PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Demarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Demarco
vs
Harrison

175 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ice Nutrition
Zombie Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Demarco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Harrison!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrison moves into the clinch successfully.
Demarco tries to pull guard but Harrison won't allow it.
Demarco is trying to drag Harrison to the mat but Harrison just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Demarco wants to break free but Harrison has control.
Harrison looking to throw knees to the head but Demarco is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Harrison with a knee to the head.
Harrison is stalling here.
Harrison lands a nice knee to the body.
Harrison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrison connects with a knee to the head.
Harrison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrison gets underhooks to prevent Demarco's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Demarco. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Harrison.
Harrison putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Demarco in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Harrison lands an elbow inside.
Harrison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harrison prevents the takedown attempt.
Harrison effectively controlling the action here.
Demarco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harrison obliges.
Harrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harrison trying to land knees to the body.
Harrison scores a nice knee to the body.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Demarco won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the head but Demarco blocks with his arms.
Demarco looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Harrison unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harrison landing knees to the body.
Harrison lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Demarco won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrison working Demarco over with knees to the body.
Demarco takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harrison lands an elbow that stopped Demarco in his tracks for a moment.
Harrison connects with a knee to the head.
Harrison gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarco is trying to drag Harrison to the mat but Harrison just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Demarco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Demarco is breathing heavily.
Demarco trying to stall but Harrison improves his position.
Demarco tries to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling the position.
Harrison with a knee to the head.
Demarco has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Harrison avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Harrison with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Demarco takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the head but Demarco blocks with his arms.
Harrison lands an elbow just above Demarco 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harrison obliges.
Demarco being controlled against the cage.
Harrison lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrison scores with a knee to the head.
Harrison lands an elbow that stopped Demarco in his tracks for a moment.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Demarco won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison stalls.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Harrison dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Demarco throws a right and a left that both miss.
Demarco misses with an attempted mid kick.
Demarco pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Demarco misses

and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch.
Harrison lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harrison has Demarco pressed against the cage, preventing Demarco from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Harrison.
Demarco wants a takedown but no success here.
Demarco fails to pull guard.
Harrison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harrison landing knees to the head.
William Harrison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harrison using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Harrison working Demarco over with knees to the body.
Demarco takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrison comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Demarco takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Demarco takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harrison working Demarco over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Harrison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harrison obliges.
Harrison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demarco's defenses.
Harrison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demarco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demarco looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Demarco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Harrison.
Demarco takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrison has Demarco pushed against the cage.
Harrison unloads a knee to the mid-section. Demarco lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Demarco letting Harrison take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrison leaning against his opponent.
Harrison landing knees to the head.
Harrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harrison obliges.
Harrison has Demarco pushed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Harrison.
Harrison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demarco's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands an elbow that stopped Demarco in his tracks for a moment.
Harrison leaning against his opponent.
Harrison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Demarco's defenses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harrison - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Harrison.
Harrison avoids a punch combination nicely.

Demarco closes the distance and pushes Harrison back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Harrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Demarco.
Harrison tries to clinch but Demarco is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Harrison. No joy for Demarco on that attempt.
Some wild striking there from Demarco.
Anthony Demarco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Demarco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Harrison. No joy for Demarco on that attempt.
Harrison is looking to clinch.
Harrison wants to clinch but Demarco slips to the side
and Demarco counters with a low kick, right behind Harrison 's knee.
Harrison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrison is looking to clinch but Demarco is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harrison tries to clinch up but Demarco circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Demarco. Demarco gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Demarco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Demarco swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demarco scores with a jab. Harrison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harrison wants to clinch but Demarco slips to the side
and Demarco counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarco throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Harrison counters with a good, hard body kick but Demarco shrugs it off.
Demarco throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harrison counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrison moves in looking to clinch but Demarco pushes him off.
William Harrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Demarco misses with a series of wild punches.

Harrison moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrison with a knee to the head.
Harrison is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harrison pressing his opponent against the cage.
Harrison is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Harrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Harrison!
William Harrison 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.