PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AJ Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thracian Spartacus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey comes to the cage accompanied by Dangerzone. The key to victory for AJ Harvey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Harvey
vs
Spartacus

170 cm
19
210 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

195 cm
19
205 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Determined

Nature's Edge Nutrition

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, AJ Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thracian Spartacus!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey shoots for a double leg takedown but Spartacus sprawls well. He's pushed Harvey's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Spartacus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harvey as he jumps to the side.
Spartacus fails with a takedown attempt.
Harvey misses with a hook

so Spartacus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Spartacus with a flurry of punches that miss.

Spartacus got a little sloppy there for a moment and Harvey has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spartacus has managed to get both his arms back between Harvey's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harvey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Spartacus postures up.
Spartacus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harvey really is a fat lump.
Harvey seems keen to control Spartacus's posture.
Harvey striking from the bottom here.
Harvey trying to keep a closed guard but Spartacus is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartacus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Spartacus is in close to Harvey's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Harvey working for a triangle but Spartacus defends it easily.
Spartacus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harvey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harvey wants to sweep here but Spartacus controlling him for the moment.
Spartacus throws a strike but Harvey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Spartacus lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harvey!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartacus dominating with strikes here.

It looks like AJ Harvey has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spartacus in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Spartacus.
Spartacus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Spartacus unloading with bombs!

AJ Harvey's cut is getting worse.
Harvey working to try and regain half guard.
Spartacus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Harvey is rocked!

AJ Harvey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at AJ Harvey's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thracian Spartacus!
Thracian Spartacus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.