PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrell Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flash Elorde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey comes to the cage accompanied by The What. Tyrell Harvey has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Harvey
vs
Elorde

190 cm
22
219 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
205 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyrell Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Flash Elorde!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elorde misses with a two punch combination.

Harvey gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Elorde's face as Harvey controls the position.
Elorde can't do much from the bottom here.
Elorde tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Elorde tries to break free.
Harvey is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Elorde. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Elorde wants to escape the position.
Elorde really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harvey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Harvey.
Elorde trying to control the position but Harvey manages to sink in the hooks.
Harvey 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.
Harvey is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Elorde up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
What can Elorde do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Elorde tries to roll but Harvey sticks to his back.
Harvey is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Harvey gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Harvey gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Harvey apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Elorde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harvey moves away.

Harvey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harvey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Elorde looks gassed!
Harvey lands strikes from half guard.
Harvey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Elorde with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harvey stalling.
Harvey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elorde is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harvey is nestled in close to Elorde, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Harvey is taking a breather. Elorde says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Elorde taking some punishment here, with Harvey in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Harvey there.
Harvey perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Elorde looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harvey drops an elbow to the side of Elorde's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Harvey seems content to control.
Harvey working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Harvey.
Harvey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Elorde with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harvey content to control rather than advance.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harvey connects with a nice short shot to Elorde's temple.
Harvey slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Elorde for as long as he can get away with.
Nice strikes from Harvey there.
Harvey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Elorde taking some punishment here, with Harvey in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey slips a nice elbow through Elorde's hands, connecting with Elorde's forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harvey sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrell Harvey dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harvey shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Harvey was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Elorde tries to reverse the position but Harvey maintains control.
Harvey with a couple of short strikes.
Harvey prevents Elorde from getting the reversal.
Harvey landing punches.
Elorde is looking to get to half guard.
Harvey content just to control the position here.
Elorde is breathing heavily.
Elorde tries to hold on but Harvey postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harvey raining down shots from the mount!
Harvey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harvey has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Harvey cracks Elorde with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey is landing with some decent strikes but Elorde is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Harvey lands a big shot there that rocks Elorde but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Harvey controlling the position easily from mount.
Harvey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Harvey connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Elorde is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Harvey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Harvey controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harvey landing shots from mount.
Harvey landing strikes from the mount.
Harvey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harvey working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey controlling from the full mount.
Harvey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvey working Elorde over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrell Harvey dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Harvey closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Elorde quickly recovers to half guard.
Harvey passes to side control.
Harvey in side control lands a decent elbow.
Harvey scoring with punches from side control.
Tyrell Harvey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harvey is chipping away with strikes.
Harvey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Elorde down.
Elorde is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harvey connects with a decent elbow.

Elorde is rocked!
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!
Elorde is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Elorde is still in real trouble! Can Harvey finish him?
Harvey scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Elorde is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Harvey can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrell Harvey!