PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Guy Tano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Jr Harchuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guy Tano comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guy Tano
vs
Jr Harchuk

186 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Guy Tano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Jr Harchuk!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Guy Tano gets a takedown into half guard.

Guy Tano decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Guy Tano shoots in but no luck this time.

Guy Tano looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Guy Tano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Guy Tano has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Harchuk is proving hard to escape from.

Guy Tano stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy Tano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Guy Tano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guy Tano misses with a series of wild punches.
Guy Tano tries to clinch up.
Guy Tano looks for the body kick but Harchuk saw that one coming.

Guy Tano shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Guy Tano is breathing heavily.
Harchuk manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harchuk working for a triangle but Guy Tano defends it easily.

Harchuk working for a triangle but Guy Tano defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy Tano would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harchuk bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Guy Tano's guard.

Harchuk drops back looking for a leg! Guy Tano is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Guy Tano manages to kick Harchuk off! Harchuk jumps back into Guy Tano's guard.
Guy Tano keeping full guard, as Harchuk tries to pass.

Harchuk drops back looking for a leg! Guy Tano is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Guy Tano manages to kick Harchuk off! Harchuk jumps back into Guy Tano's guard.

That's four 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.
Harchuk tries to free his leg and advance position but Guy Tano is retaining full guard.
Guy Tano has his hands on Harchuk's head, controlling the position.
Guy Tano is looking to stand up but Harchuk isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Jr Harchuk dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harchuk shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Guy Tano's guard.
Harchuk won't allow Guy Tano to get back to his feet.

Guy Tano looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Harchuk is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Guy Tano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harchuk on the ground.
Harchuk advances position into side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harchuk looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Guy Tano tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Harchuk thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Harchuk is trying to get an arm triangle but Guy Tano is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harchuk works to advance to full mount. Guy Tano defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Guy Tano is working to get back to half guard.

Harchuk is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Guy Tano is surviving well by controlling Harchuk's body position as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harchuk is trying to take his opponent's back.

Harchuk wants to finish this one by submission but Guy Tano is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Harchuk.
Guy Tano wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy Tano trying to control but not successfully.

Harchuk has managed to slip his arm under Guy Tano's chin. This could be all over... yep, Guy Tano is tapping out! Submission win for Harchuk.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jack Jr Harchuk!