PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dai Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syd Scarr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hard
vs
Scarr

180 cm
20
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

186 cm
24
186 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dai Hard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Syd Scarr!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scarr tries to clinch up
and Hard counters with a nice uppercut.
Scarr shoots and misses
and Hard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Scarr.
Scarr closes the distance but Hard moves to the side
and Hard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Scarr with a poor takedown
and Hard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scarr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Scarr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hard looks to land a left hand but Scarr moved out of range nicely.
Hard throws a hook but Scarr blocks it.
Scarr tries to clinch but Hard moves away

and Hard counters with a single leg into guard. Scarr didn't expect that.
Hard is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hard throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hard is looking to work some ground and pound but Scarr has wrist control.
Hard wants to control from the top but Scarr keeps moving.
Hard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scarr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hard is looking to work some ground and pound but Scarr has wrist control.
Hard throws and elbow that misses. Scarr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hard's guard. Nice move by Scarr!

Hard has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Scarr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hard looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Hard looking for a guillotine here but Scarr defends easily.
Hard trying to strike off his back.
Hard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Scarr manages to get himself to full guard.
Hard trying to control but Scarr is working from the bottom.
Hard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hard throws a big right hand that misses.
Scarr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hard.
Hard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hard throws and elbow that misses. Scarr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hard's guard. Nice move by Scarr!
Scarr stopping the sweep attempt from Hard.
Scarr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Scarr's guard.
Hard thows a big elbow that misses.
Hard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Hard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Scarr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hard 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.
Hard throws a big right hand that misses.
Scarr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hard.
Scarr is looking to sweep but instead, Hard has passed into half guard.
Hard seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hard wants to take a breather but Scarr is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dai Hard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Scarr gets tackled into the cage by Hard. Hard maintains the clinch.
Scarr looking to slow down the pace here.
Hard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hard changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Scarr fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Scarr misses with a takedown attempt

and Hard counters with a single leg into guard. Scarr didn't expect that.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hard stands and throws Scarr's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hard lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Scarr down.
Hard misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Scarr managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hard.
Hard throws an elbow but Scarr slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hard tries to score with some ground and pound. Scarr controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hard in side control, throwing shots but Scarr defends.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scarr is looking for a sweep.
Scarr wants to control but Hard postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hard throws an elbow but Scarr slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ground and pound from Hard seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
An elbow from Hard crashes against the mat.
Hard working the ground and pound.
Hard working the ground and pound from side control.
Hard scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Scarr to see if he's OK.
Hard in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hard postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scarr dodges the ground and pound from Hard.
Hard working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sloppy strikes there by Hard.
Scarr on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hard in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Scarr is avoiding damage well.
Scarr parries the strikes from Hard easily there. Hard is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Scarr to escape.
Hard throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Scarr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hard.
Scarr dodges the ground and pound from Hard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Hard are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hard working the ground and pound.
Scarr tries to bench press Hard off him but Hard keeps the position.
Hard working the ground and pound.
Hard throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Hard stands up.
Scarr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Scarr throws a leg kick but Hard checks it.
Scarr tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Hard counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Scarr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hard is working for takedown but Scarr is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dai Hard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scarr looking to throw knees to the head but Hard is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hard managing to block the knees to the body from Scarr.
Scarr looking to throw knees to the head but Hard is blocking nicely.
Hard tries for a takedown. No joy.
Scarr is pressed up against the cage. Hard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Scarr down to the mat. Scarr avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Hard gets a clinch.

Hard works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hard throws and elbow that misses. Scarr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hard's guard. Nice move by Scarr!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hard looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dai Hard dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Scarr defending well as Hard loads up on a big left hand.

Hard clinches.

Scarr is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hard is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Scarr to the mat. Scarr regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Scarr controls Hard momentarily but Hard frees himself.
Hard is looking to work some ground and pound but Scarr has wrist control.
Hard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hard wants to pass the guard but Scarr is keeping the position.
Hard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Scarr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hard prevents Scarr from getting back to his feet.
Hard trying to control but Scarr is working from the bottom.
Hard throws and elbow that misses. Scarr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hard's guard. Nice move by Scarr!
Scarr stopping the sweep attempt from Hard.

Hard throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hard working a defensive guard but Scarr manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hard throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Hard tries to control but Scarr manages to take his back.
Hard breaks Scarr's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Syd Scarr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scarr keeping moving, preventing Hard from controlling successfully.
Hard passes Scarr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hard trying to advance position but Scarr counters by regaining guard.
Scarr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Scarr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hard is looking to stand up but Scarr won't let him.
Hard throwing strikes from guard but Scarr blocks nicely.
Hard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hard prevents Scarr from getting back to his feet.
Hard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Scarr keeping moving, preventing Hard from controlling successfully.
Scarr lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Hard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dai Hard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Scarr has momentary wrist control but Hard slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hard trying to control but Scarr is working from the bottom.
Hard with a flurry of punches that miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dai Hard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hard 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dai Hard!