PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michel Kiessling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kiessling
vs
Harvey

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michel Kiessling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brent Harvey!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiessling wants to clinch.
Kiessling connects with a crisp jab.
Kiessling misses with the combination.
Kiessling scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Harvey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Harvey misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Harvey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kiessling avoids it really well and circles away.
Harvey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Michel Kiessling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brent Harvey.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harvey dodges the punch combination from Kiessling.
Kiessling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kiessling is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiessling looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Kiessling.
Kiessling throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harvey.
Kiessling throws a right hand that Harvey ducks under and follows up with a left that Harvey also avoids with ease.
Kiessling is looking to clinch but Harvey is avoiding it.
No joy there for Kiessling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kiessling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harvey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harvey changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kiessling tries to avoid it but Harvey manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kiessling to the ground. Kiessling escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kiessling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Harvey drives through with a takedown into Kiessling's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Harvey throwing strikes but missing.
Harvey trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is looking to work some ground and pound but Kiessling has wrist control.
Harvey stands up over Kiessling, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Harvey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Harvey postures up and lands a big shot to Kiessling's brow.
Harvey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harvey slips nicely into half guard.

Harvey wants to work for an arm triangle but Kiessling is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harvey with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kiessling knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harvey on the ground.
Harvey working Kiessling over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Harvey lands a nice short elbow.
Kiessling wants to get back to his feet.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Harvey thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Kiessling is breathing heavily.
Kiessling takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kiessling lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harvey fails with a takedown attempt.
Kiessling throws a combination. Harvey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kiessling stuffs the takedown.

Harvey drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey scoring with punches from side control.
Harvey looks up at the clock and then as Kiessling takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Harvey smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Harvey scores with a couple of short elbows.

Harvey wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kiessling, who protects the arm well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harvey in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kiessling is being controlled here.
Harvey is putting a hurting on Kiessling here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michel Kiessling 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.

Kiessling lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kiessling tries to clinch there but Harvey circles away.
Harvey tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kiessling sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Harvey somewhat.
Kiessling feints a jab promting Harvey to slip. Kiessling then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Harvey slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kiessling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kiessling throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harvey shoots in but Kiessling avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Michel Kiessling is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiessling misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Kiessling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harvey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiessling manages to avoid it.
Michel Kiessling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiessling wants to clinch.
Kiessling blocks a head kick by Harvey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiessling slaps away a takedown attempt from Harvey, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Michel Kiessling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brent Harvey.
Kiessling throws a series of punches but Harvey avoids them all with ease.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Harvey.
Harvey lands a nice forearm strike.
Kiessling on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harvey lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kiessling is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kiessling taking a bit of punishment here - Harvey scoring with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiessling is trying to improve his position.
Harvey takes a little break here. Kiessling wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Harvey creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Harvey's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Harvey is working Kiessling over with some ground and pound from side control.
Harvey scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kiessling to see if he's OK.
Kiessling is letting Harvey control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Harvey taking a breather here.
Harvey working the head and body with strikes.
Harvey is putting a hurting on Kiessling here, landing some big shots from side control.

Harvey thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Harvey scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kiessling taking punishment in the form of punches.
Harvey lands a decent elbow from side control.
Harvey scores with punches from side control.
Harvey takes a little break here. Kiessling wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Harvey lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harvey remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Harvey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Kiessling moves in looking to clinch but Harvey pushes him off.
Kiessling slaps away a takedown attempt from Harvey, before circling back to the center of the mat.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Kiessling enables Harvey to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kiessling manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Harvey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Harvey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harvey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harvey controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harvey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Harvey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Harvey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harvey is working Kiessling over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kiessling controls Harvey momentarily but Harvey frees himself.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kiessling gets caught napping as Harvey dives in and scores a takedown. Kiessling manages to retain guard.
Harvey lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harvey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harvey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harvey with a nice head shot there.
Harvey is in close to Kiessling's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harvey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Harvey works over Kiessling with some ground and pound from guard.
Harvey landing with the ground and pound.
Harvey throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harvey cracks Kiessling with a solid left hand.
Harvey lands a couple of elbows.
Harvey content to stall in guard here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kiessling tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harvey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harvey has a takedown stuffed.
Harvey works Kiessling's body with a nice hook.
Harvey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harvey lands with a cross.
Kiessling tries to bum rush Harvey with a series of wild strikes but Harvey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kiessling misses with a lunging right hand

so Harvey counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harvey controls from within his opponent's guard.
Harvey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harvey lands a couple of digs.
Kiessling controls Harvey momentarily but Harvey frees himself.
Harvey stays in close to Kiessling's body and controls the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Harvey gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Harvey misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Harvey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Harvey has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent Harvey!