PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shane Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Sharpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Harvey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Richard Sharpe's chin.

Harvey
vs
Sharpe

181 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
21
157 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Richard Sharpe!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharpe takes one to the chin there.
Sharpe throws a sloppy head kick and Harvey moves out of range easily.
Sharpe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Sharpe has taken the fight to the clinch.

Harvey breaks from the clinch.
Sharpe has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Harvey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sharpe shoots in for a takedown but Harvey shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Harvey lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Harvey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Harvey lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sharpe backs up against the cage.
Danga de danga de dang - Harvey scores with a four punch combination!
Harvey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Harvey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sharpe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab from Harvey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harvey scores with a jab to the body.
Sharpe shoots in looking for a takedown but Harvey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sharpe's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey with a nice cross.
Harvey throws a right hand that Sharpe ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharpe also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Harvey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harvey's corner calls for a 1-2. Harvey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sharpe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harvey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey lands with a right hand.
Sharpe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sharpe throws out a leg kick but Harvey moves out of range and Sharpe only half commits.
Sharpe tries to close the distance and clinch but Harvey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shane Harvey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sharpe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harvey clobbers Sharpe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sharpe misses with a head kick.
Harvey is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Harvey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sharpe on the side of the head.
Harvey works over Sharpe's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harvey is working the combinations to good effect here.
Harvey scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Harvey.
Shane Harvey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harvey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sharpe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harvey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sharpe takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harvey moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harvey lands with a nice combination. Sharpe backs away looking to recover.
Harvey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harvey scores with a jab. Sharpe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harvey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sharpe on the side of the head.
Harvey blocks a jab.
Sharpe tries to clinch there but Harvey circles away.
We've been told by Harvey's head coaches at Hate Made Me Asylum that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sharpe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harvey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sharpe under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe tries to clinch up but Harvey circles away and keeps his distance.
Sharpe moves forwards but Harvey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A cross from Harvey lands.
Sharpe tries to close the distance and clinch but Harvey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harvey scores with a body shot.
Harvey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harvey connects with a body shot that sends Sharpe's belly button to the back.
Harvey connects with a jab.
Sharpe drops his hands momentarily and Harvey takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Harvey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice straight punches there by Harvey. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harvey.
Harvey lands with a good body shot.
Harvey lands a really nice looking cross but Sharpe seems unphased.
Sharpe tries to clinch up but Harvey circles away and keeps his distance.
Harvey scores with a jab. Sharpe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sharpe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harvey keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice uppercut there from Harvey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harvey scores with a nice head shot.
Sharpe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harvey.
A lazy left from Harvey finds it's target.
Harvey scores with a nice head shot.

Sharpe has managed to clinch.
Sharpe tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shane Harvey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Sharpe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harvey avoiding damage.
Harvey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sharpe effectively controlling the action here.
Harvey gets through Sharpe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Harvey 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.

The crowd cheers as Harvey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sharpe doesn't seem phased though.
Sharpe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harvey darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sharpe ducks right into an uppercut from Harvey.
Harvey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sharpe in his tracks.
Harvey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sharpe's hands.
Sharpe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharpe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sharpe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Harvey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sharpe.
Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Sharpe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sharpe avoids the body shot from Harvey.
Harvey scores with a hook to the body. Sharpe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harvey lands an overhand right.
Sharpe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sharpe tries to move into range but Harvey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sharpe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harvey throws a body punch but Sharpe moves out of range.
Harvey lands a jab-cross combination.
Sharpe takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sharpe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Harvey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Sharpe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harvey, pushing him back against the cage.
Sharpe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sharpe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harvey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sharpe backwards.

Harvey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharpe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sharpe on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharpe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body punch from Harvey.
Harvey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Harvey.
Harvey lands with a straight right. Sharpe didn't see that one coming.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sharpe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harvey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sharpe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harvey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sharpe throws a leg kick but Harvey sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe misses with a takedown attempt - Harvey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sharpe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Harvey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sharpe can do to turn this around?
Harvey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharpe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sharpe.
Harvey's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sharpe under the eye.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harvey!
Harvey lands with a cross.
Nice shot lands for Harvey.
Sharpe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harvey throws a right hand that Sharpe ducks under and follows up with a left that Sharpe also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Harvey misses the target.
Harvey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harvey. That did some damage!
Sharpe is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harvey.
Harvey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sharpe on the side of the head.
Harvey throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Harvey.

Sharpe moves into the clinch.
Sharpe is looking for a takedown.

Sharpe manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sharpe trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharpe is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Harvey dominated that second round.
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!

Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Sharpe wants to clinch up but Harvey keeps it at a distance.
Sharpe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harvey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sharpe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sharpe tries to clinch but Harvey moves out of range.
Sharpe is looking to clinch.
Shane Harvey is winning the standup battle so far.
Harvey connects with a looping right hand.
Harvey keeps the fight on the outside.
Harvey connects with a nice looking jab.
A punch combination from Harvey misses.
Sharpe tries to clinch up.
Sharpe misses with a low kick.
Sharpe tries to clinch up.
A shot to the liver by Harvey. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Harvey.
Sharpe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Harvey lands with a right hand.
Harvey lands a slapping body shot.
Some wild striking there from Harvey.
Sharpe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Harvey lands a nice looking body shot.

Sharpe rushes Harvey and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Harvey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sharpe ducks right into an uppercut from Harvey.
Harvey scores with a jab. Sharpe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harvey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sharpe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sharpe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharpe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harvey's sensitive parts.
Harvey scores with a nice head shot.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sharpe slips a jab and a cross from Harvey.
Harvey throws a series of strikes that have Sharpe backpedaling.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harvey scores with the left hand. Sharpe knows he should have avoided that one.
Harvey lands a jab to the head.
Sharpe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harvey circles away.
Harvey lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sharpe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harvey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harvey slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Harvey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sharpe walks into a left hand.
Harvey digs a good hook to Sharpe's body.
Harvey digs a good hook to Sharpe's body.
Harvey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sharpe takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Harvey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richard Sharpe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harvey throws a lazy right hand but Sharpe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sharpe tries to clinch up.
A punch lands to the side of Sharpe 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harvey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sharpe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scores with a nice head shot.
Harvey cracks Sharpe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Harvey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harvey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sharpe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harvey finds it's way round the side to connect with Sharpe's head.
A nice combination there by Harvey.
Sharpe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harvey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sharpe shoots for a takedown but Harvey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Harvey tests Sharpe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harvey lands a body shot.
Richard Sharpe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harvey darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Shane Harvey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harvey lands the left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Harvey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harvey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Harvey!
Richard Sharpe was interviewed post fight and said 'He's a great fighter, I will learn from this experience and come back stronger than before.'.