PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Poraaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Poraaja
vs
Harrison

180 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

225 cm
21
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pertti Poraaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Harrison!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison looks for a takedown but Poraaja sprawls well.
Poraaja lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harrison's sensitive parts.
Poraaja motions for Harrison to come forward. Poraaja throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Poraaja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Poraaja.
Harrison has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harrison lands a nice looking kick to the body. Poraaja takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poraaja lands with a kick to the temple. Harrison shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Harrison misses with a few strikes there.
Harrison tries for a takedown but Poraaja sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pertti Poraaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Harrison.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Poraaja crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harrison - the referee stops the clock and Poraaja gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harrison. Poraaja manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Poraaja tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice sprawl there from Poraaja as Harrison shoots in.
Harrison fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Poraaja misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poraaja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poraaja swats away the attempt to clinch by Harrison.
Poraaja looks to throw a body kick
and Harrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harrison tries to clinch but Poraaja is having none of it.
Harrison looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Poraaja is fending him off so far but Harrison persists. Nope, Poraaja circles away and we're back to standing.
Harrison looks for a takedown but Poraaja sprawls well.
Harrison looks gassed!
Poraaja throws a sloppy head kick
and Harrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrison tries for a takedown but Poraaja sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Poraaja throws a head kick that misses
and Harrison makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Poraaja motions for Harrison to come forward. Poraaja throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Poraaja misses with the combination.
Harrison stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poraaja.
Poraaja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Poraaja throws a lazy head kick
and Harrison counters with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poraaja misses with a low kick.
Poraaja throws a head kick that misses
and Harrison counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick by Poraaja misses
and Harrison counters with a thumping low kick.
Poraaja throws a leg kick that is checked

and Harrison counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Poraaja is looking to stand up but Harrison isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Harrison dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Poraaja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poraaja is looking to score with low kicks.
Poraaja misses with a double jab.
Pertti Poraaja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harrison takes a kick to the side of the head.
Poraaja does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Poraaja is predictable there
and Harrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harrison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Poraaja throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harrison counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Poraaja does no damage.
A head kick by Poraaja misses
and Harrison counters with a left and a right that stings Poraaja.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poraaja is looking to score with low kicks.

Harrison darts in and clinches Poraaja up against the cage.

Harrison pulls Poraaja into guard.
Harrison is trying to control the position but Poraaja postures up.
Poraaja has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Poraaja wanted to stand there but Harrison had control of the position.
Poraaja wants to stand and escape but instead Harrison has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poraaja wants to stand up but Harrison is controlling him.
Poraaja keeping moving, preventing Harrison from controlling successfully.
Poraaja is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harrison is controlling him.
Harrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Poraaja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Poraaja kicks Harrison off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Poraaja's sensitive parts.
Poraaja is looking to slow Harrison down with leg kicks.
Harrison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poraaja.
Harrison tries for a takedown but Poraaja sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Harrison or perhaps it was just good defense by Poraaja which made him look bad.
Harrison defending well as Poraaja loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Poraaja throws a lazy head kick

so Harrison counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harrison works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Poraaja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harrison on the ground.
Harrison looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Harrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Poraaja keeps working.
Harrison passes to full mount!
Harrison controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Harrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Poraaja takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Poraaja thows a leg kick but Harrison checks it
and Harrison counters with a good, hard body kick but Poraaja shrugs it off.
Poraaja misses with a leg kick
and Harrison counters with a nice body kick.
Harrison lets loose with a powerful body kick. Poraaja will feel that in the morning.
Harrison scores with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Horrible takedown by Harrison or perhaps it was just good defense by Poraaja which made him look bad.
Harrison fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Poraaja misses
and Harrison counters with a left to the body.
Poraaja stuffs the takedown.
Pertti Poraaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Harrison.
Poraaja misses with the combination.
A leg kick checked by Harrison.
Harrison closes the distance and clinches up with Poraaja, looking for a takedown. Harrison pushes Poraaja against the cage but Poraaja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harrison checks a leg kick nicely.
Poraaja throws a sloppy head kick and Harrison moves out of range easily.

That's two 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 fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pertti Poraaja is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poraaja throws a lazy head kick
and Harrison counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A clash of legs there as Harrison blocks the low kick.
A head kick by Poraaja misses
and Harrison counters with a right hand to the body.
Poraaja misses with a head kick.
Dave Harrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poraaja misses with a leg kick
and Harrison counters with a nice low kick that buckles Poraaja's knee momentarily.
Harrison dodges the punch combination from Poraaja.
Poraaja misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Poraaja misses
and Harrison makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Poraaja will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
No joy there for Poraaja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Poraaja throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Harrison fails with a takedown attempt.
Harrison is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Poraaja rather than just go for the knockout.
Harrison avoids the head kick by Poraaja.
Poraaja misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Poraaja throws a nice looking combination but Harrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harrison takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harrison blocks the body kick.
Poraaja lands a nice hook to Harrison's body. Harrison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pertti Poraaja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poraaja is looking to slow Harrison down with leg kicks.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Poraaja but Poraaja pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Poraaja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harrison.
Poraaja fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harrison is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Harrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Harrison!