PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Dela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dela
vs
Harrison

176 cm
22
170 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
184 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nelson Dela!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Harrison!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Harrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dela in his tracks.
Harrison scores with a shot to the body.
Dela looks for the body kick but Harrison saw that one coming.
Dela scores with a punch to the head.
Harrison tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nelson Dela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela throws a big shot that misses.
Harrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dela misses with a head kick.
Dela tries to work over Harrison's front leg with a kick but Harrison checks it.
Harrison misses with a looping left.
Dela fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dela looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Dela finds it's way through Harrison's defenses.
Harrison blocks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harrison.
Dela misses with an uppercut
and Harrison counters with a good low kick that Dela was not able to check.
Dela on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrison. Harrison obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Harrison blocks the leg kick.
A good leg kick by Dela.
Dela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dela throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dela tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrison slips under a jab from Dela.
Harrison throws a poor cross that misses
and Dela cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dela throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harrison.
Dela cracks Harrison with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrison lands a jab.
Dela misses with a hook.
Jab by Dela.
Dela checks the leg kick.
Dela throws a leg kick
and Harrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Dela pushes Harrison up against the cage in a clinch.
Harrison is stalling here.
Dela tries a body shot but Harrison blocks it.
Dela is trying to break free.
Harrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrison misses with a knee to the head.
Dela prevents a body shot from Harrison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harrison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dela swings wildly with an uppercut but Harrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dela throws a head punch that misses.
Harrison avoiding damage as Dela throws knees to the body.
Dela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dela misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dela lands an uppercut.
Harrison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dela scores with a shot to the side of Harrison's head.
Harrison landing knees to the head.
Dela misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harrison as Dela tries to tie him up.
Dela tries to land a knee to the head but Harrison blocks with his arms.
Harrison misses with a knee to the head.
Dela tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrison's elbow.
Dela tries to throw a body punch but Harrison avoids it by throwing Dela back against the cage.
Dela avoiding damage as Harrison throws knees to the body.
Dela lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Harrison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrison looking to throw knees to the head but Dela is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Dela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dela throws a low kick but Harrison moves out of range easily.
Harrison on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dela lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Dela dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dela tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dela throws a sloppy head kick and Harrison moves out of range easily.
Dela throws a leg kick but Harrison checks it.
Dela throws a leg kick that misses.
Harrison blocks a head kick by Dela.
Harrison misses with a few strikes there.
Dela fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harrison.
Dela connects with a leg kick. Harrison looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dela fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrison tries a low kick but Dela avoids it.

Dela instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Dela.
Harrison misses with a knee to the head.
Harrison displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dela up against the cage.
Dela has a couple of punches blocked by Harrison.
Harrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrison blocking some punches.
Dela is leaning against Harrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dela is looking to control Harrison's arms but Harrison gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dela has his back to the cage.

Dela manages to break the clinch.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dela misses with a hook to the body
and Harrison counters with a thumping low kick.
Dela looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dela walks into a straight right hand from Harrison.
Nelson Dela is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela misses with a series of wild punches.
Dela moves forwards but Harrison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A combination from Harrison does no damage.
Dela connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dela looks to land a left hand but Harrison moved out of range nicely.
Harrison has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dela misses with a left hand
and Harrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Dela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrison.
Dela tries to clinch up
and Harrison finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dela fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrison can pounce on him.
Harrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dela throws out the jab.
Harrison checks a leg kick nicely.
Dela throws a hook but Harrison avoids it easily.
A low kick from Dela misses
and Harrison counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dela's knee momentarily.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dela.
An inside leg kick from Dela misses.
Dela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrison moves away.
Harrison has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Dela with a jab.
Dela tests Harrison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harrison lands a jab-cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dela moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.
Dela misses with a knee to the head.
Dela lands a nice uppercut.
Dela can't find room to land a body shot as Harrison controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dela.
Dela tries to work over Harrison's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dela misses with the head strike.
Harrison lands a hook that snaps the head of Dela backwards.
Dela misses with a punch to the body.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot in the inside from Dela.
Dela misses with a hook from the clinch.

Harrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Dela dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dela thows a leg kick but Harrison checks it
and Harrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrison is looking to chop away at Dela's legs.
Harrison scores with a leg kick.
Dela is looking to chop away at Harrison's legs.
Dela misses with a hook.
A good leg kick by Harrison.
Harrison takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harrison pushes Dela away with a front kick.
Dela swings widly with a right hand
and Harrison counters with a nice uppercut.

Dela is rocked!
Harrison weaves into range and cracks Dela right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Dela goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Harrison is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Simon Harrison!
Simon Harrison is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath Simon Harrison thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.