PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harold Harmbe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Harmbe
vs
Preuss

196 cm
28
185 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

180 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harold Harmbe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Preuss!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harmbe clinches up against the cage.

Harmbe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Preuss tries to clinch but Harmbe moves out of range.
A jab from Harmbe misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Preuss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harmbe throws a hook but Preuss avoids it easily.
Preuss is looking for the big counter here.
Preuss slips a jab and a cross from Harmbe.

Preuss fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harmbe, pushing him back against the cage.
Harmbe lands a nice knee to the body.
Preuss working Harmbe over with knees to the body.

Harmbe manages to break the clinch.
Harmbe misses with a two punch combination.
Harmbe backing away here, and Preuss unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Harmbe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Preuss counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Harmbe instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Preuss swings wildly with an uppercut but Harmbe uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Harmbe.
Harmbe can't find room to land a body shot as Preuss controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Preuss.
Harmbe is looking for a takedown.
Preuss lands a body punch.
Preuss lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harmbe backwards.
Preuss is pressed up against the cage. Harmbe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Preuss down to the mat. Preuss avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harmbe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Preuss closes the distance and clinches.
Harmbe misses with a body punch.
Harmbe tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harold Harmbe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Preuss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harmbe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Preuss.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Preuss tries to throw a body punch but Harmbe avoids it by throwing Preuss back against the cage.
Preuss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Preuss has a couple of punches blocked by Harmbe.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Harmbe is controlling him.

Preuss is fighting off a takedown attempt but Harmbe is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Preuss to the mat. Preuss regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Harmbe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe throws a big right hand that misses.
Harmbe showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Preuss has Harmbe pulled in close to control his posture.
Preuss can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Harmbe controls the pace.
Harmbe has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harmbe is one step ahead there.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Harmbe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Preuss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Preuss fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harmbe throwing a counter right hand but Preuss manages to avoid it.
Preuss tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Harmbe to counter with a crisp jab.
Harmbe swinging wildly here.
Harmbe looks to throw the jab but Preuss is out of range.

Preuss rushes Harmbe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Harmbe changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Preuss fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Preuss fails with an attempt to clinch.

Preuss tries to keep at a distance but Harmbe has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Preuss connects with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Preuss - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short left from Preuss.
Harmbe blocking some punches.
Harmbe is working for takedown but Preuss is calmly controlling the position for now.
Preuss managing to block the knees to the body from Harmbe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harmbe looking for a takedown.
Harmbe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Preuss.
Preuss prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch on the inside from Harmbe fails to land.
Harmbe swings wildly with an uppercut but Preuss uses good head movement to avoid it.

Harmbe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Harmbe dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harmbe misses with a head kick.
Harmbe throws a series of punches but Preuss avoids them all with ease.
Harmbe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harmbe fails to land with a series of punches.
Harold Harmbe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Preuss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harmbe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Preuss is looking to clinch.
Harmbe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Harmbe. Those never looked like landing.
Harmbe throws a hook to the side of Preuss's head but Preuss sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Preuss tries to clinch up.
Preuss moves forwards but Harmbe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Preuss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harmbe staying out of range there.
Harmbe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Preuss wants to clinch.
Harold Harmbe is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmbe throws a sloppy head kick and Preuss moves out of range easily.
Preuss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harmbe swings widly with a right hand
and Preuss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harmbe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Preuss.
Harmbe scores with a hook to the body. Preuss takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Preuss tries to clinch there but Harmbe circles away.

Preuss instigates a clinch.
Preuss is looking to control Harmbe's arms but Harmbe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Preuss has his back to the cage.
Preuss throws a punch but it's blocked by Harmbe.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Preuss avoids it.
Harmbe tries to land knees in the clinch but Preuss avoids the damage to the body.
Preuss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harmbe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Preuss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aaron Preuss seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Preuss throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harmbe tries a body shot but Preuss blocks it.
Preuss swings wildly with an uppercut but Harmbe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Preuss throws a punch but it's blocked by Harmbe.
Preuss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harmbe tries a knee to the head but Preuss blocks it.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Harold Harmbe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harmbe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harmbe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Preuss can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Preuss 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Preuss wants to clinch.
Preuss slips a jab from Harmbe.
Harmbe lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Preuss moves out of range as Harmbe strikes.
Harmbe backing away here, and Preuss unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe tries to clinch but Preuss moves out of range.
Harmbe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harmbe misses the shot to the body.

Harmbe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Preuss stops a takedown attempt from Harmbe.
Preuss lands a shoulder strike.
Harmbe tries for a takedown. No joy.
Preuss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A body shot lands from Preuss.
Preuss tries to land a knee to the head but Harmbe blocks with his arms.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harmbe trying to land knees to the body.
Harmbe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Preuss has him pressed against the cage.
Preuss struggles to land a body shot inside as Harmbe controls his hands.
Preuss has a couple of punches blocked by Harmbe.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Preuss avoids it.
Harmbe looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Preuss is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Harmbe is keeping busy.
Preuss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harmbe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Preuss lands an uppercut.
Preuss lands a nice uppercut.
Preuss gets through Harmbe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harmbe is trying to push Preuss away but Preuss has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Preuss scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Preuss throws a head punch that misses.
Preuss working aggressively here.

Harmbe has Preuss pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Harmbe pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Preuss tumbling to the mat - Harmbe dives into Preuss's guard.
Preuss not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harold Harmbe dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Preuss moves to clinch but Harmbe breaks away
and Harmbe counters with a nice uppercut.
Harmbe scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Harmbe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fight stays on the outside here - Preuss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harmbe throws a sloppy body shot
and Preuss counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harmbe's knee momentarily.
Harmbe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Preuss clinches up with Harmbe and pushes him back against the cage.
Harmbe missing with knees to the body.
Preuss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Preuss blocks a body shot from Harmbe.

Harmbe has picked Preuss up - he's going for a ride! Harmbe dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Preuss keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Preuss won't allow Harmbe to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Preuss trying to control from the bottom.
Preuss throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Preuss trying to control from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harmbe throws a right hand that Preuss ducks under and follows up with a left that Preuss also avoids with ease.
Preuss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Harmbe gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Harmbe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Preuss avoids it.
Preuss tries to stall but Harmbe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Preuss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harmbe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harmbe has a couple of punches blocked by Preuss.
Harmbe looking for a takedown.

Harmbe is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Preuss can't fight it off and eventually Harmbe manages to take the fight to the floor. Preuss looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Preuss keeping moving, preventing Harmbe from controlling successfully.
Harmbe is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss is trying to keep Harmbe in close.
Aaron Preuss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harmbe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Harmbe drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Preuss dives on top into guard.

Preuss preventing the sweep.
Preuss wants to control from the top but Harmbe keeps moving.
Harold Harmbe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Harmbe wants to control but Preuss passes easily into half guard.
Harmbe tries to roll over but Preuss keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Preuss missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harold Harmbe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Harmbe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harold Harmbe!
A relieved looking Harold Harmbe thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.