PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Doug Harden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gideon Gabriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harden
vs
Gabriel

186 cm
22
172 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

178 cm
21
179 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Doug Harden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gideon Gabriel!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harden misses with a hook
and Gabriel counters with a right hand to the body.
Gabriel shoots in but Harden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harden throws a series of strikes that have Gabriel backpedaling.
Gabriel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harden.
Harden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gabriel manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gabriel. Harden does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harden. Gabriel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harden avoids the head kick by Gabriel.
Gabriel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harden manages to avoid it.

Gabriel looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gabriel wants to control from the top but Harden keeps moving.
Gabriel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden looking to control.
Harden utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gabriel thows a big elbow that misses.
Gabriel trying to control but Harden is working from the bottom.
Gabriel throws and elbow that misses. Harden uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gabriel's guard. Nice move by Harden!

Gabriel is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel keeping full guard, as Harden tries to pass.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Doug Harden wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Harden looks to score with a jab to the body but Gabriel is just out of range.
Harden moves out of range of the body kick.
Gabriel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harden.

Gabriel clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harden is trying to force a seperation but Gabriel has the dominant position.
Harden wants to break free but Gabriel has control.
Gabriel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harden backwards.
Gabriel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gabriel tries a body shot but Harden blocks it.
Gabriel has Harden pressed against the cage.
Harden has had enough of the clinch but Gabriel keeps him there for the moment.
Harden looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Gabriel.
Gabriel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gabriel presses Harden against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harden avoiding damage as Gabriel throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Gabriel.
Gabriel is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Harden gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
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!
Gabriel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harden gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Doug Harden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gideon Gabriel.
Gabriel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gabriel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harden avoids it.
Gabriel effectively controlling the action here.
Gabriel misses with a body punch.
Gabriel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harden up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gabriel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Harden throws an off balance right hand

and Gabriel moves into the clinch.

It looks like Doug Harden has been cut.
Gabriel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Harden up against the cage.
Harden working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gabriel.
Gabriel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gabriel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gideon Gabriel.
Gabriel misses with a head kick.
Harden scores with a jab to the head.
Gabriel misses with a wild body shot.
Harden lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harden works Gabriel's body with a nice hook.
Harden throws a body punch but Gabriel moves out of range.
Gabriel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A lazy left from Gabriel finds it's target.
Gabriel is looking to land body kicks.
Harden just misses with a punch to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Harden crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gabriel - the referee stops the clock and Harden gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gabriel. Harden manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice body kick there by Gabriel.
Gabriel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Harden takes a swing at Gabriel's ribcage but misses.
Gabriel moves away from the strike by Harden.
Doug Harden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harden misses with a jab to the body

so Gabriel counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harden preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gabriel advances position into side control!
Gabriel advances to mount.
Gabriel controlling his opponent.
Gabriel punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harden is squirming around, avoiding Gabriel's attempts to control the action.
Harden knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gabriel on the ground.
Poor strikes thrown by Gabriel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel with the ground and pound from mount.
Gabriel raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gabriel controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabriel thowing shots but they're missing.
Gabriel throwing strikes here but Harden is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Harden wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gabriel.
Gabriel thowing shots but they're missing.
Gabriel punching from mount but Harden doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gabriel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gabriel misses with a head shot.
Gabriel landing strikes from the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gabriel content just to control the position here.
Harden is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
BOOM! Gabriel connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Harden is rocked!
Gabriel lands a big elbow - Harden is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Harden is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gideon Gabriel!