PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronan Harvey (ranked 2942 p4p, 2098 weight class) and Rick Ness (ranked 369 p4p, 272 weight class). Ness has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harvey
vs
Ness

192 cm
28
205
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
28
220
3 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BANZAI NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronan Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Ness!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey shoots in looking for a takedown. Ness tries to sprawl out of it but Harvey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ness manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harvey shoots in looking for a takedown. Ness tries to sprawl out of it but Harvey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ness manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ness looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Ness feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Harvey controls Ness momentarily but Ness frees himself.
Ness controlling from the top position.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Harvey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ness in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harvey being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness won't allow Harvey to sweep him here.
We've been hearing good reports from Harvey's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Ness wants to control from the top but Harvey keeps moving.
Ness being controlled here momentarily.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ness trying to control but Harvey is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harvey looks for a takedown but Ness sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronan Harvey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ness shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ness not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is staying active underneath Ness, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harvey has hold of Ness's hands but Ness slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Harvey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ness won't allow Harvey to sweep him here.
Ness content to stall in guard here.
Harvey controlling Ness's posture.
Ness is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ness trying to control but Harvey is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness working some strikes from top position.
Ness trying to control but Harvey is working from the bottom.
Ness wants to pass the guard but Harvey is keeping the position.
Ness sitting in guard here, content to control.
Harvey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ness is looking to improve his position.
Ness is trying to control but can't.
Ness wants to improve his position but Harvey is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey trying to control the action but Ness is working from the bottom.
Ness is positioning himself well to prevent Harvey advancing to mount.
Ness is not content to let Harvey control the position.
Ness is looking for a sweep. Harvey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Harvey in particular looking to stall.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Harvey wants to pass to mount but Ness is defending the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Ness dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ness shoots in looking for a takedown but Harvey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ness's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Harvey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harvey wants it to stay on the feet.
Rick Ness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness leaves Harvey with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harvey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ness as he jumps to the side.
Nice takedown defense from Ness. No joy for Harvey on that attempt.
Ness with the counter takedown but Harvey avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronan Harvey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harvey closes the distance and clinches up with Ness, looking for a takedown. Harvey pushes Ness against the cage but Ness circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Ness closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ness lands strikes from half guard.
Ness is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harvey is not content to let Ness control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ness frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ness postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harvey looks a forlorn figure.
Ness takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Harvey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ness lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ness lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by Ness.

Harvey is rocked!
Ness postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Harvey in real trouble here! The ref calls for Harvey to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Ness!
After winning the bout, Rick Ness thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.