PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Harvey (ranked 1944 p4p, 245 weight class) and Padraig Harrington (ranked 2804 p4p, 327 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harrington's choice of entrance music: The Game feat. Skrilex - El Chapo. Sean Harvey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harvey
vs
Harrington

186 cm
38
185 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

186 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 27 - 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Padraig Harrington!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Harrington finds it's way through Harvey's defenses.
Harvey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harvey looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harrington.
Harvey throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Harrington counters with a stiff right hand.
Harrington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harvey will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Harrington moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
Harvey tries to move into range but Harrington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harvey throws a front kick aimed at Harrington's knee but Harrington avoids it well.
Harvey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harrington cracks the inside of Harvey's front leg.
Harrington fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harvey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sean Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrington on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harvey thumps Harrington with a low kick.
Harvey pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Harvey lands a jab to Harrington's midsection.
A shot to the body from Harvey misses
and Harrington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harvey takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harvey throws a looping overhand right but Harrington ducks down to avoid it.
Harvey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harvey walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harrington checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harvey gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harrington.
Harvey takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harvey takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harvey digs a good hook to Harrington's body.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Harrington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey misses with a straight left.
Harvey is looking to wear down Harrington with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Harrington digs a good hook to Harvey's body.
Harvey misses with a right hand
and Harrington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harrington scores with a jab.

Harrington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Harrington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harrington, as that shot connected.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harrington walks into a jab.

It looks like Padraig Harrington has been cut.
Harvey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harrington. That did some damage!
Nice shot by Harvey.
Harrington clobbers Harvey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harvey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harrington thuds his right hand into Harvey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Harvey misses.
Harvey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harvey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harvey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harrington counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey walks into a straight right hand from Harrington.
Harrington listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Harvey misses with a hook to the body
and Harrington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harrington jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harvey. Harrington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harrington avoids the body shot from Harvey.
Harrington checks a leg kick.
A jab from Harrington finds it's way through Harvey's defenses.
Harvey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrington moves away.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrington counters with a low kick, right behind Harvey 's knee.
Harrington lands a head shot.
Harrington lands with a straight right. Harvey didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harrington fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harvey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harvey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Harrington.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harrington darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harvey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harvey looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Harvey misses with an uppercut
and Harrington counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harvey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Harrington lands a head shot.
Harvey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harrington lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Harvey tries to keep at a distance but Harrington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harvey has a couple of punches blocked by Harrington.
Harrington tries to throw a body punch but Harvey avoids it by throwing Harrington back against the cage.
Harvey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harrington backwards.
Harrington swings wildly with an uppercut but Harvey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harrington misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Padraig Harrington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Padraig Harrington's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harrington takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harvey's sensitive parts.
Harvey misses the jab.
Harvey misses with a low kick as Harrington jumps back.
A left lands for Harvey.
A lazy left from Harrington finds it's target.
Harrington lands an overhand right.
Harvey takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Harvey misses with a kick to the body.
Harrington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrington counters with a slapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harrington.
Harrington changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Harrington.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Harrington scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington connects with a nice looking jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harvey, as that shot connected.
Harvey tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harrington is able to avoid easily.
Harvey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harrington.
Harrington connects with a single shot there.
The fighters circling - Harvey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harrington punishes Harvey's body with a nice straight punch.
Harvey throws a body shot but no joy.
Harrington connects with a jab.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harrington clobbers Harvey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harrington slips under a jab from Harvey.
Despite the aggression on Harrington's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harrington moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harvey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harrington connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Harrington.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harrington.
Harvey misses with an uppercut. Harrington saw that one coming.
Harrington swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harrington avoids the body shot from Harvey.
Harrington flicks out a counter leg kick but Harvey steps away.
Harrington checks a low kick from Harvey.
Harrington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harvey.
Harrington blocks a head kick by Harvey.
A shot to the body from Harvey misses
and Harrington counters with a leg kick.
Padraig Harrington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harvey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey throws a push kick but Harrington slaps the foot to one side.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Harvey throws a shot from downtown. Harrington moves away and avoids it.
Harvey misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Harvey - just one landing.
Harvey throws a head kick but Harrington moves out of range.
Harrington getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harvey takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Harrington is looking to slow Harvey down with leg kicks.
Harrington connects with an inside leg kick.
Harvey needs to keep his hands up - Harrington had a free shot at his head there.
Harrington throws a leg kick which misses Harvey's front leg but catches the back leg as Harvey tries to avoid it.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Harrington appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harrington.
Harrington tests Harvey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Donk. Harrington catches Harvey right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrington works the jab nicely.
Harrington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harvey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey loads up on a big right hand but Harrington slips the punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harrington lunges at Harvey with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harvey's hand.
Harrington blocks a head kick by Harvey.
Harrington swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harrington getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harrington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harrington checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Harvey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harvey gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harvey misses with a straight right.
Harrington chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harvey throws a looping overhand right but Harrington ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrington was well out of range. Poor timing from Harvey.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harrington lands a lovely overhand right.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Harrington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Padraig Harrington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Padraig Harrington's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Harrington throws a nice outside leg kick.
Harrington misses with a head kick.
Harrington lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A head kick by Harvey misses
and Harrington counters with a right hand to the body.
Harvey throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Harvey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrington was well out of range. Poor timing from Harvey.
Harvey misses with a body shot.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Harrington moved out of range.
Harrington was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harrington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Harvey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harrington swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Harvey misses.

Harrington clinches.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harvey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harvey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harrington lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Harrington.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harvey misses with a punch to the body.
Harvey lands with a right to the head.
Harrington throws a punch but it's blocked by Harvey.
Harrington tries a body shot but Harvey blocks it.
Harrington throws a head punch that misses.
Padraig Harrington seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harvey misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Harrington.
Harrington tries a body shot but Harvey blocks it.
Harvey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sean Harvey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrington lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harvey tries to work over Harrington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harvey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrington's elbow.
Harrington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harrington pushes Harvey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrington blocking some punches.
Harrington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harrington tries to throw a body punch but Harvey avoids it by throwing Harrington back against the cage.
Harvey tries to throw a body punch but Harrington avoids it by throwing Harvey back against the cage.
Harvey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrington lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harvey backwards.
Harrington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harvey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrington's elbow.

Harrington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harvey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harrington 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harvey moves forwards but Harrington connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Harvey is rocked!
Harvey tries to work over Harrington's front leg with a kick but Harrington checks it.
A little jabbing left from Harrington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harvey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harvey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harrington pushes Harvey away with a front kick.
Harrington lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Harrington tries to clinch but Harvey is having none of it.
A counter left hand to the body from Harvey misses its target.
Harrington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harrington fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harrington connects with a right hand. Harvey shakes it off.
Harrington thumps Harvey with a low kick.
Harvey misses with a wild body shot.
Harrington throws a fast counter high kick but Harvey manages to duck under it in time.
Harvey takes one on the button.
Harrington feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harvey's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harvey throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harrington makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Harrington counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Harvey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrington scores with a leg kick.
Harvey seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab lands there for Harrington.
Harvey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Harrington. That one must have hurt.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Harrington lands a nice shot that snaps Harvey's head back.
Harrington connects with a leg kick. Harvey looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A good leg kick by Harrington.
Harvey takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harvey throws a lazy head kick
and Harrington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrington lands a really nice looking cross but Harvey seems unphased.
Harrington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrington swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harvey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Harrington.

And that's the end of the fight!
Padraig Harrington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harrington 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Padraig Harrington!
Padraig Harrington seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.