PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Prado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Prado's choice of entrance music: Top Gun - Highway to the Dangerzone . Miquel Prado has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harrison
vs
Prado

186 cm
30
195 lbs
18 - 19 - 0

173 cm
34
191 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, William Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miquel Prado!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prado throws a one two combo.
Prado displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harrison.

Harrison gets a double leg takedown into Prado's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Prado wants to stand up but Harrison is controlling him.
Harrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Harrison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Prado is proving hard to escape from.
Prado keeping moving, preventing Harrison from controlling successfully.
Harrison lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harrison trying to control but Prado is working from the bottom.
Harrison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison looking to pass the guard.
Harrison preventing the sweep.
Harrison with a nice head shot there.
Harrison trying to control but Prado is working from the bottom.
Harrison advances position into side control!
Harrison trying to control the action but Prado is working from the bottom.
Prado tries to buck Harrison off but Harrison is having none of it.
Prado seems a little lost for a moment, as Harrison dominates the positioning.
Harrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prado keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison 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 moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up because William Harrison just wasn't active enough.
Nice takedown defense from Prado. No joy for Harrison on that attempt.
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Prado is just out of range.
Prado stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Prado wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Harrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prado stuffs the takedown attempt from Harrison. Harrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Prado shoots for a double leg takedown but Harrison sprawls well. He's pushed Prado's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prado shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harrison as he jumps to the side.
Harrison gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Prado counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harrison's guard now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison keeping full guard, as Prado tries to pass.

Harrison has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Prado should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Harrison has tightened it up now! Prado should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). William Harrison!