PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Dupuis (ranked 7388 p4p, 635 weight class) and Sledge Harrison (ranked 24580 p4p, 719 weight class). Dupuis comes to the ring accompanied by Out for a Rip by Brendan Richmond. Harrison has chosen Sex Machine by James Brown as his entrance music. David Dupuis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sledge Harrison's chin.

Dupuis
vs
Harrison

194 cm
25
200 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
19
192 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Dupuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sledge Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dupuis scores with a shot to the body.
Dupuis throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range.
We've been told by Dupuis's head coaches at Jitsu Jim that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Harrison shoots in but Dupuis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Harrison takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Sledge Harrison has been cut.
Harrison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dupuis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harrison.
Harrison closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dupuis circles away.
David Dupuis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sledge Harrison.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dupuis sprawls well. Dupuis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harrison gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dupuis throws a head kick but Harrison moves out of range.
Harrison tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A bone on bone clash there as Harrison blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dupuis moves into the clinch.

Dupuis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harrison avoids a punch combination nicely.
David Dupuis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dupuis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dupuis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Dupuis forces Harrison back against the ropes and clinches.
Dupuis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dupuis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Harrison fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dupuis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harrison fails to pull guard.

Harrison pulls guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dupuis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Dupuis from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dupuis wants to stand but Harrison is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dupuis being controlled here momentarily.

Harrison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dupuis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dupuis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dupuis tries to free his leg and advance position but Harrison is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupuis landing with the ground and pound.
Dupuis looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dupuis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Dupuis stands and steps away. Harrison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Dupuis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dupuis misses with a wild body shot.
Dupuis throws a combination. Harrison tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dupuis swinging wildly here.

Dupuis moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dupuis taking a breather.
Harrison drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Dupuis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dupuis throws a body punch but Harrison moves out of range.
David Dupuis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dupuis throws a wild body kick that Harrison sees coming a mile off.
Harrison shoots in for a takedown but Dupuis shows good takedown defense.
Harrison moves out of range as Dupuis strikes.
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!
Horrible takedown attempt by Harrison or perhaps it was just good defense by Dupuis, which made it look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harrison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Dupuis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sledge Harrison's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harrison shoots in for a takedown but Dupuis shows good takedown defense.
Dupuis swinging wildly here.
Dupuis throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Dupuis throws a sloppy head kick and Harrison moves out of range easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Harrison misses.

Dupuis drives through and clinches with Harrison against the ropes.
Dupuis pushes Harrison back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dupuis.
Harrison is trying to pull guard but Dupuis has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Dupuis.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dupuis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dupuis closes the distance and pushes Harrison back into the ropes.

Dupuis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dupuis looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range.
Harrison is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dupuis drives through and clinches with Harrison against the ropes.

Dupuis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Harrison blocks the leg kick.
Harrison tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Dupuis rushes Harrison and presses him up against the ropes.
Dupuis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dupuis stalling in the clinch but Harrison improves position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Harrison pulls guard successfully.
Dupuis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Dupuis from controlling successfully.
Harrison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupuis wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Harrison has a closed guard, preventing Dupuis from standing up.
Dupuis postures up in Harrison's guard and throws a big left but Harrison blocks it.
Dupuis controlling from the top position.
Harrison trying to keep a closed guard but Dupuis is proving a slippery customer.

Harrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dupuis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dupuis sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harrison looking for a guillotine here but Dupuis defends easily.
Dupuis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dupuis sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dupuis wants to stand and escape but instead Harrison has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Dupuis trying to control the position.
Dupuis keeping moving, preventing Harrison from controlling successfully.
Dupuis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrison can do to turn this around?
Harrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Dupuis is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison looking to sit in guard and control but Dupuis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dupuis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Dupuis from controlling successfully.

Harrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dupuis defends it easily.

Dupuis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harrison, up you get!
Crunch! Dupuis slams his shin into Harrison's torso.
Harrison is breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dupuis throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Harrison crashing down! Harrison tries to stagger back to his feet but Dupuis just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Harrison asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Dupuis!
A victorious David Dupuis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Sledge Harrison had this to say: 'I'm just gonna get right back up! Ain't nothing stopping the groovy lovin' sex machine! Right on baby!'.