PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Harty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Kid CuDi-Marijuana. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Anderson
vs
Harty

185 cm
25
245 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

195 cm
26
265 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seth Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Harty!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a combination
and Harty counters with a nice low kick that buckles Anderson's knee momentarily.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harty counters with a series of strikes. Anderson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Harty fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Harty takes the fight into the clinch.
Harty has Anderson pressed against the cage, preventing Anderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harty.
Harty fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Anderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harty has him pressed against the cage.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Anderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Anderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Harty's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harty throws a one two combo.

It looks like Seth Anderson has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harty counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Harty counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harty.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch but Harty keeps him there for the moment.
Harty keeps control of Anderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harty pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anderson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harty counters with a two punch combo.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Harty defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anderson.
Harty misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Harty is defended easily by Anderson.
Anderson tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harty counters with a thumping low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harty misses with a wild combination.
Harty lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harty will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harty lands with a good body shot.
Harty feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anderson's calf.

Harty moves into the clinch.
Harty landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Harty breaks from the clinch.
Harty swinging wildly here.
Anderson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harty counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Harty. Beautiful body shot.
Seth Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anderson misses with a combination
and Harty finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Harty jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harty lands a leg kick that knocks Anderson off balance momentarily.

Harty pushes Anderson up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harty.
Harty keeps control of Anderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harty has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Anderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Seth Anderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Harty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harty keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Harty has Anderson pressed against the cage, preventing Anderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Harty breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harty misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Harty holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson is trying to break the clinch but Harty has him pressed against the cage.

Harty breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harty swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Harty won't be happy with that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Anderson swings around for an armbar but Harty sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Anderson's guard.
Harty won't allow Anderson to get back to his feet.
Harty passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Harty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seth Anderson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Harty lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Anderson tries to clinch but Harty moves away

and Harty counters by clinching up.

Harty's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harty counters with a one-two to the body.
Harty throws a left and a right that both miss
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and Harty counters with a thumping low kick.
Anderson moves to clinch but Harty breaks away
and Harty counters with a nice low kick that buckles Anderson's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Some wild striking there from Harty.
Harty scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harty throws a combination. Anderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Harty counters with a three punch combo that has Anderson backing up. Anderson nods at Harty to acknowledge the strikes.
Harty scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harty feints a jab promting Anderson to slip. Harty then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Anderson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Harty lands with a nice combination. Anderson backs away looking to recover.
Harty fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harty misses with a two punch combination.
Harty misses with a double jab.
Harty lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Anderson tries to clinch up but Harty circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Harty counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Anderson!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harty with a couple of short strikes.
Anderson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Harty with good strikes from the mount here!
Anderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Harty landing strikes, looking to finish!
Harty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harty landing strikes from the mount and Anderson is in trouble!
Harty lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Harty wants to finish this one by submission but Anderson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Harty.
Anderson is looking to get to half guard.
Anderson tries to hold on but Harty pushes him away.
Harty has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anderson tries to reverse the position but Harty maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harty wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.
Anderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anderson is squirming around, avoiding Harty's attempts to control the action.
Anderson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harty landing strikes, looking to finish!
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.
The cut man is working on Seth Anderson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Harty counters with a left and a right that stings Anderson.
Anderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harty counters with a one-two to the body.
Harty rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Anderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson tries to clinch
and Harty counters with an outside leg kick.
Anderson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harty counters with an inside leg kick.
Anderson misses with a lunging right hand

and Harty holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harty keeps control of Anderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harty lands an elbow that stopped Anderson in his tracks for a moment.
Anderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Harty ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Harty no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Anderson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Harty looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Harty looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Harty!
Harty working away.
Anderson regains half guard.
Harty is trying to control the action in half guard but Anderson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Anderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harty missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anderson is looking to control Harty's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Anderson avoid being mounted?
Anderson moves into full guard.
Anderson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Anderson tries to get out of the position.
Harty advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harty lands with a punch from half guard.
Harty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Anderson's head.
Harty prevents Anderson from improving his position.

Harty decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Anderson wants to clinch but Harty slips to the side
and Harty counters with a thumping low kick.
Harty shoots in for a takedown but Anderson shows good takedown defense.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and Harty counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Anderson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Anderson wants to clinch
and Harty counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jack Harty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Harty counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harty tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson misses with a double jab

and Harty moves into the clinch.
Harty lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harty keeps control of Anderson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Anderson can't break the clinch.
Anderson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harty.
Anderson tries to circle away but Harty has him pinned against the cage.
Anderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Harty won't allow it.
Harty keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anderson's efforts to push away.
Harty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jack Harty is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four 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.
Anderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Harty won't allow it.
Harty goes for a takedown attempt but Anderson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Harty displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a double jab
and Harty counters with a thumping low kick.
Harty pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Anderson back to the cage. Harty follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Anderson misses with a combination
and Harty counters with a left and a right that stings Anderson.
Seth Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harty closes the distance and lands a one-two.

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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30

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