PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thrilhouse Van Houtten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Houtten is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Sidewinder" by Avenged Sevenfold. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Hart
vs
Van Houtten

188 cm
23
204 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

193 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harry Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thrilhouse Van Houtten!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Houtten avoids the head kick by Hart.

Van Houtten pushes Hart up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Houtten misses with a body punch.

Hart lands a takedown into guard.
Van Houtten manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hart wants to control but Van Houtten is having none of it.
Hart working to try and regain half guard.
Hart on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hart tries to get out of the position.
Van Houtten lands with some strikes.
Van Houtten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hart can't escape the position.
Van Houtten is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Van Houtten blocks Hart's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Van Houtten has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Van Houtten lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Van Houtten prevents Hart from getting the reversal.
Van Houtten lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Houtten tries to control but Hart wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hart tries to reverse the position but Van Houtten maintains control.
Van Houtten pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Van Houtten looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Van Houtten prevents Hart from getting the reversal.
Hart is working hard here to advance position.
Van Houtten looking to finish Hart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hart!
Van Houtten lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hart hang on?
Van Houtten looking to control but Hart is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hart is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Van Houtten controlling from the full mount.
Hart is working to get back to half guard.
Van Houtten looks gassed!
Van Houtten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hart is looking to escape.
Hart knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van Houtten on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Van Houtten.
Van Houtten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hart is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Van Houtten is landing with some decent strikes but Hart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Van Houtten fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hart tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hart flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hart is desperately trying to improve his position but Van Houtten has a good base and remains in mount.

Hart defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Van Houtten.
Poor strikes thrown by Van Houtten there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Van Houtten thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hart is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thrilhouse Van Houtten dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hart goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Van Houtten misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hart tries to clinch up but Van Houtten circles away and keeps his distance.
Hart lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Van Houtten can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Hart and Van Houtten drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Hart.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Hart!