PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randy Harding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto Villy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harding
vs
Villy

183 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Harding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Otto Villy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villy tries to close the distance and clinch but Harding swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Villy fails to land with a series of punches.
Villy misses with a takedown attempt

and Harding counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Villy's guard now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Harding throws a big elbow that misses.
Harding throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Villy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harding throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harding lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Villy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harding content to stall in guard here.
Harding lands a couple of digs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harding trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Villy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Villy looking for a sweep. Not yet Villy, not yet.
Villy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Harding has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Villy is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Villy working for a triangle but Harding defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harding loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Villy working a defensive guard here.
Harding works over Villy with some ground and pound from guard.
Villy controls Harding momentarily but Harding frees himself.
Harding throws a big right hand that misses.
Harding works over Villy with some ground and pound from guard.
Harding has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harding throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Villy thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harding throws a big elbow that misses.
Harding in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Harding postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harding content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Harding is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harding throws a big right hand that misses.
Harding is looking to work some ground and pound but Villy has wrist control.
Villy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Harding cracks Villy with a solid left hand.
Harding with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harding throwing strikes but missing.
Harding works over Villy with some ground and pound from guard.
Harding trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harding works over Villy with some ground and pound from guard.
Villy wants to sweep here but Harding controlling him for the moment.
Villy trying to keep a closed guard but Harding is proving a slippery customer.

Villy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harding can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Villy looks winded!
Harding working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Villy's head.
Harding wants to control from the top but Villy keeps moving.
Harding with a flurry of punches that miss.

Villy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Harding with a flurry of punches that miss.
Villy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Harding.
Harding works over Villy with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villy wants to sweep here but Harding controlling him for the moment.
Harding scoring with punches to the head and body.
Villy has momentary wrist control but Harding slips an elbow through the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villy has momentary wrist control but Harding slips an elbow through the middle.
Harding lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harding scoring with some ground and pound.
Harding content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Harding lands a couple of elbows.
Harding is in close to Villy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harding is working Villy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Harding landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harding is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harding scoring with punches to the head and body.
Harding postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Harding dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Villy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harding sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Villy somewhat.

Harding looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Harding lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Harding there.

Villy is rocked!

Harding is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Villy is still in real trouble! Can Harding finish him?
Randy Harding overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harding working the head and body with strikes.
Harding lands strikes from half guard.
Harding lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Villy quite badly. Villy pulls Harding in close trying to recover. Harding postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Villy on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Villy doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Harding!