PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Fire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Sullivan (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.

Fire
vs
Sullivan

170 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry Fire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fire misses with a body kick.
Sullivan throws a combination that misses

and Fire counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sullivan's guard now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Sullivan wriggles free and stands up.

Fire moves into the clinch.

Sullivan pulls guard.
Fire scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sullivan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fire is controlling him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sullivan keeping moving, preventing Fire from controlling successfully.
Fire stops Sullivan from standing up.
Sullivan wants to get back to his feet but Fire passes into half guard.
Fire is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Well, if Fire is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan is trying to stand up here but Fire is controlling him well.
Sullivan is in trouble now - Fire has advanced to mount!
Fire with a couple of short strikes.
Fire controlling the position easily from mount.
Fire working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sullivan is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fire controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sullivan is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sullivan tries to buck Fire off but Fire takes his back!
Sullivan looking very determined here, making life difficult for Fire.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet but Fire has full control of the position and if anything, Sullivan has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Fire looking for the choke from the back.
Fire is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Sullivan has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fire lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Fire lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

Fire working for a choke but Sullivan is defending well.
Sullivan holding both Fire 's hands and preventing any damage.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan wants to get back to his feet.

Fire working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Sullivan is taking damage to the body and head.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Fire.
Fire struggling to keep hold of the position.
Fire trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Sullivan doesn't escape.
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet but Fire has full control of the position and if anything, Sullivan has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Fire softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Fire trying to control momentarily.
Sullivan looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Sullivan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sullivan looks gassed!
The referee is taking a good look at Sullivan as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Fire!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet but Fire has full control of the position and if anything, Sullivan has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Fire tightening his grip on Sullivan, looking for the choke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fire softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Fire lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Fire's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

Sullivan defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Fire's arms.
Sullivan has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Fire 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.
Fire tries to get the hooks in deep but Sullivan pushed the leg off.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet but Fire has full control of the position and if anything, Sullivan has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Fire has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet but Fire has full control of the position and if anything, Sullivan has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Fire working for a choke but Sullivan is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fire wants to control but Sullivan is keeping busy.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
What can Sullivan do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Sullivan holding both Fire 's hands and preventing any damage.
Fire landing with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sullivan trying to get back to his feet but Fire is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Fire dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sullivan misses with a wild combination.
Fire shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sullivan as he jumps to the side.
Fire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sullivan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A head kick misses from Fire.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fire lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sullivan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sullivan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Fire moves into the clinch successfully.
Fire gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sullivan.
Sullivan goes for a takedown attempt but Fire pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sullivan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire has a takedown stuffed.
Fire fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Fire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fire misses with a wild combination.
Sullivan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fire lands a jab to Sullivan's midsection.
Sullivan misses with a few strikes there.
Fire tries to clinch there but Sullivan circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sullivan.
Sullivan misses with a double jab.
Sullivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fire circles away quickly and effectively.
Sullivan misses with a combination

so Fire counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fire stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sullivan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sullivan wants to stand up but Fire is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fire gets to his feet - Sullivan follows without any prompting.
Fire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sullivan.

Sullivan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harry Fire overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fire passes Sullivan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fire prevents Sullivan from standing back up.
Fire is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fire takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fire wants to pass to mount but Sullivan is defending the position.
Sullivan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Fire controlling the action here.
Fire throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sullivan wants to get back to his feet.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fire with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sullivan pushes Fire off looking to stand but Fire dives back in and keeps control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fire working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fire is trying to control. Sullivan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Sullivan manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Fire moves into range and clinches up with Sullivan.
Fire prevents the takedown attempt.

Fire jumps into guard, dragging Sullivan to the mat.
Fire has a closed guard, preventing Sullivan from standing up.
Fire pulls Sullivan in to control the position.
Fire looking for a sweep. Not yet Fire, not yet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fire is working hard here to advance position.
Sullivan wants to get up but he can't break Fire's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sullivan misses with a double jab.

Fire clinches.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan goes for a takedown attempt but Fire pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Fire gets a clinch.

Sullivan successfully pulls guard.
Andrew Sullivan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fire trying to control the position from guard on top but Sullivan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fire slips nicely into half guard.

Sullivan pushes Fire off and gets back to his feet.
Fire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fire displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan lunges at Fire with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fire's hand.
Sullivan is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fire.

Fire decides to stand back up. Fire steps back and let's Sullivan get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sullivan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sullivan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Fire back to the cage. Sullivan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Fire darts in and clinches Sullivan up against the cage.

Fire pulls guard.
Fire trying to control the position.
Sullivan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fire's head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fire tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Sullivan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Sullivan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fire fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sullivan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Fire fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sullivan, pushing him back against the cage.
Sullivan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fire just stands there and leans against the cage.

Fire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No joy there for Sullivan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sullivan misses with the combination.
Harry Fire is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sullivan avoids the head kick by Fire.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Fire showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Harry Fire!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Harry Fire!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Harry Fire!

Harry Fire wins by unanimous decision!