocks it.
Harding using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harding blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harding scores with a knee to the head.
Harding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiley trying to land knees to the body.
Harding takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wiley takes a knee right on the jaw!

Harding pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wiley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harding is looking to clinch but Wiley is avoiding it.
Wiley misses with a low kick as Harding jumps back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wiley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harding is looking to clinch.
Wiley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Clayton Harding is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clayton Harding showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harding, 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clayton Harding!