PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Uncle Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harald Harfager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harfager is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Amon Amarth - Pursuit of Vikings. Harald Harfager will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rico
vs
Harfager

174 cm
21
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
24
186 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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[JMFC} Close Quarters Combat

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Uncle Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harald Harfager!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harfager is looking to clinch but Rico is avoiding it.
Rico scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harfager is looking to clinch but Rico is avoiding it.
Rico circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rico scores with a one two! Harfager had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Harald Harfager has been cut.
Rico throws a hook to the side of Harfager's head but Harfager sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Harfager has closed the distance and engaged Rico in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Rico - that landed with a thud.
Rico throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rico lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harfager backwards.
Rico misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Harfager.
Rico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harfager misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rico as Harfager tries to tie him up.
Harfager is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Rico has denied him.
Rico is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Harfager.
Harfager unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rico lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rico takes an elbow to the temple.
Rico tries for a takedown but Harfager manages to get underhooks.
Harfager landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rico managing to block the knees to the body from Harfager.
Harfager lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harfager scores with a shoulder strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harfager.
Harfager throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rico is working Harfager over against the cage.
Rico blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rico struggles to land a body shot inside as Harfager controls his hands.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Rico avoids the damage to the body.
Harfager lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harfager missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rico.
Harfager's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harfager looks gassed!
Rico lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harfager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harfager lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rico managing to block the knees to the body from Harfager.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harfager.
Rico has a couple of punches blocked by Harfager.
Harfager lands an elbow that stopped Rico in his tracks for a moment.
Harfager landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harfager is trying to stall.
Harfager looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Rico.
Rico drops down looking for an ankle pick but Harfager pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harfager tries to clinch but Rico moves out of range.
Rico fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harfager manages to avoid it.
Rico just misses with a punch to the body.
Rico uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harfager.
Harfager displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rico throws out the jab.
Rico looks to score with a jab to the body but Harfager is just out of range.
Rico throws a body punch but Harfager moves out of range.
Rico looks to land a right hand but Harfager moved out of range.
Rico shoots in for a takedown but Harfager shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uncle Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harfager uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rico.
Rico misses with a wild body shot.
Rico bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico takes a swing at Harfager's ribcage but misses.
Rico missing with a left hand there. Harfager was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Rico scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rico working away.
Rico misses with the ground and pound.
Rico in side control, throwing shots but Harfager defends.

Rico tries for a kimura but Harfager is defending well.
Rico has control of an arm but Harfager manages to advance to Rico's back!
Rico is throwing shots to the body but Harfager manages to wriggle free. Rico pounces on him again and ends up in Harfager's guard.
Rico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harfager works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico is in close to Harfager's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rico throwing strikes but missing.

Harfager has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rico off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rico connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harfager momentarily.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rico swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rico closes the distance and clinches up with Harfager, looking for a takedown. Rico pushes Harfager against the cage but Harfager circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Harfager clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harfager misses with a knee strike.
Harfager creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rico's defenses.
Rico is working Harfager over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Uncle Rico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harald Harfager's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rico lands with a shot to the body.
Harfager misses the shot to the body.
Rico misses with an uppercut. Harfager saw that one coming.
Rico looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Harald Harfager is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harfager ducks under a wild hook from Rico.
Rico misses with an uppercut.
Harfager tries to clinch but Rico moves out of range.
Harfager bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Rico misses.
Uncle Rico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harfager fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harfager moves out of range of the strikes.
Harfager fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harfager defending well as Rico loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfager lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Harfager forces Rico back against the cage and clinches.
Rico lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harfager or not.
Rico digs a right hand underneath Harfager's ribcage. Harfager let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Rico breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harfager defending well as Rico loads up on a big left hand.
Rico shoots in for a takedown but Harfager shows good takedown defense.
Rico misses with an uppercut. Harfager saw that one coming.
Rico misses with a straight right.
Harfager uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rico.
Rico is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harfager.
Rico looks to land a right hand but Harfager moved out of range.
Rico shoots in for a takedown but Harfager shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uncle Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harfager moves in looking to clinch but Rico pushes him off.
Harfager bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rico misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harfager tries to move into range but Rico moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rico misses the jab.
A big right from Rico misses.
Rico circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Rico misses.
A shot to the body from Rico misses

and Harfager counters by moving into the clinch.
Harfager stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rico on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harfager scores with a shoulder strike.
Rico blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rico letting Harfager take a breather here.
Harfager lands an elbow inside that Rico shrugs off.
Rico can't find room to land a body shot as Harfager controls the action.
Harfager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harfager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harfager creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rico's defenses.
Harfager lands with a short shot to the head.
Rico wants to get back to striking at distance but Harfager won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harfager gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harfager is pressed up against the cage. Rico has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harfager down to the mat. Harfager avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rico shoots in for a double leg but Harfager sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rico with a poor takedown
and Harfager counters with a head kick.
Rico throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Harfager counters by moving into the clinch.
Harfager lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Uncle Rico has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harfager.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Harfager lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harfager throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Rico blocks with his arms.
Rico has a couple of punches blocked by Harfager.
Harfager blocks an uppercut.
Harfager landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harfager scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Harfager.
Harfager lands an uppercut.
Harfager landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harfager lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
Harfager lands an elbow just above Rico 's eye.
Harfager with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harfager cracks Rico with a nice body shot.
Harfager lands a nice elbow.
Harfager lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harfager works on Rico's body with a couple of short punches.
Harfager lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rico tries a body shot but Harfager blocks it.
Rico doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harfager scores with a knee to the head.
Harfager unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rico lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harfager connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rico's face.
Harfager lands a shoulder strike.
Harfager landing knees to the body.
Harald Harfager seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rico wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Rico pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harfager ducks under a wild hook from Rico.
Harfager uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rico.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Harfager showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Harfager gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rico.
Rico with a lazy takedown attempt

and Harfager counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rico misses with the head strike.
Harfager blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harfager is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rico is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Rico fails to land.
A hook to the body from Rico.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harfager.
Rico lands a body shot.
Harfager tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rico struggles to land a body shot inside as Harfager controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Rico - that landed with a thud.
Rico throws a punch but it's blocked by Harfager.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rico tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harfager with a knee to the head.
Rico tries to throw a body punch but Harfager avoids it by throwing Rico back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Harfager throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Harfager scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rico throws a head punch that misses.
Rico blocks an elbow strike.
Harfager content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rico swings wildly with an uppercut but Harfager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rico is trying to break free.
Rico wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harfager taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Harfager scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harfager throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
Rico scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rico tries a body shot but Harfager blocks it.
Harfager is trying to stall.
Rico scores with a shot to the side of Harfager's head.
Harfager taking a breather.

Rico breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Harfager tries to clinch but Rico moves out of range.
Harfager is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Harfager counters by moving into the clinch.
Rico works on Harfager's body with a couple of short punches.
Harfager with a knee to the head.
Rico misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rico lands a body shot.
Rico digs a right hand underneath Harfager's ribcage. Harfager let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rico throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harfagers head.
Rico lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harfager backwards.
Harfager lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Rico.
Rico lands a nice shot to the body.
Rico blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rico.
Harfager blocking some punches.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
Rico lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harfager backwards.
Rico misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Rico.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rico drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Harfager gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rico lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rico wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harfager misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harfager.
A right handed body shot lands from Rico.
Rico scores with a shot to the side of Harfager's head.
Harfager is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rico is keeping busy.
Rico misses with the head strike.
Harfager is trying to maintain a safe position but Rico gets an underhook and turns Harfager into the cage.
Rico lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harfager backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rico.
Rico has a couple of punches blocked by Harfager.
Harfager has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
Rico throws a head punch that misses.
Rico working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rico lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Rico scores with a nice short uppercut.
Harfager misses with an elbow strike.
Harfager connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rico's face.
Rico lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harfager or not.
Rico lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harfager backwards.
Rico tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rico scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rico creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Rico.
A head punch on the inside from Harfager fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Rico fails to land.
Rico is trying to drag Harfager to the mat but Harfager just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uncle Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rico works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Rico avoids the damage to the body.
Rico wants a takedown.
Rico lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rico fails to land.
Rico takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harfager looking to slow down the pace here.
Rico letting Harfager take a breather here.
Harfager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rico scores with a hook to the body.
Harfager throws an elbow that misses.
Rico goes for a takedown attempt but Harfager pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harfager uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rico.

And that's the end of the fight!
Uncle Rico showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rico 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uncle Rico!