PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and fred griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy comes to the cage accompanied by Tinie Tempah - Pass Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardy
vs
griffin

183 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, fred griffin!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
griffin throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
griffin swinging wilding here.
Hardy tries to bum rush griffin with a series of wild strikes but griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Hardy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Hardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy has a takedown stuffed.
griffin falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hardy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hardy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Hardy tries to score a body lock takedown but griffin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hardy lands a left hand that snaps the head of griffin backwards.
Hardy keeps control of griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardy scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like fred griffin has been cut.
A knee to the head by Hardy.
griffin is trying to break the clinch but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy lands a left hand that snaps the head of griffin backwards.
griffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hardy tries to score a body lock takedown but griffin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from griffin misses the target.
Hardy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around griffin's waist but griffin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hardy off to one side.
fred griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hardy counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

griffin moves into the clinch.
Hardy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Hardy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. griffin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hardy slips under a jab from griffin.

Hardy drives through and clinches with griffin against the cage.

Hardy is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. griffin can't fight it off and eventually Hardy manages to take the fight to the floor. griffin looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hardy postures up and lands a big shot to griffin's brow.
Hardy throwing strikes but missing.
Hardy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hardy 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.
griffin wants to stand up but Hardy is controlling him.
griffin looks gassed!
griffin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
griffin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hardy wants to control from the top but griffin keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hardy closes the distance and pushes griffin back into the cage.
Hardy with a knee to the head.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and griffin avoids it.
Hardy drops down looking for an ankle pick but griffin pulls his leg out and moves away.
griffin tries to clinch but Hardy moves away

and Hardy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A frustrated look appears on Hardy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
griffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
griffin gets underhooks to prevent Hardy's takedown attempt.
griffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hardy prevents griffin from breaking the clinch.
Hardy prevents the takedown attempt.
Hardy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. griffin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hardy is pressed up against the cage. griffin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hardy down to the mat. Hardy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Danga de danga de dang - griffin scores with a four punch combination!
griffin dips to his left and cracks Hardy with an uppercut!
Hardy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
griffin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hardy counters with a big head kick but griffin shrugs it off.
griffin throws a lazy right hand but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
griffin lands a body shot.

griffin has managed to clinch.
griffin wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Hardy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hardy keeps control of griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardy is working for takedown but griffin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hardy is looking to break free of the clinch but griffin has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.
A swing and a miss from griffin.
griffin throws a looping overhand right but Hardy ducks down to avoid it.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
griffin misses with a combination

and Hardy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hardy thows a big elbow that misses.
griffin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.
griffin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hardy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hardy prevents griffin from getting back to his feet.
Hardy wants to control from the top but griffin keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on fred griffin's cut.
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.

griffin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
griffin throws a shot from downtown. Hardy moves away and avoids it.
griffin misses with the combination.
Hardy works the jab nicely.
griffin looks to land a left hand but Hardy moved out of range nicely.
Hardy tries to clinch but griffin moves out of range.

griffin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
griffin looking for a takedown.
Hardy is trying to drag griffin to the mat but griffin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hardy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite griffin's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of griffin backwards.
griffin is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Hardy lands a left hand.
griffin tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.
Hardy landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
griffin stops a takedown attempt from Hardy.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
griffin wants to clinch but Hardy slips to the side
and Hardy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Hardy moves into range and clinches up with griffin.
Hardy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
griffin is trying to force a seperation but Hardy has the dominant position.
Hardy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hardy keeps control of griffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
griffin takes an elbow to the temple.

griffin manages to break the clinch.
griffin clinches but Hardy breaks the clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
griffin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hardy counters by clinching up.
A frustrated look appears on griffin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from griffin.
griffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
griffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
griffin takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
griffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Hardy won't allow it.
griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
griffin is trying to break the clinch but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy prevents griffin from breaking the clinch.
Come on Hardy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hardy scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Hardy jumps guard and drags griffin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
griffin stands up over Hardy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Hardy uses the cage to get back to his feet.
griffin throws a left and a right that both miss

and Hardy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Hardy pulls guard successfully.
griffin landing some decent shots from guard.
griffin postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
griffin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
griffin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hardy wants to stand but griffin is controlling the position.
Hardy trying to control the position.
griffin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hardy wants to stand up but griffin is controlling him.
Hardy has momentary wrist control but griffin slips an elbow through the middle.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hardy throws a sloppy head kick and griffin moves out of range easily.
griffin tries to clinch but Hardy moves away
and Hardy counters with a head kick. That will keep griffin thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

griffin has managed to clinch.

griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
griffin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hardy tries to score a power double leg takedown but griffin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hardy somewhat.
Danga de danga de dang - griffin scores with a four punch combination!

griffin tries to keep at a distance but Hardy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hardy throws an elbow that misses.

griffin manages to break the clinch.
griffin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hardy avoids a punch combination nicely.
griffin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hardy at a distance.
Hardy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
griffin looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on fred griffin's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Hardy thows a body kick. griffin tries to catch it but that hurt him.

griffin tries to keep at a distance but Hardy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hardy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from griffin does no damage.
Hardy moves forwards but griffin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
griffin throws a good cross that connects.
griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Hardy clinches up against the cage.

Hardy pulls griffin into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hardy with shots to the head and body - griffin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardy cracks griffin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
griffin squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if griffin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hardy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
griffin really wants to buck Hardy off and get back to his feet.
Hardy wants to control the pace but griffin is squirming around nicely.
griffin is trying to stand up.
griffin is in a horrible position here. Hardy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Hardy working for a submission but griffin is keeping him at bay.
griffin wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
griffin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Hardy.
Hardy raining down shots from the mount!
griffin is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hardy lands a big shot there that rocks griffin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
griffin wants to try and get back to his feet.
griffin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
griffin is squirming around, avoiding Hardy's attempts to control the action.
Hardy with good strikes from the mount here!
Hardy misses with a head shot.
Hardy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hardy with a couple of short strikes.
griffin is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
fred griffin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hardy looking to secure an arm triangle but griffin defends it well.

Hardy working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hardy is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but griffin is surviving well by controlling Hardy's body position as best he can.
griffin is trying to stand.
Dan Hardy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
griffin is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hardy blocks griffin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hardy is in the full mount, landing strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Hardy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hardy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

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