PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Loren Grant (ranked 7557 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Harrison (ranked 6009 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Grant
vs
Harrison

184 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Loren Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dylan Harrison!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harrison shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Grant napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Harrison scores with a couple of short elbows.
Grant is being controlled here.
Grant takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Harrison taking a breather here.
Grant wants to control but Harrison postures up.
Harrison is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Harrison scoring with punches from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harrison lands a decent elbow from side control.
Grant tries to improve position but can't.
Harrison slows the pace down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison scoring with punches and elbows.
Harrison controlling from side mount.
Harrison working the ground and pound from side control.
Harrison controlling the position from side mount.
Harrison in side control lands a decent elbow.
Harrison scores with punches from side control.
Grant is trying to escape the position but Harrison is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grant takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Harrison controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Grant's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
A lull in the action here as Harrison stalls from top position.
Grant takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrison taking a breather here.
Harrison lands some shots froms side control.
Harrison happy to just control the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Harrison tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harrison has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Grant taking a bit of punishment here - Harrison scoring with strikes.
Harrison takes a little break here. Grant wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
You can see the frustration on Grant's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Harrison remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Grant tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Harrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison cracks Grant with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Harrison controlling the position from side mount.
Harrison's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Grant is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harrison connects with a decent elbow.
Harrison working the ground and pound.

Grant is rocked!
Grant is breathing heavily.
Grant is working to avoid the ground and pound but Harrison connects with a decent elbow.
Oh Grant is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harrison is putting a hurting on Grant here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Grant's face as Harrison controls the position.

Harrison wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Grant, who protects the arm well.
Harrison in side control, just content to control the action for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Harrison 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.

Harrison gets the takedown into side control.
Grant seems to have got his legs back now.
Harrison is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Grant's shoulder. That is not cool.
Check out the look on Harrison's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Harrison working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Harrison in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
More stalling from Harrison.
Harrison working the ground and pound.
Harrison is putting a hurting on Grant here, landing some big shots from side control.
Harrison lands some shots froms side control.
Grant gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Dylan Harrison has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harrison controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Harrison has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Harrison lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Harrison content just to control the position here.
Harrison working the ground and pound effectively.
Harrison controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is continuing to stall.
Grant taking shots to the head.
Harrison lands with some strikes.
Harrison with shots to the head and body - Grant looks very uncomfortable down there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harrison looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Grant covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dylan Harrison!
A victorious Dylan Harrison thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.