PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Harri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harri kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Love is a Battlefield. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harri
vs
Nilsson

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Harri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan Nilsson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harri pushes Nilsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Harri managing to block the knees to the body from Nilsson.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harri - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Still in the clinch, Harri scores with a nice short uppercut.

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

Harri gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Harri breaks the clinch.

Nilsson gets tackled into the cage by Harri. Harri maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Harri.

It looks like Stefan Nilsson has been cut.
Harri avoiding damage as Nilsson throws knees to the body.

Harri manages to break the clinch.
Nilsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harri swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Harri moves into range and clinches up with Nilsson.
Nilsson is trying to maintain a safe position but Harri gets an underhook and turns Nilsson into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nilsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Harri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nilsson is looking to clinch but Harri is avoiding it.
Stefan Nilsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harri throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Harri gets a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harri as Nilsson tries to tie him up.
Harri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nilsson backwards.
Nilsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Harri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nilsson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Harri closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nilsson is trying to stall.

Harri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nilsson lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nilsson tries to score with a low kick but Harri moves his leg out of the way.
Harri lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nilsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Nilsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harri throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nilsson.

Harri has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nilsson seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

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

Harri has Nilsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Nilsson unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Harri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harri lands a head kick. Nilsson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harri cracks Nilsson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nilsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Nilsson misses with a leg kick

and Harri counters with a head kick that drops Nilsson to the mat! Nilsson scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Nilsson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nilsson gets tackled into the cage by Harri. Harri maintains the clinch.
Nilsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Harri finish him?
Harri works on Nilsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Nilsson looks winded!
Nilsson tries to stall but Harri uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harri pushes Nilsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

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

Harri dives in and scores a takedown into Nilsson's guard.
Harri not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Harri gets to his feet - Nilsson follows without any prompting.
Nilsson seems to have recovered his senses.

Harri pushes Nilsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Harri taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harri lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Stefan Nilsson's cut even more.
Harri lands a hook that snaps the head of Nilsson backwards.
Harri is struggling to control the position.
Nilsson tries to land a knee to the head but Harri blocks with his arms.

Harri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Harri.
Harri lands a head kick. Nilsson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Harri gets the takedown into side control.
Nilsson trying to control but Harri flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harri keeps control of the position easily here as Nilsson tries to buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Harri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Nilsson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harri moves into the clinch successfully.
Harri lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nilsson.
Harri pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harri lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Harri.
Harri makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nilsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harri breaks the clinch.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Harri - that will leave a mark!
A low kick from Nilsson is predictable there
and Harri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Harri closes the distance and pushes Nilsson back into the cage.
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!
Harri lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harri taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harri with a knee to the head.

Harri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nilsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Harri darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harri in particular looking to stall.
Harri's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Big Harri wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Harri takes the fight into the clinch.
Harri landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Big Harri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Harri breaks from the clinch.

Harri rushes Nilsson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Harri breaks from the clinch.
Harri lands a slapping body shot.

Harri moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Harri to work.
Harri makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Harri changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Nilsson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Harri has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Harri misses with the combination.
Harri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nilsson can do to turn this around?
Nilsson is looking to clinch.
Harri throws a leg kick which misses Nilsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Nilsson tries to avoid it.
Harri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harri connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Harri shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nilsson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harri content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Big Harri has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Harri throws a series of strikes that have Nilsson backpedaling.
Harri dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nilsson. That did some damage!

Harri fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nilsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Harri taking a breather.
Harri seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Harri manages to break the clinch.

Harri fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nilsson, pushing him back against the cage.

Harri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Harri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Nilsson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Harri throws a head kick but Nilsson moves out of range.
Harri throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nilsson.

Harri has closed the distance and engaged Nilsson in a clinch.
Harri lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nilsson wants to stall.
Harri lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Harri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harri keeps Nilsson at a distance using the push kick.
Nilsson tries to clinch up but Harri circles away and keeps his distance.
Nilsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Harri circles away.
Harri misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nilsson tries a low kick but Harri avoids it.
Big Harri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nilsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nilsson tries to keep at a distance but Harri has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nilsson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nilsson trying to land knees to the body.

Harri manages to break the clinch.

Harri clinches up with Nilsson and pushes him back against the cage.
Nilsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Harri breaks from the clinch.
Harri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Harri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Harri forces Nilsson back against the cage and clinches.
Harri wants to get back to striking at distance but Nilsson won't allow it.

Harri manages to break the clinch.
Nilsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harri fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nilsson is out of range.

Harri closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Harri.
Nilsson looking to stall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harri lands a knee to the body.
Harri avoiding damage.
Nilsson trying to land knees to the body.
Harri lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nilsson.
Harri misses with a knee to the head.
Harri taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harri manages to break the clinch.

Harri fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nilsson sprawls well initially but Harri persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Harri seems content to control.

Harri escapes and gets back to his feet.
Harri misses with a low kick.
Nilsson tries to clinch up.
Harri scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harri has a takedown stuffed.
Big Harri is winning the standup battle so far.
Nilsson tried to score with a low kick but Harri checks it.
Big Harri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harri instigates a clinch.
Nilsson tries a knee to the head but Harri blocks it.

Harri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Harri moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nilsson trying to stall but Harri improves his position.
Stefan Nilsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Harri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nilsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nilsson tried to score with a low kick but Harri checks it.

Harri drives through and clinches with Nilsson against the cage.
Harri is stalling here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nilsson with a knee to the head.
Nilsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harri avoids it.

Harri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Big Harri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harri 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Big Harri!
Big Harri decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.