PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chico Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Harmbe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harold Harmbe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cunha
vs
Harmbe

185 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
196 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Hellraiser FightGear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chico Cunha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harold Harmbe!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harmbe slips a jab and a cross from Cunha.

Harmbe closes the distance and pushes Cunha back into the cage.
Harmbe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunha blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Chico Cunha has been cut.
Cunha swings wildly with an uppercut but Harmbe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harmbe has Cunha pushed against the cage.
Harmbe's coach down at ReVoLuT!oN !sL@nD GYM was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Harmbe's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cunha tries to throw a body punch but Harmbe avoids it by throwing Cunha back against the cage.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Harmbe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cunha seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Harmbe closes the distance and clinches.
Harmbe with a knee to the head.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but Cunha blocks it.
Harmbe controlling the action here for a moment.
Harmbe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cunha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmbe blocking some punches.
Harmbe blocks an uppercut.
Cunha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harmbe blocks an uppercut.

Harmbe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cunha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cunha misses the shot to the body.
Cunha scores with a nice strike.

Harmbe clinches with his opponent.
Harmbe blocking some punches.
Harmbe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harmbe lands a knee to the head.

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

Harmbe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cunha, pushing him back against the cage.
Harmbe misses with an elbow strike.
Harmbe looking to throw knees to the head but Cunha is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harmbe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunha blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Harmbe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cunha.
Harmbe is struggling to control the position.
A short right from Cunha.
Harmbe with a knee to the head.
Cunha lands an uppercut.
Come on Harmbe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Harmbe throws a knee to the head but misses.

Harmbe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Harmbe closes the distance and pushes Cunha back into the cage.
Cunha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe connects with a knee to the head.
Cunha lands with a left to the head.
Cunha throws a punch but it's blocked by Harmbe.
Harmbe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Harmbe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harmbe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cunha has a couple of punches blocked by Harmbe.

Harmbe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cunha punishes Harmbe's body with a nice straight punch.

Harmbe pushes Cunha up against the cage in a clinch.
Cunha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cunha has a couple of punches blocked by Harmbe.
Cunha misses with some punches.
Harmbe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunha blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmbe misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cunha can't find room to land a body shot as Harmbe controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harmbe looking to stall.
Cunha works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harmbe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Harmbe landing knees to the head.

Harmbe breaks from the clinch.
Cunha connects with a nice looking jab.
Cunha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harmbe steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cunha.

Harmbe closes the distance and clinches.
Harmbe blocks an uppercut.
Harmbe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cunha's face.
Cunha works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cunha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Harmbe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chico Cunha's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cunha moves into range and connects with a jab.

Harmbe moves into the clinch successfully.
Cunha misses with a punch to the body.

Harmbe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harmbe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Harmbe drives through and clinches with Cunha against the cage.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harmbe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cunha misses with a punch to the body.
Cunha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harmbe is trying to maintain a safe position but Cunha gets an underhook and turns Harmbe into the cage.
Cunha lands with a light punch inside.

Harmbe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body punch from Cunha.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Harmbe clinches.
Harmbe lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Cunha.
Harmbe is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cunha lands a body punch in the clinch.
Harmbe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cunha gets through Harmbe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harmbe tries to break free but Cunha pushes him back against the cage.
Harmbe looking to throw knees to the head but Cunha is blocking nicely.
Cunha lands a hook that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Good body shot from Cunha.
Cunha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Cunha misses with the head strike.
Cunha lands a shoulder strike.
Harmbe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but Cunha blocks it.
Cunha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harmbe is looking to break free of the clinch but Cunha has double underhooks.
Cunha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harold Harmbe seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harmbe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cunha is keeping busy.
Cunha misses with a body punch.
Cunha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cunha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cunha lands with a right to the head.
Harmbe takes a shot to the head.
Cunha throws a head punch that misses.
Harmbe misses with a knee strike.
Harmbe tries to break the clinch but Cunha is controlling the position.
Cunha avoids the elbow strike from Harmbe, against the cage.
Cunha lands with a left to the head.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Cunha blocks with his arms.
Harmbe slowing the pace effectively.
Harmbe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harmbe looking to throw knees to the head but Cunha is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cunha.
Cunha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.

Harmbe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A lazy left from Cunha finds it's target.

Harmbe moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cunha fails to land.
Harmbe taking a breather.
Harmbe landing knees to the head.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harmbe wants to get back to striking at distance but Cunha won't allow it.
Cunha scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harmbe blocks a body shot from Cunha.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Harmbe misses with a knee strike.
Cunha pushes Harmbe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cunha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cunha blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmbe blocks a body shot from Cunha.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but Cunha blocks it.
Harmbe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harmbe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cunha is keeping busy.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Cunha blocks with his arms.
Cunha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harmbe's elbow.
Cunha lands a shot to the body.
Cunha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cunha gets through Harmbe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harmbe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cunha works on Harmbe's body with a couple of short punches.
Cunha has a couple of punches blocked by Harmbe.
Harmbe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cunha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harmbe blocks an uppercut.
Harmbe misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chico Cunha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chico Cunha's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cunha tests Harmbe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harold Harmbe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harmbe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A big right from Cunha misses.
Cunha throws a lazy right hand but Harmbe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chico Cunha is winning the standup battle so far.

Harmbe has managed to clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cunha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harmbe lands a knee to the head.
Harmbe looking to slow down the pace here.
Cunha tries to land knees in the clinch but Harmbe avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunha throws a head punch that misses.
Cunha lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Cunha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cunha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Harmbe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cunha scores with a shoulder strike.
Harmbe throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Harmbe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harmbe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harmbe misses with a knee to the head.
Cunha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Harmbe is rocked!
Cunha misses with a body punch.
Cunha scores with a shoulder strike.
Harmbe is still on wobbly legs! Can Cunha finish him?
Harmbe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cunha lands a hook that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Cunha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cunha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the head but Cunha blocks with his arms.

Cunha drops Harmbe onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Harmbe is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunha pushes Harmbe against the cage. Cunha is working some dirty boxing. Cunha pushes off with a quick right hook! Harmbe goes down! Harmbe tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Cunha moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chico Cunha!
During a confident post fight interview, Chico Cunha thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Harold Harmbe was interviewed post fight and said 'ill be back again and again till i win'.