PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bull Harley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otis Gein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Harley
vs
Gein

185 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Combat Pro Finesse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bull Harley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Otis Gein!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gein looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harley is fending him off so far but Gein persists. Nope, Harley circles away and we're back to standing.

Gein gets the takedown into side control.
Gein landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Harley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gein throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gein misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Harley can't do much from the bottom here.
Gein looks up at the clock and then as Harley takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gein smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Gein goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Harley rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Gein's guard! Nice work there by Harley!
Harley distracts Gein with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harley wants to control from the top but Gein keeps moving.
Gein tries to strike from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein keeping moving, preventing Harley from controlling successfully.
Gein has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harley has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gein is proving hard to escape from.
Harley tries to free his leg and advance position but Gein is retaining full guard.
Harley stopping the sweep attempt from Gein.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Harley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harley wants to get back to his feet but Gein is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harley's head.
Gein keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harley's head.
Harley looking for a sweep. Not yet Harley, not yet.
Gein keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harley's head.
Gein trying to control the position from guard on top but Harley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gein throwing strikes from guard but Harley blocks nicely.
Gein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Harley trying to control the position.
Harley keeping moving, preventing Gein from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Harley misses with an attempted mid kick.

Harley gets caught flat footed, as Gein shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Harley is trying to control the position but Gein postures up.
Harley is breathing heavily.
Harley wants to stand up but Gein is controlling him.
Harley has momentary wrist control but Gein slips an elbow through the middle.
Gein pushes down on Harley's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Gein looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nice strikes from Gein there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gein looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Harley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harley wants to get back to his feet.
Gein working the head and body with strikes.
Harley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gein.
Harley is looking to improve his position.
Gein throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gein passes to side control.
Harley sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otis Gein dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harley is looking to clinch but Gein is avoiding it.
Harley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gein circles away.
Gein is looking to clinch but Harley is avoiding it.

Harley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Harley is trying to keep Gein in close.
Harley keeping moving, preventing Gein from controlling successfully.

Gein drops back looking for a leg! Harley is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Harley manages to kick Gein off! Gein jumps back into Harley's guard.
Gein throws and elbow that misses. Harley uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gein's guard. Nice move by Harley!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gein is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harley gets to his feet - Gein follows without any prompting.
Harley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gein.
Harley avoids a kick to the body.
Harley tries to close the distance and clinch but Gein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Harley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Otis Gein has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harley looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Harley wants to stand up but Gein is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harley controls Gein momentarily but Gein frees himself.
Gein landing with the ground and pound.

Gein drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gein jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gein working some strikes from top position.
Gein stops Harley from standing up.
Harley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gein!
Gein swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Harley prevents Gein from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Gein that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harley with good strikes from the mount here!
Gein working to try and regain half guard.
Gein is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gein is trying to escape the mount.
Gein swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Harley working for a submission but Gein is keeping him at bay.
Gein tries to reverse the position but Harley maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Harley has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gein's face.
Gein is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Harley.
Gein is trying desperately to improve position.
Gein is squirming around, avoiding Harley's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harley with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Otis Gein will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Harley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harley wants to clinch up but Gein keeps it at a distance.
Harley is looking to clinch but Gein is avoiding it.
Otis Gein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harley tries to clinch
and Harley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harley fails in his attempt to clinch.

Gein gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harley has him pressed against the cage.
Gein managing to block the knees to the body from Harley.
Gein tries to break the clinch but Harley is controlling the position.
Gein is looking to break free of the clinch but Harley has double underhooks.
Harley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harley.
Harley misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harley tries to land knees in the clinch but Gein avoids the damage to the body.
Harley stalling in the clinch but Gein improves position.
Harley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harley pushes off an throws an elbow but Gein leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Gein gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gein working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein passes the guard and advances to mount!
Harley trying desperately to get to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harley is bucking up trying to escape but Gein cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gein cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Harley is in all sorts of trouble here.

Gein looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Harley is looking to improve his position but Gein isn't that keen on the idea.
Gein lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Harley squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harley is bucking up trying to escape but Gein cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Harley tries to hold on but Gein postures up.
Gein breaks from Harley's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gein trying to control but Harley is having none of it.
Harley tries to reverse the position but Gein maintains control.
Gein putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gein is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gein avoids the attempt from Harley to control.
Gein landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gein cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Harley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gein controlling his opponent.
Gein landing shots from mount.
Harley slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gein content to control rather than advance.

Gein is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Harley wants to get back to full guard.
Otis Gein is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Gein.

Gein is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Harley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gein working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harley wants to stand but Gein is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otis Gein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gein 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otis Gein!