PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Guy Downs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey has chosen E-17 "Deep" as his entrance music. Guy Downs had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Downs
vs
Harvey

175 cm
24
143 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

169 cm
26
140 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Guy Downs!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Harvey!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Downs gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Harvey holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harvey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Downs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harvey smiles and moves away.
Harvey does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Harvey lands with a shot to the body.
Downs avoids the head kick by Harvey.

Downs moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harvey.
Harvey misses with an elbow over the top.
Good body shot from Harvey.
A left hand lands to the body for Harvey.
Harvey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Downs.
Harvey leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Harvey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Downs tries to pull guard but Harvey won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guy Downs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey pushes Downs back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Downs jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Harvey walks away with a smile on his face. Downs gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Harvey clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Harvey.
Harvey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Harvey lands a shoulder strike.
Harvey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Downs up against the ropes.
Harvey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Downs avoids it.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harvey lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harvey.
Harvey lands an uppercut.
Harvey is struggling to control the position.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harvey pushes Downs back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Harvey lands a shot to the body.
Harvey'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.
Harvey lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harvey.
Harvey scores with a shot to the side of Downs's head.
Harvey misses with a knee to the head.
Downs tries to pull guard but Harvey won't allow it.
Harvey dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Harvey lands a right hand.
Harvey lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Harvey.
Harvey working aggressively here.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harvey lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey digs a right hand underneath Downs's ribcage. Downs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harvey.
Harvey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Harvey.
A shot in the inside from Harvey.
Harvey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harvey effectively controlling the action here.
Still in the clinch, Harvey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Downs tries to score a body lock takedown but Harvey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Downs.
Harvey controlling the action here for a moment.
Harvey lands a body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Harvey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey prevents the takedown attempt.
Harvey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Downs or not.
Downs jumps guard but Harvey stands there with Downs around his waist. Downs gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harvey.
Downs is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harvey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Downs's brow.
Harvey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Harvey.
Harvey swings wildly with an uppercut but Downs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harvey just leaning against Downs, taking a breather.
Downs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harvey smiles and moves away.
Downs misses with a takedown

and Harvey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Harvey dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Downs tries for a takedown but Harvey circles away easily
and Harvey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Guy Downs has been cut.
Downs misses with a takedown attempt
and Harvey counters with a two punch combo.
Guy Downs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Downs has his takedown stuffed

and Harvey moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guy Downs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Harvey is pressed up against the ropes. Downs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harvey down to the mat. Harvey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Harvey instigates a clinch.
Downs jumps guard but Harvey stands there with Downs around his waist. Downs gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harvey scores with a shot to the side of Downs's head.
Harvey lands a body punch.
Harvey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harvey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brian Harvey seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harvey content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harvey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Downs backwards.
Harvey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Harvey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harvey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Downs backwards.
Harvey tries a knee to the head but Downs blocks it.
Harvey lands with a left to the head.
Downs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harvey smiles and moves away.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey misses with a looping right.

Downs clinches.
Harvey lands a right hand.
Downs tries to pull guard but Harvey won't allow it.
Harvey lands an elbow inside.
Downs wants a takedown.
Harvey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Downs takes a shot to the head.
Harvey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harvey lands with a left to the head.
Harvey lands a nice uppercut.
Harvey missing with knees to the body.
Harvey controlling the action here for a moment.
Harvey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harvey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Harvey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Harvey lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Harvey.
A nice left hand lands by Harvey.
Harvey scores with a shot to the side of Downs's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a shoulder strike.
Harvey has Downs pressed against the ropes.
Harvey lands with a short shot to the head.
Downs being controlled against the ropes.
Harvey misses with a punch on the inside.
Harvey lands with a short shot to the head.
Harvey is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harvey is pressed up against the ropes. Downs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harvey down to the mat. Harvey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Downs fails with the takedown
and Harvey counters with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Harvey.

Downs has closed the distance and engaged Harvey in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a nice hook to the head.
A body shot lands from Harvey.
Harvey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harvey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Downs can't get the takedown.
Harvey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harvey is pressed up against the ropes. Downs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harvey down to the mat. Harvey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice cross by Harvey.
Downs misses with a takedown attempt

and Harvey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Downs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Harvey smiles and moves away.
Downs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Downs gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Harvey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harvey.
Harvey lands with a light punch inside.
Downs is working for takedown but Harvey is calmly controlling the position for now.
Harvey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Harvey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Guy Downs's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Downs takes one on the button.
Harvey looks to land a left hand but Downs moved out of range nicely.
Downs seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Harvey shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Downs is backing up but Harvey catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Downs covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Harvey Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Harvey! Brian Harvey retains his bantamweight title!