PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Collin Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Velasquez
vs
Harrison

156 cm
19
161 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Collin Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacob Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrison scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Harrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Velasquez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Harrison stands up from half guard.

Harrison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Velasquez, pushing him back against the cage.

Harrison gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Velasquez regains guard.
Harrison not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Harrison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Velasquez working a defensive guard here.
Velasquez looking for a sweep. Not yet Velasquez, not yet.
Velasquez trying to strike off his back.
Velasquez really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Harrison wants to control from the top but Velasquez keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Velasquez's head.

Velasquez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Harrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Velasquez's head.

Velasquez throws his legs up looking for a submission but Harrison uses it to pass to side control.
Harrison controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Harrison wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Velasquez, who protects the arm well.
Harrison working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez tries to buck Harrison off but Harrison is having none of it.

Harrison is trying to get an arm triangle but Velasquez is defending well.

Harrison stands up and beckons Velasquez to his feet.

Harrison shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Velasquez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Harrison trying to control but Velasquez is working from the bottom.
Harrison sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Velasquez's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harrison stands up and beckons Velasquez to join him on the feet.
Harrison looks winded!

Harrison moves into the clinch.

Harrison jumps guard and drags Velasquez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Velasquez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Velasquez wanted to stand there but Harrison had control of the position.
Velasquez wants to control from the top but Harrison keeps moving.
Velasquez wants to stand but Harrison has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Harrison wants to stand up but Velasquez is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Harrison trying to control the position.
Velasquez wants to get up but he can't break Harrison's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

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

Harrison gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You can see the frustration on Velasquez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Harrison dominated that round.
That's time! Velasquez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Velasquez moves into the clinch.
Velasquez tries to pull guard but Harrison won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Velasquez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short body shot lands from Velasquez as the two fighters clinch.
Velasquez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Harrison pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harrison drops Velasquez with a beautiful combination! Velasquez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Harrison is looking for the KO!

Velasquez is rocked!

It looks like Collin Velasquez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrison is looking for a takedown. Wow, that's a brutal slam - Velasquez is in big trouble! Harrison is landing strikes from the mount and this one is all over! The ref jumps in to save a confused looking Velasquez. Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Jacob Harrison!