PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kickin Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Harty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rad
vs
Harty

200 cm
18
264 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 Los Angeles, Kickin Rad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Harty!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rad wants to clinch but Harty slips to the side
and Harty counters with a stiff right hand.
Harty tried to score with a low kick but Rad checks it.

Harty pushes Rad up against the cage in a clinch.
Rad misses with a knee strike.
Harty landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harty dodges an elbow strike from Rad.
Rad throws an elbow that misses.
Rad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harty has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Harty tightens his grip and picks Rad up, before dumping him to the ground. Rad manages to land in guard.

Rad has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harty can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harty passes into half guard.
Harty is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty trying to pass the guard but Rad defending well.
Harty seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Harty is keen to just control but Rad is a slippery customer.
Harty thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rad wants to control but Harty is keeping busy.
Rad is looking for a sweep. Harty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rad is trying to maintain the position but Harty is very close to passing his half guard.
Rad is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rad trying to hold on to Harty's head to control him but Harty postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Harty has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Harty punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harty unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Harty connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Harty goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Rad is on top in guard.
Rad wants to control from the top but Harty keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rad prevents Harty from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rad thows a big elbow that misses.
Rad trying to control but Harty is working from the bottom.
Rad throwing strikes from guard but Harty blocks nicely.
Harty wants to get back to his feet but Rad is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rad wants to control from the top but Harty keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rad throws a big right hand that misses.

Harty has his foot on Rad's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rad works his way back into a safe position though.

Rad postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Harty is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rad, into his guard.
Rad is breathing heavily.
Harty won't allow Rad to sweep him here.
Harty trying to control but Rad is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harty throwing strikes from guard but Rad blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Harty dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as Rad checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rad slips a jab and a cross from Harty.
Some wild striking there from Harty.

Harty closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harty takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rad throws an elbow but it misses.
Harty takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rad tries a knee to the head but Harty blocks it.
Rad misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harty's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jack Harty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harty circles away from the clinch attempt
and Harty counters with a thumping low kick.
Harty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rad moves to clinch but Harty breaks away
and Harty counters with a thumping low kick.
Harty swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Rad counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rad.
Rad misses with a knee strike.
Rad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harty avoids a wild elbow strike from Rad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harty drags the fight down to the ground.
Harty trying to keep a closed guard but Rad is proving a slippery customer.
Rad is looking to advance position but Harty has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Harty trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rad manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Harty drops an elbow to the side of Rad's head.
Rad is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rad looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rad avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harty.
Harty seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rad does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rad regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Harty.
Rad preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harty wants to pass the guard but Rad is keeping the position.
Harty must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harty trying to control but Rad is working from the bottom.
Harty wants to pass the guard but Rad is keeping the position.
Harty works over Rad with some ground and pound from guard.
Harty pushes down on Rad's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rad is looking to improve his position.
Harty missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Harty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Rad's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rad throws a chopping leg kick but Harty manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Harty is looking to chop away at Rad's legs.
Harty looks to score with a jab to the body but Rad is just out of range.
Rad thumps Harty with a low kick.
Rad closes the distance but Harty moves to the side

and Harty counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Harty wants to get back to his feet.
Rad wants to control but Harty is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rad's head.
Rad tries to get to full guard but Harty has control of the leg.
Rad trying to control but Harty postures up.
Harty scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harty misses with a head shot. Rad uses the momentum to regain guard.
Harty cracks Rad with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harty postures up in Rad's guard and throws a big left but Rad blocks it.

Harty decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Rad darts in trying to clinch
and Harty counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Harty misses with a hook.
Horrible takedown by Harty or perhaps it was just good defense by Rad which made him look bad.
Rad closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harty counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty throws a right hand that Rad ducks under and follows up with a left that Rad also avoids with ease.

Harty moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Harty.
Harty wants a takedown.
Harty is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kickin Rad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Harty.
Rad prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rad throws an elbow but it misses.
Harty blocks an elbow strike.
Harty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kickin Rad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack Harty is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rad throws an elbow but misses.
Rad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Rad.
Rad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rad throws an elbow but misses.
Rad looking to throw knees to the head but Harty is blocking nicely.
Rad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rad throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rad misses with an elbow strike.
Rad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rad throws an elbow but it misses.
Harty tries to land knees in the clinch but Rad avoids the damage to the body.
Rad looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rad misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Harty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Harty!