PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toney Harvey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Spence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rob Spence has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Toney Harvey's chin.

Harvey
vs
Spence

203 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

188 cm
25
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toney Harvey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rob Spence!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence looks to clinch
and Harvey counters with a one-two to the body.

Spence gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harvey has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Spence avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Harvey pulls guard.
Spence wants to stand but Harvey is controlling his posture from full guard.
Spence throwing strikes from guard but Harvey blocks nicely.

Spence gets to his feet. Harvey looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Spence rushes Harvey and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harvey goes for a takedown in the clinch but Spence prevents it.
Spence gets underhooks to prevent Harvey's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toney Harvey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spence jumps guard.
Harvey throws a big right hand that misses.
Harvey will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Spence is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Harvey is controlling him.
Spence controlling Harvey's posture.
Harvey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harvey throws a big elbow that misses.
Harvey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Harvey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spence works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spence tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Spence wants to stand but Harvey is controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Spence drags the fight down to the ground.
Harvey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spence works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spence is looking to stand up but Harvey isn't so interested in that idea.
Harvey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Spence wants to stand and escape but Harvey is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence looking for a sweep. Not yet Spence, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spence wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Harvey stops Spence from standing up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Spence darts in trying to clinch
and Harvey counters with a series of strikes. Spence will be more careful next time no doubt.
Spence pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Harvey was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Spence moves to clinch but Harvey breaks away
and Harvey counters with a one-two to the body.
Spence wants to clinch
and Harvey counters with a series of strikes. Spence will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spence tries to clinch up but Harvey circles away and keeps his distance.
Harvey fires out a quick counter leg kick but Spence just manages to avoid it.
Spence tries to clinch up but Harvey circles away and keeps his distance.
As Spence looks to move away, Harvey throws a big counter combo but Spence just gets out of the way.

Spence gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spence wants to stand but Harvey is controlling his arm.
Spence advances nicely into full mount.
Spence tries to control but Harvey wriggling away.
Spence landing punches.
BOOM! Spence connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Spence swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rob Spence!