PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drew Harrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marat Sanayev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marat Sanayev will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Harrell
vs
Sanayev

158 cm
18
346 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
291 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drew Harrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marat Sanayev!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanayev gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sanayev looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Harrell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harrell postures up and lands a big shot to Sanayev's brow.
Sanayev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harrell is one step ahead there.
Harrell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Harrell has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Sanayev is working an open guard so Harrell takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Sanayev gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Harrell to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrell trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanayev's guard.

Sanayev working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Harrell doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Harrell manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanayev escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harrell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sanayev has a closed guard, preventing Harrell from standing up.
Harrell working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanayev's head.
Harrell wants to stand but Sanayev is controlling his posture from full guard.
Harrell distracts Sanayev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Sanayev has his foot on Harrell's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harrell works his way back into a safe position though.
Harrell really is a fat lump.

Harrell gets to his feet - Sanayev follows without any prompting.

Harrell gets the takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanayev striking from the bottom but nothing landed.

Harrell is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sanayev knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Harrell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Harrell is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sanayev has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanayev throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Harrell wants to stand but Sanayev is controlling his arm.

Harrell tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sanayev throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrell tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Sanayev throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Sanayev tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanayev tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Sanayev is looking for a sweep.
Harrell landing a few strikes.
Sanayev tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Sanayev wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Sanayev throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Sanayev is looking to regain half guard here but Harrell keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanayev misses with an elbow from the bottom.

Harrell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Harrell stands up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Harrell.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrell wants to stand but Sanayev is controlling his arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Harrell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sanayev tries to sprawl but Harrell drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Harrell working the head and body with strikes.

Sanayev looking for submissions off his back.

Harrell wants to work for an arm triangle but Sanayev is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Harrell is working for a submission of some sort.
Harrell working over Sanayev with some ground and pound. Sanayev looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Harrell seems to be looking for submissions.

Harrell is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell drops an elbow to the side of Sanayev's head.
Harrell blocks the strikes from Sanayev.

Harrell is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sanayev is just riding it out for now. Harrell eventually gives up the hold.

Harrell seems to be working for a kimura but Sanayev defends the submission attempt.

Sanayev looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanayev is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Harrell pulls his head out easily.
Harrell blocks the strikes from Sanayev.
Harrell blocks the strikes from Sanayev.
Sanayev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harrell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanayev with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Harrell is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Harrell tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Sanayev.
Sanayev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Harrell tries to stand but Sanayev is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanayev trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Sanayev working for a triangle but Harrell defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Harrell got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sanayev has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harrell has managed to get both his arms back between Sanayev's legs - danger averted.

Sanayev looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Sanayev had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harrell defends it easily.
Sanayev throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanayev is looking for a triangle but Harrell pushes his legs off easily.

Sanayev has an active guard here but Harrell has managed to pass into half guard.
Sanayev missing with punches from the bottom.

Harrell is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrell looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanayev with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Harrell is trying to work for a kimura but Sanayev is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Harrell is trying to work for a kimura but Sanayev is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marat Sanayev will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harrell looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sanayev!
Sanayev tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Harrell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harrell blocks the strikes from Sanayev.
Harrell slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Sanayev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrell landing strikes from the mount.
Harrell putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanayev is trying desperately to improve position.
Harrell looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harrell landing strikes from the mount.
Harrell with shots to the head and body - Sanayev looks very uncomfortable down there.

Harrell with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sanayev gets back to half guard.
Sanayev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Sanayev escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harrell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrell trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanayev's guard.

Sanayev escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Harrell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Sanayev looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Harrell passes into side control.

Harrell tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harrell has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanayev throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

Harrell is trying to get an arm triangle but Sanayev is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harrell thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Harrell tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Harrell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanayev on the ground.
Sanayev manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sanayev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Sanayev is working for a submission of some sort.

Sanayev is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Harrell doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sanayev.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanayev thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrell regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sanayev.
Sanayev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marat Sanayev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanayev has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!