PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Harris (ranked 4915 p4p, 430 weight class) and Dallas Paige (ranked 4899 p4p, 426 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harris
vs
Paige

183 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rolf Harris !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dallas Paige!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paige throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harris misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Harris misses.

Harris gets caught napping as Paige dives in and scores a takedown. Harris manages to retain guard.
Paige wants to get up but he can't break Harris 's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Paige must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Harris is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harris controls Paige momentarily but Paige frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paige wants to control from the top but Harris keeps moving.

Harris is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige looking to pass the guard.
Harris working a defensive guard here.
Paige in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harris thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Harris had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Paige defends it easily.

Harris escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Paige gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paige tries to free his leg and advance position but Harris is retaining full guard.
Harris controls Paige momentarily but Paige frees himself.
Paige has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Harris is proving hard to escape from.
Paige throws a strike but Harris rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Paige had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Harris defends it easily.
Harris trying to control but Paige is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rolf Harris will probably get the nod.
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.

Harris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paige was well out of range. Poor timing from Harris .
Harris walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Paige checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Harris misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris . Paige does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paige tries to counter by closing the distance.

Paige gets the takedown into side control.
Harris is looking to regain half guard here but Paige keeps moving and retains side control.

Paige looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Harris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris can't do much from the bottom here.
Harris regains half guard, as Paige was trying to land strikes.
Paige is thwarting Harris 's attempts to control the position.
Dallas Paige has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Harris is trying to control but Paige manages to pass to mount!
Paige with a couple of short strikes.
Paige sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harris throwing hammer fists to the chest of Paige. What's that going to do exactly?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harris regains half guard.
Harris makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Harris .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dallas Paige showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Harris throws a good cross that connects.

Paige scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Harris manages to get to full guard.
Paige has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Harris sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paige pulls Harris in close to prevent any damage.
Paige has momentary wrist control but Harris slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris trying to control but Paige is working from the bottom.
Harris pushes down on Paige's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Paige wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
Paige trying to hold on to Harris 's head to control him but Harris postures up.
Harris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Paige is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Paige regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Harris .
Harris 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harris advances position into side control!
Harris trying to control the action but Paige is working from the bottom.
Paige is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harris connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Harris is trying to get an arm triangle but Paige is defending well.
Harris controls the position from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rolf Harris showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Harris 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 Peter Branson scores the fight as a draw!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!