PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruki Rabota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardy
vs
Rabota

182 cm
26
253 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

188 cm
23
225 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 7 - 2 - 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 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruki Rabota!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabota throws a sloppy head kick and Hardy moves out of range easily.

Rabota changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hardy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Rabota goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hardy rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Rabota's guard! Nice work there by Hardy!

Rabota working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hardy has passed into half guard!
Rabota is trying to control but Hardy manages to pass to mount!
Rabota reaches up to try and control the position but Hardy seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Rabota rolls and tries to escape and now Hardy has his back!
What can Rabota do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabota rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Hardy controlling the action here.
Hardy is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Rabota!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hardy's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy avoids the attempt from Rabota to control.
Rabota is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rabota looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Rabota tries to escape but Hardy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy has good solid back control here.
Rabota trying to control the action but Hardy just sinks the hooks in.
Hardy has good solid back control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rabota wants to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Hardy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rabota gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hardy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rabota is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rabota misses with a jab to the body
and Hardy counters with a head kick. That will keep Rabota thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rabota ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rabota looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rabota tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hardy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rabota looks to clinch
and Hardy counters with a head kick. That will keep Rabota thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rabota looks to clinch
and Hardy counters with a two punch combo.

Rabota is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabota closes the distance but Hardy moves to the side
and Hardy counters with a straight that turns Rabota's legs to rubber! Hardy pushes forward with more strikes and Rabota goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Hardy!
A victorious Dan Hardy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.