PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jim Yankee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yankee
vs
Harvey

180 cm
22
176 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
174 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jim Yankee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey fails to land with a series of punches.
Yankee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harvey.
Yankee tries to clinch but Harvey moves out of range.
Harvey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yankee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yankee moves in looking to clinch but Harvey pushes him off.
Will Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Yankee has closed the distance and engaged Harvey in a clinch.
Yankee prevents Harvey from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Harvey fails to land.
A knee to the head by Yankee.

It looks like Will Harvey has been cut.
Yankee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yankee lands an elbow inside that Harvey shrugs off.
Yankee lands an elbow inside.
Harvey is looking to break free of the clinch but Yankee has double underhooks.
Yankee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yankee.
Yankee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yankee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yankee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harvey dodges an elbow strike from Yankee.
Harvey takes an elbow to the temple.
Yankee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harvey misses with the head strike.
Yankee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yankee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yankee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yankee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yankee lands an elbow that stopped Harvey in his tracks for a moment.
Harvey wants to get back to striking at distance but Yankee won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey can't break the clinch.
Harvey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yankee has him pressed against the cage.
Harvey wants to get back to striking at distance but Yankee won't allow it.
Harvey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harvey is trying to break free.
Yankee scores with a knee to the head.

Harvey is rocked!
Harvey avoids the elbow strike from Yankee, against the cage.
Harvey is still on wobbly legs! Can Yankee finish him?
Harvey blocks an elbow strike from Yankee.
Yankee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yankee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yankee throws an elbow but it misses.
Yankee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yankee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yankee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yankee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harvey's brow.
Harvey blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yankee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harvey's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yankee throws an elbow but misses.
Yankee tries to land a knee to the head but Harvey blocks with his arms.
Yankee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yankee pushes off an throws an elbow but Harvey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yankee.
Yankee throws an elbow but it misses.
Harvey dodges an elbow strike from Yankee.
Yankee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike.
Yankee looking to throw knees to the head but Harvey is blocking nicely.
Yankee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yankee looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yankee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harvey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike.
Yankee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yankee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yankee tries to land a knee to the head but Harvey blocks with his arms.
Harvey avoids a wild elbow strike from Yankee.
Yankee throws an elbow that misses.
Yankee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yankee throws an elbow but it misses.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike from Yankee.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike from Yankee.
Yankee throws an elbow that misses.
Yankee tries a knee to the head but Harvey blocks it.
Yankee looking to throw knees to the head but Harvey is blocking nicely.
Yankee throws an elbow but it misses.
Yankee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yankee misses with an elbow strike.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike from Yankee.
Yankee pushes off an throws an elbow but Harvey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yankee misses with an elbow strike.
Harvey seems to have recovered his senses.
Yankee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yankee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yankee is breathing heavily.
Harvey has had enough of the clinch but Yankee keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey throws a head punch that misses.
Harvey can't break the clinch.
Yankee misses with an elbow strike.
Harvey avoids a wild elbow strike from Yankee.
Yankee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harvey can't break the clinch.
Harvey can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yankee has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Yankee.
Harvey wants to get back to striking at distance but Yankee won't allow it.
Harvey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harvey is trying to break the clinch but Yankee has him pressed against the cage.
Harvey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harvey wants to get back to striking at distance but Yankee won't allow it.
Harvey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Harvey wants to get back to striking at distance but Yankee won't allow it.
Yankee lands an elbow inside that Harvey shrugs off.

That has opened up Will Harvey's cut even more.
Yankee tries a knee to the head but Harvey blocks it.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike from Yankee.
Harvey tries to break the clinch but Yankee is controlling the position.
Harvey avoids a wild elbow strike from Yankee.
Harvey tries to throw a body punch but Yankee avoids it by throwing Harvey back against the cage.
Yankee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yankee.
Harvey is looking to break free of the clinch but Yankee has double underhooks.
Yankee prevents Harvey from breaking the clinch.
Harvey blocks an elbow strike.
Yankee pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Harvey! Yankee unloads with more strikes and Harvey sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Yankee!