PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mel Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon's entrance music is S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gordon
vs
Holliday

190 cm
30
217 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

187 cm
30
210 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

Urban Fighter
MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mel Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Holliday!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holliday.
Holliday steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gordon.
Holliday keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holliday avoids the head kick by Gordon.
Gordon is looking to slow Holliday down with leg kicks.
Jab, jab by Gordon - just one landing.

It looks like Harry Holliday has been cut.
Gordon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holliday cracks Gordon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Mel Gordon has been cut.
Gordon thuds a left hand into Holliday's body.
Holliday scores with a jab to the body.
Holliday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holliday paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gordon ducks right into an uppercut from Holliday.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gordon misses with a low kick.
Gordon throws a sloppy head kick and Holliday moves out of range easily.
Holliday swings for the body but Gordon moves out of range.
Gordon walks into a straight right hand from Holliday.
Holliday takes one on the button.
Gordon lands with a kick to the temple. Holliday shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gordon misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holliday on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gordon. Gordon obviously looking to wear him down.
Holliday fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gordon manages to avoid it.
Gordon throws a body punch but Holliday moves out of range.
Holliday takes a swing at Gordon's ribcage but misses.
Holliday misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gordon.
Gordon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Holliday blocks a head kick by Gordon.
Decent striking displayed by Holliday there.
Gordon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holliday looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Holliday swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holliday swings for the body but Gordon moves out of range.
Gordon stuns Holliday with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gordon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gordon connects with a jab.
Gordon staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gordon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gordon is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon wants to clinch.
Gordon misses with a hook.
Gordon cracks the inside of Holliday's front leg.
Gordon throws a hook but Holliday blocks it.
Holliday misses with a jab, cross combination.
Holliday lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Holliday moves away from the strike by Gordon.
Gordon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gordon wants to slow Holliday down by chopping away at his legs.
Gordon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Holliday.
Gordon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gordon throws a leg kick
and Holliday counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holliday digs a good hook to Gordon's body.
Mel Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holliday circles away from the clinch attempt.
Holliday waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gordon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday misses with a body shot.
Gordon throws a quick counter head kick but Holliday was just out of range.
Gordon throws a hook but Holliday blocks it.
Gordon jabs Holliday to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gordon misses the shot to the body.
Gordon throws a body shot but no joy.
Gordon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holliday.
Gordon throws a combination that misses
and Holliday counters with a stiff right hand.
Gordon misses with a leg kick.
Holliday throws the left hand but Gordon avoids the punch easily.
A solid body kick from Gordon.
Gordon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Holliday counters with a straight right hand.

Holliday lands a left and a right that send Gordon crashing to the mat, dazed. Holliday thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Gordon is rocked!
Gordon is looking to wear down Holliday with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holliday scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gordon doesn't seem bothered though.
Oh Gordon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Holliday on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Holliday pounces like a tiger and cracks Gordon with a vicious hook! Gordon is down but not out! Holliday follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Harry Holliday!
A very excited looking Harry Holliday rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.