PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damien Demento (ranked 2424 p4p, 279 weight class) and Ernest Harpik (ranked 2822 p4p, 311 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Demento
vs
Harpik

182 cm
28
185 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

IniTech Nutrition

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien Demento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ernest Harpik!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harpik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Demento forces Harpik back against the cage and clinches.
Demento prevents a takedown attempt there.

Demento lands a takedown into guard.
Demento throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harpik works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Demento trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Demento trying to control but Harpik is working from the bottom.
Demento trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harpik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Demento is one step ahead there.
Harpik is still trying to improve position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harpik keeps trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Demento wants to control from the top but Harpik keeps moving.
Harpik working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Demento.
Harpik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Demento is one step ahead there.
Demento postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demento stopping the sweep attempt from Harpik.
Demento loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harpik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Demento throws a big right hand that misses.
Demento's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harpik is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Demento trying to control but Harpik is working from the bottom.
Harpik is trying to keep Demento in close.
Demento wants to control from the top but Harpik keeps moving.
Harpik wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Demento is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Demento postures up in Harpik's guard and throws a big left but Harpik blocks it.
Demento distracts Harpik with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Demento postures up.
Harpik wants to sweep here but Demento controlling him for the moment.
Demento's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Harpik bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Demento's guard.

Harpik throws a big elbow that misses.
Demento seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Demento is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Demento working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Harpik doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Harpik manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Demento tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Demento bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Harpik's guard.

Demento working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harpik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harpik keeping moving, preventing Demento from controlling successfully.
Demento controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Harpik looking to control.
Demento landing some decent shots from guard.
Harpik trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Demento won't allow Harpik to sweep him here.
Demento lands a couple of digs.
Harpik keeping moving, preventing Demento from controlling successfully.
Harpik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Demento stands up over Harpik, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Demento with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Demento wants to control from the top but Harpik keeps moving.
Demento sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demento with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Harpik is on top in guard.

Demento wants to sweep here but Harpik controlling him for the moment.
Harpik with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demento is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Harpik is refusing to be controlled, as Demento sits in half guard.
Demento drops an elbow to the side of Harpik's head.
Demento looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Demento is keen to just control but Harpik is a slippery customer.
Demento winds up and cracks Harpik with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harpik gets full guard.
Harpik trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Demento stopping the sweep attempt from Harpik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Demento 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.

Demento shoots in and bounces Harpik off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Demento throwing strikes from guard but Harpik blocks nicely.
Demento scoring with some ground and pound.
Demento controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harpik tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Demento drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Demento jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Damien Demento overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harpik looking for a sweep. Not yet Harpik, not yet.
Harpik working a defensive guard here.
Harpik looking for a sweep. Not yet Harpik, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demento not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Demento with a nice head shot there.
Harpik manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Demento manages to get himself to full guard.

Demento utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Demento working for a triangle but Harpik defends it easily.

Demento looking for a guillotine here but Harpik defends easily.
Harpik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harpik working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Harpik controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Harpik scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harpik scoring with some ground and pound.
Harpik wants to control from the top but Demento keeps moving.
Harpik won't allow Demento to sweep him here.
Harpik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harpik works over Demento with some ground and pound from guard.
Harpik with a flurry of punches that miss.
Harpik scoring with some ground and pound.
Harpik is looking to work some ground and pound but Demento has wrist control.
Demento looking to control.
Demento looking for a sweep. Not yet Demento, not yet.
Demento is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harpik can do to turn this around?
Harpik looking to pass the guard.
Harpik trying to control the position from guard on top but Demento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harpik lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harpik landing with the ground and pound.
Demento is trying to control the position but Harpik postures up.

Demento looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harpik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harpik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Harpik throwing strikes but missing.
Demento manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Harpik manages to get himself to full guard.

Harpik wants to sweep but no luck.
Harpik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Demento wants to control from the top but Harpik keeps moving.
Harpik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harpik pulls Demento in close to prevent any damage.
Demento wants to control from the top but Harpik keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harpik is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Harpik is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Demento trying to control but Harpik is working from the bottom.
Demento is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Demento content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Demento sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Demento stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harpik swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Demento won't allow Harpik to sweep him here.
Demento lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Damien Demento will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Harpik shoots and misses

and Demento decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Harpik's guard.
Harpik looking to control.
Demento is in close to Harpik's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Demento trying to control but Harpik is working from the bottom.
Demento looking to pass the guard.
Harpik wants to sweep here but Demento controlling him for the moment.
Demento loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Harpik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Demento is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harpik bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Demento's guard.

Harpik throws a sloppy strike and Demento has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Harpik is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Demento!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien Demento!
After winning the bout, Damien Demento thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.