PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Harbor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Reach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reach has chosen Here's Johnny as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Harbor
vs
Reach

184 cm
38
203 lbs
38 - 31 - 2

195 cm
37
195 lbs
40 - 16 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 38 - 31 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Harbor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Johnny Reach!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harbor.

Harbor dives in and scores a takedown into Reach's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harbor throwing strikes but missing.
Harbor trying to control but Reach is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Harbor's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reach can't keep his opponent in guard - Harbor advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Harbor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reach defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harbor winds up and cracks Reach with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Reach has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at K.O.N.Y.. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Harbor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Harbor not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbor wants to pass to mount but Reach is defending the position.
Reach keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Harbor throwing shots but Reach is blocking nicely.
Reach is controlling Harbor's trapped leg to prevent Harbor from advancing to side control.
Harbor drops an elbow to the side of Reach's head.
Reach keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

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.
Harbor slips a nice elbow through Reach's hands, connecting with Reach's forehead.

Harbor seems to be looking for submissions.
Harbor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reach with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Reach is defending against the submission attempts here by Harbor.
Reach is looking to control Harbor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reach avoid being mounted?
Harbor thows a huge punch but Reach dodges it nicely.
Harbor looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Reach with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reach is not content to let Harbor control the position.
Harbor is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Reach is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Harbor content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Harbor is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Reach keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

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.
Reach is in trouble now - Harbor has advanced to mount!
We've been hearing that Harbor has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Reach is looking to get to half guard.
Harbor looking to finish with strikes here!
Harbor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harbor thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Harbor dominating with strikes here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Reach manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Harbor looks to land a strike but Reach avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Harbor trying to control but Reach is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Reach tries to clinch

and Harbor counters with a takedown into side control.
James Harbor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You can see the frustration on Reach's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Reach might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Harbor haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The strikes coming from Harbor are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Harbor in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Harbor trying to control the position but Reach is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reach avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Harbor.
Harbor working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harbor fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Harbor connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Reach some visible discomfort.
Harbor working the head with strikes.
Harbor misses with the ground and pound.
Reach tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harbor wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Reach can't do much from the bottom here.
Reach is not content to let Harbor control the position.
Harbor advances to full mount.
Harbor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reach can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reach wants to control but Harbor is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Harbor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Reach avoids a series of strikes thrown by Harbor.
Harbor controlling his opponent.
Harbor is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Reach keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harbor with a couple of short strikes.
Harbor pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Harbor 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.
Harbor with a couple of short strikes.

Reach is rocked!
Harbor looking to control but Reach is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reach is still in real trouble! Can Harbor finish him?
Harbor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Harbor cracks Reach with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Reach takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reach is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reach taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harbor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Reach can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Harbor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Harbor unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Reach wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Harbor celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Harbor!
James Harbor seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.