PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robinson Hardink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Byrd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roy Byrd looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Hardink
vs
Byrd

180 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robinson Hardink!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roy Byrd!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Byrd checks a leg kick.

Byrd clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Byrd fails to land.
Hardink stalling in the clinch but Byrd improves position.
Hardink misses with a knee strike.
Byrd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Byrd scores with a shoulder strike.
Byrd scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Byrd prevents a body shot from Hardink.
Hardink takes a shot to the head.
Byrd throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardink.
Byrd lands a shoulder strike.
Hardink trying to stall but Byrd improves his position.
Byrd working aggressively here.
Hardink throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrd.
Hardink misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardink misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byrd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardinks head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardink tries to land knees in the clinch but Byrd avoids the damage to the body.
Byrd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Byrd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Byrd working aggressively here.
Byrd lands with a short shot to the head.
Hardink landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Byrd looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardink lands a nice elbow.
Hardink tries a knee to the head but Byrd blocks it.
Byrd working aggressively here.
Hardink misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardink scores with a nice hook to the head.
Byrd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Byrd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Byrd.
Hardink lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byrd.
Hardink swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hardink misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink pushes off an throws an elbow but Byrd leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardink trying to stall but Byrd improves his position.
Hardink seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Byrd is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Hardink misses with a knee strike.
Byrd throws a head punch that misses.
Hardink looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Byrd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Byrd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hardink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hardink misses with a body punch.
Hardink throws a head punch that misses.
Hardink is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Byrd is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robinson Hardink.

Byrd moves into the clinch successfully.
Hardink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardink tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardink swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrd uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hardink blocking some punches.
Hardink misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Hardink.
Hardink pushes Byrd back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardink throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byrds head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardink blocks an uppercut.
Byrd lands a shoulder strike.
Hardink tries to work over Byrd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardink blocking some punches.
Hardink pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hardink throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hardink struggles to land a body shot inside as Byrd controls his hands.
Byrd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardink misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink blocks an uppercut.
Hardink trying to stall but Byrd improves his position.
Hardink blocks an uppercut.
Hardink leaning against his opponent.
Byrd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Byrd as Hardink tries to tie him up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hardink takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink misses with a punch on the inside.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink has a couple of punches blocked by Byrd.
Byrd has a couple of punches blocked by Hardink.
Hardink misses with some punches.

That's four 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.
Hardink tries to stall but Byrd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hardink unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Byrd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byrd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hardink working aggressively here.
Byrd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Byrd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardink with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Byrd fails to land.
Hardink tries to throw a body punch but Byrd avoids it by throwing Hardink back against the cage.
Byrd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
Byrd lands a right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hardink connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hardink.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Byrd lands an uppercut.
Byrd lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Roy Byrd will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hardink lands a nice looking kick to the body. Byrd takes a step back to recover.
Hardink tries to clinch up but Byrd circles away and keeps his distance.
Byrd swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardink.
Hardink closes the distance looking to clinch

and Byrd moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Hardink.
Hardink blocks an uppercut.
Byrd working aggressively here.
Hardink is trying to stall.
Hardink with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardink is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Byrd is keeping busy.
Hardink swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrd misses with the head strike.
Hardink tries to stall but Byrd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Byrd scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Byrd lands with a light punch inside.
Hardink lands an elbow just above Byrd 's eye.
Hardink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Byrd lands a right hand.
Hardink wants to stall.
Hardink scores a nice knee to the body.
Byrd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink lands an elbow inside that Byrd shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardink.
Byrd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hardink gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hardink takes a shot to the head.
Hardink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maybe Hardink would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Byrd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Hardink.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Byrd.
Hardink pushes off an throws an elbow but Byrd leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardink throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardink creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Byrd.
Hardink throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardink.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Byrd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink is trying to stall.
Byrd has a couple of punches blocked by Hardink.
Byrd lands with a light punch inside.
Byrd misses with the head strike.
Hardink throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrd.
Hardink swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardink blocking some punches.
Hardink throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hardink misses with the head strike.
Byrd throws a head punch that misses.
Hardink blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrd misses with some punches.
Hardink trying to control the position but instead, Byrd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardink into the cage.
Hardink looking to throw knees to the head but Byrd is blocking nicely.
Byrd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Byrd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink stalling in the clinch but Byrd improves position.
Byrd lands with a right to the head.
Byrd blocks an elbow strike from Hardink.
Hardink blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Byrd.
Byrd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
Byrd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Byrd misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Hardink.
Byrd swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardink uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardink looking to stall.
Byrd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardink blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardink looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hardink is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Byrd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byrd working aggressively here.
Byrd misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byrd.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Byrd.
Hardink scores with a knee to the head.
Hardink pushes off an throws an elbow but Byrd leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardink throws an elbow that misses.
Hardink tries to stall but Byrd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Byrd blocks an uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardink.
Byrd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardinks head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Byrd misses with the head strike.
Byrd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Byrd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hardink misses with a lunging right hand

and Byrd counters by clinching up.
Byrd lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Byrd as Hardink tries to tie him up.
Hardink misses with some punches.
Byrd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardinks head.
Hardink creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Byrd's defenses.
Hardink blocking some punches.
Hardink lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hardink doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardink blocking some punches.
Hardink misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hardink.
Hardink slowing the pace effectively.
Hardink misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardink stalling in the clinch but Byrd improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Hardink fails to land.
Hardink throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byrds head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardink has a couple of punches blocked by Byrd.
Hardink lands an uppercut.
Hardink fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrd.
Byrd takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardink lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hardink working aggressively here.
Hardink's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roy Byrd seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hardink.
Still in the clinch, Hardink scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Byrd.
Hardink tries to throw a body punch but Byrd avoids it by throwing Hardink back against the cage.
Hardink tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byrd avoids it.
Hardink landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Byrd has a couple of punches blocked by Hardink.
Byrd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hardink misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardink tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardink lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Byrd has a couple of punches blocked by Hardink.
Hardink misses with an elbow over the top.
A short left from Byrd.
Hardink is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Byrd managing to block the knees to the body from Hardink.
Byrd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
Hardink holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardink.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Byrd throws a head punch that misses.
Hardink misses with some punches.
Hardink misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink lands a knee to the head.
Hardink blocking some punches.
Byrd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byrd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hardink lands a left hand that snaps the head of Byrd backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Byrd fails to land.
Byrd managing to block the knees to the body from Hardink.
Hardink taking a breather.
Byrd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Byrd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardink scores with a knee to the head.
Hardink blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardink misses with a knee strike.
Byrd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardink looking to stall.
A short right from Byrd.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardink lands a shoulder strike.
Byrd lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardink lands a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Byrd lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
Byrd misses with a punch on the inside.
Byrd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardink throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrd.
Byrd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardinks head.
Hardink creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hardink throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Byrd blocks it with crossed arms.
Byrd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
Hardink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right from Byrd on the inside.
Byrd misses with some punches.
Byrd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardink.
Hardink lands a damaging elbow.
Hardink blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardink tries to stall but Byrd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Byrd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hardink backwards.
Byrd lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Byrd scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four 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.
Byrd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Byrd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Byrd lands with a left to the head.
Hardink trying to control the position but instead, Byrd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardink into the cage.
Hardink fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardink.
Hardink misses with a knee to the head.
Byrd blocks the elbow strike.
Byrd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Byrd.
Hardink is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Byrd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Byrd misses with some punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hardink swings wildly with an uppercut but Byrd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byrd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Byrd swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardink uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robinson Hardink has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roy Byrd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hardink.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roy Byrd.
I've got Byrd winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Byrd!