PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hideo Koyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy has chosen Pantera-Walk as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Koyama
vs
Hardy

174 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hideo Koyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, AJ Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koyama rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hardy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Koyama is avoiding it.
Koyama's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Koyama duly obliges.
Nice takedown defense from Koyama. No joy for Hardy on that attempt.
Koyama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Koyama's head.
Hardy shoots for a takedown but Koyama saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Koyama sizes up Hardy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Koyama lands a really nice looking cross but Hardy seems unphased.
Hardy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hideo Koyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Hardy.
Hardy misses with a hook. Koyama ducked under it nicely.
Koyama connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hardy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Koyama counters with a one-two to the body.
Koyama cracks a nice hook into Hardy's ribs.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
AJ Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koyama stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Koyama wants it to stay on the feet.

Hardy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardy goes for a takedown attempt but Koyama pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A punch combination from Koyama misses.
Sloppy strikes from Koyama. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koyama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Koyama lands a nice shot to the body.
Hardy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Koyama.
Koyama throws a head kick that misses.
Hardy throws a looping overhand right but Koyama ducks down to avoid it.
Koyama defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hardy.
Hardy looks gassed!
Koyama scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardy doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice shot lands for Koyama.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koyama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koyama misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a push kick but Koyama slaps the foot to one side.
Hideo Koyama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koyama takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Koyama misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koyama scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Koyama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hardy misses with a combination
and Koyama counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Koyama fails to land with a series of punches.
Koyama misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koyama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koyama.
Hardy misses with a head kick.
Hardy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Koyama circles away.
Koyama lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Koyama avoids it really well and circles away.
Koyama misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hideo Koyama dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Koyama misses with a wild combination.
Koyama misses with a double jab
and Hardy counters with a two punch combo.
Hardy looks for the body kick but Koyama saw that one coming.
Koyama misses with a series of wild punches.
Hideo Koyama is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardy lands an overhand right.
Koyama swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardy misses with a combination
and Hardy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Koyama.
Koyama throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hardy dives in and grabs Koyama's left leg, looking for a takedown. Koyama pushes down on Hardy's head and hops out.
Sloppy strikes from Koyama. Those never looked like landing.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koyama.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Koyama circles away.
Hardy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Koyama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy shoots in looking for a takedown. Koyama tries to sprawl out of it but Hardy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Koyama manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Koyama misses.
No joy there for Koyama, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Koyama misses with a few strikes there.
Hardy closes the distance and clinches up with Koyama, looking for a takedown. Hardy pushes Koyama against the cage but Koyama circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hideo Koyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Hardy.
Hardy shoots in and drives through. Koyama sprawls well.
Hardy throws a head kick but Koyama moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koyama scores with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Koyama.
Koyama looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Hardy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Koyama as Hardy shoots in.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Koyama, as that shot connected.
Koyama misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koyama scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses.
Koyama moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Koyama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Koyama misses with a double jab.
Hardy scores with a head kick. Koyama tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hideo Koyama is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Koyama does no damage.
Koyama throws a good cross that connects.
A combination from Koyama does no damage.
Koyama misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hideo Koyama dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hardy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hardy throws a combination that misses
and Koyama counters with a two punch combo.
Koyama misses with a wild combination.
Hardy has a takedown stuffed.
Koyama lands with a nice combination. Hardy backs away looking to recover.
Some wild striking there from Koyama.
A right-left combo lands from Koyama.
Hardy is trying desperately to land a takedown but Koyama is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hardy.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy shoots in but Koyama avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hideo Koyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AJ Hardy.
Koyama throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hardy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koyama lands a jab to the nose.
A swing and a miss from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koyama digs a good hook to Hardy's body.
Koyama fails to land with a series of punches.
Hardy fails to land the takedown.
Koyama works over Hardy's head and body with a nice combination.
Koyama lands with a nice combination. Hardy backs away looking to recover.
Koyama throws a series of punches but Hardy avoids them all with ease.
Koyama lands a jab to Hardy's midsection.
Koyama throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Koyama tries to work over Hardy's front leg with a kick but Hardy checks it.
Koyama lands with a shot to the body.
Koyama ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Koyama tries a head kick but it misses.
Hardy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Koyama throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Koyama throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koyama lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koyama looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Koyama lunges at Hardy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hardy's hand.
Hardy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hardy misses with a takedown attempt - Koyama sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Koyama lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice body punch from Koyama.
Nice cross by Koyama.
Koyama scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hideo Koyama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koyama, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for Hideo Koyama!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Hideo Koyama!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Hideo Koyama!

Hideo Koyama wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Hideo Koyama thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.