PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Gillis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harvey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bitches Brew. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gillis's choice of entrance music: I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters. This should be fireworks!

Harvey
vs
Gillis

188 cm
24
220 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
220 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Doug Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamie Gillis!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gillis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Harvey darts in and clinches Gillis up against the cage.
Gillis looking to stall.
Gillis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harvey up against the cage.
Harvey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gillis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gillis is trying to maintain a safe position but Harvey gets an underhook and turns Gillis into the cage.
Gillis seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Gillis takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Jamie Gillis has been cut.
Harvey lands a nice elbow.

Gillis turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Harvey defending against the ground and pound.
Harvey can't do much from the bottom here.
Gillis throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Harvey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gillis on the ground.
Gillis working the ground and pound from side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harvey is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harvey keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gillis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Harvey has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gillis looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harvey is avoiding damage well.
Harvey is looking to regain half guard here but Gillis keeps moving and retains side control.
Gillis working the ground and pound from side control.

Gillis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Harvey has escaped the position, nice work there.
Harvey wants to control but Gillis postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillis trying to control the action but Harvey is working from the bottom.
Harvey takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gillis in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gillis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gillis gets to mount! Harvey was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Harvey working to try and regain half guard.
Gillis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gillis dominating with strikes here.

It looks like Doug Harvey has been cut.
Gillis scoring with strikes but Harvey is staying in there.
Harvey takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillis with good strikes from the mount here!

Harvey is rocked!
Harvey tries to hold on but Gillis pushes him away.
Gillis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harvey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Harvey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harvey wants to control but Gillis is having none of it.
Harvey seems to have got his legs back now.

Gillis is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Harvey is surviving well by controlling Gillis's body position as best he can.
Gillis looking to finish Harvey with some ground and pound. This is bad for Harvey!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gillis landing shots from mount.
Gillis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gillis controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gillis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gillis lands a big elbow.
Gillis with the ground and pound from mount.
Harvey working to try and regain half guard.
Harvey is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gillis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gillis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Harvey hang on?
Gillis cracks Harvey with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Gillis!
After winning the bout, Jamie Gillis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.