PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drew Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veta Too (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Go To Sleep. Drew Harrison has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Harrison
vs
Too

183 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drew Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Veta Too!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Too closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Too lands a decent elbow from side control.
Harrison prevents Too from improving position.
Harrison regains half guard.

Harrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Harrison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Too pulls his head out easily.
Too trying to pass the guard but Harrison defending well.
Harrison tries to get to full guard but Too has control of the leg.
Too looks to land a strike but Harrison avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Too stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harrison is trying to control the position but Too postures up.
Too really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harrison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Too accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Too changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Harrison looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Too creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Harrison sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Harrison manages to get back to half guard.

Harrison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Harrison trying to hold on to Too's head to control him but Too postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Too 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.
Harrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Too is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Too is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Too must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Harrison keeping full guard, as Too tries to pass.

Harrison is looking for a triangle but Too pushes his legs off easily.
Harrison is breathing heavily.

Harrison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Too doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Too manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Too landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harrison looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Too tries to free his leg and advance position but Harrison is retaining full guard.
Too passes Harrison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Too takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Harrison tries to roll over but Too keeps him under control.
Too is pressing down on Harrison's thigh, looking to free his foot. Harrison is holding on for now.
Too takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
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!
Too looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Too lands strikes from half guard.
Too wants to pass the guard but Harrison is defending well.
Too takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too tries to pass the half guard into mount. Harrison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Harrison on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Harrison gets full guard.
Harrison looking to control.
Too is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Too throws a strike but Harrison rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Too wants to stand but Harrison is controlling the position.
Harrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Too is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harrison is controlling him.

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.
Harrison pushes down on Too's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Too looks like he's trying to stand up.
Harrison is looking to take a break and control but Too is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Too shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harrison but Harrison pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Harrison gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Too to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Too trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veta Too 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.

Too has a takedown stuffed.
Too fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harrison avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Harrison. No joy for Too on that attempt.
Drew Harrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Veta Too.
Nice takedown defense from Harrison. No joy for Too on that attempt.
Too is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harrison shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Harrison showed some decent athleticism there.
Too is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison wants to take a breather but Too is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Too can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harrison wants to free his trapped foot but Too is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Harrison content to control rather than advance.
Harrison is looking to advance position but Too won't allow it.

Harrison is looking for a kimura here.
Too pushes Harrison off looking to stand but Harrison dives back in and keeps control.

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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Too gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Harrison counters with a nice body kick.
Too with a lazy takedown attempt

and Harrison holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Harrison jumps guard.

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

Harrison looking for a guillotine here but Too defends easily.

Harrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Too defends it easily.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Too tries to free his leg and advance position but Harrison is retaining full guard.

Harrison has his foot on Too's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Too works his way back into a safe position though.
Harrison keeping full guard, as Too tries to pass.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Too has his takedown stuffed

and Harrison counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Too scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Harrison manages to mount him!
Too is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

Harrison is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Too is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Drew Harrison!