PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between louis coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan Harty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

coleman
vs
Harty

185 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

205 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, louis coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Duncan Harty!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
coleman fails with a takedown attempt.
Harty throws a right hand that coleman ducks under and follows up with a left that coleman also avoids with ease.
coleman fails with an attempt to clinch.

Harty shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Harty showed some decent athleticism there.
coleman wants to control but Harty is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Harty wants to free his trapped foot but coleman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Harty trying to control from half guard but coleman is working away.
coleman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
coleman is looking to improve his position.
Harty is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harty is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harty is working for a submission of some sort.
Harty trying to control the action but coleman is working from the bottom.
coleman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harty tries to free his leg and advance position but coleman is retaining full guard.
coleman is trying to keep Harty in close.
coleman keeping moving, preventing Harty from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Harty looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
coleman wants to stand but Harty is controlling the position.
coleman keeping moving, preventing Harty from controlling successfully.
Harty looks gassed!

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

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Harty drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harty preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

coleman uses the cage to get back to his feet.

coleman looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Harty is trying to stand back up but coleman is controlling him
coleman wants to pass the guard but Harty is defending well.
Harty tries to get to full guard but coleman has control of the leg.
Harty controlling the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

coleman wants to work for an arm triangle but Harty is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harty is trying to stand up here but coleman is controlling him well.
Harty keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
coleman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harty lands a nice hook to coleman's body. coleman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harty throws a right and a left that coleman avoids nicely.
Duncan Harty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
coleman tries to clinch up.
Harty slips a straight right by coleman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duncan Harty dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harty lands a nice looking body shot.
coleman lands a nice shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Harty.
Harty throws a series of punches but coleman avoids them all with ease.
Harty misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harty avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
coleman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by coleman.
coleman slips under a jab from Harty.
coleman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Harty counters with a series of strikes. coleman will be more careful next time no doubt.

coleman shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Harty manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Harty wants to stand and escape but coleman is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Harty pushes coleman off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harty closes the distance and clinches.
Harty prevents a takedown attempt there.
coleman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harty just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for louis coleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
coleman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harty wants to break free but coleman has control.

coleman tightens his grip and picks Harty up, before dumping him to the ground. Harty manages to land in guard.
Harty wants to stand up but coleman is controlling him.
coleman wants to pass the guard but Harty is keeping the position.
Harty keeping moving, preventing coleman from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
coleman throws a big right hand that misses.
coleman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harty wants to stand up but coleman is controlling him.
coleman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Harty working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from coleman.
Harty is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harty tries to bum rush coleman with a series of wild strikes but coleman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
coleman shoots in looking for a takedown. Harty tries to sprawl out of it but coleman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Harty manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Harty misses with a kick to the body

and coleman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Harty won't be happy with that.
coleman is looking to take a break and control but Harty is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty tries to bench press coleman off him but coleman keeps the position.
Harty is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Harty struggling a bit here.

coleman stands up.
coleman misses with a jab, cross combination.
louis coleman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

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.
Harty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but coleman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harty is trying hard to land a takedown here. coleman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - coleman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harty swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
coleman doesn't manage to clinch there - Harty circles away.
coleman throws a combination that misses

and Harty counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
coleman is trying to stand back up but Harty is controlling him
Harty throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Harty sitting and controlling from the half guard.
louis coleman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
coleman 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.

That was a close second round but I would say that louis coleman will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Harty fails with an attempt to clinch.
coleman tries to clinch but Harty moves out of range.
Harty scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
coleman fails with a takedown attempt.
Harty lands with a right hand.
Harty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
coleman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harty throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harty lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Harty as coleman shoots in.
coleman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from Harty is predictable there

and coleman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty is looking to improve his position.
Harty keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Harty trying to control from the bottom.

Harty makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Harty misses with a two punch combination.
coleman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harty.
coleman wants to clinch up but Harty keeps it at a distance.
coleman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harty paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harty lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
coleman takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harty is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Harty instigates a clinch.

coleman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
coleman misses with a takedown attempt
and Harty counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for louis coleman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harty throws a sloppy head kick

and coleman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Harty kicks off coleman and gets to his feet.
coleman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harty finds it's way round the side to connect with coleman's head.
coleman fails to land the takedown.
coleman slips a jab and a cross from Harty.
Harty wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Harty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty circles away from the clinch attempt.
coleman tries for a takedown but Harty circles away easily
and Harty counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
coleman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Harty misses with a takedown attempt - coleman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Harty tries to bum rush coleman with a series of wild strikes but coleman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
coleman is looking to clinch.
coleman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Harty clinches up against the cage.

Harty jumps guard.

coleman stands up from Harty's guard - coleman perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harty defends well against a solid takedown attempt from coleman.
Harty punishes coleman's body with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from coleman is defended easily by Harty.
coleman shoots in but no luck this time.
coleman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harty wants to clinch but coleman slips to the side

and coleman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by coleman.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Harty has coleman pulled in close to control his posture.
coleman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harty controls coleman momentarily but coleman frees himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to louis coleman.
I think coleman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... louis coleman!