PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Keynes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Hardigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Keynes
vs
Hardigan

185 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Plays chess

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Keynes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Hardigan!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keynes misses with a combination
and Hardigan counters with a big head kick but Keynes shrugs it off.
Hardigan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Keynes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No joy there for Hardigan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keynes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hardigan counters with a head kick. That will keep Keynes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hardigan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A big right from Keynes misses.
Keynes throws a hook to the side of Hardigan's head but Hardigan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardigan moves away from the strike by Keynes.
Keynes catches Hardigan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardigan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keynes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Hardigan is rocked!
Keynes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardigan is still on wobbly legs! Can Keynes finish him?
Hardigan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Keynes stuns Hardigan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hardigan seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keynes misses with a jab, cross combination.
John Keynes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keynes lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Hardigan falls backwards - clearly groggy! Keynes dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Keynes!