PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Harmon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Whiting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Whiting looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Harmon
vs
Whiting

160 cm
20
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcel Harmon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Whiting!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whiting gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Harmon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Harmon.
Harmon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harmon is looking to stand up but Whiting won't let him.

Whiting has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Harmon has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Whiting is trying to break the clinch but Harmon is controlling him.
Whiting wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Whiting manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Harmon gets to his feet. Whiting looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Whiting is looking to clinch.
It looked like Harmon was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Harmon looking to score a takedown here. Whiting is defending well but Harmon drives through and ends up in Whiting's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harmon working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmon distracts Whiting with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harmon trying to stand up but can't free himself from Whiting's guard.
Harmon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harmon throws a strike but Whiting rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Harmon is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Harmon continues to stall.
Harmon keeping moving, preventing Whiting from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmon is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Whiting wants to pass the guard but Harmon is keeping the position.
Harmon keeping moving, preventing Whiting from controlling successfully.
Harmon 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.
Harmon lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Harmon really is a fat lump.
Whiting looks winded!
Whiting utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmon is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Whiting controls Harmon momentarily but Harmon frees himself.
Harmon postures up in Whiting's guard and throws a big left but Whiting blocks it.
Harmon stops Whiting from standing up.

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

A momentary lapse in concentration from Whiting enables Harmon to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Whiting manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Harmon throwing strikes from guard but Whiting blocks nicely.
Harmon scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Harmon postures up and lands a big shot to Whiting's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmon landing with the ground and pound.
Harmon distracts Whiting with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harmon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Harmon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Harmon wanted to stand there but Whiting had control of the position.
Harmon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Whiting is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harmon defends well.
Harmon connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcel Harmon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Whiting scores with a takedown into Harmon's guard.
Harmon is pulling down on Whiting's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harmon looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Whiting puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harmon is trying to stand up here but Whiting is controlling him well.
Harmon tries to get to full guard but Whiting has control of the leg.
Marcel Harmon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiting tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Harmon.
Harmon tries to roll over but Whiting keeps him under control.
Harmon is working hard here to advance position.
Whiting seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harmon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whiting can do to turn this around?
No luck for Harmon with that takedown attempt.

That's two 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.
Harmon blocks a head kick by Whiting.
Whiting is breathing heavily.
Harmon tries for a takedown but Whiting sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Harmon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Harmon in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Harmon scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Whiting to see if he's OK.
Whiting tries to improve position but can't.
Harmon looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Whiting is avoiding damage well.
Whiting dodges the ground and pound from Harmon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmon scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Harmon's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Harmon scores with a couple of short elbows.
Whiting is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Harmon lands a decent elbow from side control.
Whiting takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Harmon tries to score with some ground and pound. Whiting controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sloppy strikes there by Harmon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmon in side control, throwing shots but Whiting defends.
Harmon tries to score with some ground and pound. Whiting controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Whiting taking punishment in the form of punches.

Harmon has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Whiting displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harmon.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcel Harmon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whiting doesn't manage to clinch there - Harmon circles away.
Whiting pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Harmon was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Whiting shoots in and bounces Harmon off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Harmon has Whiting pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marcel Harmon will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Harmon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Whiting sprawls well initially but Harmon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Whiting trying to control from the bottom.
Harmon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whiting's head.
Harmon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Harmon is looking to take a break and control but Whiting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whiting is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harmon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Harmon wants to stand but Whiting has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Whiting avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Harmon.
Whiting takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whiting's head.
Harmon tries to stand but can't do so whilst Whiting controls his leg.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Harmon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whiting, pushing him back against the cage.

Whiting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whiting looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Harmon shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Whiting is trying to defend but Harmon finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmon drops an elbow to the side of Whiting's head.
Harmon sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whiting defending well though.
Whiting taking some punishment here, with Harmon in his half guard.
Harmon tries to stand but can't do so whilst Whiting controls his leg.
Harmon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Harmon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Harmon prevents Whiting from improving his position.
Harmon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmon tries to stand but can't do so whilst Whiting controls his leg.
Harmon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Whiting with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Harmon is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harmon winds up and cracks Whiting with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Harmon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Harmon seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Harmon tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Whiting.
Harmon blocks the strikes from Whiting.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Marcel Harmon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harmon fails with the takedown
and Whiting counters with a series of strikes. Harmon will be more careful next time no doubt.

Whiting drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Harmon manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Whiting is looking to get back to is feet but Harmon passes into side control.
Whiting is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harmon trying to control the action but Whiting is working from the bottom.
Harmon lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Whiting down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcel Harmon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harmon, 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcel Harmon!
Eric Whiting was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you fans for the support and sorry for the loss i can't wait for the next opportunity.....thank you once again'.