PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alec Harvey (ranked 1723 p4p, 1309 weight class) and Romega Vartanein (ranked 220 p4p, 170 weight class). Harvey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Choke. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Harvey
vs
Vartanein

178 cm
31
155
19 - 9 - 0

179 cm
31
130
17 - 22 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alec Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Romega Vartanein!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vartanein loads up on a big right hand but Harvey slips the punch.
Vartanein throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harvey swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vartanein swings for the body but Harvey moves out of range.
Harvey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Harvey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vartanein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harvey.
Harvey looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Harvey. Those never looked like landing.
Vartanein doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vartanein.
Vartanein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Harvey as he connects with a hook.
Vartanein is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Vartanein slips under a jab from Harvey.
Vartanein throws a predictable looking body shot
and Harvey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harvey jabs Vartanein right on the nose. Vartanein blinks but takes it well.
Harvey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harvey backing away here, and Vartanein unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Harvey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vartanein is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harvey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vartanein.
Vartanein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harvey lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vartanein. Harvey does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey punishes Vartanein's body with a nice straight punch.
Harvey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alec Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey scores with a jab.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Vartanein counters with a straight right hand.
Vartanein looks to score with a jab to the body but Harvey is just out of range.
Vartanein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice jab there from Vartanein.
Harvey lands a glancing blow to the side of Vartanein's head.
Vartanein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harvey.
Harvey slips under a jab from Vartanein.
Vartanein dodges the punch combination from Harvey.
It seemed like Vartanein was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vartanein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harvey was well out of range. Poor timing from Vartanein.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey throws a shot from downtown. Vartanein moves away and avoids it.
Harvey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Harvey misses.
Vartanein misses with a body kick.
Vartanein connects with a body shot.
Vartanein takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vartanein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harvey is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Harvey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harvey throwing a counter right hand but Vartanein manages to avoid it.
Harvey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Vartanein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Vartanein throws a big shot that misses.
Vartanein lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vartanein throws a body shot but no joy.
Vartanein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harvey misses with an uppercut
and Vartanein counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Harvey misses.
Vartanein misses with a body shot.
Harvey slips a jab from Vartanein.
Vartanein misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Harvey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vartanein takes one to the chin there.
Vartanein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harvey.
Vartanein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vartanein looks to land a left hand but Harvey moved out of range nicely.
Vartanein stuns Harvey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harvey throws out a loose jab but Vartanein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vartanein throws out a counter right but Harvey avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey lands with a straight right. Vartanein didn't see that one coming.
Vartanein's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harvey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vartanein scrambles back to his feet.
Vartanein moves out of range of the strikes.
Harvey moves out of range as Vartanein throws a body kick.
Harvey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Harvey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vartanein.
Vartanein showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harvey.
Vartanein misses with a looping left.
A jab from Vartanein misses.
Harvey throws a right and a left that Vartanein avoids nicely.
Vartanein throws a hook but Harvey avoids it easily.
Harvey throws an overhand right that lands on Vartanein's shoulder, as Vartanein tries to avoid the shot.
Harvey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vartanein misses with a body shot.
Vartanein punishes Harvey's body with a nice straight punch.
Harvey misses with a straight left.
Vartanein with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harvey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vartanein throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey loads up on a big right hand but Vartanein slips the punch.
Vartanein appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Vartanein blocks a jab.
Vartanein throws a jab but it's blocked by Harvey.
A left lands for Harvey.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Vartanein moved out of range.
Vartanein misses with a wild body shot.
Vartanein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harvey.
Vartanein throws a lazy right hand but Harvey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harvey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vartanein at a distance.
Harvey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vartanein's head.
The fighters circling - Harvey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harvey lands a right hook to the body.
Vartanein takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harvey throws a shot from downtown. Vartanein moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harvey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vartanein misses with a wild body shot.
Vartanein moves out of range as Harvey strikes.
A big left from Harvey misses.
Harvey takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alec Harvey will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Vartanein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Harvey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vartanein misses with a hook. Harvey ducked under it nicely.
Vartanein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vartanein looks to score with a jab to the body but Harvey is just out of range.
Vartanein misses with a looping right.
Vartanein ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
Harvey jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Vartanein in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Vartanein shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harvey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vartanein.
Vartanein throws a hook but Harvey blocks it.
Harvey looks to land a left hand but Vartanein moved out of range nicely.
Vartanein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harvey.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Vartanein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harvey was well out of range. Poor timing from Vartanein.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harvey.
Vartanein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harvey.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Vartanein might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Harvey has got the better of the exchanges.
Harvey throws a hook but Vartanein blocks it.
A slow jab from Harvey misses its intended target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harvey scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vartanein on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harvey misses with a straight left.
Vartanein connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Harvey lands a jab.
Vartanein throws a body shot but no joy.
Harvey throws a big shot that misses.
Vartanein lands with a nice body punch.
Harvey blocks a jab.
Vartanein swings for the body but Harvey moves out of range.
A cross from Harvey lands.
Harvey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harvey throws a nice looking combination but Vartanein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vartanein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vartanein misses with a hook. Harvey ducked under it nicely.
Vartanein loads up on a big right hand but Harvey slips the punch.
A punch combination from Harvey misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harvey takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Harvey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Harvey throws a shot from downtown. Vartanein moves away and avoids it.
Vartanein let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein slips under a jab.
Vartanein looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vartanein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harvey takes one to the side of the head.

Harvey is rocked!
Vartanein throws an overhand right that drops Harvey like a sack of potatoes! Vartanein dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romega Vartanein!
Romega Vartanein thanked the fans post fight for their support.