PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petey Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison comes to the cage accompanied by The Warrior Song. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Harrison
vs
Flowers

150 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chuck Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Petey Flowers!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrison gets a clinch.
Flowers looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Harrison drags the fight down to the ground.
Harrison will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Harrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

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

Harrison working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Flowers has passed into half guard!
Harrison knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Flowers on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Harrison missing with punches from the bottom.
Flowers prevents Harrison from improving his position.

Harrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Harrison is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harrison wants to get back to his feet.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Harrison shoots in looking for a takedown but Flowers manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Harrison's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Harrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Flowers's guard.
Harrison postures up in Flowers's guard and throws a big left but Flowers blocks it.
Harrison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harrison landing with the ground and pound.
Harrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Flowers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Harrison drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Harrison jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison throwing strikes but missing.
Harrison wanted to stand there but Flowers had control of the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Harrison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harrison could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Harrison throwing strikes from guard but Flowers blocks nicely.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Harrison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Flowers looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harrison misses with a punch to the body.

Harrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Harrison throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Flowers was covering up waiting for the punch and Harrison finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Harrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harrison wants to pass the guard but Flowers is keeping the position.
Harrison scoring with some ground and pound.

Harrison is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Flowers is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Flowers has escaped and now he's on top!

Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Harrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Harrison dominated that round.
That's time! Harrison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harrison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Harrison avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flowers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harrison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Flowers throws a sloppy head kick and Harrison moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flowers stuffs the takedown attempt from Harrison. Harrison gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Harrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Flowers is breathing heavily.
Flowers misses with a takedown attempt - Harrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Flowers pinned against the cage. Flowers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Flowers misses with a takedown

and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harrison.
Harrison tries for a takedown. No joy.

Harrison pulls guard successfully.
Harrison throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Harrison throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison wants to sweep here but Flowers controlling him for the moment.
Chuck Harrison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Harrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Flowers is aware though and is defending well.
Harrison wants to stand up but Flowers is controlling him.

Harrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Flowers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Harrison wants to stand but Flowers is controlling the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Flowers takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Flowers!
Harrison misses with the ground and pound.

Harrison stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Harrison looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harrison throws a wild body kick that Flowers sees coming a mile off.
Flowers wants to counter with a clinch but Harrison pushes him away.
Harrison changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Flowers tries to avoid it but Harrison manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Flowers to the ground. Flowers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Harrison scores with a takedown into Flowers's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harrison throwing strikes from guard but Flowers blocks nicely.

Harrison drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Harrison jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Harrison connects with a couple of short punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harrison looking to pass the guard.
Harrison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Harrison dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Harrison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Flowers is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Harrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flowers manages to avoid it.
Harrison misses with a body kick.
Harrison looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harrison dives in for a single leg takedown but Flowers sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Harrison darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison trying to mount his opponent but Flowers defends it.
Flowers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Flowers pushes Harrison off looking to stand but Harrison dives back in and keeps control.
Harrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harrison lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Harrison seems to be working for a kimura but Flowers defends the submission attempt.
Harrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Flowers defending well though.

Harrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Harrison thows a huge punch but Flowers dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Harrison has a takedown stuffed.
And Flowers tries to counter it with a takedown but Harrison pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Harrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison misses with a low kick.
Harrison tries to score with a low kick but Flowers moves his leg out of the way.
Harrison closes this distance looking for a takedown but Flowers circles away.
Flowers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harrison can pounce on him.
Harrison fails with the takedown.
Harrison misses with a wild combination.
Flowers lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harrison scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Flowers is defending against the submission attempts here by Harrison.

Harrison is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Flowers is just riding it out for now. Harrison eventually gives up the hold.
Petey Flowers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chuck Harrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harrison tries to pass the half guard into mount. Flowers knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Harrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harrison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Harrison!
A victorious Chuck Harrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.