PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Filip Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Andersson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Krewella - Alive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Andersson
vs
Harrison

180 cm
27
195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

186 cm
31
195 lbs
21 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Filip Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, William Harrison!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Harrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Harrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Andersson's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Harrison is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Harrison distracts Andersson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Andersson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Harrison!
Andersson with a couple of short strikes.
Andersson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Andersson is landing with some decent strikes but Harrison is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Harrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Andersson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harrison can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Andersson with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison is trying to escape the mount.
Andersson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Andersson tries to control but Harrison wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Andersson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Harrison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Andersson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Harrison can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Andersson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Harrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harrison wants to control but Andersson is keeping busy.
Harrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson is nestled in close to Harrison, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andersson is looking to take a break and control but Harrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Andersson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Harrison wants to control but Andersson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Andersson wants to take a breather but Harrison is having none of it.
Harrison controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Harrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harrison pulls Andersson in close to his closed guard and prevents Andersson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Andersson scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Andersson is one step ahead there.
Harrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Harrison controls Andersson momentarily but Andersson frees himself.

Harrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Harrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Andersson's guard.
Andersson looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersson keeping full guard, as Harrison tries to pass.
Andersson working a defensive guard here.
Harrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Harrison is in close to Andersson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andersson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Harrison wants to control from the top but Andersson keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Filip Andersson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Harrison shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Andersson sprawls well. Andersson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harrison gets slowly back to his feet.

Harrison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Andersson swings wildly with an uppercut but Harrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Andersson struggles to land a body shot inside as Harrison controls his hands.
Andersson has a couple of punches blocked by Harrison.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Andersson.
Andersson stops a takedown attempt from Harrison.

Harrison lands a takedown into guard.
Harrison is looking to work some ground and pound but Andersson has wrist control.
Harrison looking to sit in guard and control but Andersson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison looking to control.
Andersson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harrison's head.
Andersson connects with a couple of short punches.
Andersson stopping the sweep attempt from Harrison.

Harrison looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Andersson is defending well. Harrison quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Andersson has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Harrison celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). William Harrison!