PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Harold (ranked 4081 p4p, 380 weight class) and Watch Out Ronaldo (ranked 7198 p4p, 543 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Harold
vs
Out Ronaldo

186 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

166 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Nuggetori's Nutritionals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryan Harold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Watch Out Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harold walks into a left hand.
Harold has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($500/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Harold tries to work over Ronaldo's front leg with a kick but Ronaldo checks it.
Harold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harold lands the left hand.
Harold misses with a wild combination.
Harold misses with the combination.
Ronaldo follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Ronaldo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harold.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ronaldo.
Harold tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ronaldo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harold scores with a body shot.
Ronaldo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo throws a leg kick which misses Harold's front leg but catches the back leg as Harold tries to avoid it.
Ronaldo scoring well with a low kick there.
Harold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harold tries to bum rush Ronaldo with a series of wild strikes but Ronaldo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Harold misses.
Ronaldo feints and then cracks Harold's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harold down.
Ronaldo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harold tries to score with a low kick but Ronaldo moves his leg out of the way.
Ronaldo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Harold.
Ronaldo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ronaldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harold throws a head kick but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo lands with an uppercut that bounces Harold off the cage and back into range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ronaldo.
Harold really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the head.
Ronaldo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harold cracks Ronaldo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ronaldo lands with a hook. Harold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harold takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harold loads up on a big right hand but Ronaldo slips the punch.
Ronaldo scores with the left hand. Harold knows he should have avoided that one.
Ronaldo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ronaldo lands a jab to the nose.
Harold is looking to score with low kicks.
Harold throws a jab but it's blocked by Ronaldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harold walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ronaldo.
Jab, jab by Harold - just one landing.
Watch Out Ronaldo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ronaldo cracks Harold with an open hand slap.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A nice leg kick lands there from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo swinging wildly here.
Ronaldo avoids a kick to the body.
Ronaldo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ronaldo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ronaldo digs a good body shot into Harold's ribs.
Ronaldo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harold had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Harold with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ronaldo to score with a decent uppercut.
Harold shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Harold closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ronaldo's guard.
Ronaldo looking to control.
Harold tries to stand but Ronaldo is controlling from the bottom.
Harold trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ronaldo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harold will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harold wants to stand but Ronaldo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ronaldo pulls Harold in close to his closed guard and prevents Harold from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ronaldo controls Harold momentarily but Harold frees himself.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ronaldo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harold jabs Ronaldo right on the nose. Ronaldo blinks but takes it well.
Ronaldo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ronaldo blocks a low kick nicely.
Harold throws a head kick that misses.
Ronaldo keeps Harold at a distance using the push kick.
Ronaldo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a front kick that sends Harold stumbling back into the cage.
Ronaldo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harold.
Ronaldo scores with a leg kick.
Harold is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harold on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ronaldo, right into the meat.
Harold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ronaldo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harold at a distance.
Ronaldo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Harold feints a jab promting Ronaldo to slip. Harold then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ronaldo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Watch Out Ronaldo has been cut.
Ronaldo connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo scores with a spinning back kick!
Harold steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ronaldo. That one must have hurt.
Harold is looking to chop away at Ronaldo's legs.

Harold closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ronaldo's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Watch Out Ronaldo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Watch Out Ronaldo's cut.
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.

Harold throws a series of punches but Ronaldo avoids them all with ease.
Harold throws a looping overhand right but Ronaldo ducks down to avoid it.
Ronaldo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harold with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ronaldo to score with a decent uppercut.
Harold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a really nice looking cross but Harold seems unphased.
Ronaldo with a jab.
Ronaldo connects with a body shot.
Harold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harold walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good work by Ronaldo as he checks the leg kick.
Harold throws a head kick that Ronaldo semi-blocks.
A big left from Harold misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harold.
Ronaldo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harold throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ronaldo scores with a push kick.
Ronaldo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ronaldo scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Ronaldo.
Nice jab there from Ronaldo.
A clash of legs there as Ronaldo blocks the low kick.
Harold walks into a left hand.
Ronaldo lands a nice hook to Harold's body. Harold takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Harold does no damage.
Ronaldo slips a jab and a cross from Harold.
Ronaldo fakes the leg kick and cracks Harold in the body.
Ronaldo scores with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo checks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Ronaldo there.
Ronaldo connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harold on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ronaldo with a jab.
Ronaldo scores with a hook.
Watch Out Ronaldo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ronaldo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Harold fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ronaldo to the ground. Harold is now in Ronaldo's guard.
Ronaldo has a closed guard, preventing Harold from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo is trying to keep Harold in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ronaldo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Harold gets to his feet. Ronaldo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ronaldo lands with a straight right. Harold didn't see that one coming.
Ronaldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ronaldo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harold.
Harold is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Harold will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ronaldo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harold walks into a straight right hand from Ronaldo.
Harold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Harold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harold misses with the combination.
Harold on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ronaldo blocks a low kick nicely.
A left lands for Ronaldo.
Harold needs to keep his hands up - Ronaldo had a free shot at his head there.
Ronaldo lands a body shot.
Ronaldo slips under a jab from Harold.
Ronaldo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harold takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ronaldo lands a glancing blow to the side of Harold's head.
Bryan Harold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ronaldo delivers a nice body kick.
Harold lands with a good body shot.
Harold swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo dodges the punch combination from Harold.
Harold takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ronaldo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harold.
Ronaldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Harold throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Harold moves forwards but Ronaldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ronaldo's corner calls for a 1-2. Ronaldo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ronaldo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ronaldo lands with a hook. Harold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ronaldo cracks the inside of Harold's front leg.
Ronaldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ronaldo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ronaldo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ronaldo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Watch Out Ronaldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Watch Out Ronaldo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ronaldo tests Harold's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A punch combination from Harold misses.
Harold misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Ronaldo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Harold moves forwards but Ronaldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the head.
Ronaldo lands with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Harold.
Nice jab there from Ronaldo.
Harold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Harold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo moves out of range of the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A solid body kick from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ronaldo lands with a shot to the body.
Ronaldo connects with the punch.
Harold misses with a straight left.
Harold backing away here, and Ronaldo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ronaldo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harold doesn't seem bothered though.
Harold throws a low kick but Ronaldo moves out of range easily.
Ronaldo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Harold sets himself, and Ronaldo steps forward looking for the clinch! Harold avoids it this time.
Sloppy strikes from Harold. Those never looked like landing.
Harold looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ronaldo lands with a hook. Harold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harold has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harold there as he acknowledges the shot.
Harold has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ronaldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ronaldo connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ronaldo, as that shot connected.
Harold misses with a two punch combination.
Harold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ronaldo. Ronaldo obviously looking to wear him down.
Ronaldo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harold looks to land a left hand but Ronaldo moved out of range nicely.
Watch Out Ronaldo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harold moves forwards but Ronaldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ronaldo slaps away a takedown attempt from Harold, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ronaldo lands with a right hand.
Ronaldo connects with an inside leg kick.
Ronaldo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ronaldo lands a nice hook to Harold's body. Harold takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harold cracks Ronaldo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harold takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harold throws a series of punches but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo throws out a powerful jab.
Ronaldo scores with a hook.
Harold on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ronaldo. Ronaldo obviously looking to wear him down.
Ronaldo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ronaldo catches Harold with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ronaldo thumps Harold with a low kick.
Bryan Harold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ronaldo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harold's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ronaldo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harold scrambles back to his feet.
Ronaldo blocks the body kick.
Ronaldo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harold has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ronaldo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harold on the side of the head.
Harold takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Harold motions for Ronaldo to come forward. Harold throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Harold takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ronaldo clobbers Harold with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ronaldo.
Harold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ronaldo manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Ronaldo. Beautiful body shot.
Ronaldo connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronaldo connects with a single shot there.
Ronaldo lands the left hand.
Ronaldo with a nice cross.
Harold sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ronaldo!
Ronaldo lands a body shot.
Ronaldo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harold's calf.
Ronaldo throws out a powerful jab.
Ronaldo lands a jab to Harold's midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ronaldo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harold's hands.
Ronaldo cracks Harold with an open hand slap.
Ronaldo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ronaldo fakes the leg kick and cracks Harold in the body.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harold's head backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ronaldo manages to avoid it.
Harold tries to clinch there but Ronaldo circles away.
Harold throws out a loose jab but Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick that knocks Harold off balance momentarily.
A lazy left from Harold finds it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Watch Out Ronaldo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ronaldo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Watch Out Ronaldo!
Watch Out Ronaldo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.