PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Machida The Coward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Coward comes to the cage accompanied by machida the best. Hardly has chosen Eminem- Not Afraid as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Coward
vs
Hardly

170 cm
30
192 lbs
23 - 2 - 0

180 cm
30
169 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Machida The Coward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardly!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Coward takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hardly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hardly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Coward.
The Coward lands with a nice body kick.
Hardly moves out of range of the body kick.
Hardly slips a jab from The Coward.
Hardly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Coward was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardly.
Hardly takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hardly misses with a leg kick.
The Coward avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardly moves away from the strike by The Coward.
The Coward throws a shot to the body.
The Coward looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The Coward misses with a body punch
letting Hardly counter with a right hand.
Hardly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hardly throws a hook but The Coward avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Coward.
The Coward looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Coward lands with a hook. Hardly tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The Coward throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hardly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Coward throws the kick towards the body but Hardly avoids it.
Hardly throws a leg kick but The Coward sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hardly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A lazy left from Hardly finds it's target.
The Coward thows a body shot but no joy.
Hardly misses with a straight left.
Machida The Coward is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardly throws a push kick but The Coward slaps the foot to one side.
Hardly misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Coward misses the shot to the body.
Hardly throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hardly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hardly scores with a leg kick.
Hardly throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hardly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A good leg kick by Hardly.
Hardly misses with a wild body shot.
Hardly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hardly throws a head kick but The Coward moves out of range.
Hardly slips under a jab from The Coward.
Hardly checks a low kick from The Coward.
The Coward takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hardly scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Coward throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardly.
Hardly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardly throws a body punch but The Coward moves out of range.
The Coward is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardly.
Hardly looks to land a body kick but The Coward moved away.
Hardly throws a leg kick but The Coward sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hardly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Coward.
The Coward with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hardly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Coward throws a leg kick
and The Coward takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hardly avoids the body shot from The Coward.
The Coward misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardly.
The Coward smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A solid body kick from The Coward.
Hardly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Coward's calf.
Hardly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from The Coward tenderised Hardly's leg. Hardly is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardly throws a head kick but The Coward moves out of range.
The Coward tries to bum rush Hardly with a series of wild strikes but Hardly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hardly.
Hardly misses with a takedown attempt - The Coward sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hardly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Coward throws out a leg kick but Hardly moves out of range and The Coward only half commits.
The Coward with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Coward dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Coward is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Coward tries to move into range but Hardly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Coward slips a jab from Hardly.
Hardly misses with a looping left.
Hardly just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardly dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The Coward scoring well with a low kick there.
The Coward throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hardly on the side of the head.
The Coward misses with an uppercut.
Dan Hardly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Coward scores with a hook.
The Coward misses with a hook. Hardly ducked under it nicely.
The Coward scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hardly scores with a leg kick.
Hardly throws a body punch but The Coward moves out of range.
The Coward moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Coward showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardly.
The Coward walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hardly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hardly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The Coward keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Coward tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hardly moves out of range as The Coward throws a body kick.
The Coward missing with a left hand there. Hardly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Coward.
Hardly misses with an uppercut. The Coward saw that one coming.
The Coward fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Coward scores with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Hardly.
The Coward looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The Coward blocks a head kick by Hardly.
The Coward chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hardly can pounce on him.
The Coward dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Coward walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hardly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hardly takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Coward is looking to score with low kicks.
Hardly walks forward, straight into a front kick from The Coward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Coward is looking to land body kicks.
A clash of legs there as The Coward blocks the low kick.
The Coward stuns Hardly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Coward. Hardly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardly throws a head kick that half lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Coward. Hardly does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Coward throws a leg kick
and Hardly counters with a stiff right hand.
Hardly defending well as The Coward loads up on a big left hand.
The Coward scores with a kick to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of The Coward 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hardly misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Coward misses with a leg kick.
The Coward punishes Hardly's body with a nice straight punch.
Hardly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Coward with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hardly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and The Coward is able to avoid easily.
Hardly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hardly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Coward explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hardly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Coward.
Hardly misses with an uppercut
and Hardly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Hardly is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Coward connects with a stiff jab that staggers Hardly - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Machida The Coward!
In his post fight interview, Machida The Coward gave a big smile as he said 'Where at you Tonal?I know you goin duck me. Dont be scared homie!'.