PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Harty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jun Ji Hyun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Harty
vs
Ji Hyun

195 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Harty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jun Ji Hyun!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harty displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ji Hyun.
Harty looks for a takedown but Ji Hyun sprawls well.
Ji Hyun shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Harty to counter with a crisp jab.

Harty closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ji Hyun to the mat! Ji Hyun manages to get full guard.
Harty scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ji Hyun looking for a sweep. Not yet Ji Hyun, not yet.
Harty could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Harty looking to sit in guard and control but Ji Hyun gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ji Hyun lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ji Hyun looking to sit in guard and control but Harty gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ji Hyun looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ji Hyun working for a triangle but Harty defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty throws a big right hand that misses.
Harty prevents Ji Hyun from getting back to his feet.

Ji Hyun kicks Harty off and gets to his feet.
Harty looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ji Hyun looks gassed!
Ji Hyun with a poor takedown

and Harty counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ji Hyun's guard now.
Jack Harty has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jun Ji Hyun.
Harty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ji Hyun is looking to stand up but Harty isn't so interested in that idea.
Harty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ji Hyun is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harty accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harty landing with the ground and pound.
Harty cracks Ji Hyun with a solid left hand.
Ji Hyun wants to stand and escape but Harty is having none of it.
Harty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ji Hyun is keeping the position for now.
Harty forces his way into half guard.

Harty stands up out of the half guard.
Harty works over Ji Hyun's head and body with a nice combination.
Ji Hyun misses with a takedown attempt
and Harty counters with a series of strikes. Ji Hyun will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Ji Hyun.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ji Hyun misses with a hook. Harty ducked under it nicely.

Ji Hyun decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Harty keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harty slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Harty wants to stand and escape but Ji Hyun is having none of it.
Harty has momentary wrist control but Ji Hyun slips an elbow through the middle.
Harty keeping full guard, as Ji Hyun tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Hyun chips away with some ground and pound.
Ji Hyun is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ji Hyun in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ji Hyun works over Harty with some ground and pound from guard.
Ji Hyun is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harty utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ji Hyun keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harty's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ji Hyun scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ji Hyun scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jack Harty will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ji Hyun gets the takedown into side control.
Ji Hyun is chipping away with strikes.
Ji Hyun creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Harty sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Harty is pushing Ji Hyun's head away, looking to escape. Ji Hyun manages to hold on to the position though.
Ji Hyun grinds an elbow into Harty's temple.
Harty has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ji Hyun working the body and head with strikes.
Ji Hyun lands a few punches from side control.
Harty tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harty taking a bit of punishment here - Ji Hyun scoring with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ji Hyun scoring with punches from side control.
Ji Hyun trying to control the position but Harty is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Harty's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ji Hyun cracks Harty with a big elbow.
Ji Hyun looks up at the clock and then as Harty takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ji Hyun smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Harty is trying to control Ji Hyun's posture but Ji Hyun avoids it.
Jun Ji Hyun has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ji Hyun is staying tight to Harty's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ji Hyun lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harty down.
Ji Hyun in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Hyun wants to control but Harty is keeping him busy.

Ji Hyun tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ji Hyun has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ji Hyun in side control lands a decent elbow.
Harty on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ji Hyun in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Harty is pushing Ji Hyun's head away, looking to escape. Ji Hyun manages to hold on to the position though.
Ji Hyun lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Hyun trying to control the action but Harty is working from the bottom.
Harty is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ji Hyun connects with a decent elbow.
Ji Hyun lands a nice forearm strike.
Ji Hyun looks up at the clock and then as Harty takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ji Hyun smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ji Hyun lands a nice forearm strike.
Ji Hyun working the ground and pound.
Ji Hyun scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Harty to see if he's OK.
Ji Hyun scores with punches from side control.
Ji Hyun creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Hyun wants to control but Harty is keeping him busy.
Ji Hyun in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Harty's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ji Hyun working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ji Hyun working the head and body with strikes.
Ji Hyun working the head and body with strikes.
Ji Hyun scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Ji Hyun showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ji Hyun with a poor takedown

and Harty counters with a shoot takedown. Ji Hyun fights it but they end up in guard.
Ji Hyun tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ji Hyun keeping moving, preventing Harty from controlling successfully.
Ji Hyun wants to sweep but no luck.
Ji Hyun avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harty working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ji Hyun manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Harty tries to hold on but Ji Hyun postures up.
Ji Hyun pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Hyun lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harty hang on?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ji Hyun cracks Harty with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ji Hyun lands a big elbow.
Ji Hyun is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harty is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Harty is desperately trying to improve his position but Ji Hyun has a good base and remains in mount.
Ji Hyun wants to control the pace but Harty is squirming around nicely.

Ji Hyun has control of Harty's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Harty regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ji Hyun cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Hyun landing strikes from the mount.
Ji Hyun fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ji Hyun lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harty hang on?
Ji Hyun with good strikes from the mount here!
Harty is trying to stand up.
Ji Hyun landing shots from mount.
Ji Hyun controlling from mount.
Harty flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Ji Hyun.
Ji Hyun with a couple of short strikes.
Ji Hyun postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Harty looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Harty that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harty wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Ji Hyun with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harty is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Ji Hyun.

Ji Hyun looking for a guillotine from mount but Harty is having none of it.
Ji Hyun has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Harty's face.
Ji Hyun lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harty hang on?
Harty wants to hold on but Ji Hyun pushes him away.
Harty tries to reverse the position but Ji Hyun maintains control.
Ji Hyun looking to finish Harty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harty!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jun Ji Hyun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ji Hyun 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jun Ji Hyun!