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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Winland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Hardy looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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169 lbs
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Winland!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winland misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Winland drives through and clinches with Hardy against the cage.
Hardy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Winland prevents it.
Winland lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hardy.
Hardy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Winland has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hardy uses from the top position.
Winland is controlling Hardy's posture.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Winland throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winland tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Winland is controlling Hardy's posture.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Rob Winland hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hardy.
Winland fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hardy avoids it really well and circles away.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Winland keeps it at a distance.
Winland darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy slaps away a takedown attempt from Winland, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nick Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Winland.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy throws a hook to the side of Winland's head but Winland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy moves out of range as Winland throws a body kick.
A left lands for Hardy.
Hardy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Winland misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Winland fails with the takedown.
Winland shoots in for a double leg but Hardy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winland fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Winland 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 Winland off to one side.
Hardy misses with the combination.
Nice sprawl there from Winland as Hardy shoots in.
Winland misses with a takedown attempt - Hardy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Winland has taken the fight to the clinch.
Winland fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hardy breaks from the clinch.
Winland shoots for a double leg takedown but Hardy sprawls well. He's pushed Winland's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hardy gets caught napping as Winland dives in and scores a takedown. Hardy manages to retain guard.
Winland's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hardy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Winland is controlling him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Winland dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Winland blocks a head kick by Hardy.
Winland shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hardy pinned against the cage. Hardy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Winland gets the takedown into side control.
Winland staying calm.
Winland has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winland looks to land a body kick but Hardy moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winland clinches with his opponent.
Winland displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hardy up against the cage.
Hardy misses with some punches.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
Winland drags the fight down to the ground.
Hardy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hardy being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winland throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hardy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Winland has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winland keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winland pushes Hardy off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winland paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winland shoots in but Hardy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Winland goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy shoots in but no luck this time.
Hardy fails with the takedown.
Winland misses with a jab, cross combination.
Winland closes the distance and clinches up with Hardy, looking for a takedown. Winland pushes Hardy against the cage but Hardy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nick Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Winland.
Hardy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Winland dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winland swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Winland sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Winland will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Winland showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! 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.
Hardy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Horrible takedown by Winland or perhaps it was just good defense by Hardy which made him look bad.
Winland looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hardy is fending him off so far but Winland persists. Nope, Hardy circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Winland.
Winland throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hardy wants it to stay on the feet.
Nick Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Winland.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hardy.
Hardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winland tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hardy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Winland somewhat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Winland sprawls well. Winland wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hardy gets slowly back to his feet.
Hardy throws a front kick aimed at Winland's knee but Winland avoids it well.
Winland has Hardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Winland fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hardy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Winland is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy avoids a wild elbow strike from Winland.
Hardy trying to control the position but instead, Winland has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardy into the cage.
Winland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winland tries a head kick but it misses.
Winland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardy was well out of range. Poor timing from Winland.
Hardy slaps away a takedown attempt from Winland, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Winland.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winland will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice takedown defense from Winland. No joy for Hardy on that attempt.
Winland shoots in and drives through. Hardy sprawls well.
Rob Winland seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Winland.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Winland stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Winland wants it to stay on the feet.
Winland fails with a takedown attempt.
Winland dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winland shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hardy wants to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rob Winland.
Well Winland has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Winland!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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