PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Harwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Harwood might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Walk Alone. Le comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ave Maria kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harwood
vs
Le

176 cm
24
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

188 cm
26
160 lbs
6 - 0 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyler Harwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Le!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harwood misses with a body shot.

Harwood darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Harwood performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Harwood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Harwood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harwood trying to control from half guard but Le is working away.
Harwood thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Le won't allow Harwood to pass to mount.
Le is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Harwood is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harwood thows a huge punch but Le dodges it nicely.

Harwood is looking for a kimura here.
Harwood is keen to just control but Le is a slippery customer.
Harwood prevents Le from improving his position.
Harwood tries to pass to full mount but Le defends it.
Le tries to get to full guard but Harwood has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Harwood wants to control but Le is keeping him busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Le can do anything to dispel that myth.
Le is looking for a sweep. Harwood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Le is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harwood wants to free his trapped foot but Le is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Harwood is trying to control the action in half guard but Le is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Harwood is looking for a kimura but Le is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Harwood to get the leverage.

Harwood is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Le defends it well.
Le is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Harwood is working away from the top position though.
Harwood tries to pass to full mount but Le defends it.
Le wants to get back to full guard.
Harwood trying to pass the guard but Le defending well.
Le slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Le controls Harwood momentarily but Harwood frees himself.

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.
Harwood wants to pass the guard but Le is keeping the position.
Harwood trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Harwood slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Le stuffs the takedown attempt from Harwood. Harwood gets slowly back to his feet.

Harwood throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Le was covering up waiting for the punch and Harwood finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harwood wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Harwood dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Le misses with a hook. Harwood ducked under it nicely.
Harwood takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harwood looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Le is fending him off so far but Harwood persists. Nope, Le circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body punch from Le.
Tyler Harwood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harwood tries for a takedown but Le sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harwood dodges the punch combination from Le.
Tyler Harwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harwood misses with a takedown attempt - Le sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Harwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le misses with a body shot.
Harwood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harwood takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Le as Harwood shoots in.
Harwood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Le avoids it really well and circles away.
Victor Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Le misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harwood.
Le is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harwood rather than just go for the knockout.
Harwood fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harwood.
Le leaves Harwood with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harwood fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harwood shoots in but no luck this time.
Le lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Le.

Harwood changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Le looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Le manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Le manages to get to full guard.
Le controlling the position.
Harwood might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harwood trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Le is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Harwood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Le is keeping the position for now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Harwood preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Harwood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Le circles away.

Harwood closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Le did well to prevent Harwood getting side control.
Harwood tries to pass to full mount but Le defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le gets full guard.
Harwood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Le swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harwood postures up.
Harwood looking to pass the guard.
Harwood wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
Harwood is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harwood trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tyler Harwood just wasn't active enough.
Le connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Le lands with a straight right. Harwood didn't see that one coming.
Harwood slips under a jab from Le.
Harwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Harwood shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Harwood was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Le wants to control but Harwood is having none of it.
Le is looking to improve his position but Harwood isn't that keen on the idea.

Harwood with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Harwood goes for an armbar but Le turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Le.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harwood 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.
Harwood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Harwood working for a triangle but Le defends it easily.
Harwood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two 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.
Le trying to control the position from guard on top but Harwood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Le is stalling in the full guard.
Le looking to sit in guard and control but Harwood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harwood tries to free his leg and advance position but Le is retaining full guard.
Harwood trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Le has his hands on Harwood's head, controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Victor Le.

Harwood feints and as Le raises his hands in defense, Harwood changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Harwood postures up.
Le has control of Harwood's left arm, preventing Harwood from doing any damage.
Le looking for a sweep. Not yet Le, not yet.
Le is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Le can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Harwood controls the pace.
Le trying to keep a closed guard but Harwood is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Victor Le.
Harwood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Le defends it nicely.
Harwood has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harwood there as he acknowledges the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Harwood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harwood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Harwood shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Le as he avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le. Harwood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harwood has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Harwood shoots in and drives through. Le sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Harwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Le comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Le 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Le!