PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimier Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Harty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladimier Light could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jack Harty's chin.

Light
vs
Harty

206 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
265 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimier Light!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Harty!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harty defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Light.
Harty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Light fails with the takedown.

Harty looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Light!
The referee warns Light that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harty punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harty prevents Light from getting the reversal.
Harty landing strikes from the mount and Light is in trouble!
Harty pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Harty tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harty landing strikes from the mount and Light is in trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harty sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Harty lands a big elbow.
Harty unloading with bombs!
Harty landing punches.
Harty lands a heavy elbow.
Light taking shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harty landing strikes from the mount.
Light is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Light is looking to improve his position but Harty isn't that keen on the idea.

Harty working for a guillotine from mount but Light is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harty fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harty scoring with strikes but Light is staying in there.
Harty unloading with bombs!
Harty lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Harty lands a nice shot to the head.
Light is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
BOOM! Harty connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Light is trying to escape the mount.
Light is breathing heavily.
Harty is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Light can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty wants to control the pace but Light is squirming around nicely.
Harty with shots to the head and body - Light looks very uncomfortable down there.
Harty scoring with strikes but Light is staying in there.
Harty with the ground and pound from mount.
Light is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Harty landing shots from mount.
Light tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harty has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harty controlling from mount.
Harty trying to control but Light is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harty lands a heavy elbow.
Light is squirming around, avoiding Harty's attempts to control the action.
Harty connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Light is bucking up trying to escape but Harty cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Harty punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harty working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Harty is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Light has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Harty lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Harty 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.

Harty moves in looking to clinch but Light pushes him off.
Harty thows a body kick. Light tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Harty throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Light checks a low kick from Harty.
Harty takes a kick to the side of the head.
Harty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Light misses with a takedown attempt
and Harty counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harty throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Light tries to close the distance and clinch but Harty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harty has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Light fails with the takedown
and Harty counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harty throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Light.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Light counters with a left and a right that stings Harty.
Harty throws a right hand that Light ducks under and follows up with a left that Light also avoids with ease.
Vladimier Light seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Light misses with a takedown attempt
and Harty counters with a left to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vladimier Light. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harty scores with a punch to the head.
Harty throws a combination that misses
letting Light counter with a right hand.
Harty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Light. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harty.
Harty tries to bum rush Light with a series of wild strikes but Light uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harty misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Light misses with a takedown

and Harty counters by moving into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Harty.

Harty wants the takedown. Light is fighting it off but Harty persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Light's guard against the cage.

Harty stands up from Light's guard - Harty perhaps looking for a knockout.
Harty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Light has his takedown stuffed

and Harty counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Harty.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harty scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty connects with a couple of short punches.
Harty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Light keeping moving, preventing Harty from controlling successfully.
Harty passes Light's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Light pushes Harty off looking to stand but Harty dives back in and keeps control.
Harty blocks the strikes from Light.
Harty working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Harty is trying to work for a kimura but Light is defending well.

Harty wants to work for an arm triangle but Light is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Light tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Harty has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Harty landing punches.
Light knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harty on the ground.

Harty swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Light is now in Harty's guard. A big mistake from Harty there, giving up the dominant position!
Jack Harty has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Light trying to control the position from guard on top but Harty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Harty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Light tries for a takedown but Harty circles away easily
and Harty counters with a series of strikes. Light will be more careful next time no doubt.
Harty fails to land with a series of punches.
Light tries for a takedown but Harty circles away easily

and Harty counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Harty is keen to just control but Light is a slippery customer.

Harty is working for a kimura but Light is defending it quite comfortably.
Harty prevents Light from standing back up.
Harty uses his free foot to push down on Light's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Light.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty landing strikes, looking to finish!
Harty content just to control the position here.
Harty with good strikes from the mount here!
Harty working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Harty connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Light really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harty trying to control but Light is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Light is looking to get to half guard.
Harty trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harty is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harty landing strikes from the mount and Light is in trouble!
Light is bucking up trying to escape but Harty cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Harty lands a big shot there that rocks Light but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Light working to try and regain half guard.
The referee warns Light that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Harty looking to finish Light with some ground and pound. This is bad for Light!
Harty prevents Light from getting the reversal.
Harty can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Light is looking to escape.
Light working to try and regain half guard.
Harty with the ground and pound from mount.
Jack Harty is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harty content just to control the position here.
Light is trying to escape the mount.
Harty scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Harty postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Light looks a forlorn figure.
Harty prevents Light from getting the reversal.
Harty landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vladimier Light has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Light can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Harty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 25:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Harty!