PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mattew Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Dardey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dardey's choice of entrance music: Amazing. This should be a great matchup!

Justice
vs
Dardey

170 cm
23
159 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

155 cm
19
151 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mattew Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stan Dardey!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dardey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Justice shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Justice was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dardey really wants to buck Justice off and get back to his feet.
Justice pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Justice putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Justice lands a big shot there that rocks Dardey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dardey swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dardey is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
A nice elbow there by Justice.
Justice lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Justice dominating with strikes here.
Justice dominating with strikes here.
Justice will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dardey's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justice unloading with bombs!
Justice landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justice landing strikes, looking to finish!
Justice is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dardey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Justice lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Dardey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dardey trying desperately to get to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Justice.
Justice landing punches.
Dardey is squirming around, avoiding Justice's attempts to control the action.
Justice with good strikes from the mount here!
Justice lands a heavy elbow.
Justice has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dardey's face.
Dardey is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The referee warns Dardey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Justice connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dardey is desperately trying to improve his position but Justice has a good base and remains in mount.
Justice putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Justice looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
You get the feeling that Dardey really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Dardey looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dardey regains half guard.
Dardey has hold of Justice's hands but Justice slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Justice wants to free his trapped foot but Dardey is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dardey tries to roll over but Justice keeps him under control.
Justice is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Justice working over Dardey with some ground and pound. Dardey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Justice landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dardey has hold of Justice's hands but Justice slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Justice winds up and cracks Dardey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Justice prevents Dardey from standing back up.
Justice lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justice working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice trying to pass the guard but Dardey defending well.

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

Justice throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dardey was covering up waiting for the punch and Justice finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Dardey looking for a sweep. Not yet Dardey, not yet.

Justice drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dardey dives on top into guard.
Justice keeping moving, preventing Dardey from controlling successfully.

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

Justice shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dardey manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Justice prevents Dardey from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dardey keeping full guard, as Justice tries to pass.
Dardey is trying to control the position but Justice postures up.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Dardey is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dardey is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Justice is controlling him.
Justice stopping the sweep attempt from Dardey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dardey scores with a leg kick.
Justice checks a low kick from Dardey.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dardey. Justice shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mattew Justice dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Justice looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Dardey manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Dardey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dardey throws a head kick but Justice moves out of range.
Justice changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dardey tries to avoid it but Justice manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dardey to the ground. Dardey escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mattew Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Justice is defended easily by Dardey.
Dardey throws a sloppy head kick and Justice moves out of range easily.
Dardey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dardey. That's going to slow Justice down.
Mattew Justice is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dardey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Justice shoots in and bounces Dardey off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Justice has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Justice is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Justice looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Dardey pushes Justice off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Justice with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mattew Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dardey shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Justice defends it nicely.
Dardey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dardey wants it to stay on the feet.
Dardey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Justice. That did some damage!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dardey, right into the meat.
Dardey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Justice circles away.
Justice has his takedown stuffed
and Dardey counters with a good low kick that Justice was not able to check.
Dardey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dardey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Justice fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dardey shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Justice sprawls well. Justice wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dardey gets slowly back to his feet.
Justice closes the distance and clinches up with Dardey, looking for a takedown. Justice pushes Dardey against the cage but Dardey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Dardey finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Justice bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dardey sneaks back into half guard.
Dardey is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Justice scores with a couple of nice shots.

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

Dardey gets caught flat footed, as Justice shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dardey wants to stand but Justice is controlling the position.
Justice chips away with some ground and pound.
Dardey wants to stand and escape but Justice is having none of it.
Dardey is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Justice lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dardey is looking to stand up but Justice isn't so interested in that idea.
Justice tries to free his leg and advance position but Dardey is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dardey wants to stand up but Justice is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Justice looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dardey wants to stand up but Justice is controlling him.
Justice connects with a couple of short punches.
Mattew Justice overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dardey is looking to stand up but Justice isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Justice working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Justice distracts Dardey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Dardey kicks Justice off and gets to his feet.
Justice shoots for a takedown but Dardey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dardey pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Justice closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Dardey did well to prevent Justice getting side control.

Dardey manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Dardey throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice checks a low kick from Dardey.
Justice fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dardey misses with a series of wild punches.
Justice shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dardey pinned against the cage. Dardey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dardey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dardey stuffs the takedown attempt from Justice. Justice gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Dardey as Justice shoots in.
Justice stuffs the takedown.
Justice shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dardey as he avoids it easily.
Dardey feints and then cracks Justice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Justice down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Justice drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Justice lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Justice landing some decent shots from guard.
Justice looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mattew Justice dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dardey scores with a leg kick.
Justice is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Dardey shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Justice napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dardey advances to mount.
Dardey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Justice is looking to escape.
Justice is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Dardey stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dardey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Dardey. No joy for Justice on that attempt.
Justice shoots in but no luck this time.
Dardey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dardey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Justice's head.
Dardey leaves Justice with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mattew Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dardey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dardey misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Justice shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Justice makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Dardey has his feet on Justice's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Justice shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dardey napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Justice moves into full mount!
The referee warns Dardey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dardey bucks up and throws Justice to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Justice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Dardey gets a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dardey stops Justice from getting back to his feet.
Dardey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dardey wants to stand but Justice has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Dardey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Justice on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Justice tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice is trying to stand.

Dardey decides to stand up.
Justice shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dardey defends it nicely.
Dardey stuffs the takedown attempt from Justice. Justice gets slowly back to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dardey.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dardey, right into the meat.

Justice scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dardey looks like he's trying to stand up.
Justice is pressing down on Dardey's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dardey is holding on for now.
Dardey works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Justice tries to free his leg and advance position but Dardey is retaining full guard.
Justice is looking to work some ground and pound but Dardey has wrist control.
Dardey wants to stand up but Justice is controlling him.
Justice trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Dardey manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Justice wants to get back to his feet but Dardey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dardey stands and steps away. Justice gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Dardey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Justice 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mattew Justice!