PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Tungston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Tungston will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hardy
vs
Tungston

182 cm
21
253 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

208 cm
28
278 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Tungston!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Hardy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Tungston's shoulder, as Tungston tries to avoid the shot.
Hardy fails to land the takedown.
Tungston stuffs the takedown attempt from Hardy. Hardy gets slowly back to his feet.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Tungston moved out of range nicely.
Tungston tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tungston can pounce on him.
Tungston doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardy circles away.
Hardy misses with an uppercut. Tungston saw that one coming.
Dan Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hardy tries to work over Tungston's front leg with a kick but Tungston checks it.
Tungston moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Tungston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tungston moves away.
Hardy dives in and grabs Tungston's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tungston pushes down on Hardy's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Hardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tungston throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Tungston moves out of range.
Tungston keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hardy throws an off balance right hand

and Tungston counters by moving into the clinch.
Tungston tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
Hardy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tungston tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Tungston trying to land knees to the body.
Tungston stops a takedown attempt from Hardy.
Hardy goes for a takedown attempt but Tungston pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Troy Tungston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Tungston lands a big head kick that sends Hardy tumbling to the mat! Tungston takes a step backwards and waves Hardy back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Dan Hardy has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hardy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tungston did well to prevent Hardy getting side control.
Hardy is looking to take a break and control but Tungston is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tungston is trying to get back to full guard.
Hardy is trying to control the action in half guard but Tungston is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hardy uses his free foot to push down on Tungston's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tungston.
Hardy manages to capitalize on a mistake by Tungston to take his back!
Hardy scores with punches from the back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hardy is not going to allow Tungston to sit and survive in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Can Tungston hold on?! Hardy is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hardy.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Hardy. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

Tungston won't enjoy being in this position. Hardy looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Tungston is tapping - it's over boys! Hardy picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dan Hardy!
A relieved looking Dan Hardy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.