PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dork Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison comes to the cage accompanied by God's Gonna Cut You Down. Dork Fish has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harrison
vs
Fish

185 cm
24
195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ka-POW Clothing

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dork Fish!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harrison.
Fish looks to land a combination but Harrison avoids it well.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fish.
Harrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fish.
Fish misses with a wild body shot.
Harrison fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fish throws an overhand right that lands on Harrison's shoulder, as Harrison tries to avoid the shot.
Harrison avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harrison shoots in looking for a takedown. Fish tries to sprawl out of it but Harrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fish tries to work over Harrison's front leg with a kick but Harrison checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish throws a series of punches but Harrison moves out of range.
Fish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fish.
Fish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison moves out of range of the strikes.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fish.

Harrison throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fish was covering up waiting for the punch and Harrison finishes the takedown easily into guard.

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

Harrison thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Harrison slips nicely into half guard.
Harrison trying to control from half guard but Fish is working away.
Fish wants to control the action here but instead Harrison manages to pass to full mount!
Fish is trying to escape the mount.
Harrison avoids the attempt from Fish to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Harrison working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Harrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.

Harrison swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Fish is now in Harrison's guard. A big mistake from Harrison there, giving up the dominant position!
Fish looking to sit in guard and control but Harrison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fish wants to stand and escape but Harrison is having none of it.
Harrison trying to control but Fish is working from the bottom.
Fish looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Harrison postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Harrison drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fish keeping moving, preventing Harrison from controlling successfully.
Fish pulls Harrison in close to his closed guard and prevents Harrison from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fish looking for a sweep. Not yet Fish, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harrison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Harrison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fish doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fish manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Harrison wants to sweep here but Fish controlling him for the moment.
Harrison trying to keep a closed guard but Fish is proving a slippery customer.
Fish trying to control but Harrison is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Harrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Harrison dominated that round.
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.

Harrison takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fish lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrison circles away quickly and effectively.
Fish pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harrison slips a jab from Fish.
Fish misses with a straight right.
Dork Fish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fish.
Harrison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fish.
Fish digs a good body shot into Harrison's ribs.
Harrison shoots for a double leg takedown but Fish sprawls well. He's pushed Harrison's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Harrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fish.
Fish throws the left hand but Harrison avoids the punch easily.
Fish lands a jab-cross combination.

Harrison drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Fish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fish manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fish sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harrison prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Harrison is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harrison slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fish prevents Harrison from improving his position.

Harrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fish is looking to advance position but Harrison won't allow it.

Harrison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fish pulls his head out easily.
Fish not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fish prevents Harrison from improving his position.
Fish trying to control the action but Harrison is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fish doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Harrison counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Harrison.
Harrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fish works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fish wants to stand up but Harrison is controlling him.
Fish is trying to control the position from the bottom.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison trying to control but Fish is working from the bottom.
Harrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fish is keeping the position for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harrison.
Fish is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dork Fish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harrison fails to land the takedown.
Fish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fish tries to bum rush Harrison with a series of wild strikes but Harrison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Harrison fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fish sprawls well initially but Harrison persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Harrison is working for a kimura but Fish is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fish slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dork Fish will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Harrison tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fish sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harrison somewhat.
Fish misses with a straight right.
Fish misses with a low kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harrison.
Fish goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Harrison moves away from the strike by Fish.
Nice sprawl there from Fish as Harrison shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Harrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harrison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fish swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fish lands a nice shot that snaps Harrison's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison shoots in looking for a takedown. Fish tries to sprawl out of it but Harrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fish throws out the jab.
Fish misses with a low kick.
Fish misses with a wild combination.
Harrison shoots in looking for a takedown. Fish tries to sprawl out of it but Harrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fish scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harrison dodges the punch combination from Fish.
Harrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fish displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fish throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harrison shoots for a takedown but Fish saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harrison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fish throws an overhand right that lands on Harrison's shoulder, as Harrison tries to avoid the shot.
Fish throws a combination that misses

and Harrison counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Fish's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison wants to pass the guard but Fish is keeping the position.
Fish trying to keep a closed guard but Harrison is proving a slippery customer.

Harrison 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.

Fish has his foot on Harrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harrison works his way back into a safe position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison wants to control from the top but Fish keeps moving.

Fish looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Fish working for a triangle but Harrison defends it easily.
Harrison is looking to work some ground and pound but Fish has wrist control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harrison blocks a jab.
Harrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harrison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Harrison ducks under a wild hook from Fish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Harrison scores with a takedown into Fish's guard.
Harrison slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fish is trying to control the position but Harrison postures up.

Fish is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fish swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

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

Fish is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dork Fish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fish has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dork Fish!