PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rupert Harmsworthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Seyedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harmsworthy's entrance music is Big Balls. A fine choice. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Harmsworthy
vs
Seyedi

188 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rupert Harmsworthy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ali Seyedi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Seyedi.

Harmsworthy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Harmsworthy trying to control the position from guard on top but Seyedi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harmsworthy tries to free his leg and advance position but Seyedi is retaining full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Seyedi has control of Harmsworthy's left arm, preventing Harmsworthy from doing any damage.
Harmsworthy wants to pass the guard but Seyedi is keeping the position.
Harmsworthy wants to control from the top but Seyedi keeps moving.
Harmsworthy preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seyedi has Harmsworthy pulled in close to control his posture.

We're going to have a standup here because Rupert Harmsworthy wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Seyedi slaps away a takedown attempt from Harmsworthy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Harmsworthy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harmsworthy slips a jab from Seyedi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harmsworthy. Seyedi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seyedi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Seyedi, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmsworthy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Seyedi.
Harmsworthy checks a low kick from Seyedi.
Seyedi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harmsworthy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Seyedi lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seyedi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harmsworthy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Seyedi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harmsworthy's calf.
Seyedi stuffs the takedown attempt from Harmsworthy. Harmsworthy gets slowly back to his feet.
Seyedi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi scores with a spinning back kick!
Ali Seyedi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harmsworthy just misses with a punch to the body.
Harmsworthy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Harmsworthy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Seyedi - the referee stops the clock and Harmsworthy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Seyedi. Harmsworthy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Seyedi.
Seyedi throws a hook but Harmsworthy avoids it easily.
Seyedi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harmsworthy's sensitive parts.
Seyedi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Harmsworthy if he has to take too many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Seyedi tenderised Harmsworthy's leg. Harmsworthy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Seyedi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Harmsworthy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harmsworthy has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rupert Harmsworthy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seyedi motions for Harmsworthy to come forward. Seyedi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seyedi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Harmsworthy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both fighters circling a little - Seyedi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harmsworthy is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seyedi. That's going to slow Harmsworthy down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice body kick from Seyedi.
Seyedi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice sprawl there from Seyedi as Harmsworthy shoots in.
Seyedi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harmsworthy's sensitive parts.
Harmsworthy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Seyedi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harmsworthy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Seyedi lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harmsworthy takes a swing at Seyedi's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seyedi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Seyedi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Seyedi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Seyedi lands a damaging elbow.
Seyedi lands an elbow that stopped Harmsworthy in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Seyedi.
Seyedi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Seyedi pushes off an throws an elbow but Harmsworthy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi lands a damaging elbow.
Seyedi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harmsworthy can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rupert Harmsworthy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seyedi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harmsworthy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Seyedi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Seyedi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Rupert Harmsworthy has been cut.
Harmsworthy can't break the clinch.
Seyedi working Harmsworthy over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seyedi lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmsworthy takes an elbow to the temple.
Seyedi gets underhooks to prevent Harmsworthy's takedown attempt.
Seyedi lands a damaging elbow.
Harmsworthy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Seyedi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Seyedi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Seyedi lands an elbow that stopped Harmsworthy in his tracks for a moment.
Seyedi with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Seyedi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Seyedi obliges.
Seyedi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Harmsworthy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Seyedi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harmsworthy backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Seyedi.
Seyedi lands an elbow just above Harmsworthy 's eye.
Stalling in the clinch from Seyedi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seyedi lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seyedi lands an elbow that stopped Harmsworthy in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ali Seyedi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rupert Harmsworthy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.

Harmsworthy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Seyedi pushes Harmsworthy away with a front kick.
Harmsworthy moves out of range as Seyedi throws a body kick.
Seyedi looks to score with a jab to the body but Harmsworthy is just out of range.
Harmsworthy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Seyedi throws a leg kick but Harmsworthy moved away.
Harmsworthy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Seyedi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seyedi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harmsworthy misses with a body shot
and Seyedi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Seyedi thuds his shin into the meat of Harmsworthy's side.
Seyedi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seyedi throws the kick towards the body but Harmsworthy avoids it.
Seyedi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Seyedi keeps Harmsworthy at a distance using the push kick.
Seyedi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harmsworthy.
Good leg kick by Seyedi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmsworthy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seyedi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Seyedi.
Seyedi lands a leg kick that knocks Harmsworthy off balance momentarily.
Seyedi feints and then cracks Harmsworthy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harmsworthy down.
Seyedi lands with a kick to the ribs.
Seyedi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harmsworthy moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seyedi. That's going to slow Harmsworthy down.
Seyedi connects with an inside leg kick.
Harmsworthy is looking to wear down Seyedi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmsworthy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seyedi.
An inside leg kick lands from Seyedi.
Seyedi connects with a solid leg kick.
Seyedi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harmsworthy's calf.
Crunch! Seyedi slams his shin into Harmsworthy's torso.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seyedi.
Harmsworthy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Seyedi.
Seyedi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harmsworthy moves away.
Ali Seyedi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seyedi pushes Harmsworthy away with a front kick.
Seyedi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harmsworthy manages to avoid it.
Seyedi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ali Seyedi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Seyedi.

Harmsworthy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Seyedi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Seyedi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harmsworthy is one step ahead there.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ali Seyedi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Seyedi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge William Gold scores the fight for Ali Seyedi!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Ali Seyedi!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Ali Seyedi!

Ali Seyedi wins by unanimous decision!