PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yoko Gushiken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. E-17 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gushiken
vs
Harvey

170 cm
28
135 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

169 cm
34
140 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoko Gushiken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Harvey does it's job there.
Yoko Gushiken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gushiken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harvey ducks right into an uppercut from Gushiken.
Gushiken is looking to clinch but Harvey is avoiding it.
Harvey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harvey lands a two punch combo.
Gushiken scores with a hook.
No joy there for Harvey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harvey swats away the attempt to clinch by Gushiken.
Harvey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gushiken.
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 takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Good standup being displayed there by Harvey as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harvey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice defenses there by Harvey.
Harvey misses with a straight right.
Gushiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Gushiken dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Gushiken clinches up with Harvey and pushes him back against the cage.
Gushiken scores with a shot to the side of Harvey's head.
Harvey is trying to force a seperation but Gushiken has the dominant position.
Gushiken lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gushiken lands a hook that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.

Gushiken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gushiken pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harvey thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gushiken instigates a clinch.
Harvey blocks a body shot from Gushiken.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gushiken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gushiken.
Harvey is looking to control Gushiken's arms but Gushiken gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harvey has his back to the cage.
Harvey lands a body shot.
Gushiken lands a right hand.
Gushiken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harvey avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harvey.
Gushiken has Harvey pressed against the cage, preventing Harvey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gushiken pressing his opponent against the cage.

Harvey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harvey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gushiken swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gushiken fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey lands a body shot.
Gushiken moves in looking to clinch but Harvey pushes him off.
Gushiken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harvey.
Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Gushiken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gushiken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Gushiken misses the body punch
and Harvey counters with a body kick.
Gushiken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harvey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey lands with a right hand.
Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Gushiken throws an off balance right hand
and Harvey counters with a good low kick that Gushiken was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gushiken pushes Harvey up against the cage in a clinch.

Gushiken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harvey throws a hook but Gushiken avoids it easily.
Gushiken checks a leg kick.
Gushiken looks to score with a jab to the body but Harvey is just out of range.
Harvey throws out a loose jab but Gushiken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gushiken throws a right and a left that Harvey avoids nicely.
Harvey throws a hook but Gushiken blocks it.
Harvey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harvey moves away.
Gushiken connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gushiken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoko Gushiken dominated that round.
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.

Harvey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harvey slips under a jab from Gushiken.
Gushiken's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gushiken duly obliges.

Harvey is rocked!
Gushiken swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gushiken takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harvey is still on wobbly legs! Can Gushiken finish him?
Gushiken takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gushiken misses with an uppercut. Harvey saw that one coming.
Harvey seems to have recovered his senses.
Gushiken missing with a left hand there. Harvey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harvey ducks under a wild hook from Gushiken.

Gushiken drives through and clinches with Harvey against the cage.
Gushiken lands a hook that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.
Gushiken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Gushiken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gushiken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.
Harvey misses with the head strike.
Harvey working hard to break the clinch.
Gushiken lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harvey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harvey is trying to push Gushiken away but Gushiken has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gushiken lands with a short shot to the head.
Gushiken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gushiken struggles to land a body shot inside as Harvey controls his hands.
Harvey tries to work over Gushiken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harvey swings wildly with an uppercut but Gushiken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harvey wants to break free but Gushiken has control.
Harvey tries a body shot but Gushiken blocks it.
Gushiken lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gushiken.
Gushiken blocking some punches.
Harvey tries to break free but Gushiken pushes him back against the cage.
Gushiken lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harveys head.
Harvey swings wildly with an uppercut but Gushiken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gushiken is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harvey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gushiken's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Gushiken.
Yoko Gushiken has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harvey.
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 gets through Gushiken's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gushiken stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gushiken scores with a shoulder strike.
Gushiken content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harvey is looking to break free of the clinch but Gushiken has double underhooks.
Gushiken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gushiken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harvey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gushiken has him pressed against the cage.
Gushiken struggles to land a body shot inside as Harvey controls his hands.
Harvey is trying to force a seperation but Gushiken has the dominant position.
Harvey blocks an uppercut.
Harvey is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Gushiken - that landed with a thud.
Gushiken gets through Harvey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harvey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harvey is leaning against Gushiken and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gushiken scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gushiken throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harveys head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gushiken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harvey misses with the head strike.
Harvey tries to work over Gushiken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Gushiken.

Gushiken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gushiken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gushiken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gushiken looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken tries to clinch there but Harvey circles away.
Gushiken tries to clinch there but Harvey circles away.
Gushiken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harvey.
Gushiken connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harvey momentarily.
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!
A big right from Gushiken misses.
Gushiken cracks Harvey with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harvey takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gushiken throws a series of punches but Harvey moves out of range.

Gushiken sends Harvey crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gushiken is motioning to the referee to let Harvey up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gushiken throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoko Gushiken dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Harvey dodges the punch combination from Gushiken.
Gushiken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey with a nice cross.
Gushiken just misses with a punch to the body.
Gushiken connects with a crisp jab.
Harvey walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gushiken. Harvey does a little dance to reset his feet.

Gushiken cracks Harvey with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gushiken has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Harvey to stand back up!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gushiken drives through and clinches with Harvey against the cage.
Harvey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gushiken presses Harvey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Gushiken scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gushiken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harvey takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a big uppercut that drops Harvey! More strikes from Gushiken and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Harvey lies dazed against the cage as Gushiken celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoko Gushiken!
Yoko Gushiken took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Namunamu Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.