PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam Yauch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yauch's entrance music is Fight For Your Right To Party. A fine choice. Hardy has chosen Run this town as his entrance music. Adam Yauch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yauch
vs
Hardy

184 cm
19
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ultimate Fighting Gear
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry
Hopkins Athletics

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Yauch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chad Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hardy scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
An elbow from Hardy crashes against the mat.
Yauch is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hardy connects with a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yauch is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hardy trying to control the position but Yauch is working away.
Hardy with the ground and pound but Yauch regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Hardy throwing shots but Yauch is blocking nicely.
Hardy is keen to just control but Yauch is a slippery customer.
Hardy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hardy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy thows a huge punch but Yauch dodges it nicely.
Hardy lands with a punch from half guard.
Yauch blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hardy.
Yauch blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hardy.
Hardy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hardy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yauch defending well though.
Yauch is not content to let Hardy control the position.

Yauch kicks Hardy off and gets back to his feet.
Yauch throws a nice looking combination but Hardy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Hardy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yauch!
Hardy raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hardy lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yauch trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hardy wants to control the pace but Yauch is squirming around nicely.
Hardy unloading with bombs!
Hardy unloads with some shots from mount but Yauch bucks and avoids them well.
Yauch is bucking up trying to escape but Hardy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hardy dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yauch in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hardy lands a nice shot to the head.
Hardy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hardy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hardy lands a big elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hardy lands a big shot there that rocks Yauch but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Yauch is rocked!
Yauch's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Yauch is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yauch is breathing heavily.
Yauch is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Yauch seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy breaks from Yauch's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hardy working the ground and pound effectively.
Yauch squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The referee warns Yauch that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hardy is landing with some decent strikes but Yauch is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hardy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yauch?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Yauch covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Hardy!
Chad Hardy gave a mention to Hopkins Athletics in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).