PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henk De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Vries
vs
Harrison

178 cm
21
158 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Pain Palace Clothing

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Henk De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries throws a right and a left that Harrison avoids nicely.
Henk De Vries seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Vries misses with a wild combination.
De Vries tries to clinch but Harrison is having none of it.

De Vries has taken the fight to the clinch.

Harrison lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
De Vries is looking to improve his position.
Harrison is tying to control. De Vries wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
De Vries has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harrison is working away from the top position though.
De Vries throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Harrison trying to pass the guard but De Vries defending well.
Harrison is tying to control. De Vries wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

De Vries is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Harrison pulls his head out easily.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De Vries misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries thows a body shot but no joy.
De Vries shoots in but no luck this time.
Some wild striking there from Harrison.
De Vries moves in looking to clinch but Harrison pushes him off.
De Vries tries to clinch but Harrison moves out of range.
De Vries misses with a head kick.
De Vries is breathing heavily.

Harrison rushes De Vries and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harrison gets underhooks to prevent De Vries's takedown attempt.
Harrison keeps control of De Vries as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Harrison has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics De Vries uses from the top position.
Harrison is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Harrison has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but De Vries can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Harrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
De Vries throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Harrison prevents De Vries from improving his position.
Harrison trying to pass the guard but De Vries defending well.
Harrison thows a huge punch but De Vries dodges it nicely.

De Vries is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Harrison pulls his head out easily.
De Vries wants to control but Harrison is keeping busy and won't allow it.
De Vries tries to get to full guard but Harrison has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

De Vries closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Harrison blocks an elbow strike.
De Vries is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrison has double underhooks.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

De Vries breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrison misses with a takedown attempt

and De Vries counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harrison's guard now.
De Vries passes Harrison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Harrison taking some punishment here, with De Vries in his half guard.

Harrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Harrison is not content to let De Vries control the position.
Harrison is trying to control but can't.
Harrison tries to roll over but De Vries keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison wants to control but De Vries is keeping busy.
Harrison is pressing down on De Vries's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Harrison keeping full guard, as De Vries tries to pass.
De Vries wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Harrison circles away from the clinch attempt

and Harrison counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harrison trying to control but De Vries is working from the bottom.

De Vries has his foot on Harrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Harrison works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harrison looking to pass the guard.
Harrison trying to control the position from guard on top but De Vries is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Harrison will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De Vries drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
De Vries passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Harrison!
De Vries wants to control the pace but Harrison is squirming around nicely.
Harrison is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Harrison manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Harrison is defending against the submission attempts here by De Vries.
De Vries not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Harrison is breathing heavily.
Harrison is staying active underneath De Vries, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

De Vries stands up from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Frank Harrison has been cut.
De Vries misses with a combination

and Harrison counters by moving into the clinch.

De Vries breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrison swings for the body but De Vries moves out of range.
De Vries tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrison fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

De Vries closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De Vries lands in his opponent's guard.
Harrison wants to sweep here but De Vries controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Vries wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harrison is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Harrison working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because De Vries has passed into half guard!
Harrison won't allow De Vries to pass to mount.
De Vries wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harrison keeps working.
Harrison wants to improve his position but De Vries is controlling well.
De Vries keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Harrison gets full guard.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Harrison is keeping the position for now.
Harrison thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Harrison is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! De Vries has his hands clasped together but Harrison extends an breaks De Vries's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Harrison.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frank Harrison!