PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cormack Labrador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Hardwick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Hardwick is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Labrador
vs
Hardwick

180 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cormack Labrador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hank Hardwick!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardwick on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Labrador's corner calls for a 1-2. Labrador obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Hardwick gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hardwick lands a knee to the head.
Hardwick looking to throw knees to the head but Labrador is blocking nicely.
Labrador connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Hank Hardwick has been cut.
Labrador tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardwick avoids the damage to the body.
Labrador looking to throw knees to the head but Hardwick is blocking nicely.
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Labrador avoiding damage as Hardwick throws knees to the body.
Hardwick avoiding damage as Labrador throws knees to the body.
Hardwick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Labrador lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador blocks the elbow strike.
Labrador avoiding damage as Hardwick throws knees to the body.
Labrador using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Labrador lands an elbow just above Hardwick 's eye.
Hardwick dodges an elbow strike from Labrador.
Hardwick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Labrador has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Labrador tries to land a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks with his arms.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Hardwick has eaten all the pies!
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardwick looks gassed!
Hardwick takes a knee right on the jaw!

Hardwick is rocked!
Hardwick throws an elbow but it misses.
Hardwick is still on wobbly legs! Can Labrador finish him?
Hardwick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Labrador.
Labrador with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardwick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Labrador.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Hardwick looking to throw knees to the head but Labrador is blocking nicely.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but Labrador blocks it.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Labrador with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but Labrador blocks with his arms.
Hardwick seems to have recovered his senses.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Labrador scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Labrador connects with a knee to the head.
Hardwick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Labrador throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Labrador misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardwick.
Hardwick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hardwick using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hardwick pushes off an throws an elbow but Labrador leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Labrador lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hardwick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardwick avoiding damage as Labrador throws knees to the body.
Labrador dodges an elbow strike from Hardwick.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Labrador crunches a lovely knee into Hardwick's ribcage.
Hardwick misses with a knee strike.
Labrador tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardwick avoids the damage to the body.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Labrador looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hardwick crunches a lovely knee into Labrador's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Labrador using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardwick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Labrador missing with knees to the body.
Labrador avoiding damage as Hardwick throws knees to the body.
Labrador dodges an elbow strike from Hardwick.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Labrador avoiding damage as Hardwick throws knees to the body.
Labrador missing with knees to the body.
Labrador trying to land knees to the body.
Labrador connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hardwick's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardwick.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardwick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hardwick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Labrador throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardwick blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardwick missing with knees to the body.
Hardwick misses with a knee to the head.
Hardwick missing with knees to the body.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but Labrador blocks with his arms.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but Labrador blocks it.
Hardwick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hardwick managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Hardwick looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Labrador throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardwick blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardwick throws an elbow but it misses.
Labrador tries a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks it.
Hardwick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Labrador blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardwick looking to throw knees to the head but Labrador is blocking nicely.
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Labrador comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Labrador managing to block the knees to the body from Hardwick.
Labrador misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Labrador.
Labrador lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Labrador tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardwick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Labrador managing to block the knees to the body from Hardwick.
Labrador throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hardwick throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Labrador.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardwick looking to throw knees to the head but Labrador is blocking nicely.
Hardwick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardwick landing knees to the body.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but Labrador blocks with his arms.
Hardwick managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Hardwick throws an elbow that misses.
Labrador lands a nice knee to the body.
Labrador managing to block the knees to the body from Hardwick.
Labrador landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardwick tries to land knees in the clinch but Labrador avoids the damage to the body.
Labrador trying to land knees to the body.
Labrador trying to land knees to the body.
Hardwick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but Labrador blocks it.
Hardwick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hardwick looking to throw knees to the head but Labrador is blocking nicely.
Labrador looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Labrador looking to throw knees to the head but Hardwick is blocking nicely.
Labrador avoiding damage as Hardwick throws knees to the body.
Labrador tries a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks it.
Hardwick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Labrador lands a nice knee to the body.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardwick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hardwick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Cormack Labrador has been cut.
Hardwick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Labrador blocks it with crossed arms.
Labrador misses with an elbow strike.
Hardwick missing with knees to the body.
Hardwick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Labrador.
Hardwick managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Hardwick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardwick misses with a knee strike.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardwick misses with a knee strike.
Hardwick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hardwick tries to land knees in the clinch but Labrador avoids the damage to the body.
Labrador trying to land knees to the body.
Labrador lands a nice elbow.
Labrador comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Labrador blocks an elbow strike.
Hardwick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardwick trying to land knees to the body.
Hardwick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Labrador.
Hardwick managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Labrador crunches a lovely knee into Hardwick's ribcage.
Labrador tries a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks it.
Hardwick avoiding damage as Labrador throws knees to the body.
Labrador tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Labrador with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador tries to land a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks with his arms.
Labrador managing to block the knees to the body from Hardwick.
Labrador looking to throw knees to the head but Hardwick is blocking nicely.
Hardwick takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Labrador with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hardwick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Labrador blocks it with crossed arms.

Labrador connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Hardwick goes down! Labrador jumps into full mount looking to finish!

That has opened up Hank Hardwick's cut even more.
Hardwick is looking to get to half guard.
Labrador scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hardwick?
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Labrador looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Labrador avoids the attempt from Hardwick to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormack Labrador dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hardwick fails with an attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Labrador finds it's target.
Hardwick tries to clinch but Labrador is having none of it.
Hardwick needs to keep his hands up - Labrador had a free shot at his head there.

Hardwick drives through and clinches with Labrador against the cage.
Hardwick landing knees to the head.
Hardwick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Labrador with a knee to the head.
Hardwick tries to land knees in the clinch but Labrador avoids the damage to the body.
Hardwick misses with a knee to the head.
Hardwick with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hardwick pushes off an throws an elbow but Labrador leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Labrador tries to land a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks with his arms.
Hardwick missing with knees to the body.
Labrador tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardwick takes an elbow to the forehead.
Labrador lands an elbow inside.
Labrador with a knee to the head.
Hardwick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Labrador's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Labrador managing to block the knees to the body from Hardwick.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hardwick just misses with a elbow thrown towards Labrador's brow.
Labrador using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hardwick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Labrador looking to throw knees to the head but Hardwick is blocking nicely.
Hardwick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hardwick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Labrador managing to block the knees to the body from Hardwick.
Labrador lands an elbow just above Hardwick 's eye.
Labrador blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Hardwick.
Nice elbow from Hardwick.
Labrador scores with a knee to the head.
Cormack Labrador has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardwick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Labrador blocks it with crossed arms.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Hardwick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardwick.
Labrador on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Labrador throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardwick blocks it with crossed arms.
Labrador tries to land a knee to the head but Hardwick blocks with his arms.
Hardwick missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Hardwick.
Hardwick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Labrador blocks it with crossed arms.
Hardwick takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hardwick misses with a knee strike.
Labrador lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Labrador scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardwick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hardwick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardwick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hardwick takes an elbow to the temple.
Labrador connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked Hardwick badly! Hardwick tumbles to the floor and Labrador stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cormack Labrador!