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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robin Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hood comes to the cage accompanied by Robin Hood Theme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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285 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robin Hood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bo Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Hardy or perhaps it was just good defense by Hood which made him look bad.
Hardy misses with a looping right.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hood wants to clinch up but Hardy keeps it at a distance.
Hardy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hood.
Hardy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hood scores with a takedown into Hardy's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hood with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hardy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hardy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hardy controls Hood momentarily but Hood frees himself.
Hood is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardy has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy has his hands on Hood's head, controlling the position.
Hood working some strikes from top position.
Hood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hood trying to control but Hardy is working from the bottom.
Hardy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hood manages to get himself to full guard.
Hardy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hardy looking to sit in guard and control but Hood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hardy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hood's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looking to pass the guard.
Hardy trying to move into half guard but instead Hood has managed to sweep!
Hood prevents Hardy from getting back to his feet.
Hardy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hood working some strikes from top position.
Hardy has momentary wrist control but Hood slips an elbow through the middle.
Hood wants to control from the top but Hardy keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hardy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hardy punching from mount but Hood doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hood slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hood moves into full guard.
Hardy throws a strike but Hood rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hood trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hood postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hardy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hood.
Hood postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy pushes Hood off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hardy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hood counters by clinching up.
Hardy looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood prevents a takedown attempt there.
Robin Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bo Hardy.
Hood throws a head punch that misses.
Hood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardy.
Hardy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hood prevents it.
Hood prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hood avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hood lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardy won't want to take too many of those.
Hood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hood landing knees to the head.
It looks like Bo Hardy has been cut.
Hood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but Hardy blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hood lands a right hand.
Hood pushes Hardy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy is trying to break the clinch but Hood is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Hood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bo Hardy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hood is pressed up against the cage. Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hood down to the mat. Hood avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hardy misses with the combination.
Hood tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt.
Hood gets a clinch.
Hood scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hardy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hood lands with a short shot to the head.
Hood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy can't get the takedown.
Robin Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bo Hardy.
Nice elbow from Hood.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hood.
Hood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardy blocks it with crossed arms.
Hood can't find room to land a body shot as Hardy controls the action.
Hood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardy.
Hardy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Hood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardy can't break the clinch.
Hardy goes for a takedown attempt but Hood pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hood moves into range and clinches up with Hardy.
Hood scores with a shoulder strike.
Hood prevents the takedown attempt.
Hood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hood looking to throw knees to the head but Hardy is blocking nicely.
Hardy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hood landing knees to the body.
Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hood avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hood misses with a knee strike.
Hardy is working for takedown but Hood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hood scores with a knee to the head.
Hood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hood pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardy blocks it with crossed arms.
Hood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hood keeps control of Hardy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hood misses with the head strike.
Hood throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardy.
Hardy wants a takedown.
Hood gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hardy is trying to get back to full guard.
Hood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hardy's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is trying to stand back up but Hood is controlling him
Hardy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hood.
Hardy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hood working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hardy's head.
Hood is trying to control. Hardy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy throws the left hand but Hood avoids the punch easily.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hardy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hood counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hood's guard.
Hood tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hardy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hardy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hood is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hardy with a nice head shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy postures up in Hood's guard and throws a big left but Hood blocks it.
Hardy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hardy with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Hood dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bo Hardy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Hood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hardy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hood counters with a takedown into side control.
Hood is putting a hurting on Hardy here, landing some big shots from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hood wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hood is putting a hurting on Hardy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hardy is looking to regain half guard here but Hood keeps moving and retains side control.
Hardy is not content to let Hood control the position.
Hood in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hood cracks Hardy with a big right hand but Hardy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hardy manages to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hardy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hood in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hood scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hood stops Hardy from standing up.
Hood slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hardy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hood wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hardy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hardy wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hood cracks Hardy with a big elbow.
Bo Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hood trying to control the position but Hardy is working away.
Hardy is looking for a sweep.
Hardy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hood lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hardy down.
Hardy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hardy throws a strike but Hood rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hood with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hood makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Robin Hood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hood lands a couple of elbows.
Hardy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hood is controlling him.
Hood scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hardy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Robin Hood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hood manages to get himself to full guard.
Hardy is fighting to break Hood's control of his arms but Hood is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hardy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hardy throws and elbow that misses. Hood uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hardy's guard. Nice move by Hood!
Hood chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hood wants to pass the guard but Hardy is keeping the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Hood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hood has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Hood!
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