PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Halloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Harith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halloway comes into the arena with AFI- Prelude 12/21 blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Halloway
vs
Harith

186 cm
22
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Halloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Harith!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harith misses with an uppercut. Halloway saw that one coming.
Harith throws a body punch but Halloway moves out of range.
Halloway shoots in for a double leg but Harith sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Halloway lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Harith misses with a double jab

and Halloway moves into the clinch.
Halloway lands a body punch.
Halloway is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harith is keeping busy.
Harith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Halloway works on Harith's body with a couple of short punches.
Harith misses with some punches.

Halloway decides to pull guard.
Halloway is looking to stand back up but Harith counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Halloway.
Halloway prevents Harith from moving into mount.
Halloway is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Harith has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Halloway is looking to reverse the position.

Harith is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Halloway is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Halloway is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Harith stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jason Harith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Harith. No joy for Halloway on that attempt.
Halloway misses with a body kick.
Halloway throws a nice looking combination but Harith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Halloway shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harith as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Halloway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Some wild striking there from Harith.
Halloway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Harith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harith throws a right and a left that Halloway avoids nicely.
Harith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Halloway lands a high kick!
Halloway throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harith swinging wilding here.
Halloway has a takedown stuffed.
Harith takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Halloway lands a head kick. Harith smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harith is looking to clinch but Halloway is avoiding it.
A combination from Harith does no damage.
Halloway closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harith circles away.
Halloway is breathing heavily.
A jab from Harith finds it's way through Halloway's defenses.
Some wild striking there from Harith.
Harith throws a right hand that Halloway ducks under and follows up with a left that Halloway also avoids with ease.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Halloway.
Halloway scores with a head kick.
Harith fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Halloway is out of range.
Harith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Halloway lands a jab-cross combination.
Harith fails to land with a series of punches.
Harith tries to clinch
and Halloway counters with an outside leg kick.
Harith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harith misses with a wild combination.
Halloway scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harith doesn't seem bothered though.
Left hook, right uppercut from Harith.
A thudding body kick lands there by Halloway!
A left and a right from Halloway both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harith looks to land a combination. Halloway sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Halloway avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Halloway lands a high kick!
A punch combination from Harith misses.
Halloway lands a front kick.

Halloway shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Halloway was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Harith is looking to improve his position but Halloway isn't that keen on the idea.
Halloway unloading with bombs!
Harith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harith sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Harith is pressing down on Halloway's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Halloway preventing the sweep.
Harith doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Harith is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Halloway has his hands clasped together but Harith extends an breaks Halloway's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Harith.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jason Harith!