PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Logan Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison has chosen DMX - Joe Harrison Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Harrison

198 cm
25
285 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

195 cm
23
235 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Hilo

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown swings widly with a right hand
and Harrison counters with a one-two to the body.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Harrison lands a body shot.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Harrison is out of range.
Harrison connects with a body shot.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harrison misses with a two punch combination.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Harrison with a jab.
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!
Brown has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Brown is defended easily by Harrison.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Brown misses.

Brown closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Brown lands in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brown postures up.
Brown won't allow Harrison to get back to his feet.
Brown postures up.
Harrison is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brown is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Harrison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brown makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Brown scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Harrison is retaining full guard.
Brown with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Brown throwing strikes from guard but Harrison blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown cracks Harrison with a solid left hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison wants to get back to his feet but Brown is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Brown there.
Brown wants to control but Harrison is keeping him busy.

Brown is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harrison's head.
Harrison missing with punches from the bottom.
Brown lands strikes from half guard.
Brown seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Harrison tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Harrison's head.
Harrison tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harrison defending well though.
Brown lands strikes from half guard.
Brown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brown is thwarting Harrison's attempts to control the position.
Harrison wants to get back to his feet.
Brown lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Harrison quite badly. Harrison pulls Brown in close trying to recover. Brown postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Harrison on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Harrison doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Logan Brown!
A relieved looking Logan Brown thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.