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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maadhav Narasimhan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy has chosen Coming home -Dirty money as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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160 lbs
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Good kicks
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maadhav Narasimhan !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narasimhan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A looping hook to the body misses from Narasimhan . Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Narasimhan throws a leg kick but Hardy checks it.
Hardy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Narasimhan at a distance.
Hardy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hardy throws a hook but Narasimhan blocks it.
Hardy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Narasimhan avoids the head kick by Hardy.
A clash of legs there as Hardy blocks the low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hardy. Narasimhan shrugs it off though.
Narasimhan takes one to the side of the head.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Narasimhan misses with a kick to the body.
Hardy connects with a jab.
Narasimhan defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Narasimhan moves away.
Jab from Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy clobbers Narasimhan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hardy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hardy.
Narasimhan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Narasimhan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Narasimhan looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
Hardy misses the jab.
Narasimhan moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Hardy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Narasimhan misses with a low kick as Hardy jumps back.
Hardy scores with a body shot.
Narasimhan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Narasimhan moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Hardy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Narasimhan thuds a left hand into Hardy's body.
Narasimhan ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy's coach down at Muayfit MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hardy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Narasimhan is looking to wear down Hardy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narasimhan throws a quick inside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Hardy.
Narasimhan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Hardy throws a right hand that misses
and Narasimhan counters with a thumping low kick.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick.
Narasimhan blocks a jab.
Narasimhan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hardy.
Jason Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Narasimhan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hardy connects with a looping right hand.
Narasimhan slips under a jab.
Narasimhan slips under a jab from Hardy.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narasimhan manages to avoid it.
Narasimhan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hardy.
Narasimhan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardy tries to bum rush Narasimhan with a series of wild strikes but Narasimhan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Narasimhan lands with an uppercut that bounces Hardy off the cage and back into range.
Narasimhan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narasimhan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Narasimhan tries to move into range but Hardy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narasimhan .
Narasimhan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Narasimhan .
Narasimhan avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a head kick.
Narasimhan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Narasimhan defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy swings for the body but Narasimhan moves out of range.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Narasimhan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Narasimhan avoids them all with ease.
Narasimhan connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Narasimhan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hardy throws a sloppy head kick and Narasimhan moves out of range easily.
Hardy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hardy lands a right hook to the body.
Hardy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Narasimhan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Narasimhan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hardy misses with a double jab
and Narasimhan counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Hardy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hardy throws an off balance right hand
and Narasimhan counters with a good low kick that Hardy was not able to check.
Narasimhan staying out of range there.
Narasimhan misses with a body shot.
Hardy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hardy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Narasimhan .
Hardy scores with a decent looking hook.
Hardy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hardy lunges at Narasimhan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Narasimhan 's hand.
Hardy misses with a hook.
Hardy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardy scores with a jab. Narasimhan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Narasimhan blocks a jab.
Narasimhan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Sloppy strikes from Hardy. Those never looked like landing.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Narasimhan moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narasimhan walks into a straight right hand from Hardy.
Narasimhan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Narasimhan defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Hardy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A combination from Hardy does no damage.
Hardy throws the left hand but Narasimhan avoids the punch easily.
Hardy misses with a hook. Narasimhan ducked under it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hardy.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narasimhan 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hardy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Narasimhan scrambles back to his feet.
Narasimhan throws a body shot but no joy.
Narasimhan scores with a kick to the body.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Hardy misses with a body punch
and Narasimhan counters with a body kick.
Jason Hardy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Narasimhan misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narasimhan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hardy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Narasimhan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narasimhan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A right-left combo lands from Hardy.
Narasimhan avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Narasimhan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hardy will feel that in the morning.
Narasimhan slips a straight right by Hardy.
Narasimhan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy misses with a hook to the body
and Narasimhan counters with a left to the body.
Narasimhan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Narasimhan .
A leg kick checked by Hardy.
A combination from Hardy does no damage.
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Narasimhan .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hardy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hardy throws a lazy right hand but Narasimhan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Narasimhan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardy.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Narasimhan misses the shot to the body.
Narasimhan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses.
Narasimhan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the body from Hardy misses
and Narasimhan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Narasimhan dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Narasimhan blocks a head kick by Hardy.
Narasimhan throws a body punch but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands the left hand.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narasimhan manages to avoid it.
Hardy misses with a right hand
and Narasimhan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Narasimhan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Narasimhan tries to land a leg kick but Hardy saw it coming and moves away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Narasimhan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A leg kick checked by Hardy.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy throws a head kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Hardy blocks the low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Hardy as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Narasimhan slips under a jab.
Narasimhan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narasimhan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Narasimhan avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jason Hardy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Narasimhan looks for the body kick but Hardy saw that one coming.
Narasimhan throws a wild body kick that Hardy sees coming a mile off.
Narasimhan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardy. That did some damage!
Narasimhan walks into a stiff left hand from Hardy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Narasimhan .
Narasimhan throws a leg kick but Hardy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Narasimhan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Narasimhan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Narasimhan lands a lovely overhand right.
Narasimhan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Narasimhan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Narasimhan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Narasimhan slips under a jab from Hardy.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Narasimhan throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
Narasimhan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hardy throws a sloppy head kick and Narasimhan moves out of range easily.
Narasimhan scores with the left hand. Hardy knows he should have avoided that one.
Hardy misses with a body kick.
Narasimhan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Narasimhan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Narasimhan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hardy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Narasimhan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hardy.
Hardy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Hardy.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Narasimhan misses with a body shot.
Narasimhan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Narasimhan slips the punch.
Maadhav Narasimhan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jason Hardy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narasimhan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Narasimhan throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Narasimhan . Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy misses the jab.
Hardy scores with a body shot.
Narasimhan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Narasimhan ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy takes a swing at Narasimhan 's ribcage but misses.
Narasimhan slips a straight right by Hardy.
Hardy looks to land a combination but Narasimhan avoids it well.
Hardy throws a sloppy head kick
and Narasimhan counters with a straight right hand.
Hardy takes a swing at Narasimhan 's ribcage but misses.
Hardy slips a straight right by Narasimhan .
Hardy misses with an uppercut
and Narasimhan counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hardy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Narasimhan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardy.
Hardy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Narasimhan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Narasimhan throws a leg kick but Hardy moved away.
Hardy catches Narasimhan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Narasimhan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hardy is out of range and Narasimhan settles back down.
Narasimhan throws a body punch but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Narasimhan 's shoulder, as Narasimhan tries to avoid the shot.
Narasimhan takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hardy checks a leg kick.
Hardy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Narasimhan 's head backwards.
Narasimhan wants to slow Hardy down by chopping away at his legs.
Narasimhan misses with a wild body shot.
Narasimhan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hardy lands a glancing blow to the side of Narasimhan 's head.
Hardy throws a series of punches but Narasimhan moves out of range.
Hardy throws a push kick but Narasimhan slaps the foot to one side.
Good exchange - Hardy coming out on top.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Narasimhan moves away.
Hardy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narasimhan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maadhav Narasimhan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hardy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jason Hardy!
Jason Hardy spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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