PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chazz Gecko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gecko has chosen Bon Jovi: Livin' On A Prayer as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Harvey
vs
Gecko

188 cm
23
212 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Kobra Clothing Inc. *$8 Sale*
Kobra Clothing Inc. *$8 Sale*

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Harvey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chazz Gecko!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
Gecko gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harvey blocks a jab.
Gecko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harvey.
Gecko scores with a jab.
Gecko throws a lazy uppercut
and Harvey counters with a straight right hand.
Some wild striking there from Gecko.
Gecko with a jab.
Harvey misses with a looping right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gecko.
Harvey throws out a loose jab but Gecko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paul Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Harvey.
Gecko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harvey to score with a decent uppercut.
Gecko scores with a decent looking hook.
Harvey connects with a single shot there.
Harvey throws a hook to the side of Gecko's head but Gecko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gecko scores with a nice strike.
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!
Gecko takes one to the side of the head.
Harvey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gecko.
Gecko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harvey with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gecko to score with a decent uppercut.
Good leg kick by Harvey there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Gecko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Harvey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harvey checks a leg kick.
Gecko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gecko moves out of range of the strikes.
Gecko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harvey misses with a straight left.
Harvey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gecko.
Gecko throws a series of punches but Harvey moves out of range.
Gecko throws a poor cross that misses
and Harvey counters with a good low kick that Gecko was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harvey lands with a right hand.
Harvey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gecko slips a straight right by Harvey.
Gecko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A big right from Gecko misses.
Gecko looks to throw the jab but Harvey is out of range.
Harvey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gecko.
Gecko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harvey eats them both and turns towards Gecko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey slips under a jab from Gecko.
Gecko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harvey finds it's way round the side to connect with Gecko's head.
Gecko throws a leg kick that is checked
and Harvey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gecko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harvey.
Harvey with a hook.
Gecko tried to score with a low kick but Harvey checks it.
Harvey is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harvey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gecko throws out the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvey lands a glancing blow to the side of Gecko's head.
Harvey lands a really nice looking cross but Gecko seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Harvey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gecko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gecko throws a looping overhand right but Harvey ducks down to avoid it.
Harvey misses with a looping left.
Harvey looks to land a right hand but Gecko moved out of range.
Gecko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Gecko. Those never looked like landing.
Gecko connects with a crisp jab.
Gecko connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Harvey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harvey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gecko.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Harvey as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey misses with a looping right.
Harvey looks to land a left hand but Gecko moved out of range nicely.
Gecko throws a hook to the side of Harvey's head but Harvey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gecko staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Harvey.
Harvey misses with a straight left.
Harvey thuds a left hand into Gecko's body.
Harvey misses with a looping right.
Gecko throws the left hand but Harvey avoids the punch easily.

Harvey closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gecko has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harvey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gecko up against the cage.
Harvey gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Gecko has had enough of the clinch but Harvey keeps him there for the moment.
Harvey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harvey working aggressively here.
Harvey misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harvey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harvey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gecko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harvey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gecko backwards.

Harvey manages to break the clinch.
Gecko lands with a shot to the body.
Harvey throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gecko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gecko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harvey manages to avoid it.
Gecko slips a jab and a cross from Harvey.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gecko misses with a wild body shot.
Gecko looks to land a combination but Harvey avoids it well.
Harvey thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Harvey.
Paul Harvey is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Harvey misses with a few strikes there.
Harvey with a nice cross.
Nice defenses there by Gecko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harvey throws a lazy uppercut
and Gecko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Harvey ducks under a wild hook from Gecko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Harvey dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gecko throws a jab when Harvey was well out of range.
Harvey is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.
Gecko throws a big shot that misses.
Harvey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gecko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gecko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harvey.
A swing and a miss from Harvey.
Harvey defending well as Gecko loads up on a big left hand.
Harvey just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey throws a jab when Gecko was well out of range.
Harvey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gecko.
Harvey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gecko.
Gecko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harvey.
Harvey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harvey throws a lazy right hand but Gecko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harvey lands a really nice looking cross but Gecko seems unphased.
Harvey feints and then cracks Gecko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gecko down.
Harvey looks to score with a jab to the body but Gecko is just out of range.

Harvey closes the distance and pushes Gecko back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harvey is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gecko is keeping busy.
Harvey misses with a punch on the inside.
Gecko working hard to break the clinch.
Gecko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harvey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harvey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harvey tries a body shot but Gecko blocks it.
Harvey tries to throw a body punch but Gecko avoids it by throwing Harvey back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harvey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gecko's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey tries to throw a body punch but Gecko avoids it by throwing Harvey back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gecko.
Harvey taking a breather.
Harvey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harvey pushes Gecko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harvey lands a hook that snaps the head of Gecko backwards.

Harvey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gecko missing with a left hand there. Harvey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gecko connects with a crisp jab.
Gecko with a nice cross.
Gecko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harvey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws out a loose jab but Gecko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gecko misses with a low kick as Harvey jumps back.
Harvey bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gecko's head backwards.
Harvey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gecko avoids the body shot from Harvey.
Harvey checks a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gecko checks a low kick from Harvey.
Harvey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Harvey walks into a stiff left hand from Gecko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Harvey clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gecko scores with a shot to the body.
Gecko misses with a looping right.
Harvey lands a glancing blow to the side of Gecko's head.
Gecko swings widly with a right hand
and Harvey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gecko misses with a looping left.
Harvey takes one to the side of the head.
Gecko misses with a lunging right hand
and Harvey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A telegraphed right hand from Gecko misses the target.
Gecko slips a jab from Harvey.
Gecko defending well as Harvey loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey throws out a powerful jab.
Harvey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gecko lands a nice looking body shot.
Harvey takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harvey lands a head shot.
Harvey ducks under a wild hook from Gecko.
Harvey throws a looping overhand right but Gecko ducks down to avoid it.
Harvey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Harvey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gecko throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harvey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gecko moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harvey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harvey looks to score with a jab to the body but Gecko is just out of range.
Gecko lands a really nice looking cross but Harvey seems unphased.
Gecko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harvey. Gecko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harvey cracks Gecko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gecko misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a right and a left that Gecko avoids nicely.
Harvey closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harvey misses the shot to the body.
Harvey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harvey lands a slapping body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Harvey misses the target.
Gecko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harvey throws out the jab.
Gecko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gecko takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Harvey misses.
A slow jab from Gecko misses its intended target.
Harvey falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gecko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harvey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gecko has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Harvey throws a jab but it's blocked by Gecko.
The fighters circling - Harvey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gecko takes one on the button.
Harvey takes a swing at Gecko's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Paul Harvey 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!

Gecko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gecko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gecko jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gecko misses with a body shot.
Harvey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harvey throws a right hand that misses
and Gecko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harvey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gecko sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gecko manages to avoid it.
Harvey lands an overhand right.
Gecko throws a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gecko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harvey.
Gecko throws an off balance right hand
and Harvey counters with a stiff right hand.
Harvey throws a sloppy head kick and Gecko moves out of range easily.
Gecko throws a nice looking combination but Harvey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harvey throws a jab when Gecko was well out of range.
Gecko ducks under a wild hook from Harvey.
Gecko uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harvey has time to react.
Harvey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harvey throws a poor cross that misses
and Gecko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey throws a jab but it's blocked by Gecko.
Harvey looks to land a left hand but Gecko moved out of range nicely.
Harvey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harvey ducks under a wild hook from Gecko.
Gecko misses with a body shot
and Harvey counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gecko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harvey.
A big right from Gecko misses.
Gecko misses with a lunging right hand
and Harvey counters with a low kick, right behind Gecko 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Harvey misses.
Gecko tries to move into range but Harvey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harvey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A left lands for Gecko.
Gecko misses with a hook
enabling Harvey to counter with a crisp jab.
Paul Harvey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harvey throws a body punch but Gecko moves out of range.
Gecko feints a jab promting Harvey to slip. Gecko then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harvey slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A combination from Harvey does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Harvey lunges at Gecko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gecko's hand.
Chazz Gecko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gecko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harvey sizes up Gecko with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harvey looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harvey misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gecko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harvey thumps Gecko with a low kick.

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 Paul Harvey.
Well Harvey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 50:45
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Harvey!
Paul Harvey is the new light heavyweight champion!