PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maimuta Prunea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harrison
vs
Prunea

186 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

170 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, William Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Maimuta Prunea!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrison tries to keep at a distance but Prunea has taken the fight into the clinch.

Prunea successfully pulls guard.
Prunea can't keep his opponent in guard - Harrison advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Harrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Prunea doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Harrison.
Harrison working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Prunea's thigh. Prunea counters though and makes it back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prunea is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Prunea working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Harrison throwing strikes from guard but Prunea blocks nicely.
Harrison controls from within his opponent's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No luck for Harrison with that takedown attempt.
Prunea fails in his attempt to clinch.
A cross from Prunea lands.

It looks like William Harrison has been cut.
Prunea misses with a body kick.
Harrison wants to clinch.

Harrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Prunea!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prunea working to try and regain half guard.
Prunea really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harrison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harrison throwing strikes here but Prunea is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
You get the feeling that Prunea really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Prunea keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Prunea in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Harrison breaks from Prunea's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Harrison trying to control but Prunea is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prunea is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harrison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison landing shots from mount.
Harrison scoring with strikes but Prunea is staying in there.
Harrison looking to finish Prunea with some ground and pound. This is bad for Prunea!
Harrison raining down shots from the mount!
Harrison with the ground and pound from mount.
Prunea is looking to get to half guard.
Harrison content just to control the position here.
Prunea working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prunea tries to hold on but Harrison postures up.
Harrison controlling from the full mount.
Harrison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prunea takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Harrison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Harrison's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Prunea defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harrison.

Harrison changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Prunea looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Harrison working away.

Harrison tries for a kimura but Prunea is defending well.
Prunea is trying to escape the position but Harrison is controlling the position.
Prunea is trying to control Harrison's posture but Harrison avoids it.
Prunea taking punishment in the form of punches.
Harrison controlling the position from side mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Prunea's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harrison has control of an arm but Prunea manages to advance to Harrison's back!
Harrison just trying to survive but Prunea is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Harrison fending off the submission attempt from Prunea.
Prunea is not going to allow Harrison to sit and survive in this position.
Prunea trying to control momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Harrison rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Harrison gets back to full guard.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Prunea from controlling successfully.

Harrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Prunea defends it easily.
Harrison is controlling Prunea's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Prunea!
Prunea really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Prunea tries to hold on but Harrison postures up.
Harrison looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harrison lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Harrison looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prunea is looking to improve his position but Harrison isn't that keen on the idea.
Harrison controlling from the full mount.
Harrison 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.
Harrison unloading with bombs!
Harrison controlling his opponent.
Harrison wants to control the pace but Prunea is squirming around nicely.
Harrison controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Harrison dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Harrison's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Prunea looks to clinch

and Harrison counters with a takedown into side control.
Prunea wants to control but Harrison postures up.
Harrison trying to control the action but Prunea is working from the bottom.
Prunea is trying to get back to half guard.
Harrison wants to control but Prunea is keeping him busy.
Prunea is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Harrison off and has taken his back!
Prunea struggling to keep hold of the position.
Harrison manages to reverse the position and now he's in Prunea's guard. Nice work there by Harrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison trying to control but Prunea is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Prunea being controlled here, momentarily.

Prunea working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Harrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Harrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Harrison preventing the sweep.

Harrison drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Harrison as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Prunea screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Harrison! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). William Harrison!