PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frane Harm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estefan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harm comes to the cage accompanied by gangs of new york. Sanchez has chosen Foo Fighters- My Hero as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Estefan Sanchez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Harm
vs
Sanchez

178 cm
19
223 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
205 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

The Dark Side
Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frane Harm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Estefan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harm swinging wildly here.
Some bone on bone action there as Harm checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanchez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harm. Harm circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
An inside leg kick from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.

Harm shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Harm was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Harm misses with the ground and pound.
Harm misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Harm has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanchez is looking to reverse the position.
Harm tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to regain half guard here but Harm keeps moving and retains side control.
Sanchez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harm scores with punches from side control.
Harm working the ground and pound from side control.
Sanchez struggling a bit here.
Harm working the body and head with strikes.
Sanchez is pushing Harm's head away, looking to escape. Harm manages to hold on to the position though.
Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sanchez is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harm content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

Harm is trying to get an arm triangle but Sanchez is defending well.
Sanchez is trying to improve his position.
Harm controls the position.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet but Harm drags him back down.
Harm working the ground and pound from side control.
A lull in the action here.
Sanchez is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harm in side control lands a decent elbow.

Harm is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sanchez knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.

Harm working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sanchez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Harm has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harm scores with punches from side control.
Sanchez seems a little lost for a moment, as Harm dominates the positioning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harm wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.

Harm is trying to get an arm triangle but Sanchez is defending well.
Harm working the body and head with strikes.

Harm tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Harm landing a few strikes.
Sanchez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sanchez seems a little lost for a moment, as Harm dominates the positioning.
Harm creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sanchez wants to control but Harm postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frane Harm dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanchez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harm.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Harm scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Harm shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sanchez's guard.
Harm looking to pass the guard.
Harm wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Frane Harm overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harm. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harm looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Harm throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harm won't allow Sanchez to get back to his feet.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Harm trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harm blocks a jab.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Sanchez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez lands a two punch combo.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harm's calf.

Sanchez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Harm 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!
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Harm tries to pass.
Harm landing with the ground and pound.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Harm sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harm won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Harm trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harm with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harm accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harm engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Harm connects with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Harm from controlling successfully.
Harm showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sanchez trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harm counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanchez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sanchez throws a combination that misses
and Harm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Harm avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estefan Sanchez 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! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Harm moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Harm misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Estefan Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Harm.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez lands a nice hook to Harm's body. Harm takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harm ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Estefan Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Harm avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez throws a front kick aimed at Harm's knee but Harm avoids it well.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Harm closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sanchez being controlled for a moment.
Harm advances to full mount.
Harm looking to control but Sanchez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Harm has control of Sanchez's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sanchez regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to get to half guard.

Harm with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sanchez is working to get back to half guard.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Harm pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harm landing strikes from the mount.
Harm postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanchez looks a forlorn figure.
Harm controlling from mount.
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanchez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Harm landing punches.
Harm fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harm lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Sanchez is rocked!
Harm lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Sanchez! Harm sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Sanchez and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Frane Harm!