PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buba Harmon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Carvalho
vs
Harmon

171 cm
24
202 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

178 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthur Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buba Harmon!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harmon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carvalho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carvalho feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harmon's calf.
Harmon tries to clinch up.
Carvalho just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Harmon. No joy for Carvalho on that attempt.
Carvalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harmon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carvalho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harmon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Carvalho scores with a kick to the midsection.
Carvalho misses the shot to the body.
Harmon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Harmon tries to clinch there but Carvalho circles away.
Carvalho looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Carvalho tries a head kick but it misses.
Harmon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carvalho throws out the jab.
Harmon lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carvalho tries a head kick but it misses.
Carvalho shoots in but Harmon avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harmon connects with a crisp jab.
Harmon throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Harmon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carvalho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harmon tries to clinch there but Carvalho circles away.
Harmon lands with a right hand.
Carvalho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carvalho misses with a lunging right hand
and Carvalho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harmon is looking to clinch.
Carvalho appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Harmon is looking to clinch but Carvalho is avoiding it.
Carvalho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harmon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carvalho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harmon wants to clinch.
Harmon tries to clinch up.
A lazy left from Harmon finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harmon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harmon scores with a hook to the body. Carvalho takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harmon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carvalho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harmon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harmon tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Carvalho counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Harmon!
Harmon tries to improve position but can't.
A lull in the action here.
Harmon defending against the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Carvalho are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Carvalho 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.
Harmon is trying to buck Carvalho off.
Harmon is looking to regain half guard here but Carvalho keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carvalho is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Harmon is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Harmon has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Harmon throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Harmon is trying to get back to half guard.
Harmon is trying to control Carvalho's posture but Carvalho avoids it.
Harmon is pushing Carvalho's head away, looking to escape. Carvalho manages to hold on to the position though.

Carvalho wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Harmon, who protects the arm well.
Harmon is looking for a sweep.
We've been hearing that Carvalho has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Carvalho tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Carvalho tries for a kimura but Harmon is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmon wants to get back to his feet.
Harmon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Harmon taking a bit of punishment here - Carvalho scoring with strikes.
Harmon is trying to get back to half guard.

Carvalho tries for a kimura but Harmon is defending well.

Carvalho is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Harmon is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Carvalho tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Carvalho 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.

Harmon is looking to clinch.
Nice jab there from Harmon.
Harmon moves in looking to clinch but Carvalho pushes him off.
Arthur Carvalho is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Harmon takes the fight into the clinch.
Harmon pushes Carvalho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harmon is pressed up against the cage. Carvalho has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Harmon down to the mat. Harmon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Harmon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Carvalho shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Harmon but Harmon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Harmon wants to clinch up but Carvalho keeps it at a distance.
Harmon doesn't manage to clinch there - Carvalho circles away.
Carvalho drops down looking for a counter takedown but Harmon sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carvalho walks into a jab.
Harmon is looking to clinch but Carvalho is avoiding it.
Harmon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carvalho.
Harmon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harmon moves in looking to clinch but Carvalho pushes him off.
Carvalho changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho misses with a low kick.
Carvalho throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Carvalho takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big right from Carvalho misses.
Carvalho looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harmon fails with an attempt to clinch.

Carvalho looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Harmon!

Carvalho has hold of Harmon's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Harmon tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Carvalho cranks the arm and Harmon screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Harmon, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Arthur Carvalho!
A very excited looking Arthur Carvalho rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.