PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beta Max (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hardy's choice of entrance music: England Belongs to Me-Cock Sparrer. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Max
vs
Hardy

168 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Beta Max!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Max paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Max misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardy.

Hardy breaks from the clinch.
Hardy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Max bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Max.
Max scores with a spinning back kick!
Max fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Max attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Max cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
A head kick misses from Hardy.
Hardy tries to clinch but Max is having none of it.
Max lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Max thumps Hardy with a low kick.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Max paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Max, right into the meat.

Hardy drives through with a takedown into Max's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Max trying to keep a closed guard but Hardy is proving a slippery customer.
Max could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Max looking for a sweep. Not yet Max, not yet.

Max is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Max has momentary wrist control but Hardy slips an elbow through the middle.
Hardy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hardy landing with the ground and pound.
Hardy connects with a couple of short punches.
Hardy with a nice head shot there.
Max might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Max looking for a sweep. Not yet Max, not yet.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hardy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Max's head.
Hardy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Max's head.
Hardy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Max knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hardy on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a couple of digs.
Hardy connects with a couple of short punches.

Hardy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Max pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Max, right into the meat.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Max.
Dan Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Max throws a leg kick but Hardy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hardy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Max moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beta Max is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hardy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hardy throws a knee to the head but misses.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Max avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy avoids a kick to the body.
Max lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
Hardy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Max.
Hardy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hardy misses with the combination.
Hardy looks winded!
Max moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Max. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Max moves out of range.
Max fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Hardy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Max can pounce on him.
Max lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hardy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Max scores with a leg kick.
Hardy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Max with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid body kick from Max.
Max cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
Max fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hardy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Max.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Max circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Max. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Max throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Max cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Max.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Max avoids them all with ease.
A good leg kick by Max.
Hardy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Max feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Max turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Max connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hardy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Max can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Max buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hardy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Max throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dan Hardy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Max scores with a nice body kick.
No joy there for Hardy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Max.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Max is avoiding it.
Max connects with an inside leg kick.
Dan Hardy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Max misses with a kick to the body.
Max scores with a leg kick.
Hardy tries to clinch but Max is having none of it.
Max lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Max.
Hardy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Max swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Max cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
Max thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hardy if he has to take too many more of those.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Max pushes him off.

Hardy has managed to clinch.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but Max blocks with his arms.

Hardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Max.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hardy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Max looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Max is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Hardy decides to stand back up.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Max swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Max scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid body kick from Max.
Max dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Max thows a body kick. Hardy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Max with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hardy lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good leg kick by Max there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Max.
An inside leg kick lands from Max.
Hardy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Max delivers a nice body kick.
Max scores with a kick to the midsection.
Max lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
Max throws a front kick that sends Hardy stumbling back into the cage.
That kick from Max tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Max chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Max scores with a nice body kick.
Max feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Max circles away from the clinch attempt.
Max thuds his shin into the meat of Hardy's side.
Max looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Max feints and then cracks Hardy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardy down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Max.

Hardy takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Max taking a breather.
Hardy keeps control of Max as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardy prevents the takedown attempt.
Hardy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Max.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beta Max. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Hardy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Max avoids a punch combination nicely.
Max lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardy's sensitive parts.
Max lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hardy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Max moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Max throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Max throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Max throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Max looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Max throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Max throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Max chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters circling a little - Max finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Max swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Max moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beta Max dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Max throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Max.
Hardy tries to clinch but Max moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hardy misses.
Max scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Max.
Hardy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Max defends it nicely.
Good leg kick by Max there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Max circles away.
A head kick misses from Hardy.
Max dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardy. That did some damage!
Max moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Max with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Max. Hardy shrugs it off though.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Max bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Max throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Max throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Max scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Max lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Max throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Max throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Max connects with an inside leg kick.
Hardy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Max scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid body kick from Max.
A thudding body kick lands there by Max!
Hardy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Max lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A thudding body kick lands there by Max!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Max.
Max with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Max is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
Max scoring well with a low kick there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hardy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Max - the referee stops the clock and Hardy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Max. Hardy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Hardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Max, pushing him back against the cage.
Max wants a takedown but no success here.
Hardy misses with an elbow strike.

Hardy breaks the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Max.
Max throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Hardy gets a clinch.
Max trying to land knees to the body.

Hardy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hardy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Max.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Max circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max thumps Hardy with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Max. Hardy shrugs it off though.
Hardy throws a right hand that Max ducks under and follows up with a left that Max also avoids with ease.
Max connects with an inside leg kick.

Hardy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Max's half guard.
Max is looking to improve his position.
Hardy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hardy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Max with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hardy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hardy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hardy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Max wants to improve his position but Hardy is controlling well.
Hardy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hardy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Max keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Hardy there.
Max keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hardy working over Max with some ground and pound. Max looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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.
Max keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Hardy stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Max to get to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Beta Max.
I think Max has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Beta Max!