PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Harding (ranked 2220 p4p, 349 weight class) and Dimitri Vasleyiev (ranked 1194 p4p, 185 weight class). Harding comes to the cage accompanied by Bitch School. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harding
vs
Vasleyiev

182 cm
34
172 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

178 cm
26
170 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 180$)

Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dimitri Vasleyiev!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasleyiev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dimitri Vasleyiev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Vasleyiev does it's job there.
Harding takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harding chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harding swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasleyiev goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev slips under a jab from Harding.
Harding looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vasleyiev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hardings jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Harding takes a swing at Vasleyiev's ribcage but misses.
Harding moves away from the strike by Vasleyiev.
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!
Vasleyiev jabs Harding to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harding misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vasleyiev lands a body shot.
Vasleyiev throws a good cross that connects.
Vasleyiev connects with the punch.
Harding takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice uppercut there from Vasleyiev.
Some bone on bone action there as Vasleyiev checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasleyiev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harding counters with a straight right hand.
Vasleyiev has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Harding looks to land a right hand but Vasleyiev moved out of range.
Harding throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harding lands a nice shot that snaps Vasleyiev's head back.
Vasleyiev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harding ducks right into an uppercut from Vasleyiev.
Harding connects with a leg kick. Vasleyiev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vasleyiev throws a leg kick but Harding moved away.
Harding throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vasleyiev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harding.
Vasleyiev wants to land a leg kick but Harding is out of range.
Vasleyiev swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harding takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vasleyiev punishes Harding's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Harding throws a leg kick
and Vasleyiev counters with an outside leg kick.
Harding throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vasleyiev counters with a nice uppercut.
Harding connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harding makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Vasleyiev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harding tries to move into range but Vasleyiev moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vasleyiev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harding.
Harding with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vasleyiev misses with a few strikes there.
Vasleyiev tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harding is able to avoid easily.
Harding takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harding takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Vasleyiev.
Harding loads up on a big right hand but Vasleyiev slips the punch.
Vasleyiev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harding misses the shot to the body.
Despite the aggression on Vasleyiev's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harding misses with a hook. Vasleyiev ducked under it nicely.
Harding takes one on the button.
A head kick misses from Vasleyiev.
Nice defenses there by Vasleyiev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding misses with a leg kick
and Vasleyiev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vasleyiev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vasleyiev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Vasleyiev just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHarding.
Vasleyiev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harding is looking to slow Vasleyiev down with leg kicks.
Harding motions for Vasleyiev to come forward. Harding throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vasleyiev lands the left hand.
Harding misses the shot to the body.
Vasleyiev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Harding misses with the body kick
and Vasleyiev counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vasleyiev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harding has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harding just misses with a punch to the body.
Harding is looking to score with low kicks.
Vasleyiev is looking for the big counter here.
Vasleyiev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vasleyiev throws a leg kick but Harding moved away.
Harding throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vasleyiev on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasleyiev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vasleyiev is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Harding had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev checks a low kick from Harding.
Vasleyiev throws a body shot but no joy.
Harding misses with a looping left.
Good exchange - Harding coming out on top.
Vasleyiev looks to score with a jab to the body but Harding is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Vasleyiev blocks the leg kick.
Harding looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vasleyiev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harding's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vasleyiev under the eye.
Vasleyiev throws a low kick but Harding moves out of range easily.
Harding takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vasleyiev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vasleyiev takes one to the chin there.
Harding swings for the body but Vasleyiev moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Vasleyiev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vasleyiev checks a low kick from Harding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Harding throws a series of punches but Vasleyiev moves out of range.
Harding looks to land a right hand but Vasleyiev moved out of range.
Vasleyiev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harding jabs Vasleyiev right on the nose. Vasleyiev blinks but takes it well.
Vasleyiev on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harding takes a swing at Vasleyiev's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Harding finds it's target.
Harding checks a low kick from Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev misses with a right hand
and Harding makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dimitri Vasleyiev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harding tries a low kick but Vasleyiev avoids it.
Vasleyiev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vasleyiev throws a hook to the side of Harding's head but Harding sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harding lands with an uppercut that bounces Vasleyiev off the cage and back into range.
Harding walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vasleyiev tried to score with a low kick but Harding checks it.
Harding tries to work over Vasleyiev's front leg with a kick but Vasleyiev checks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harding ducks under a wild hook from Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Harding.
Vasleyiev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vasleyiev checks a leg kick.
Vasleyiev throws an overhand right that lands on Harding's shoulder, as Harding tries to avoid the shot.
Harding cracks Vasleyiev with an open hand slap.
Vasleyiev misses with a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Harding misses the target.
Vasleyiev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harding with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vasleyiev takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harding misses the shot to the body.
Vasleyiev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harding can pounce on him.
Vasleyiev fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Harding is out of range.
Harding throws the kick towards the body but Vasleyiev avoids it.
Harding missing with a left hand there. Vasleyiev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Harding pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vasleyiev keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harding throws a leg kick
and Vasleyiev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasleyiev drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harding motions for Vasleyiev to come forward. Harding throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vasleyiev blocks a low kick nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vasleyiev, right into the meat.
Harding fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vasleyiev misses with a looping left.
Harding looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harding ducks right into an uppercut from Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harding takes a step back to recover.
Harding tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vasleyiev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice straight punches there by Vasleyiev. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev misses with a body kick.
Vasleyiev throws a body punch but Harding moves out of range.
Harding feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Good leg kick by Vasleyiev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A big left from Vasleyiev misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harding's hands.
A jab from Vasleyiev misses.
Harding was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Harding cracks a nice hook into Vasleyiev's ribs.
Harding throws a leg kick which misses Vasleyiev's front leg but catches the back leg as Vasleyiev tries to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harding.
That kick from Harding tenderised Vasleyiev's leg. Vasleyiev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Harding wants to slow Vasleyiev down by chopping away at his legs.
Harding displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vasleyiev throws out the jab.
Vasleyiev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harding can pounce on him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Danga de danga de dang - Vasleyiev scores with a four punch combination!
Harding moves out of range of the leg kick from Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harding counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!
A low kick from Harding misses
and Vasleyiev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Harding. Vasleyiev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harding is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev misses with a leg kick
letting Harding counter with a right hand.
A jab from Vasleyiev does it's job there.
Harding slips a straight right by Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev digs a good body shot into Harding's ribs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vasleyiev checks a leg kick.
Vasleyiev throws out a counter right but Harding avoids it with no problem.
Harding throws a shot from downtown. Vasleyiev moves away and avoids it.
Vasleyiev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harding manages to avoid it.
Vasleyiev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harding sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vasleyiev misses with a straight left.
Harding tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vasleyiev was well out of range. Poor timing from Harding.
Vasleyiev moves forwards but Harding connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decent striking displayed by Harding there.
Harding tries to land a leg kick but Vasleyiev saw it coming and moves away.
Vasleyiev swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harding counters with an inside leg kick.
Harding cracks Vasleyiev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Harding dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vasleyiev scores with a punch to the head.
A shot to the body from Harding misses
and Vasleyiev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vasleyiev checks a low kick from Harding.
Vasleyiev blocks a leg kick.
Harding throws a right and a left that both miss.
A leg kick checked by Vasleyiev.
Harding feints and then cracks Vasleyiev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vasleyiev down.
Harding takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vasleyiev throws a combination that misses
and Harding counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Harding showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasleyiev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasleyiev throws an overhand right that lands on Harding's shoulder, as Harding tries to avoid the shot.
Vasleyiev lands a leg kick that knocks Harding off balance momentarily.
Vasleyiev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harding sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Vasleyiev 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Harding wants to land a leg kick but Vasleyiev is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasleyiev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harding counters with an outside leg kick.
Harding throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vasleyiev.
Harding walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vasleyiev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vasleyiev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A low kick from Vasleyiev misses
and Harding counters with a good low kick that Vasleyiev was not able to check.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vasleyiev.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harding, right into the meat.
Vasleyiev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harding checks the leg kick.
Harding looks to land a left hand but Vasleyiev moved out of range nicely.
Vasleyiev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vasleyiev throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harding fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev throws a leg kick but Harding sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harding buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vasleyiev just misses with a punch to the body.
Harding throws a body kick that misses
and Vasleyiev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harding throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harding walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vasleyiev connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Harding connects with a leg kick. Vasleyiev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harding. Vasleyiev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harding slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harding takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vasleyiev throws a series of punches but Harding avoids them all with ease.
Harding's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vasleyiev under the eye.
Harding throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Vasleyiev's head.
Vasleyiev connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harding is looking to slow Vasleyiev down with leg kicks.
Vasleyiev lands with a straight right. Harding didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding feints and then cracks Vasleyiev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vasleyiev down.
Harding misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vasleyiev.
Vasleyiev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vasleyiev avoids the body shot from Harding.
A slow jab from Harding misses its intended target.
Harding throws a wild body kick that Vasleyiev sees coming a mile off.
Vasleyiev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vasleyiev is looking to score with low kicks.
Vasleyiev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Harding walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vasleyiev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Vasleyiev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Harding misses
and Vasleyiev counters with a stiff right hand.
Vasleyiev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harding throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vasleyiev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vasleyiev is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasleyiev avoids the body shot from Harding.
Harding tried to score with a low kick but Vasleyiev checks it.
Vasleyiev thows a body kick. Harding tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Harding, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasleyiev connects with a solid leg kick.
Vasleyiev moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harding throws a big shot that misses.
A low kick from Harding is predictable there
and Vasleyiev counters with a good low kick that Harding was not able to check.
Vasleyiev takes one to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Harding misses the target.
Harding takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vasleyiev checks a leg kick.
Vasleyiev misses with a lunging right hand
and Harding cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vasleyiev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harding takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dimitri Vasleyiev.
Well Vasleyiev 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!