PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Prince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Siciliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey Prince has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Prince
vs
Siciliano

200 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

177 cm
24
192 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harvey Prince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Siciliano!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Siciliano pushes Prince up against the cage in a clinch.
Prince tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siciliano's elbow.
Siciliano slows down the pace here.
Siciliano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Prince.
Prince really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Prince takes a shot to the head.
Siciliano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince working hard to break the clinch.
Siciliano lands a knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siciliano.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Prince.
Still in the clinch, Siciliano scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siciliano.
Siciliano lands with a left to the head.

Siciliano has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Prince regains guard immediately.
Prince is breathing heavily.
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Prince keeps moving.

Siciliano drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Siciliano jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Siciliano thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Prince keeps moving.
Prince avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Prince is working an open guard so Siciliano takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Siciliano closes the distance and clinches.
Prince takes a knee right on the jaw!
Siciliano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Prince backwards.
Siciliano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Prince in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Siciliano works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Siciliano controls from within his opponent's guard.
Siciliano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Siciliano trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Siciliano stands and throws Prince's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Siciliano is trying to get an arm triangle but Prince is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siciliano cracks Prince with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Siciliano has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Prince!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Siciliano content just to control the position here.
Prince is squirming around, avoiding Siciliano's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano with a couple of short strikes.
Siciliano landing strikes from the mount and Prince is in trouble!
Siciliano throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Siciliano landing punches.

Siciliano working for a submission but Prince is keeping him at bay.
Siciliano sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Siciliano looking to secure an arm triangle but Prince defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano looking to finish with strikes here!

Siciliano looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince avoids a series of strikes thrown by Siciliano.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siciliano landing punches.

Siciliano with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Siciliano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Prince uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siciliano.
Prince moves out of range of the body kick.

Siciliano scores a takedown into full mount!
Siciliano scoring with strikes but Prince is staying in there.
Siciliano connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Prince is rocked!
Siciliano misses with a head shot.
Siciliano tries to control but Prince wriggling away.
Siciliano throwing strikes here but Prince is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Siciliano working the ground and pound effectively.
Siciliano throwing strikes here but Prince is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Siciliano cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Siciliano has control of Prince's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Prince regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Siciliano goes for an armbar but Prince turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Prince.

Siciliano is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Prince rolls with it to try and escape but Siciliano cranks on the arm and Prince is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fred Siciliano!