PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Olecranon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Harrigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Olecranon
vs
Harrigan

195 cm
20
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vinny Olecranon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Harrigan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olecranon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harrigan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harrigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A cross from Harrigan lands.
Harrigan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harrigan misses with a straight left.
Olecranon wants to clinch.
Olecranon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olecranon wants to clinch up but Harrigan keeps it at a distance.
Olecranon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Olecranon clinches up against the cage.
Harrigan misses with a punch on the inside.
Olecranon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olecranon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Olecranon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olecranon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Olecranon misses with an elbow over the top.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow.
Olecranon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mike Harrigan has been cut.
Harrigan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside.
Harrigan dodges an elbow strike from Olecranon.
A short left from Harrigan.
Olecranon misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Olecranon.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Harrigan lands a nice uppercut.
Olecranon lands a damaging elbow.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside.
Harrigan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Olecranon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrigan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Olecranon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrigan's defenses.
Olecranon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harrigan lands a hook that snaps the head of Olecranon backwards.
Olecranon misses with an elbow over the top.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olecranon.
Olecranon misses with an elbow over the top.
Olecranon lands an elbow that stopped Harrigan in his tracks for a moment.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike.
Harrigan misses with a body punch.
Harrigan misses with some punches.
Harrigan avoiding damage as Olecranon throws knees to the body.
Olecranon misses with an elbow over the top.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow.
Harrigan dodges an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Olecranon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harrigan's brow.
Harrigan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olecranon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harrigan is trying to force a seperation but Olecranon has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrigan avoids the elbow strike from Olecranon, against the cage.
Olecranon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside that Harrigan shrugs off.
Olecranon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrigan's defenses.
Olecranon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrigan's defenses.
Olecranon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrigan misses with the head strike.
Olecranon lands an elbow just above Harrigan 's eye.
Olecranon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olecranon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Olecranon throws an elbow but misses.
Harrigan working aggressively here.
Olecranon lands a damaging elbow.
Harrigan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrigan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Harrigan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrigan is trying to force a seperation but Olecranon has the dominant position.
Olecranon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrigan's defenses.
Olecranon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harrigan working aggressively here.
Olecranon missing with knees to the body.
Olecranon lands an elbow that stopped Harrigan in his tracks for a moment.
Harrigan struggles to land a body shot inside as Olecranon controls his hands.
Olecranon looking to stall.
Olecranon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrigans head.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside.
Olecranon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olecranon misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrigan.
Harrigan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrigan dodges an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olecranon just leaning against Harrigan, taking a breather.
Harrigan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Olecranon throws an elbow but misses.
Harrigan misses with the head strike.
Harrigan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Olecranon taking a breather.
Harrigan tries to break the clinch but Olecranon is controlling the position.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow.
Olecranon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Olecranon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harrigan swings wildly with an uppercut but Olecranon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Olecranon lands an elbow that stopped Harrigan in his tracks for a moment.
Harrigan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Olecranon backwards.
Olecranon misses with an elbow strike.
Harrigan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Olecranon or not.
Olecranon lands an elbow just above Harrigan 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Harrigan.
Harrigan blocks the elbow strike.
Olecranon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Olecranon misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olecranon blocks a body shot from Harrigan.
Harrigan blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olecranon.
Harrigan looking to stall.
Harrigan working aggressively here.
Harrigan misses with a punch on the inside.
Olecranon pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrigan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harrigan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Harrigan.
Harrigan can't break the clinch.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike.
Olecranon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrigan is defending well for now.
Harrigan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olecranon backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Olecranon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Harrigan dodges an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon throws an elbow but it misses.
Harrigan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Olecranon backwards.
Harrigan tries to work over Olecranon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Olecranon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Olecranon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harrigan avoids the elbow strike from Olecranon, against the cage.
Harrigan avoids the elbow strike from Olecranon, against the cage.
Harrigan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Harrigan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Vinny Olecranon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Harrigan's cut.
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.

Olecranon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harrigan to score with a decent uppercut.
Harrigan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Olecranon's head.
Olecranon doesn't manage to clinch there - Harrigan circles away.
Harrigan looks to throw the jab but Olecranon is out of range.
Harrigan lands with a nice body punch.
Olecranon tries to clinch up but Harrigan circles away and keeps his distance.
Olecranon dodges the punch combination from Harrigan.
Harrigan cracks a nice hook into Olecranon's ribs.
Harrigan swats away the attempt to clinch by Olecranon.
Olecranon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harrigan.
Olecranon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Harrigan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olecranon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harrigan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vinny Olecranon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrigan keeps the fight on the outside.

Olecranon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Olecranon blocking some punches.
Harrigan misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrigan has a couple of punches blocked by Olecranon.
Harrigan avoids a wild elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon blocks a body shot from Harrigan.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike from Olecranon.
A left hand lands to the body for Harrigan.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Olecranon.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside that Harrigan shrugs off.
Harrigan misses with some punches.
Olecranon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Harrigan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Olecranon.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon misses with an elbow strike.
Olecranon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Olecranon throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrigan.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Harrigan.
Olecranon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olecranon has a couple of punches blocked by Harrigan.
Harrigan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Olecranon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harrigan blocks the elbow strike.
Olecranon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Olecranon.
Olecranon lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Harrigan on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olecranon blocks a body shot from Harrigan.
Olecranon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harrigan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrigan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Olecranon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harrigan's brow.
Harrigan takes an elbow to the temple.
Olecranon has Harrigan pressed against the cage.
Olecranon stalling in the clinch but Harrigan improves position.
Olecranon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Olecranon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harrigan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olecranon backwards.
Olecranon is trying to maintain a safe position but Harrigan gets an underhook and turns Olecranon into the cage.
Harrigan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harrigan digs a right hand into Olecranon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Olecranon's gas tank.
A short right from Harrigan on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olecranon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrigans head.
A head punch on the inside from Harrigan fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrigan.
Olecranon misses with an elbow strike.
Olecranon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Olecranon.
Harrigan takes an elbow to the temple.
Harrigan working aggressively here.
Olecranon pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrigan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harrigan misses with a punch on the inside.
Olecranon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harrigan avoids the elbow strike from Olecranon, against the cage.
Harrigan lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Olecranon.
Olecranon blocking some punches.
Harrigan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harrigan blocks an elbow strike from Olecranon.
Olecranon has Harrigan pressed against the cage.
Olecranon pushes off an throws an elbow but Harrigan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Olecranon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Olecranon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Olecranon lands an elbow inside that Harrigan shrugs off.
Olecranon pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrigan.
A bit of stalling here from Olecranon.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vinny Olecranon.
Harrigan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Olecranon momentarily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Harrigan.

It looks like Vinny Olecranon has been cut.
Harrigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrigan cracks Olecranon with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olecranon moves to clinch but Harrigan breaks away
and Harrigan counters with a two punch combo.
Olecranon closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harrigan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Olecranon thinking.
A combination from Harrigan does no damage.
Harrigan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Olecranon tries to clinch but Harrigan moves away
and Harrigan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrigan is looking to clinch but Olecranon is avoiding it.
Olecranon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Olecranon closes the distance looking to clinch
and Harrigan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olecranon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harrigan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olecranon wants to clinch
and Harrigan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vinny Olecranon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Olecranon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harrigan counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Harrigan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Harrigan tries to clinch there but Olecranon circles away.
Olecranon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Harrigan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Olecranon is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Harrigan! Olecranon is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Harrigan!