PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison comes to the cage accompanied by Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City. Sammy Reed acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Harrison
vs
Reed

183 cm
28
184 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

180 cm
22
181 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Reed!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Sammy Reed has been cut.
Reed misses with a few strikes there.
Harrison dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reed. That did some damage!
Reed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harrison at a distance.
Reed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrison.
Harrison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reed throws a leg kick but Harrison sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Reed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harrison.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harrison.
Harrison throws a low kick, looking for Reed's leg but Reed calmly moves out of range.
Reed moves forwards but Harrison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good shot there by Harrison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrison lands a really nice looking cross but Reed seems unphased.
Reed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison lands a jab to the nose.
Harrison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harrison.

Reed gets tackled into the cage by Harrison. Harrison maintains the clinch.
Reed is trying to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling him.
Harrison stalling in the clinch.

Harrison breaks the clinch.
Reed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harrison stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reed throws a poor cross that misses
and Harrison counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reed's knee momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Reed.
Harrison throwing a counter right hand but Reed manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Harrison.
Reed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harrison's hands.
Harrison throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Harrison has managed to clinch.
A right hand to the body from Harrison.

Harrison breaks from the clinch.
Reed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harrison counters with a low kick, right behind Reed 's knee.
Reed tries to bum rush Harrison with a series of wild strikes but Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reed throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Harrison looks to throw the jab but Reed is out of range.

Harrison has managed to clinch.
Reed wants to break free but Harrison has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed has had enough of the clinch but Harrison keeps him there for the moment.

Harrison breaks the clinch.
Reed throws a looping overhand right but Harrison ducks down to avoid it.
Harrison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reed's sensitive parts.
A left lands for Harrison.
Harrison lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reed ducks under a wild hook from Harrison.
Reed throws a series of punches but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harrison moves away from the strike by Reed.

Harrison closes the distance and clinches.
Harrison stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a shoulder strike.
Harrison using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reed has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harrison displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reed up against the cage.
Harrison blocking some punches.

Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reed throws a series of punches but Harrison avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Harrison pushes Reed up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Harrison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sammy Reed's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reed tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reed on the side of the head.
Harrison throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reed misses with a combination
and Harrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reed can do to turn this around?
Harrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reed momentarily.
Reed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harrison counters with a good low kick that Reed was not able to check.
Reed misses with a hook. Harrison ducked under it nicely.
Reed moves out of range of the body kick from Harrison.

Harrison moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Reed is trying to push Harrison away but Harrison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
Reed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Harrison stalling.
Harrison has Reed pressed against the cage, preventing Reed from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harrison lands an uppercut.
Harrison lands a shoulder strike.
Harrison pushes Reed back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harrison - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Harrison breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reed swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harrison counters with a slapping leg kick.
Harrison scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab from Harrison.
Reed throws a big shot that misses.
Harrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harrison, as that shot connected.

That has opened up Sammy Reed's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrison slips a straight right by Reed.
Harrison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A low kick from Harrison misses
and Reed counters with a stiff right hand.
Reed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison scores with a leg kick.
Reed misses with a hook to the body
and Harrison counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab from Harrison does it's job there.
Reed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrison.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reed checks a leg kick.
Reed looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
No joy there for Reed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harrison. That's going to slow Reed down.
Reed needs to keep his hands up - Harrison had a free shot at his head there.
Reed fails to land with a series of punches.

Harrison clinches.

Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harrison cracks Reed with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws out a leg kick but Reed moves out of range and Harrison only half commits.
Reed misses with a leg kick.
Reed lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reed fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reed looks to land a combination but Harrison avoids it well.
Reed misses with a low kick as Harrison jumps back.
An attempted straight right counter from Harrison misses the target.
Harrison throws the left hand but Reed avoids the punch easily.
Reed is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Simon Harrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Harrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harrison thuds his shin into the meat of Reed's side.
A lazy left from Harrison finds it's target.

Reed gets tackled into the cage by Harrison. Harrison maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Harrison dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sammy Reed's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harrison connects with a leg kick. Reed looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sammy Reed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reed fails to land with a series of punches.
Reed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrison.
Reed needs to keep his hands up - Harrison had a free shot at his head there.
Harrison thumps Reed with a low kick.
Reed takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harrison scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reed defending well as Harrison loads up on a big left hand.
Harrison connects with a solid leg kick.
Harrison throws a quick inside leg kick.
Reed throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reed ducks right into an uppercut from Harrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed misses with a lunging right hand
and Harrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Reed throws an overhand right that lands on Harrison's shoulder, as Harrison tries to avoid the shot.

Harrison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Harrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrison throws a leg kick which misses Reed's front leg but catches the back leg as Reed tries to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Reed. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Harrison wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harrison doesn't manage to clinch there - Reed circles away.
Reed pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Harrison back to the cage. Reed follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Harrison looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Harrison connects with a solid leg kick.
Harrison looks to land a right hand but Reed moved out of range.
Reed takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison misses with a double jab
and Reed counters with a series of strikes. Harrison will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reed takes a step back to recover.
Reed tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harrison is able to avoid easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harrison.
Reed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Harrison moves into the clinch successfully.
Reed wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harrison has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Harrison.
Harrison avoiding damage.
Reed can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harrison slows down the pace here.
Harrison presses Reed against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reed is trying to break the clinch but Harrison is controlling him.
Reed struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrison controls his hands.
You can see that Reed has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

Harrison breaks the clinch.

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 connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Simon Harrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reed fails to land with a series of punches.
Harrison slips a jab and a cross from Reed.
Simon Harrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Harrison closes the distance and clinches.
Reed is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harrison is keeping busy.
Sammy Reed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reed wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reed misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Harrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Harrison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Harrison!
Simon Harrison thanked the fans post fight for their support.