PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Len Harding (ranked 24277 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Striker (ranked 6113 p4p, 0 weight class). James Striker will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Harding
vs
Striker

183 cm
19
140 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

165 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Len Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Striker!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striker is looking to slow Harding down with leg kicks.

Harding moves into the clinch successfully.
Harding lands a good knee to the midsection. Striker won't want to take too many of those.

Striker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Striker lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harding has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harding and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Striker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harding counters with a nice uppercut.

Harding gets a double leg takedown into Striker's guard.
Striker looking to control but Harding passes into half guard.
Ground and pound from Harding.
Striker tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Harding has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harding prevents Striker from getting the reversal.
Harding with a couple of short strikes.
Harding connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Striker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harding scoring with strikes but Striker is staying in there.

Striker is rocked!
Harding scoring with strikes but Striker is staying in there.
Striker is still in real trouble! Can Harding finish him?
Harding landing punches.
Harding controlling the pace for now.
Harding 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.
Harding postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Striker badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Harding around the waist but Harding pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Harding is the winner by TKO! Harding jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Len Harding!