PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sterling Michetti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Harmony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sterling Michetti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Joshua Harmony's chin.

Michetti
vs
Harmony

190 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sterling Michetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joshua Harmony!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Michetti pushes Harmony up against the cage in a clinch.
Harmony is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harmony tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Harmony is working for takedown but Michetti is calmly controlling the position for now.
Harmony looks gassed!
Harmony wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harmony takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Joshua Harmony has been cut.
Michetti taking a breather.
Michetti has Harmony pressed against the cage, preventing Harmony from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Michetti has Harmony pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Michetti pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Harmony tumbling to the mat - Michetti dives into Harmony's guard.

Michetti gets to his feet - Harmony follows without any prompting.
Michetti throws a right hand that Harmony ducks under and follows up with a left that Harmony also avoids with ease.

Michetti rushes Harmony and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Michetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michetti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Michetti clinches.

Michetti manages to break the clinch.

Michetti drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Michetti is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Harmony's shoulder. That is not cool.

Michetti is trying to get an arm triangle but Harmony is defending well.

Michetti stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Michetti. That's going to slow Harmony down.
A head kick from Michetti lands but Harmony takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michetti plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harmony on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Michetti throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Michetti instigates a clinch.
Harmony misses with a punch on the inside.
Michetti taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Michetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Michetti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Michetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Michetti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harmony, pushing him back against the cage.
Michetti can't get the takedown.
Michetti with a knee to the head.
Michetti lands a body shot.
Harmony jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Michetti walks away with a smile on his face. Harmony gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sterling Michetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joshua Harmony.
Michetti throws a nice head kick!

Michetti scores with a takedown into Harmony's guard.

Harmony is looking for a triangle here but Michetti uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Michetti decides to stand back up. Michetti steps back and let's Harmony get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michetti takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
Michetti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Michetti stalls.

Michetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Michetti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Michetti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sterling Michetti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Harmony's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Michetti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Michetti closes the distance and pushes Harmony back into the cage.
Harmony wants a takedown.

Michetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michetti lands a nice looking body kick.

Michetti rushes Harmony and presses him up against the cage.

Michetti breaks the clinch.

Michetti forces Harmony back against the cage and clinches.

Michetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michetti tries to clinch there but Harmony circles away.
Harmony is breathing heavily.
Michetti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harmony manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Michetti clinches up with Harmony and pushes him back against the cage.

Michetti breaks the clinch.
Michetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harmony can do to turn this around?
Michetti is looking to clinch but Harmony is avoiding it.
Michetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harmony.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michetti wants to clinch.
Harmony will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Michetti moves into the clinch successfully.

Michetti breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Michetti.
Sterling Michetti is winning the standup battle so far.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Michetti holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Michetti for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Michetti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harmony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Michetti breaks the clinch.
Michetti stuffs the takedown attempt from Harmony. Harmony gets slowly back to his feet.
Sterling Michetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joshua Harmony.

Michetti drives through and clinches with Harmony against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Michetti.

Michetti breaks from the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Michetti.

Michetti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Michetti manages to break the clinch.
Michetti scores with a nice strike.
A nice combination there by Michetti.
Harmony moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harmony fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Michetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from Michetti.
Harmony prevents a takedown attempt there.

Michetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michetti tries to clinch there but Harmony circles away.
Michetti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harmony backs up against the cage.
Harmony shoots for a double leg takedown but Michetti sprawls well. He's pushed Harmony's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Michetti slaps away a takedown attempt from Harmony, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Michetti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michetti manages to break the clinch.
Michetti misses with a series of wild punches.
Harmony shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Michetti as he avoids it easily.
Michetti misses with a few strikes there.
Michetti lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Michetti.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harmony looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harmony shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Michetti defends it nicely.
Harmony is trying desperately to land a takedown but Michetti is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Harmony.
Michetti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harmony fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sterling Michetti dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joshua Harmony's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Michetti has a takedown stuffed.

Michetti has Harmony up against the cage in a clinch.
Harmony jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Michetti walks away with a smile on his face. Harmony gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Michetti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harmony's calf.

Michetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Michetti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michetti lands a shot to the body.
Harmony tries for a takedown but Michetti manages to get underhooks.
Harmony takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Michetti scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Michetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Michetti gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Michetti manages to break the clinch.
Harmony avoids a punch combination nicely.
Michetti shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Michetti scores with a nice head shot.

Michetti instigates a clinch.
Michetti has Harmony pressed against the cage.

Michetti breaks from the clinch.
Harmony shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Michetti but Michetti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sterling Michetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joshua Harmony.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michetti looks for a takedown but Harmony sprawls well.
Michetti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michetti looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harmony is fending him off so far but Michetti persists. Nope, Harmony circles away and we're back to standing.
Michetti slips a jab and a cross from Harmony.
Harmony shoots in for a takedown but Michetti shows good takedown defense.
Michetti tries to close the distance and clinch but Harmony swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michetti tries to clinch up but Harmony circles away and keeps his distance.
Harmony shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Michetti pinned against the cage. Michetti gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Michetti tries to clinch up but Harmony circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michetti doesn't manage to clinch there - Harmony circles away.
Harmony changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Michetti tries to avoid it but Harmony manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Michetti to the ground. Michetti escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Harmony tries for a takedown but Michetti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Michetti moves into the clinch successfully.
Michetti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harmony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Michetti.

Michetti gets control of Harmony's arms and successfully pulls guard. Michetti will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Harmony gets to his feet. Michetti looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Michetti tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harmony sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Michetti somewhat.
Harmony has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmony closes the distance and clinches up with Michetti, looking for a takedown. Harmony pushes Michetti against the cage but Michetti circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Michetti closes the distance and clinches.
Michetti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Michetti manages to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michetti looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Michetti wants to stand and escape but Harmony is having none of it.
Michetti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michetti is trying to control the position but Harmony postures up.
Sterling Michetti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harmony postures up in Michetti's guard and throws a big left but Michetti blocks it.
Joshua Harmony has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michetti looking for a sweep. Not yet Michetti, not yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sterling Michetti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Michetti 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sterling Michetti!
During a confident post fight interview, Sterling Michetti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.