PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Kinnunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardy
vs
Kinnunen

185 cm
19
187 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

S.W.A.T.

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mika Kinnunen!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kinnunen rushes Hardy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kinnunen throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.
Hardy blocks the body kick.
Hardy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Hardy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kinnunen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kinnunen misses with a body punch.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.

Hardy manages to break the clinch.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinnunen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinnunen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Kinnunen circles away.
Mika Kinnunen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kinnunen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinnunen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Kinnunen circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardy misses with a straight left.
Kinnunen tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Kinnunen does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Hardy.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardy wants a takedown.
Hardy just leaning against Kinnunen, taking a breather.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Kinnunen.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Kinnunen pushes him off.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Kinnunen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kinnunen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kinnunen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hardy moves into the clinch.

Hardy manages to break the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Kinnunen.
Kinnunen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardy misses with the combination.
Mika Kinnunen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardy with a hook.

Kinnunen gets a clinch.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Kinnunen misses with a combination

and Hardy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kinnunen has had enough of the clinch but Hardy keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kinnunen is trying to break free.
Hardy wants to break free but Kinnunen has control.
Come on Kinnunen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Kinnunen.
Kinnunen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kinnunen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Hardy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kinnunen blocks a body shot from Hardy.
Hardy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hardy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kinnunen prevents it.
Kinnunen slows down the pace here.
Hardy struggles to land a body shot inside as Kinnunen controls his hands.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Kinnunen controls the action.
Hardy wants a takedown but no success here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kinnunen.
Hardy prevents Kinnunen from breaking the clinch.
Kinnunen working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinnunen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hardy is trying to break free.

Kinnunen breaks the clinch.

Kinnunen has managed to clinch.
Kinnunen wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Kinnunen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kinnunen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hardy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kinnunen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A right hand to the body from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a knee to the head.

Hardy manages to break the clinch.
Kinnunen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kinnunen misses with the combination.
Kinnunen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hardy if he has to take too many more of those.

Kinnunen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kinnunen lands with a light punch inside.
Kinnunen cracks Hardy with a nice body shot.
Kinnunen lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Kinnunen scores with a nice short uppercut.
The referee calls for Kinnunen to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kinnunen's elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kinnunen.
Kinnunen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Kinnunen has had enough of the clinch but Hardy keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Kinnunen.
The is referee keeping an eye on Kinnunen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kinnunen continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinnunen.

Kinnunen breaks the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Hardy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kinnunen moves out of range as Hardy throws a body kick.

Kinnunen clinches up with Hardy and pushes him back against the cage.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kinnunen wants to break free but Hardy has control.

Kinnunen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kinnunen feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
Kinnunen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Kinnunen pushes him off.
Kinnunen avoids the head kick by Hardy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mika Kinnunen will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Kinnunen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with a knee to the head.
Kinnunen misses with a body punch.
Kinnunen misses with a punch to the body.
Kinnunen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hardy leaning against his opponent.
Kinnunen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hardy prevents Kinnunen from breaking the clinch.
Hardy lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Kinnunen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kinnunen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kinnunen throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinnunen dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Kinnunen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good work by Hardy as he checks the leg kick.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinnunen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kinnunen tries to clinch
and Hardy counters with a solid body kick.
Hardy tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kinnunen misses with a looping left.
Hardy scores with a hook.
Hardy circles away from the clinch attempt

and Hardy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kinnunen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kinnunen is trying to break free.
Kinnunen is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardy.

Hardy breaks from the clinch.
Kinnunen keeps the fight on the outside.
Kinnunen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kinnunen keeps the fight on the outside.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Kinnunen clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kinnunen.
Kinnunen wants to get back to striking at distance but Hardy won't allow it.
Kinnunen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.

Hardy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardy avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinnunen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hardy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Hardy.
Hardy punishes Kinnunen's body with a nice straight punch.

Hardy clinches up against the cage.
Hardy looking to slow down the pace here.
Kinnunen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kinnunen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hardy.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Kinnunen keeps it at a distance.
Kinnunen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Kinnunen.
Hardy tries to clinch but Kinnunen is having none of it.
Dan Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kinnunen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Kinnunen is avoiding it.
Kinnunen misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinnunen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy is looking to score with low kicks.
Hardy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kinnunen.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Kinnunen circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kinnunen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy swinging wilding here.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Kinnunen pushes him off.

Kinnunen pushes Hardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardy is trying to break free.
Kinnunen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kinnunen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kinnunen is trying to break free.
Hardy has had enough of the clinch but Kinnunen keeps him there for the moment.
Hardy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kinnunen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hardy wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kinnunen breaks from the clinch.
Hardy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Kinnunen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kinnunen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Kinnunen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Kinnunen circles away.

Kinnunen moves into range and clinches up with Hardy.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Kinnunen throws a big shot that misses.
Hardy scores with a three punch combo!
Kinnunen wants to clinch but Hardy slips to the side
and Hardy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hardy cracks Kinnunen with a good jab.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinnunen.
Kinnunen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hardy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Hardy closes the distance and clinches.
Kinnunen can't break the clinch.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kinnunen.
Hardy tries to bum rush Kinnunen with a series of wild strikes but Kinnunen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kinnunen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hardy.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Kinnunen is avoiding it.
Kinnunen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kinnunen moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Kinnunen keeps it at a distance.
Hardy stalks Kinnunen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kinnunen's face. Kinnunen staggers backwards, shaken.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kinnunen.
Hardy tries to clinch but Kinnunen is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that second round.
That's time! Hardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Kinnunen swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch but Kinnunen is having none of it.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Kinnunen throws a combination that misses
and Hardy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kinnunen's knee momentarily.
Hardy tries to clinch but Kinnunen moves out of range.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinnunen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinnunen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Hardy.
Hardy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Kinnunen.
Kinnunen cracks Hardy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kinnunen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Kinnunen pushes Hardy up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinnunen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Kinnunen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardy stalling in the clinch but Kinnunen improves position.

Hardy manages to break the clinch.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinnunen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kinnunen throws a nice looking combination but Hardy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kinnunen moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinnunen moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
Hardy cracks Kinnunen with a good jab.

Kinnunen instigates a clinch.
Kinnunen has had enough of the clinch but Hardy keeps him there for the moment.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kinnunen.
Hardy has had enough of the clinch but Kinnunen keeps him there for the moment.
Kinnunen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kinnunen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hardy scores with a shot to the side of Kinnunen's head.
Kinnunen looking to stall.

Kinnunen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kinnunen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy misses with a two punch combination.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Hardy jabs at Kinnunen's body.
Kinnunen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Kinnunen avoids them all with ease.
Kinnunen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hardy counters with a left and a right that stings Kinnunen.
Hardy tries to clinch but Kinnunen is having none of it.
Kinnunen falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hardy counters by clinching up.

Kinnunen breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dan Hardy is winning the standup battle so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kinnunen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kinnunen throws a series of punches but Hardy avoids them all with ease.
Hardy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kinnunen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kinnunen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hardy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kinnunen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hardy can't get the takedown.
Kinnunen scores with a hook to the body.

Hardy breaks the clinch.

Hardy feints and as Kinnunen raises his hands in defense, Hardy changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Kinnunen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardy is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Kinnunen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hardy stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kinnunen.

Hardy has Kinnunen up against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Hardy as the two fighters clinch.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Kinnunen circles away and keeps his distance.

Hardy has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch but Kinnunen moves out of range.
Kinnunen wants to clinch but Hardy slips to the side
and Hardy counters with a leg kick.

Hardy forces Kinnunen back against the cage and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Hardy.
Kinnunen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Kinnunen managing to block the knees to the body from Hardy.
Mika Kinnunen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A hook to the body from Hardy.
Kinnunen tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.

Hardy breaks the clinch.

Kinnunen has closed the distance and engaged Hardy in a clinch.
Hardy tries to stall but Kinnunen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinnunen misses with some punches.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kinnunen can't find room to land a body shot as Hardy controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Hardy.
Kinnunen prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy wants to get back to striking at distance but Kinnunen won't allow it.
Kinnunen pushes Hardy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kinnunen prevents it.
A short uppercut from Kinnunen.
Hardy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardy keeps control of Kinnunen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kinnunen.
Hardy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kinnunen backwards.
Hardy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hardy tries to score a body lock takedown but Kinnunen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kinnunen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hardy.
Kinnunen looking to slow down the pace here.
Kinnunen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kinnunen lands a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Hardy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hardy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Hardy!