PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Hardy Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hardy Jr
vs
Tanner

190 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
194 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Hardy Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Tanner!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy Jr misses with the combination.
Hardy Jr misses with a hook.
Hardy Jr throws a series of punches but Tanner moves out of range.
Hardy Jr lands a body shot.
Tanner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy Jr.
Tanner clobbers Hardy Jr with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Dan Hardy Jr has been cut.
Tanner ducks under a wild hook from Hardy Jr.
Hardy Jr throws a one two combo.
Hardy Jr lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardy Jr manages to avoid it.
Tanner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hardy Jr scores with a jab to the head.
Tanner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy Jr scores with a one two! Tanner had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tanner lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hardy Jr is breathing heavily.
Tanner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tanner.
Hardy Jr throws a hook but Tanner blocks it.
Tanner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy Jr.
Tanner is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tanner.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Tanner.
Tanner tests Hardy Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tanner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy Jr.
Tanner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tanner cracks the inside of Hardy Jr's front leg.
Tanner's corner calls for a 1-2. Tanner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy Jr throws a right and a left that Tanner avoids nicely.
Tanner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Hardy Jr is rocked!
Tanner lands a brutal uppercut that launches Hardy Jr off his feet! Hardy Jr tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jason Tanner!
An out of breath Jason Tanner thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.