PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Little Hardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Little Hardon was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Love
vs
Hardon

178 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

174 cm
21
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Little Hardon!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hardon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hardon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hardon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Love seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Love throws a chopping leg kick but Hardon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hardon misses with a low kick.
Hardon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hardon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Love has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hardon connects with a leg kick. Love looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hardon scoring well with a low kick there.
Hardon is looking to land body kicks.
Love fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hardon is out of range.
Hardon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Love shoots in for a double leg but Hardon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love misses with a leg kick
and Hardon counters with a two punch combo.
Hardon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A low kick from Love is predictable there

and Hardon counters with a shoot takedown. Love fights it but they end up in guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hardon being controlled here momentarily.
Hardon won't allow Love to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Love has his foot on Hardon's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hardon works his way back into a safe position though.

Hardon decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Love, up you get!
Hardon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Hardon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Love. That did some damage!
Hardon misses with a head kick.
Love has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hardon.
Love missing with a left hand there. Hardon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardon fakes the leg kick and cracks Love in the body.
Love chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hardon can pounce on him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love swings wildly with an uppercut but Hardon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Love is defending well for now.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Love tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardon is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Love jumps guard and drags Hardon to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Love has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hardon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Love looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hardon is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hardon decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Love misses with a straight left.
Love finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hardon.
Hardon throws a good cross that connects.
Little Hardon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hardon.
Love lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hardon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Little Hardon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hardon clobbers Love with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardon scores with a head kick. Love tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Love is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hardon checks the leg kick nicely there.
A solid body kick from Love.
Hardon swinging wildly here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Love looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hardon is fending him off so far but Love persists. Nope, Hardon circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardon lands a nice looking body shot.
Hardon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Love. Love obviously looking to wear him down.
Love scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice leg kick lands there from Love.
Love fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hardon checks it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hardon lands a leg kick that knocks Love off balance momentarily.
Love cracks Hardon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hardon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hardon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Love takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hardon is looking to land body kicks.
Hardon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Love.
Love connects with an inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Love there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Love checks a low kick from Hardon.
Little Hardon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love looks for a takedown but Hardon sprawls well.
Hardon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Love takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Love throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Hardon moves into range and clinches up with Love.
Love tries to pull guard but Hardon won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Love.

Love wants the takedown. Hardon is fighting it off but Love persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hardon's guard against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardon keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Hardon is working from the bottom.
Hardon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Love with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hardon is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Love won't allow Hardon to sweep him here.
Hardon is trying to keep Love in close.
Hardon managing to control the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Little Hardon hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hardon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardon connects with an inside leg kick.
Little Hardon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Love.
Nice sprawl there from Hardon as Love shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hardon connects with a solid leg kick.
Hardon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Love looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hardon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love throws out a leg kick but Hardon moves out of range and Love only half commits.
Love throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Hardon.
Love chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hardon can pounce on him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hardon checks a leg kick.
Hardon throws a low kick but Love avoids it.
A jab from Hardon finds it's way through Love's defenses.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardon throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Hardon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hardon misses with a low kick.
Hardon throws a head kick that misses.
Love scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hardon throws a leg kick but Love sees it coming and moves out of range.
Love fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hardon avoids it really well and circles away.
Hardon misses with an uppercut.

Love closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardon tries to land a knee to the head but Love blocks with his arms.
Hardon misses with a knee to the head.
Love is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Love pulls guard successfully.
Love wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Love looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hardon has picked Love up and slammed him! Love can't keep hold of the triangle and Hardon manages to pass to side control!
Kevin Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Love sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardon tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Love tries to roll over but Hardon keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardon is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kevin Love will probably get the nod.
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!

A solid body kick from Hardon.
Hardon blocks the body kick.
Love throws a solid leg kick but Hardon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Love.
Love misses with an attempted mid kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Love.
Love shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hardon as he avoids it easily.
Hardon checks a leg kick nicely.
Hardon fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Love.
Hardon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardon. That did some damage!
Hardon tries to close the distance and clinch but Love swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love 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.
Hardon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Love throws a low kick but Hardon moves out of range easily.
Hardon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Hardon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Love throws a low kick but Hardon avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hardon, right into the meat.
Love takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Love.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hardon but Hardon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hardon misses with a head kick.
Hardon doesn't manage to clinch there - Love circles away.
Hardon wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Love lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hardon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hardon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hardon scores with a kick to the body.
Love throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hardon counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Love is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hardon throws a leg kick but Love moved away.
Hardon thows a body shot but no joy.
Hardon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Love walks into a stiff left hand from Hardon.
Hardon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardon lands a two punch combo.
Hardon misses with a head kick.
Hardon lands a head kick!
Love pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hardon is out of range and Love settles back down.
Love fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hardon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Love wants to land a leg kick but Hardon is out of range.
Love misses with a low kick.

Love shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hardon is trying to defend but Love finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Love thows a huge punch but Hardon dodges it nicely.
Hardon pushes Love off looking to stand but Love dives back in and keeps control.
Hardon wants to get back to full guard.
Hardon is not content to let Love control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Love wants to work for an arm triangle but Hardon is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hardon is looking to escape.
Love trying to control from half guard but Hardon is working away.
Love thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Love looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Love not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a strike but Hardon avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Love trying to control but Hardon is working from the bottom.
Hardon pulls Love in close to prevent any damage.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Love drops back looking for a leg! Hardon is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hardon manages to kick Love off! Love jumps back into Hardon's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hardon is on top in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Little Hardon.
I think Hardon has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!