PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Viloria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrison's choice of entrance music: invasion alert. Jose Viloria has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Viloria
vs
Harrison

175 cm
24
138 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
134 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Viloria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Benjamin Harrison!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison slaps away a takedown attempt from Viloria, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Viloria throws a head kick but Harrison moves out of range.
Viloria looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range.
Viloria dives in and grabs Harrison's left leg, looking for a takedown. Harrison pushes down on Viloria's head and hops out.
Harrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Viloria tries to clinch up but Harrison circles away and keeps his distance.
Viloria throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harrison stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Viloria has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harrison is trying to break the clinch but Viloria is controlling him.
Harrison is trying to break free.
Viloria wants to take the fight to the mat but Harrison manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Viloria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Viloria won't allow it.
Harrison gets underhooks to prevent Viloria's takedown attempt.
Viloria stalling against the cage.
Harrison fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viloria jumps guard but Harrison turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Harrison wants to take the fight to the mat but Viloria manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Viloria lands a body shot.

Harrison pulls guard successfully.
Viloria's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Viloria stands and throws Harrison's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Harrison avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Viloria.
Harrison is looking to regain half guard here but Viloria keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Viloria crashes against the mat.
Viloria working away.
Harrison is looking for a sweep.

Viloria has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Harrison looks gassed!
Harrison shoots in but no luck this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Viloria moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.

Viloria manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Harrison is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Viloria is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Viloria has escaped and now he's on top!
Viloria stays in close to Harrison's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viloria tries to free his leg and advance position but Harrison is retaining full guard.
Viloria is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Viloria's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Viloria decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harrison, up you get!
Harrison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Viloria gets a clinch.

Viloria pulls guard effortlessly.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Viloria holds on and takes a little breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viloria wants to sweep but no luck.
Viloria throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Harrison avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Viloria controlling the position.
Viloria manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrison is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Viloria dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Harrison stuffs the takedown.
Jose Viloria is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Viloria tries to clinch but Harrison is having none of it.
Harrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Viloria clinches up against the cage.
Viloria looking to throw knees to the head but Harrison is blocking nicely.

Viloria decides to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Viloria is on top in guard.
Viloria not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Viloria stands up and waves to Harrison to follow him.
Harrison moves in looking to clinch but Viloria pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Viloria closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harrison wants to take the fight to the mat but Viloria manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Viloria lands a body shot.
Harrison is breathing heavily.

Viloria breaks the clinch.
Harrison leaves Viloria with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harrison doesn't manage to clinch there - Viloria circles away.
Viloria fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Viloria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Viloria tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Viloria has Harrison up against the cage in a clinch.
Harrison tries to score a body lock takedown but Viloria shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison fails to pull guard.
Harrison prevents a takedown attempt there.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Viloria takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Harrison is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harrison fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Viloria breaks the clinch.

Viloria fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrison, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrison is trying to drag Viloria to the mat but Viloria just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Viloria jumps guard.
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.
Viloria seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Harrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Viloria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Viloria uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Harrison misses with a takedown attempt - Viloria sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Viloria wants to clinch.
Viloria will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Viloria. Viloria gets slowly back to his feet.
Viloria is looking to clinch but Harrison is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Viloria.
Viloria tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harrison swivels and escapes.
Viloria looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harrison is fending him off so far but Viloria persists. Nope, Harrison circles away and we're back to standing.
Harrison connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Viloria throws a head kick but Harrison moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrison looks to land a right hand but Viloria moved out of range.
Harrison goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Viloria changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Harrison tries to avoid it but Viloria manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Harrison to the ground. Harrison escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Viloria dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Harrison stuffs the takedown.

Viloria fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harrison, pushing him back against the cage.

Viloria gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Harrison regains guard.
Harrison doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Viloria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Viloria scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Viloria stands up and waves to Harrison to follow him.
Viloria tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Harrison swivels and escapes.
Harrison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Viloria avoids it really well and circles away.
Harrison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Harrison misses with a lunging right hand

and Viloria counters with a nice double leg into side control. Harrison won't be happy with that.
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.
Viloria takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Harrison to pass into mount.
Viloria tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Viloria seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Harrison for as long as he can get away with.
Jose Viloria overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harrison is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viloria sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jose Viloria wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Harrison tries to clinch there but Viloria circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Harrison. No joy for Viloria on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Viloria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Viloria will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Harrison leaves Viloria with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Viloria takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Viloria shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viloria throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Harrison's waist but Harrison gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Viloria off to one side.
Viloria avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harrison gets a clinch.
Viloria is looking for a takedown.

Viloria breaks the clinch.
Harrison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrison misses with a wild combination.
Harrison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Viloria counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Viloria shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harrison defends it nicely.
Harrison dodges the punch combination from Viloria.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Viloria feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Harrison is working an open guard so Viloria takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viloria is looking to land body kicks.
Viloria fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Viloria gets tackled into the cage by Harrison. Harrison maintains the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Viloria jumps guard but Harrison turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Harrison prevents a takedown attempt there.
Benjamin Harrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jose Viloria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Viloria can't get the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Viloria showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Viloria has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Viloria!