PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denisov Bad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Hartin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bad
vs
Hartin

190 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

192 cm
29
212 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denisov Bad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Hartin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bad fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hartin lands a head shot.
Bad tries a head kick but it misses.
Bad blocks a jab.

Bad tries to keep at a distance but Hartin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hartin scores with a nice short uppercut.

Hartin jumps guard and drags Bad to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Bad tries to stand but Hartin is controlling from the bottom.
Hartin wants to get back to his feet but Bad is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bad stopping the sweep attempt from Hartin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bad trying to control but Hartin is working from the bottom.
Hartin wants to sweep here but Bad controlling him for the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hartin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bad is controlling him.

Hartin has an active guard here but Bad has managed to pass into half guard.
Hartin wants to improve his position but Bad is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hartin kicks off Bad and gets to his feet.

Hartin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hartin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bad tries to hold on but Hartin postures up.
Hartin controlling the pace for now.
Bad is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hartin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bad's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bad is breathing heavily.

Hartin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Hartin moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Bad has worked his arm free - good work by Bad!

Hartin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Hartin stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hartin shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hartin lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hartin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hartin works his way into side control.
Hartin taking a breather here.
Hartin working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bad prevents Hartin from improving position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Hartin dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hartin moves into the clinch successfully.
Bad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Hartin breaks from the clinch.
Bad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hartin.

Hartin clinches.

Hartin lands a takedown into guard.
Hartin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Hartin drops back looking for a leg! Bad is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bad manages to kick Hartin off! Hartin jumps back into Bad's guard.
Hartin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hartin trying to control but Bad is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hartin is working Bad over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hartin passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Hartin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hartin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hartin scoring with punches and elbows.

Hartin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hartin lands a few punches from side control.
Hartin looks up at the clock and then as Bad takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hartin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Bad taking a bit of punishment here - Hartin scoring with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Hartin is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Bad looks calm but he's in trouble here. Hartin gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Bad is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Hartin lets go of the hold and Bad can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eric Hartin!