PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Harvey (ranked 2018 p4p, 252 weight class) and Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 2088 p4p, 263 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Al-Khaldi's choice of entrance music: Terror - Shot Of Reality. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Harvey
vs
Al-Khaldi

186 cm
37
185 lbs
25 - 13 - 1

182 cm
34
191 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

IniTech Nutrition
KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malik Al-Khaldi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey cracks Al-Khaldi with a good jab.
Harvey lands a nice hook to Al-Khaldi's body. Al-Khaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harvey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jab from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi misses with a left hand
and Harvey counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harvey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Harvey looks to score with a jab to the body but Al-Khaldi is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Harvey.
Harvey lands with a thumping leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Harvey.
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!
Harvey wants to slow Al-Khaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Harvey throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harvey.
Harvey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Al-Khaldi misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi looks to land a combination. Harvey sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey throws a head kick but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Harvey connects with a body shot that sends Al-Khaldi's belly button to the back.
Harvey tries a head kick but it misses.
Al-Khaldi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harvey has time to react.
A good leg kick by Harvey.
Harvey lands with an overhand left.
Harvey scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Al-Khaldi moves into the clinch successfully.
Al-Khaldi working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Harvey misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey misses with a body punch.
Harvey digs a right hand underneath Al-Khaldi's ribcage. Al-Khaldi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harvey presses Al-Khaldi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harvey blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harvey.

Harvey manages to break the clinch.
Sean Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Al-Khaldi on the side of the head.
Harvey lands the left hand.
Harvey throws a head kick that Al-Khaldi semi-blocks.
Harvey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harvey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harvey slips under a jab.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Al-Khaldi moved out of range.
Harvey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harvey.
Harvey looks to score with a jab to the body but Al-Khaldi is just out of range.
Harvey lands with a slapping head kick.
Al-Khaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harvey.
Nice uppercut there from Harvey.
Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Al-Khaldi.
Harvey connects with a jab.
Al-Khaldi walks into a left hand.
Harvey tests Al-Khaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Al-Khaldi cracks a nice hook into Harvey's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Al-Khaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
Harvey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Al-Khaldi, as that shot connected.
Harvey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Al-Khaldi.
Harvey throws a leg kick but Al-Khaldi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Harvey throws a sloppy head kick and Al-Khaldi moves out of range easily.
Harvey pivots, looking for a leg kick but Al-Khaldi is out of range and Harvey settles back down.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al-Khaldi! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harvey throws a head kick that misses.
Al-Khaldi throws a counter combo.
Al-Khaldi tried to score with a low kick but Harvey checks it.
Harvey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Harvey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Al-Khaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick misses from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi checks a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Al-Khaldi defending well as Harvey loads up on a big left hand.
Al-Khaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harvey scores with a nice strike.
Harvey throws a body shot but no joy.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Al-Khaldi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harvey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al-Khaldi! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harvey misses with a lunging right hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Harvey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Al-Khaldi on the side of the head.
Harvey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harvey 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 Al-Khaldi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Al-Khaldi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harvey lands a body shot.
Al-Khaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Harvey tries to land a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Al-Khaldi misses the target.
Al-Khaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi checks the leg kick.
Harvey lands with a right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harvey.
Al-Khaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harvey blocks a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi throws out a counter right but Harvey avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi checks a low kick from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi throws a big counter head kick but Harvey avoids it with no problem.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range of the body kick.
Al-Khaldi throws out a counter right but Harvey avoids it with no problem.
Al-Khaldi throws a jab when Harvey was well out of range.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
Harvey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Harvey throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Harvey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Al-Khaldi can do to turn this around?
Good standup being displayed there by Harvey as he connects with a hook.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Harvey.
Harvey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Al-Khaldi ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al-Khaldi! But no joy.
Harvey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Al-Khaldi. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey slips a jab from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
Harvey jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harvey throws a series of punches but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Harvey backing away here, and Al-Khaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Harvey lands a jab to Al-Khaldi's midsection.
Harvey scores with a nice right hand.
Harvey lands a nice looking body shot.
Al-Khaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Harvey is just out of range.
Harvey is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Harvey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Al-Khaldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harvey digs a good body shot into Al-Khaldi's ribs.
Harvey drops his hands momentarily and Al-Khaldi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi with a nice cross.
Harvey staying out of range there.
Harvey throws a quick counter head kick but Al-Khaldi was just out of range.
Al-Khaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Harvey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harvey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Al-Khaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harvey misses with an uppercut
letting Al-Khaldi counter with a right hand.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Sean Harvey is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Al-Khaldi misses.
Harvey thumps Al-Khaldi with a low kick.
Harvey lands a nice shot to the body.
Harvey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Al-Khaldi jabs Harvey right on the nose. Harvey blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Harvey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi'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. This is the final round!

Nice shot by Harvey.
Malik Al-Khaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harvey throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Harvey.

Al-Khaldi pushes Harvey up against the cage in a clinch.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi lands with a right to the head.
Harvey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harvey struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Harvey lands a left hand.
Harvey struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Harvey swings wildly with an uppercut but Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.

Harvey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid it.
Harvey lands a head kick. Al-Khaldi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Harvey is looking to slow Al-Khaldi down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Harvey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harvey catches Al-Khaldi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Al-Khaldi moves forwards but Harvey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Harvey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Al-Khaldi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Al-Khaldi tried to score with a low kick but Harvey checks it.
Al-Khaldi walks into a jab.
Harvey scores with a body shot.

Al-Khaldi lands a high kick to the side of Harvey's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Al-Khaldi dives into guard, looking to finish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Al-Khaldi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sean Harvey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A head kick misses from Harvey.
Harvey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook
and Harvey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harvey throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Al-Khaldi lands with an uppercut that bounces Harvey off the cage and back into range.
Al-Khaldi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Harvey throws a body shot but no joy.
Al-Khaldi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Harvey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Al-Khaldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Harvey.
Al-Khaldi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Al-Khaldi throws a jab when Harvey was well out of range.
Al-Khaldi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Harvey scores with a decent looking hook.
Al-Khaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harvey.

Al-Khaldi cracks Harvey with a big right hand and Harvey goes down!

Harvey is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harvey wants to improve his position but instead Al-Khaldi has moved into half guard.
Oh Harvey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Al-Khaldi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harvey defending well though.
Al-Khaldi is taking a breather. Harvey says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Harvey seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Al-Khaldi prevents Harvey from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al-Khaldi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harvey trying to get back to full guard but Al-Khaldi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Al-Khaldi avoids the attempt from Harvey to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Malik Al-Khaldi.
I think Harvey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Harvey!
An out of breath Sean Harvey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.