PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seth Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dailton Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dailton Almeida has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Seth Harvey's chin.

Harvey
vs
Almeida

195 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Seth Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dailton Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Almeida lands a left and a right that send Harvey crashing to the mat, dazed. Almeida thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Harvey is rocked!

It looks like Seth Harvey has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida swinging wildly here.
Oh Harvey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Harvey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Harvey seems to have got his legs back now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harvey seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Harvey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Almeida can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Harvey controls the pace.
Harvey stands and throws Almeida's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Harvey really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Harvey tries to advance to mount but can't.
Harvey remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Harvey scores with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Almeida is trying to escape the position but Harvey is controlling the position.
Harvey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Almeida down.
Harvey landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harvey is controlling him well.
Almeida taking a bit of punishment here - Harvey scoring with strikes.
Almeida takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Harvey controlling the position.
Almeida pushes Harvey away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harvey gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Harvey is looking to take a break and control but Almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harvey has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Harvey with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Almeida to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Almeida lands an overhand right.
Harvey looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Almeida is fending him off so far but Harvey persists. Nope, Almeida circles away and we're back to standing.
Almeida throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harvey.

Almeida gets a clinch.
Almeida wants to break free but Harvey has control.
Almeida wants to break free but Harvey has control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A frustrated look appears on Almeida's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harvey wants to take the fight to the mat but Almeida manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Almeida tries to break free but Harvey pushes him back against the cage.
Almeida prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Harvey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida working hard to break the clinch.

Almeida escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harvey shoots in for a double leg but Almeida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Harvey shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Almeida as he avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Almeida misses.
Almeida throws a right and a left that both miss.
Almeida throws a right hand that Harvey ducks under and follows up with a left that Harvey also avoids with ease.
Almeida misses with a series of wild punches.
Almeida thuds his right hand into Harvey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Harvey moves in looking to clinch but Almeida pushes him off.
Harvey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harvey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida scores with a one two! Harvey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Almeida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harvey stuffs the takedown attempt from Almeida. Almeida gets slowly back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida throws a right hand that Harvey ducks under and follows up with a left that Harvey also avoids with ease.

Harvey darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harvey perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Almeida looking for a kimura from the bottom but Harvey passes into side control!
Almeida trying to remain calm as Harvey controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dailton Almeida dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seth Harvey's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Almeida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almeida avoids the head kick by Harvey.
Harvey tries to clinch there but Almeida circles away.

Harvey gets a double leg takedown into Almeida's guard.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Harvey from controlling successfully.

Harvey decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Almeida shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harvey eats them both and turns towards Almeida to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Harvey is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Almeida's half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harvey trying to control from half guard but Almeida is working away.
Almeida looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harvey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Almeida flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harvey connects with a nice short shot to Almeida's temple.
Harvey moves nicely into side control.
Almeida on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Almeida pushes Harvey away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Harvey gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Harvey is trying to get an arm triangle but Almeida is defending well.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Harvey drags him back down.
Seth Harvey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida manages to get back to half guard.
Almeida is trying to stand back up but Harvey is controlling him

Almeida manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Harvey clinches up against the cage.
Harvey is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Almeida pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Almeida wants to break free but Harvey has control.
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!
Harvey keeps control of Almeida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harvey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Almeida blocks a leg kick.
Almeida scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dailton Almeida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harvey has a takedown stuffed.
Almeida misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida dodges the punch combination from Harvey.
Almeida misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Almeida.

Harvey has managed to clinch.
Almeida is looking to break free of the clinch but Harvey has double underhooks.

Harvey gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Almeida regains guard.
Harvey looking to pass the guard.
Almeida throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Harvey from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Almeida swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harvey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harvey postures up in Almeida's guard and throws a big left but Almeida blocks it.
Harvey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Harvey trying to control the position from guard on top but Almeida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Seth Harvey has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almeida tries to bum rush Harvey with a series of wild strikes but Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Almeida does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Harvey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Seth Harvey's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Almeida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Almeida lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Harvey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Harvey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Harvey breaks from Almeida's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Harvey jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Almeida manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Harvey is putting a hurting on Almeida here, landing some big shots from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee asks Harvey politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Harvey prefers to stall for the moment though.
Almeida wants to get back to his feet but Harvey is dominant here and he's now got Almeida's back!
Harvey has good solid back control here.
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!
Almeida trying to get back to his feet but Harvey is in full control for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Almeida.

Harvey is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Almeida is defending well though. Harvey let's go of the attempt for now.
Almeida trying to get back to his feet but Harvey is in full control for now.
Harvey biding his time, controlling Almeida.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Almeida fending off the submission attempt from Harvey.

Harvey is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Almeida knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Almeida for a finish.

Almeida is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Almeida misses.
Almeida scores with a shot to the body.
Harvey takes a jab right on the kisser.
Almeida swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Almeida, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almeida looks to land a combination. Harvey sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Harvey looking to score a takedown here. Almeida is defending well but Harvey drives through and ends up in Almeida's guard.
Almeida being controlled here, momentarily.
Harvey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida keeping moving, preventing Harvey from controlling successfully.
Almeida is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Harvey looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Seth Harvey has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A punch combination from Almeida misses.
Nice takedown defense from Harvey. No joy for Almeida on that attempt.
Dailton Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almeida thows a left - swing and a miss!

Harvey shoots in and gets a takedown into Almeida's guard.
Harvey wants to pass the guard but Almeida is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seth Harvey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harvey 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seth Harvey!