PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Harrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solofa Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrington comes to the cage accompanied by down with the sickness. Fatu has chosen Bad Man as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Harrington
vs
Fatu

190 cm
21
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
228 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benjamin Harrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Solofa Fatu!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harrington manages to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fatu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Harrington is looking to clinch.
Fatu tries to bum rush Harrington with a series of wild strikes but Harrington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fatu throws a series of punches but Harrington avoids them all with ease.
Harrington throws a leg kick but Fatu moved away.

Harrington fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fatu to the ground. Harrington is now in Fatu's guard.
Harrington works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Harrington has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Harrington takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Harrington is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fatu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrington is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Fatu can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrington can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fatu is looking to escape.
Harrington is really struggling to control Fatu but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Fatu tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Harrington jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Fatu is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Fatu and Harrington has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Harrington is trying to get an arm triangle but Fatu is defending well.

Harrington decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fatu to his feet.
Fatu throws a series of punches but Harrington avoids them all with ease.
Fatu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Benjamin Harrington has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fatu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Harrington darts in and clinches Fatu up against the cage.
Harrington jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fatu walks away with a smile on his face. Harrington gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fatu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Harrington is breathing heavily.
Fatu connects with the punch.
Nice takedown defense from Fatu. No joy for Harrington on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Harrington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fatu throws a right hand that Harrington ducks under and follows up with a left that Harrington also avoids with ease.
Harrington fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fatu lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Harrington out cold! Harrington is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Solofa Fatu!