PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pettis comes to the cage accompanied by UFC - Face the Pain. Hardy has chosen Coming home -Dirty money as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Pettis
vs
Hardy

176 cm
29
155 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

180 cm
29
160 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Brute
PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

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

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pettis shoots in but no luck this time.
Hardy's corner calls for a 1-2. Hardy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hardy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pettis moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Pettis doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hardy counters with a straight right hand.
Hardy cracks Pettis with a good jab.
Hardy misses with a hook
and Pettis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pettis.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Pettis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pettis misses with a takedown
and Hardy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Pettis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Hardy pushes Pettis up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pettis up against the cage.
Hardy throws a punch but it's blocked by Pettis.
Hardy is pushing Pettis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hardy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy tries to work over Pettis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardy struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettis controls his hands.
Hardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Hardy.
Pettis tries to pull guard but Hardy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pettis prevents a body shot from Hardy.
Hardy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Pettis avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pettis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hardy to keep the fight standing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Hardy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hardy tries a body shot but Pettis blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettis's elbow.
Hardy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardy stalling the fight.
Hardy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hardy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Pettis avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pettis's elbow.
Hardy tries a body shot but Pettis blocks it.
Hardy cracks Pettis with a nice body shot.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.

Pettis decides to pull guard.

Pettis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hardy wants to control from the top but Pettis keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hardy's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pettis slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Pettis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pettis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hardy gets back to half guard.

Pettis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy is pressing down on Pettis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pettis drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hardy dives on top into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Hardy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hardy looks to land a right hand but Pettis moved out of range.
Hardy stuns Pettis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pettis tries to bum rush Hardy with a series of wild strikes but Hardy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Pettis circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardy. Pettis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy scores with a body shot.
Pettis misses with a takedown attempt
and Hardy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pettis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a hook.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Pettis defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Pettis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pettis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pettis doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Hardy counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Pettis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Pettis avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.
Hardy misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Hardy.
Pettis tries to pull guard but Hardy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hardy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hardy tries to work over Pettis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pettis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
Pettis is trying to pull guard but Hardy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pettis blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pettis is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Hardy scores with a nice hook to the head.

Pettis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pettis keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.

Pettis is looking for a triangle but Hardy pushes his legs off easily.
Pettis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Pettis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pettis throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hardy lands a couple of digs.

Pettis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hardy defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis has momentary wrist control but Hardy slips an elbow through the middle.

Pettis has his foot on Hardy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hardy works his way back into a safe position though.
Hardy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Pettis is looking for a triangle but Hardy pushes his legs off easily.
Hardy wants to pass the guard but Pettis is keeping the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pettis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hardy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hardy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pettis keeping moving, preventing Hardy from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Hardy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hardy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Pettis tries to keep at a distance but Hardy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pettis blocks a body shot from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hardy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hardy.
Hardy working aggressively here.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Pettis controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettis.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Pettis avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy tries a body shot but Pettis blocks it.
Hardy misses with a punch on the inside.
Pettis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pettis jumps guard but Hardy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hardy lands a hook that snaps the head of Pettis backwards.
Hardy has a couple of punches blocked by Pettis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettis.
Pettis fails to pull guard.

Pettis pulls Hardy into guard.
Pettis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hardy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Pettis throws his legs up looking for a submission but Hardy uses it to pass to side control.
Pettis is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Pettis is looking for a sweep.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You can see the frustration on Pettis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hardy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hardy working the head with strikes.
Pettis is not content to let Hardy control the position.
Pettis manages to get back to half guard.
Pettis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pettis has hold of Hardy's hands but Hardy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pettis tries to roll over but Hardy keeps him under control.
Pettis tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Pettis works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pettis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hardy passes into half guard.
Pettis tries to roll over but Hardy keeps him under control.
Jason Hardy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Pettis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pettis keeping hold of Hardy's head, controlling as best he can.
Hardy tries to pass to full mount but Pettis defends it.

Pettis looking for submissions off his back.
Pettis throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy not doing much here.
Anthony Pettis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis trying to control from the bottom.
Hardy content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Pettis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hardy pulls his head out easily.
Hardy is looking to take a break and control but Pettis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Pettis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Anthony Pettis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hardy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy drops an elbow to the side of Pettis's head.
Hardy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Hardy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hardy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Hardy!
After the big win, Jason Hardy made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hopkins Athletics and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.