PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leslie Harp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madison comes to the cage accompanied by I'm in love with a stripper. Harp has chosen Eternal Erection - Absolutely Free as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Madison
vs
Harp

175 cm
30
167 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

174 cm
24
169 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Madison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leslie Harp!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harp rushes Madison and presses him up against the cage.
Madison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harp goes for a takedown attempt but Madison pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Madison throws a head kick that misses.
Harp avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Madison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harp.

Harp instigates a clinch.
Harp dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harp changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Madison fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Harp moves away from the strike by Madison.
Madison fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Harp looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Harp looks for a takedown but Madison sprawls well.
Jack Madison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leslie Harp.
Harp misses with a leg kick.
Madison avoids the head kick by Harp.
Harp steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Madison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harp stuffs the takedown attempt from Madison. Madison gets slowly back to his feet.
Madison tries to clinch up but Harp circles away and keeps his distance.

Harp shoots in and bounces Madison off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Madison wants to stand but Harp is controlling the position.
Harp is looking to work some ground and pound but Madison has wrist control.
Harp postures up in Madison's guard and throws a big left but Madison blocks it.
Harp is looking to work some ground and pound but Madison has wrist control.
Harp is looking to work some ground and pound but Madison has wrist control.
Harp in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harp tries to free his leg and advance position but Madison is retaining full guard.
Harp throwing strikes from guard but Madison blocks nicely.
Madison keeping full guard, as Harp tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harp won't allow Madison to get back to his feet.
Harp makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harp in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Madison is looking to stand up but Harp isn't so interested in that idea.
Harp keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Madison's head.
Harp stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Madison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harp scoring with some ground and pound.
Harp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harp looking to pass the guard.
Harp with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harp distracts Madison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Madison avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harp postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Harp postures up in Madison's guard and throws a big left but Madison blocks it.
Harp cracks Madison with a solid left hand.
Madison is trying to control the position but Harp postures up.
Harp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harp has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Madison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harp.
Madison is looking to stand up but Harp isn't so interested in that idea.
Harp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harp scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harp pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Madison is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harp makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Madison trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Harp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Madison wants to stand and escape but Harp is having none of it.
Madison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Madison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harp stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Madison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harp stops Madison from standing up.
Harp postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harp working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Madison trying to keep a closed guard but Harp is proving a slippery customer.
Harp passes Madison's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leslie Harp dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Harp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Madison.

Harp closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harp lands in his opponent's guard.
Madison wants to get back to his feet but Harp is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Harp throws an elbow that misses. Madison uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harp's guard. Nice move by Madison!
Harp wants to sweep but no luck.
Madison would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Harp manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Madison manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harp throwing strikes from guard but Madison blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harp lands a couple of elbows.
Harp trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harp content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Harp landing with the ground and pound.
Madison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Madison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harp is one step ahead there.
Madison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harp postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Harp wants to pass the guard but Madison is keeping the position.
Harp lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harp postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Harp content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Harp throws an elbow that misses. Madison uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Harp's guard. Nice move by Madison!
Madison won't allow Harp to sweep him here.
Madison wants to control from the top but Harp keeps moving.
Madison wants to get up but he can't break Harp's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Madison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harp lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Madison!
Harp pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harp landing strikes from the mount and Madison is in trouble!
Harp landing punches.

Madison is rocked!
Harp postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Madison looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Madison is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harp postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Madison bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Harp and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leslie Harp!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Leslie Harp made sure he mentioned Namunamu Clothing , along with how happy he was to win his fight.