PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Hardy
vs
St James

174 cm
22
140 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

177 cm
23
145 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harrison Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron St James!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St James changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hardy tries to avoid it but St James manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hardy to the ground. Hardy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A jab from Hardy misses.
St James misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
St James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Hardy scores with a four punch combination!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hardy.
Hardy throws a body punch but St James moves out of range.
Hardy lands a jab to St James's midsection.
Hardy takes a swing at St James's ribcage but misses.
St James misses with a looping left.
St James falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hardy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St James shoots for a takedown but Hardy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hardy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from St James.
Hardy swings away with a body shot that misses

and St James counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hardy won't be happy with that.
Hardy sneaks back into half guard.
Hardy controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
St James throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hardy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from St James.
St James postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St James trying to control but Hardy is working from the bottom.
St James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hardy looking to hit a scissor sweep but St James is one step ahead there.
Hardy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
St James dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hardy with a lazy takedown attempt

so St James counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
St James thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St James throws a big right hand that misses.
Hardy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
St James throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hardy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
St James trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hardy wants to sweep here but St James controlling him for the moment.
St James trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hardy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St James.

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.
St James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
St James moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St James moves away.
St James looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
St James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardy was well out of range. Poor timing from St James.
St James closes the distance and clinches up with Hardy, looking for a takedown. St James pushes Hardy against the cage but Hardy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harrison Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cameron St James.
Hardy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St James manages to avoid it.
Hardy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St James misses with a jab to the body
and Hardy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron St James dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from St James.
Hardy takes a jab right on the kisser.
St James throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hardy's waist but Hardy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing St James off to one side.
Hardy takes a swing at St James's ribcage but misses.
Hardy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
St James looks to throw the jab but Hardy is out of range.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St James.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St James dips to his left and cracks Hardy with an uppercut!
No luck for St James with that takedown attempt.
St James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by St James.
St James in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
I wouldn't like to be where Hardy is right now.
Hardy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
St James is trying to ground and pound but Hardy uses the momentary lack of control by St James to regain half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hardy is trying to maintain the position but St James is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hardy.
Hardy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hardy keeping moving, preventing St James from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St James is looking to advance position but Hardy has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
St James is looking to get to half guard.

Hardy is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but St James is surviving well by controlling Hardy's body position as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is trying to take his opponent's back.
Hardy thowing shots but they're missing.
St James is in all sorts of trouble here.
St James is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
St James is squirming around, avoiding Hardy's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hardy throwing strikes here but St James is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
St James holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hardy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hardy looking to ground and pound but St James is blocking nicely.
Hardy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St James is looking to escape.
Hardy thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Hardy looking to secure an arm triangle but St James defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Harrison Hardy 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hardy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed St James momentarily.
Hardy misses with a hook to the body

and St James counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. St James connects with a nice short shot to Hardy's temple.
Hardy is looking to control St James's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hardy avoid being mounted?
Hardy is trying to get back to full guard.
Hardy is working hard here to advance position.
St James trying to pass the guard but Hardy defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy wants to improve his position but St James is controlling well.
St James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
St James throws a strike but Hardy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
St James trying to control but Hardy is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

St James gets in close and instigates a clinch.
St James throws a head punch that misses.
St James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
St James working some nice short punches in the clinch.
St James is trying to drag Hardy to the mat but Hardy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardy throws a sloppy body shot
and St James counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
St James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
St James looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
Hardy with a poor takedown

and St James counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hardy is controlling St James's posture.
St James loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hardy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
St James wants to control from the top but Hardy keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St James in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hardy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St James slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
St James misses with a hook.
St James looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hardy misses with a shot to the body
and St James counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hardy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and St James counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
St James throws a big shot that misses.
Cameron St James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy looks for a takedown but St James sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harrison Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Hardy.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Hardy misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron St James comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think St James has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron St James!