PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Yvel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Harter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harter has chosen Stevie Ray Vaughan "Rude Mood" as his entrance music. Logan Harter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ruben Yvel's chin.

Yvel
vs
Harter

189 cm
27
235 lbs
14 - 3 - 1

196 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best $48 - 159's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Yvel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Logan Harter!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yvel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yvel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yvel avoids the body shot from Harter.
Yvel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yvel throws a body kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yvel.
Yvel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harter blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harter stuns Yvel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yvel looks to land a body kick but Harter moved away.
Yvel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yvel misses with a kick to the body.

Harter gets the takedown into side control.
Harter in side control, throwing shots but Yvel defends.
Yvel can't do much from the bottom here.
Yvel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harter on the ground.
A lull in the action here as Harter stalls from top position.
Harter is putting a hurting on Yvel here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yvel struggling a bit here.
Yvel manages to get back to half guard.
Well, if Harter is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Harter missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yvel is trying to stand up here but Harter is controlling him well.
Yvel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harter.
Harter throwing shots but Yvel is blocking nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yvel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Harter.
Yvel taking some punishment here, with Harter in his half guard.
Harter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yvel's head.
Yvel is trying to stand up here but Harter is controlling him well.
Yvel wants to control but Harter is keeping busy.
Harter working the head and body with strikes.
Harter is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yvel is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harter thows a huge punch but Yvel dodges it nicely.
Harter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yvel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harter is taking a breather. Yvel says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Harter connects with a nice short shot to Yvel's temple.
Yvel tries to kick Harter off but Harter keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Harter lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Harter is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Harter is nestled in close to Yvel, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yvel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yvel tries to get out of the position.
Yvel wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harter not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yvel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harter prevents Yvel from standing back up.
Yvel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Harter scores with a couple of nice shots.

Yvel kicks off Harter and gets to his feet.
Yvel throws a looping overhand right but Harter ducks down to avoid it.
Harter misses with a wild body shot.
Harter with a nice cross.
Harter digs a good body shot into Yvel's ribs.

Yvel clinches with his opponent.
Yvel working hard to break the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Yvel breaks from the clinch.
Harter avoids the head kick by Yvel.
Yvel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yvel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yvel throws a body kick that misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yvel. Harter shrugs it off though.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yvel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harter moves out of range of the body kick from Yvel.
Harter throws a shot to the body.
Harter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yvel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yvel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Harter tries to keep at a distance but Yvel has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Harter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yvel is trying to break free.
Harter avoiding damage as Yvel throws knees to the body.
Harter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harter tries for a takedown but Yvel manages to get underhooks.
Harter tries to work over Yvel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Harter.

It looks like Ruben Yvel has been cut.
Harter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yvel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yvel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yvel is trying to force a seperation but Harter has the dominant position.
A right hook to the body lands for Harter.
Harter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Harter misses with some punches.
Yvel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Harter struggles to land a body shot inside as Yvel controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yvel obliges.
Harter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yvel is breathing heavily.
Harter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harter pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Harter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yvel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harter is defending well for now.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Harter struggles to land a body shot inside as Yvel controls his hands.
Harter tries to work over Yvel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harter goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yvel prevents it.
Harter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yvel missing with knees to the body.
Harter dodges an elbow strike from Yvel.
Yvel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harter avoids it.
Harter is leaning against Yvel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harter scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yvel is looking to break free of the clinch but Harter has double underhooks.
Yvel prevents a body shot from Harter.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harter.
Harter cracks Yvel with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logan Harter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruben Yvel's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harter takes a swing at Yvel's ribcage but misses.
Yvel defending well as Harter loads up on a big left hand.
Yvel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yvel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yvel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yvel misses with a double jab.
Harter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yvel.
Yvel looks to land a body kick but Harter moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yvel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harter.
Harter lands a really nice looking cross but Yvel seems unphased.
Yvel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yvel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yvel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harter scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harter misses with a looping left.
Logan Harter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harter. Yvel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harter just misses with a punch to the body.
Harter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yvel.
Yvel misses with a low kick.
Yvel tries a head kick but it misses.
Harter throws a jab when Yvel was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yvel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yvel misses with a kick to the body

and Harter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yvel won't be happy with that.
Yvel is looking for a sweep.
Harter landing strikes.
Yvel is not content to let Harter control the position.
Harter lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yvel down.
Yvel manages to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yvel wants to get back to his feet.
Yvel on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yvel tries to get to full guard but Harter has control of the leg.
Harter working the head and body with strikes.

Yvel is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harter seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yvel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Harter drops an elbow to the side of Yvel's head.
Oh Yvel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ruben Yvel's cut is getting worse.
Yvel is looking to escape.
Harter looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yvel seems to have got his legs back now.
Harter is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harter looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Harter working the head and body with strikes.

Ruben Yvel's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Harter lands a big elbow - Yvel is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Harter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Logan Harter!
Logan Harter is the new heavyweight champion!