PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Sproles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardly comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem- Not Afraid. Sproles has chosen can't be touched -Roy Jones Jr as his entrance music. Dan Hardly could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pete Sproles's chin.

Hardly
vs
Sproles

180 cm
27
169 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

174 cm
25
160 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Pete Sproles!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hardly has managed to clinch.
Hardly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hardly is trying to stall.
Sproles takes an elbow to the temple.
Sproles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardly.
Hardly has a couple of punches blocked by Sproles.
Hardly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardly lands with a left to the head.
Sproles struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardly controls his hands.
Sproles trying to land knees to the body.
Sproles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sproles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hardly gets through Sproles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hardly blocks a body shot from Sproles.
Sproles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hardly misses with a body punch.
Hardly misses with a body punch.
Hardly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sproles misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hardly scores with a shoulder strike.
Sproles lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sproles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sproles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardly tries to land a knee to the head but Sproles blocks with his arms.
Sproles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardly.
Hardly cracks Sproles with a nice body shot.
Sproles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sproles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hardly blocks it with crossed arms.
Sproles misses with a knee strike.
Sproles tries a knee to the head but Hardly blocks it.
Sproles blocks a body shot from Hardly.
Hardly tries to land knees in the clinch but Sproles avoids the damage to the body.
Sproles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hardly is keeping busy.
Hardly is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sproles slows down the pace here.
A bit of stalling here from Hardly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardly lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Hardly on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sproles tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardly avoids the damage to the body.
Sproles is trying to push Hardly away but Hardly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hardly lands a knee to the body.
Sproles avoids the elbow strike from Hardly, against the cage.
Sproles blocking some punches.
Hardly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sproles looks gassed!
Hardly blocks a body shot from Sproles.
Hardly lands a shoulder strike.
Hardly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Sproles lands a damaging elbow.
Hardly lands a hook that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Sproles connects with a knee to the head.
Sproles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sproles misses with a body punch.
Hardly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardly swings wildly with an uppercut but Sproles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sproles scores with a shoulder strike.
Hardly blocks an elbow strike from Sproles.
Sproles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardly.
Hardly lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hardly pushes Sproles back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sproles.
Hardly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Hardly tries to land a knee to the head but Sproles blocks with his arms.
Hardly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sproles is rocked!
Hardly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sproles is still on wobbly legs! Can Hardly finish him?
Sproles prevents a body shot from Hardly.
Hardly tries a body shot but Sproles blocks it.
Hardly gets through Sproles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hardly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sproles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sproles seems to have recovered his senses.
Hardly crunches a lovely knee into Sproles's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sproles up against the cage.
Sproles is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sproles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hardly tries a body shot but Sproles blocks it.
Hardly throws a head punch that misses.
Sproles missing with knees to the body.
Sproles tries to land a knee to the head but Hardly blocks with his arms.
Hardly throws a punch but it's blocked by Sproles.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardly.
Sproles blocks a body shot from Hardly.

Sproles breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sproles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Sproles clinches up with Hardly and pushes him back against the cage.

Sproles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardly goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sproles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hardly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Sproles pushes Hardly up against the cage in a clinch.
Sproles is trying to break the clinch but Hardly is controlling him.
Hardly tries to stall but Sproles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sproles wants to stall.
Sproles lands an uppercut.
Sproles misses with a knee to the head.
Hardly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sproles blocks a body shot from Hardly.
Hardly avoids the elbow strike from Sproles, against the cage.
Dan Hardly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hardly tries to throw a body punch but Sproles avoids it by throwing Hardly back against the cage.
Sproles with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sproles will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hardly up against the cage.
Hardly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Hardly.
Sproles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sproles misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardly cracks Sproles with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Hardly.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sproles.
Hardly works on Sproles's body with a couple of short punches.
Sproles is breathing heavily.
Hardly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sproles.
Hardly lands with a left to the head.
Sproles creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardly lands a shot to the body.
Hardly is leaning against Sproles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hardly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hardly.
Hardly lands a nice uppercut.
Hardly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Hardly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sproles up against the cage.
Sproles misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hardly lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hardly blocking some punches.
Hardly working aggressively here.
Hardly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sproles gets through Hardly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hardly digs a right hand underneath Sproles's ribcage. Sproles let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hardly tries a body shot but Sproles blocks it.
Sproles lands with a light punch inside.
Hardly landing knees to the head.
Hardly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Hardly.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sproles.
Hardly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hardly avoids a wild elbow strike from Sproles.
Hardly lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardly lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardly blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardly managing to block the knees to the body from Sproles.
Hardly lands a knee to the body.
Hardly scores with a shoulder strike.
Hardly has Sproles pushed against the cage.
Sproles avoiding damage as Hardly throws knees to the body.
Sproles trying to stall but Hardly improves his position.
Hardly lands an uppercut.

Sproles breaks the clinch.
Pete Sproles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardly loads up on a big right hand but Sproles slips the punch.
Hardly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Sproles gets tackled into the cage by Hardly. Hardly maintains the clinch.
Sproles displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hardly up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sproles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sproles is trying to stall.
Hardly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sproles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardly lands a body punch.
Sproles lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardly won't want to take too many of those.

Sproles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardly tries a head kick but it misses.

Sproles moves into range and clinches up with Hardly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sproles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Hardly misses with some punches.
Sproles blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardly dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hardly tries to work over Sproles's front leg with a kick but Sproles checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Hardly as he connects with a hook.
Sproles misses with a two punch combination.
Hardly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hardly clobbers Sproles with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hardly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sproles.
Hardly moves away from the strike by Sproles.
Hardly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hardly misses with a few strikes there.
Sproles lands a jab to the head.
Sproles needs to keep his hands up - Hardly had a free shot at his head there.

Sproles drives through and clinches with Hardly against the cage.
Hardly misses with a hook to the ribs.

Sproles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sproles throws a series of punches but Hardly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardly throws a low kick but Sproles moves out of range easily.
That kick from Hardly tenderised Sproles's leg. Sproles is trying to keep his angry face on.

Sproles shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hardly holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sproles tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sproles tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sproles looking to finish with strikes here!
Sproles throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardly is trying desperately to improve position.
Pete Sproles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Sproles there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hardly blocking the ground and pound.
Sproles throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hardly really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sproles looking to control but Hardly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sproles might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hardly kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hardly is looking to improve his position but Sproles isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sproles sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sproles misses with a head shot.
Sproles prevents Hardly from getting the reversal.
Hardly is squirming around, avoiding Sproles's attempts to control the action.
Sproles throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sproles throws some wild stikes that Hardly manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sproles looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sproles looking to control but Hardly is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sproles landing strikes from the mount and Hardly is in trouble!
Sproles dominating with strikes here.

Hardly is rocked!
Sproles postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Hardly bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Sproles and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pete Sproles!