PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Black Rob (ranked 1622 p4p, 200 weight class) and Ralphie Harrell (ranked 1358 p4p, 172 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rob
vs
Harrell

172 cm
21
140 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

168 cm
27
162 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Black Rob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ralphie Harrell!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Rob does it's job there.

Rob looking to score a takedown here. Harrell is defending well but Rob drives through and ends up in Harrell's guard.
Rob looking to pass the guard.
Rob trying to control the position from guard on top but Harrell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Rob has gone for a leg lock! Harrell slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rob's guard.

Harrell loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Harrell got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rob has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Harrell has managed to get both his arms back between Rob's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrell stands and throws Rob's legs to the side, diving into side control.
I've been told that Harrell has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Harrell works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Harrell scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rob tries to buck Harrell off but Harrell is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rob is working hard here to advance position.
Rob's coaches at Stark Combat Center have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Harrell tries to advance to mount but can't.
Rob is looking to reverse the position.
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.
Rob struggling a bit here.
Harrell lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Harrell tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harrell has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Harrell looks up at the clock and then as Rob takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Harrell smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rob is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Harrell is putting a hurting on Rob here, landing some big shots from side control.
Harrell looks up at the clock and then as Rob takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Harrell smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Harrell scoring with punches from side control.
Harrell working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rob tries to buck Harrell off but Harrell is having none of it.
Harrell landing a few strikes.
Harrell lands a decent elbow from side control.
Harrell lands a few punches from side control.
Rob looking for a sweep but Harrell has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Rob is bucking up trying to escape but Harrell cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrell looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harrell working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Rob is rocked!
Harrell lands a big elbow - Rob is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Rob is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ralphie Harrell!
A very excited looking Ralphie Harrell rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.