PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steel Chair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison has chosen The Warrior Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chair
vs
Harrison

163 cm
18
135 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steel Chair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chuck Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Chair looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Harrison is fending him off so far but Chair persists. Nope, Harrison circles away and we're back to standing.
Harrison changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Chair moves in looking to clinch but Harrison pushes him off.
Harrison feints the counter takedown.
Chair tries for a takedown but Harrison circles away easily

and Harrison counters by clinching up.
Harrison gets through Chair's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harrison lands a takedown into guard.
Harrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harrison throws a big right hand that misses.

Harrison postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Chair is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Harrison, into his guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chair throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Harrison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chair doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chair manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Chair throws a big elbow that misses.
Chair is stalling in the full guard.

Harrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

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.
Harrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Chair stays in close to Harrison's body and controls the position.

Harrison has his foot on Chair's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chair works his way back into a safe position though.
Harrison keeping moving, preventing Chair from controlling successfully.
Chair looking to sit in guard and control but Harrison gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Chair has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Harrison should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Chair has tightened it up now! Harrison should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Steel Chair!