PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brooklyn Harmony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Esteban Vega has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Vega
vs
Harmony

185 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esteban Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brooklyn Harmony!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vega is looking to clinch but Harmony is avoiding it.
Harmony avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harmony shoots in looking for a takedown. Vega tries to sprawl out of it but Harmony keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vega manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Vega gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vega scores with a knee to the head.
Harmony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harmony lands an uppercut.
Harmony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vega scores with a knee to the head.
Harmony has had enough of the clinch but Vega keeps him there for the moment.
Vega with a knee to the head.
Vega lands an elbow inside.
Harmony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harmony managing to block the knees to the body from Vega.
Vega lands a knee to the body.
Vega prevents Harmony from breaking the clinch.
Harmony is looking to break free of the clinch but Vega has double underhooks.
Vega scores with a knee to the head.
Harmony wants to break free but Vega has control.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Vega.
Harmony wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vega lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harmony is looking to break free of the clinch but Vega has double underhooks.
Vega lands a knee to the head.
Harmony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
Vega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmony can't break the clinch.
Harmony wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
Vega throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vega is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Vega.
Vega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harmony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harmony fails to pull guard.
Vega keeps control of Harmony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vega keeps control of Harmony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
Harmony is trying to break the clinch but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Vega.
Vega tries a knee to the head but Harmony blocks it.
Vega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmony blocks it with crossed arms.
Harmony is trying to break free.
Vega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vega connects with a knee to the head.
Vega using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vega throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
Vega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vega.
Vega connects with a knee to the head.
Vega landing knees to the body.
Harmony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vega keeps control of Harmony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vega misses with a knee to the head.
Vega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Vega.
Vega with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harmony is trying to break free.
Vega landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vega throws an elbow but misses.
Vega prevents Harmony from breaking the clinch.
Vega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harmony wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harmony is looking to break free of the clinch but Vega has double underhooks.
Harmony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harmony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harmony wants to break free but Vega has control.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
Harmony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harmony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harmony wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harmony wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harmony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harmony wants to get back to striking at distance but Vega won't allow it.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
Harmony wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
Vega missing with knees to the body.
Harmony wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but Harmony blocks with his arms.
Vega looking to throw knees to the head but Harmony is blocking nicely.
Harmony is looking to break free of the clinch but Vega has double underhooks.
Harmony wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vega landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Vega.
Knees to the body from Vega.
Harmony wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vega misses with a knee strike.
Vega tries a knee to the head but Harmony blocks it.
Vega lands a knee to the head.
Vega lands an elbow inside.
Vega using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Harmony is rocked!
A knee to the head by Vega.
Harmony is still on wobbly legs! Can Vega finish him?
Vega with a knee to the head.
Vega lands a knee to the head.
Vega tries a knee to the head but Harmony blocks it.
A knee to the head by Vega.
Harmony wants to break free but Vega has control.
Vega stops a takedown attempt from Harmony.
Esteban Vega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brooklyn Harmony.
Vega lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Harmony wants to break free but Vega has control.
Vega looking to throw knees to the head but Harmony is blocking nicely.
Vega looking to throw knees to the head but Harmony is blocking nicely.
Harmony lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vega prevents Harmony from breaking the clinch.
Harmony wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vega misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmony takes an elbow to the temple.
Vega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmony blocks it with crossed arms.
Vega lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vega scores with a knee to the head.
Vega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vega lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Harmony is trying to break the clinch but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but Harmony blocks with his arms.
Vega landing knees to the head.
Harmony is trying to break the clinch but Vega has him pressed against the cage.
Harmony can't break the clinch.
Vega prevents Harmony from breaking the clinch.
Harmony wants to get back to striking at distance but Vega won't allow it.
Vega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmony blocks it with crossed arms.
Vega landing knees to the head.
Vega with a knee to the head.
Vega tries to land a knee to the head but Harmony blocks with his arms.
Harmony wants to get back to striking at distance but Vega won't allow it.
Vega misses with a knee strike.
Harmony tries to break the clinch but Vega is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Vega.
Vega crunches a lovely knee into Harmony's ribcage.
Vega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harmony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harmony takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Vega.
Vega prevents Harmony from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Harmony avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harmony swats away the attempt to clinch by Vega.
Vega tries to clinch up.

Vega moves into the clinch successfully.
Vega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harmony seems to have recovered his senses.
Harmony wants to get back to striking at distance but Vega won't allow it.
Vega looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vega landing knees to the head.
Vega looking to throw knees to the head but Harmony is blocking nicely.
Harmony is trying to break free.
Vega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harmony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harmony is trying to break free.
Harmony fails to pull guard.
Harmony wants to get back to striking at distance but Vega won't allow it.
Vega throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harmony blocks it with crossed arms.

Harmony breaks the clinch.

Harmony drives through with a takedown into guard.
Harmony controls from within his opponent's guard.
Vega on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vega tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmony works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Harmony trying to mount his opponent but Vega defends it.
Harmony not doing much here.
Harmony is thwarting Vega's attempts to control the position.
Harmony is taking a breather. Vega says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Harmony is trying for a kimura here. Vega looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Harmony wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brooklyn Harmony!