PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harlan Patterson (ranked 24703 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kentucky Fried (ranked 6368 p4p, 611 weight class). Kentucky Fried acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Patterson
vs
Fried

210 cm
19
193 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

192 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Harlan Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kentucky Fried!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patterson tries a head kick but it misses.
Fried misses the jab.

Fried clinches up with Patterson and pushes him back against the cage.
Patterson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fried is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fried has Patterson pressed against the cage.
Patterson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Patterson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Patterson lands strikes from half guard.
Fried is trying to get back to full guard.
Patterson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fried has one foot on Patterson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Fried closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fried tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fried will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Patterson up against the cage.
Patterson managing to block the knees to the body from Fried.

Fried breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Patterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fried.
Patterson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A punch combination from Fried misses.

Fried has taken the fight to the clinch.
Patterson tries to score a body lock takedown but Fried shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Fried manages to break the clinch.

Fried has taken the fight to the clinch.
Patterson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harlan Patterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fried tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Patterson tries to score a body lock takedown but Fried shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fried breaks the clinch.
Patterson avoids the head kick by Fried.
Fried delivers a nice body kick.

Fried has managed to clinch.
Patterson goes for a takedown attempt but Fried pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fried scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Patterson gets back to half guard.
Fried controlling the action here.
Patterson trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fried goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Patterson is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patterson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Patterson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Patterson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Patterson postures up in Fried's guard and throws a big left but Fried blocks it.
Fried wants to get back to his feet but Patterson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Patterson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Patterson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fried can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Patterson controls the pace.
Patterson is standing up over Fried. Fried looks to escape but Patterson dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fried moves into the clinch.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch but Fried keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Fried avoiding damage.
Fried gets underhooks to prevent Patterson's takedown attempt.
Fried goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Fried pulls guard.
Fried wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Patterson manages to pass to side control.
Patterson lands strikes from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patterson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson 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.
Patterson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Patterson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Patterson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Patterson is trying to control the action in half guard but Fried is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fried looks like he's trying to stand up.
Fried is looking to get back to is feet but Patterson passes into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fried looks to move to half guard but instead Patterson has passed into mount! Damn!
You get the feeling that Fried really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Patterson with the ground and pound from mount.
Patterson controlling the pace for now.
Fried squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fried tries to buck Patterson off but he can't manage it.
Fried taking shots to the head.
Patterson tries to control but Fried wriggling away.
Patterson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fried really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Patterson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fried is breathing heavily.
Fried is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Fried is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patterson raining down shots from the mount!
Patterson breaks from Fried's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Patterson lands a heavy elbow.
Patterson landing punches.
Patterson landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Patterson won't let Fried get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Patterson with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harlan Patterson dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Patterson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Patterson tries a body shot but Fried blocks it.
Patterson is looking to take this one to the mat.

Fried breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Fried instigates a clinch.
Patterson is trying to break the clinch but Fried is controlling him.
Patterson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Patterson wants to get back to striking at distance but Fried won't allow it.
Patterson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fried pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harlan Patterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Patterson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Patterson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fried's guard.

Patterson throws a strike but Fried rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Patterson has a closed guard, preventing Fried from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fried wants to control from the top but Patterson keeps moving.
Patterson trying to keep a closed guard but Fried is proving a slippery customer.
Fried throwing strikes but missing.
Fried must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Patterson wants to sweep but no luck.
Patterson controls Fried momentarily but Fried frees himself.

Fried decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Patterson, up you get!

Fried takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Fried's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fried misses with a double jab

and Patterson counters by moving into the clinch.
Patterson is trying to maintain a safe position but Fried gets an underhook and turns Patterson into the cage.
Patterson is looking to break free of the clinch but Fried has double underhooks.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fried avoids it.
Patterson is working for takedown but Fried is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fried stops a takedown attempt from Patterson.

Fried breaks the clinch.

Fried forces Patterson back against the cage and clinches.
Knees to the body from Fried.
Patterson being controlled against the cage.
Patterson fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to score a body lock takedown but Fried shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Fried manages to break the clinch.

Fried drives through and clinches with Patterson against the cage.
Fried is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Fried breaks the clinch.

Fried gets a clinch.
Fried dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Patterson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Patterson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Fried has gone for a leg lock! Patterson slips out almost immediately though and dives into Fried's guard.

Fried wants to get back to his feet but Patterson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fried utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Fried scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Fried moves into range and clinches up with Patterson.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kentucky Fried comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fried 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kentucky Fried!
In his post fight interview, Kentucky Fried started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.