PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between CM Yaj (ranked 474 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralphie Harrell (ranked 2230 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for CM Yaj has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Yaj
vs
Harrell

178 cm
27
160 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

168 cm
26
162 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, CM Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ralphie Harrell!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj digs a good hook to Harrell's body.
Yaj throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Harrell changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Yaj looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Harrell in side control lands a decent elbow.
Harrell fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Harrell scores with a couple of short elbows.
Harrell in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yaj wants to control but Harrell postures up.
Yaj knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harrell on the ground.
Harrell landing a few strikes.
Yaj dodges the ground and pound from Harrell.
Harrell scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yaj is not content to let Harrell control the position.
Harrell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harrell throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Harrell's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Harrell lands a few punches from side control.
Harrell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harrell in side control, throwing shots but Yaj defends.
Harrell scoring with punches from side control.
Harrell throws a strike aimed at the side of Yaj's head but Yaj avoids it well.
Harrell working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Harrell misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Harrell throws a strike aimed at the side of Yaj's head but Yaj avoids it well.
Harrell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Harrell working the ground and pound from side control.
Harrell trying to control the action but Yaj is working from the bottom.

Harrell tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrell in side control, throwing shots but Yaj defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrell trying to control the position but Yaj is working away.
Yaj parries the strikes from Harrell easily there. Harrell is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yaj to escape.
Yaj on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yaj tries to get out of the position.
Yaj is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harrell connects with a decent elbow.
Harrell working the head and body with strikes.
Yaj taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaj is trying to escape the position but Harrell is controlling the position.
Yaj gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Harrell sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Yaj really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harrell looking to finish Yaj with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yaj!
Harrell pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yaj blocking the ground and pound.
Harrell cracks Yaj with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Harrell lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like CM Yaj has been cut.
Harrell thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Harrell landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrell lands a nice shot to the head.
Harrell landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Yaj is rocked!
Harrell working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Yaj is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

CM Yaj's cut is getting worse.
Harrell looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Yaj covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralphie Harrell!