PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Schopenhauer (ranked 1792 p4p, 244 weight class) and Van Harvey (ranked 2206 p4p, 287 weight class). Schopenhauer comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. Van Harvey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Schopenhauer
vs
Harvey

181 cm
35
194 lbs
26 - 8 - 0

181 cm
26
179 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthur Schopenhauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Van Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schopenhauer lands a jab to the nose.
Schopenhauer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Harvey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Schopenhauer.
Schopenhauer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Harvey sprawls well. Harvey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Schopenhauer gets slowly back to his feet.
Schopenhauer lands the left hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Harvey blocks the leg kick.
Schopenhauer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Harvey pushes Schopenhauer up against the cage in a clinch.
Harvey misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harvey lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Harvey lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schopenhauer is pressing down on Harvey's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Schopenhauer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schopenhauer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harvey throws a big elbow that misses.

Schopenhauer looking for a guillotine here but Harvey defends easily.

Schopenhauer is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Harvey is aware though and is defending well.

Schopenhauer is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Schopenhauer looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Harvey passes into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey controlling from side mount.
Schopenhauer tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harvey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Schopenhauer can't do much from the bottom here.
Schopenhauer manages to get back to half guard.
Harvey is looking to take a break and control but Schopenhauer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schopenhauer wants to get back to full guard.
Schopenhauer is positioning himself well to prevent Harvey advancing to mount.

Schopenhauer is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Harvey pulls his head out easily.
Schopenhauer is not content to let Harvey control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Schopenhauer tries to score with a low kick but Harvey moves his leg out of the way.

Schopenhauer gets tackled into the cage by Harvey. Harvey maintains the clinch.

Harvey gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Schopenhauer trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schopenhauer manages to get to full guard.

Schopenhauer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Harvey wants to control from the top but Schopenhauer keeps moving.
Harvey wants to pass the guard but Schopenhauer is keeping the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schopenhauer keeping moving, preventing Harvey from controlling successfully.
Schopenhauer looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Harvey dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Schopenhauer catches Harvey with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harvey checks a low kick from Schopenhauer.
Harvey throws a counter combo.

Schopenhauer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Schopenhauer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Harvey working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schopenhauer doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schopenhauer manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Schopenhauer sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Harvey can't keep his opponent in guard - Schopenhauer advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Schopenhauer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Harvey sees it coming and defends easily.

Schopenhauer goes for a cartwheel guard pass here but Harvey does a handstand and catches Schopenhauer in mid air with a triangle! Could it be? It is! It's the triple decker pecker wrecker! The fighters land on the ground with Harvey on top - Schopenhauer is already out from the submission! Harvey gives Schopenhauer's pecker the obligatory post submission twist and this one is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall over! Are you kidding me! That is world class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. That guy is my hero!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (TDPW) . Van Harvey!
Van Harvey decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.