PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amzi Azzan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey has chosen Bitches Brew as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Azzan
vs
Harvey

189 cm
29
217 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

188 cm
25
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amzi Azzan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doug Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azzan tries to close the distance and clinch but Harvey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harvey misses the jab.
Azzan throws a body punch but Harvey moves out of range.
Azzan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Azzan has managed to clinch.
Azzan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey looking to slow down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Harvey.
Azzan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azzan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harvey drops down looking for an ankle pick but Azzan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Azzan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harvey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harvey swats away the attempt to clinch by Azzan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azzan tries to clinch up

and Harvey counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Azzan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harvey won't allow Azzan to sweep him here.
Azzan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Harvey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Azzan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Harvey is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azzan landing punches.

It looks like Doug Harvey has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Azzan with shots to the head and body - Harvey looks very uncomfortable down there.
Azzan lands a big elbow.
Azzan punching from mount but Harvey doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Azzan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harvey hang on?
Azzan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Harvey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Azzan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Harvey defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Azzan.
Azzan trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azzan with good strikes from the mount here!
Harvey is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Harvey is working to get back to half guard.
Harvey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Harvey is in a horrible position here. Azzan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Harvey is looking to improve his position but Azzan isn't that keen on the idea.
Azzan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azzan content just to control the position here.
Azzan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Azzan with the ground and pound from mount.

That has opened up Doug Harvey's cut even more.
Azzan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harvey hang on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Azzan wants to control the pace but Harvey is squirming around nicely.
Azzan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amzi Azzan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Doug Harvey's cut.
That's time! Azzan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harvey tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Azzan counters with a takedown into side control.
Azzan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Harvey regains half guard.
Harvey regains full guard. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azzan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harvey looking for a sweep. Not yet Harvey, not yet.
Harvey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Azzan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harvey's head.
Azzan is looking to work some ground and pound but Harvey has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Azzan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harvey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Azzan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Azzan is looking to work some ground and pound but Harvey has wrist control.
Harvey looking for a sweep. Not yet Harvey, not yet.
Azzan throwing strikes from guard but Harvey blocks nicely.
Azzan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harvey can do to turn this around?
Azzan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harvey is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Azzan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Harvey is staying active underneath Azzan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azzan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Harvey wants to improve his position but Azzan is controlling well.
Azzan wants to take a breather but Harvey is having none of it.
Azzan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harvey is pressing down on Azzan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azzan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harvey keeping moving, preventing Azzan from controlling successfully.
Amzi Azzan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Azzan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey wants to sweep here but Azzan controlling him for the moment.
Azzan wants to get up but he can't break Harvey's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Azzan wants to pass the guard but Harvey is keeping the position.
Harvey is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Harvey keeping full guard, as Azzan tries to pass.
Azzan is working hard here to advance position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Azzan has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azzan tries to score a body lock takedown but Harvey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey missing with knees to the body.
Harvey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azzan.
Harvey misses with a punch to the body.
Azzan is looking for a takedown.
Azzan cracks Harvey with a nice body shot.
Harvey tries to stall but Azzan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Azzan has hold of one of Harvey's legs. Harvey is fighting the takedown attempt but Azzan gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harvey works his way into full mount!
Harvey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amzi Azzan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Doug Harvey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Harvey shoots in and drives through. Azzan sprawls well.
Azzan throws a jab but it's blocked by Harvey.
Harvey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harvey throws a shot to the body.
Harvey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Azzan.
Azzan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Azzan scores with a punch to the head.
Azzan lands with a straight right. Harvey didn't see that one coming.
Harvey moves out of range as Azzan strikes.
Azzan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harvey.
Azzan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Azzan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Harvey dives in and grabs Azzan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Azzan pushes down on Harvey's head and hops out.
Amzi Azzan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Doug Harvey.
Nice sprawl there from Harvey as Azzan shoots in.
Harvey misses with a body kick.
Harvey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Azzan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harvey circles away.
Harvey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azzan.
Doug Harvey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Azzan with a nice cross.
Azzan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harvey moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Doug Harvey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

It looks like Amzi Azzan has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azzan misses the shot to the body.
Harvey tries to clinch but Azzan moves out of range.

Harvey tries to sprawl but Azzan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Azzan is trying to control the action in half guard but Harvey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harvey works his way to full guard. Good work.
Harvey looking for a sweep. Not yet Harvey, not yet.
Harvey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Azzan connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azzan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Azzan lands a couple of elbows.
Harvey trying to keep a closed guard but Azzan is proving a slippery customer.
Azzan is looking to work some ground and pound but Harvey has wrist control.
Azzan trying to control the position from guard on top but Harvey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Azzan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Amzi Azzan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey seems keen to control Azzan's posture.
Azzan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Harvey is not content to let Azzan control the position.
Harvey manages to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azzan is trying to control the action in half guard but Harvey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Azzan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Azzan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amzi Azzan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Azzan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amzi Azzan!
Amzi Azzan thanked the fans post fight for their support.